HISTORY 

—  OF- 

BADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

From  the  date  of  the  Earliest  Settlements 
to  the  present  time 


Together  with  Departments  devoted  to  the  Preser- 
vation of  Personal  Reminiscences,  Biographies  of 
Prominent  Persons  and  Families,  Business  Growth 
and  Development — a  History  of  the  Cities,  Towns 
and  Villages  of  the  County,  School,  Church,  Lodge 
and  Club  Statistics,  with  Personal  Notes  and 
Observations,  Etc.,  Etc.  €J  «J  t|  <I  «J 

FULLY  ILLUSTRATED 

Greenfield,  Missouri 


THE  PIONEER  HISTORICAL  COMPANY, 

R.  A.  Ludwick,  Manager 
A.  J.  Young,  Editor-in-Chief 


November  1,  1917 


Dade  Co.  Mo.  Historical  Society 
207  McPherson  Street 
Greenfield,  Missouri  65661 


Preface 

In  presenting  to  the  People  of  Dade  County  this  vol- 
ume, The  Pioneer  Historical  Company  has  no  apologies 
to  offer.  It  has  labored  long  and  faithful  in  procuring  the 
data  necessary  for  this  work  and  is  under  lasting  obliga- 
tions to  the  generous  contributors  for  their  unselfish  de- 
votion to  the  cause. 

In  writing  a  History  of  Dade  County  and  Its  People, 
many  difficulties  have  been  encountered.  More  than  three 
generations  of  people  have  lived  and  died  in  the  county 
since  her  history  first  began,  many  of  them  leaving  no 
relatives  or  friends  to  tell  the  story  of  their  struggles,  at- 
tainments or  achievements.  Many  events  of  prime  im- 
portance have  passed  into  the  vortex  of  oblivion,  leaving 
no  trace  of  their  happenings  and  no  sponsor  for  their 
repetition.  Hopes,  aspirations  and  ambitions  have  per- 
ished with  the  body  and  gone  to  the  grave  unheralded 
and  unsung.  Yet,  out  of  this  vast  maelstrom  of  human 
events  the  writers  of  this  history  have  been  able  to  gather 
much  of  importance  and  have  printed  it  in  order  that 
coming  generations  may  know  and  appreciate  the  strug- 
gles which  the  pioneer  has  made  in  the  interest  of  civiliza- 
tion. 

THE  PIONEER  HISTORICAL  COMPANY, 

R.  A.  Ludwick,  Manager. 


CONTRIBUTING  EDITORS 

To  the 
HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE. 

Aaron  D.  States,  Original  Editor  in  Chief,  (Died  Dec. 
5th,  1916.) 

A.  J.  Young,  Editor  in  Chief.    (Successor  to  Aaron  D. 
States.) 
Special  Contributors  and  Advisory  Committee: — 

Hon.  Phil  S.  Griffith,  Editor  of  the  Vedette. 

Hon.  Ben  M.  Neale,  Lawyer. 

Capt.  Lewis  Renfro,  Retired  Business  Man. 

Hon.  W.   R.   Bowles,   Postmaster   and   Editor   of  the 
Dade  County  Advocate. 

Hon.  Mason  Talbutt,  Lawyer.  ' 

Judge   Frye,   Lockwood   Merchant    and    ex-Judge    of 
County  Court. 

Hon.    Sam   McMillen,   Postmaster    at   Lockwood,    ex- 
Representative. 

Hon.  George  Wilson,  Banker  at  Everton. 

Hon.  Sheridan  B.  Pyle,  Merchant  at  Dadeville. 

Hon.  Howard  Ragsdale,  Lawyer,  Ash  Grove,  ex-Rep- 
resentative. 

Captain  Joseph  W.  Carmack,  Retired  Farmer,  Dade- 
ville. 

Captain  R.  J.  Shipley,  Retired  Farmer,  Greenfield. 

Miss  Bessie  Frieze,  School  Teacher,  Seybert. 

Mrs.  Aaron  D.  States,  Supervising  Historian,  Green- 
field. 

E.  H.  Carender,  Supt,  Public  Schools. 

OFFICIAL  PHOTOGRAPHER, 
W.  R,  Starr,  Greenfield,  Mo. 


DADE  COUNTY 
Its  History  and  Its  People 

PROLOGUE:   By  A.  J.  Young. 


CHAPTER  1. 

Western  Gate — Way  to  the  Ozarks: — by  A.  D.  States. 
Introduction    to    Dade    County    History: — by    A.    D. 

States. 

Early  Indian  History: — by  A.  D.  States. 
Organization  of  Dade  County. 
History  of  Dade  County. 

CHAPTER  2. 

First   Land   Entries. 

Early  Settlements,  by  Howard  Ragsdale. 
The  Boone  Family,  by  Howard  Ragsdale. 
John  Crisp. 

CHAPTER  3. 

Reminiscences  of  J.  W.  Carmack. 

Greenfield  and  its  people  in  1867,  by  Seymour  Hoyt. 

I'ncle  Daniel  Wentworth  Scott:— 

Early  Discovery  of  Coal  in  Dade  County. 

Samuel  J.  Weir,  Jr. 

The  Wheeler  Family. 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  6 

CHAPTER  4. 

Military  Affairs  :— 

Civil  War  Record,  by  Raleigh  J.  Shipley. 
The  Raid  of  Kinch  West,  by  J.  W.  Carmack. 
The  Confederate  Veterans  of  Dade  County,  by  Lewis 
Renfro. 

Greenfield  During  the  Civil  War. 
Kincheon  West. 

CHAPTER  5. 

The  Present  Court  House. 

Appearance  of  Early  Newspapers,  by  A.  D.  States. 

CHAPTER  6. 

Church  History:— 

Cumberland  Presbyterian  Pioneers,  by  W.  E.  Shaw. 

The  South  Greenfield  Camp-Ground,  by  W.  E.  Shaw. 

History   of   the     Cumberland     Presbyterian      church, 
Mabel  Robinson. 

William  Ramsey  Bennington. 

Ebeneezer  Presbyterian  Church,  by  A.  D.  States. 

Greenfield  Christian  Church,  by  A.  D.  States. 

First  Presbyterian  Church,  Lockwood,  by  J.  B.  Lind- 
sey. 

The  Presbyterian  Church  at  Everton,  by  W.  R.  Rus- 
sell. 

First  Methodist  Church,  Lockwood,  by  A.  D.  States. 

Arcola  Methodist  Church,  by  A.  D.  States. 

The    Cumberland    Presbyterian    Church,    by    A.    D. 
States. 

The  Christian  Church  at  Everton,  by  W.  D.  Brown. 

First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  at  Greenfield,   A. 

D.  States. 
The  Church  of  Christ  at  Arcola. 

CHAPTER  7. 

History   of   German   Settlement   in   Dade   County,   by 
Fred  Frye. 


6  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

The   Bade  County   Farmers'   Mutual   Fire  Insurance 

Company. 
Three  Mysterious   Murders. 

CHAPTER  8. 

Railroad  Matters. 

CHAPTER  9. 

Greenfield  G.  A.  R.  Post. 
John  M.  Stemmons  Camp,  U.  C.  V. 
Odd  Fellowship  in  Greenfield. 

History  of  Garrett  Lodge  No.  359  A.  F.  and  A.  M.  at 
Arcola,  Mo. 

CHAPTER  10 

The  Telephone  in  Dade  County  by  A.  D.  States. 

CHAPTER  11. 

History  of  the  Ladies'  Magazine  Club  of  Greenfield. 
The  Kensington  Club  of  Greenfield,  by  Mrs.  W.  B.  Mc- 

Reynolds. 

The  New  Century  Club  of  Greenfield,  by  Harriet  Jopes. 
The  Magazine  Club  of  Lockwood  by  Mrs.  A.  C.  Duvall. 
The  Merry  Makers'  Club  of  Lock  wood,  by  Myrtle 

Workman. 
The  Wednesday  Afternoon  Club  of  Lockwood  by  Mrs. 

Lou  Grubert. 

The  All  Sew  Club  of  Lockwood  by  Mrs.  W.  M.  Hoel. 
The  Country  Woman's  Club  of  Dade  County. 
The  Home  Makers'  Club  of  Greenfield. 

CHAPTER  12. 

Greenfield,  "The  Gate  City  of  the  Grotto"  by  A.  J. 

Young. 

South  Greenfield. 
Lockwood. 
Everton. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Dadeville. 

The  Town  of  Corry. 

Arcola. 

CHAPTER  13. 

Dade  County  Bridges  by  A.  D.  States. 

Bade  County  Court  House. 

Dade  County  Jail. 

Dade  County  Poor  Farm. 

County  Officers,  Members  of  the  County  Court. 

Circuit  Court  Judges. 

County  Court  Clerks. 

Circuit  Court  Clerks. 

Sheriffs  of  Dade  County. 

Prosecuting  Attorneys  of  Dade  County  since  1872. 

Collectors  of  the  Revenue. 

County  Treasurers. 

Recorders  of  Deeds. 

Judges  of  the  Probate  Court. 

Surveyors. 

CHAPTER  14. 

Judicial  History  by  A.  D.  States. 

CHAPTER  15. 

General  Resources  and  Statistics  of  Dade  County. 

Population  Statistics. 

Surplus  Shipments. 

Public  School  Statistics. 

Rate  of  Taxation. 

Assessed  Valuation. 

CHAPTER  16. 

Purely  Pastorial. 

A  Dade  County  Autumn  by  A.  D.  States. 

From  An  Old  Timer. 

Of  Interest  to  Stockmen. 


DADE  COUNTY 
Its  History  and  Its  People 


PROLOGUE 


For  a  number  of  years  it  has  been  the  desire  of  the 
leading  citizens  of  Dade  County  that  a  history  should  be 
written  giving  to  the  world  an  accurate  estimate  of  the 
lives  and  the  achievements  of  this  municipality  from  its 
earliest  existence  down  to  the  present  time,  faithfully  re- 
cording the  struggles  and  sacrifices  of  the  pioneers  to- 
gether with  their  reward.  A  task  of  this  kind  requires 
diligent  research,  accurate  detail  and  faithful  record. 

Early  in  the  year  1916  Hon.  Aaron  D.  States,  a  prom- 
inent citizen  of  the  county  and  a  man  in  every  way  quali- 
fied for  this  great  undertaking  entered  enthusiastically  into 
the  field  but  was  stricken  by  the  grim  reaper  before  the 
harvest  was  gathered.  Much  of  the  material  prepared  by 
him  was  in  a  crude  form  and  for  a  time  the  enterprize  was 
jeopardized  by  the  untimely  death  of  Mr.  States,  but  his 
labor  was  not  in  vain.  After  a  few  months,  those  having 
undertaken  the  financial  burden  of  the  enterprise  came  to 
me  with  the  material  and  data  gathered  by  Mr.  States  and 


AAIIOX  J).  STATES. 


A.  J.  YOUNG. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 9 

insisted  that  I  complete  the  work.  It  was  with  reluctance 
that  I  did  so,  and  it  is  only  by  reason  of  the  very  generous 
efforts  of  those  who  have  so  kindly  contributed  articles 
that  this  work  is  at  all  possible. 

MUCH  of  the  history  of  Dade  County  slumbers  in  the 
tomb  of  the  maker.  In  many  instances  only  a  partial  rec- 
ord was  preserved  and  Father  Time  has  gathered  to  him- 
self in  the  silence  of  death  not  only  the  history  but  also  the 
historian. 

No  spirit  of  self  aggrandizement  prompts  the  effort 
necessary  to  the  collation  of  this  great  work.  Proper  credit 
will  be  given  to  all  those  who  have  contributed  to  its  suc- 
cess. 

I  realize  the  fact  that  of  necessity,  this  history  will  be 
incomplete.  Many  important  circumstances  will  escape 
the  pen  of  the  historian  and  many  events  fraught  with 
human  interest  will  be  missed.  It  may  be  left  to  the  his- 
torian of  the  future  to  write  in  greater  detail  of  the  facts 
and  circumstances  which  have  contributed  to  make  Dade 
County  the  peer  among  the  counties  of  the  Ozark  region, 
but  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  when  he  shall  pass  along  this 
road  he  will  find  here  and  there  a  footprint  in  the  im- 
mortal sand  which  will  guide  him  safely  to  his  journey's 
end. 

In  presenting  this  volume  to  the  people  of  Dade 
County  it  is  the  cherished  wish  of  the  editor  that  they  will 
find  in  its  pages  many  precious  pearls  of  great  price  and 
memories  of  days  which  have  long  since  passed  into  the 
valley  of  yesterday,  thereby  insuring  its  welcome  into 
every  Dade  County  home. 

November  1,  1917. 

A.  J.  YOUNG, 

Editor-in-Chief. 


Chapter  1 

WESTERN  GATEWAY  TO  THE  OZARKS. 

by 
Aaron  D.  States. 

A  beautiful  stretch  of  prairie  country  extends  from 
the  Kansas  State  line  eastward.  It  remains  prairie  until 
it  reaches  the  foot  hills  of  the  Ozarks  at  a  point  near  the 
center  line  of  Dade  County  where  it  merges  into  uplands 
that  are  covered  with  timber,  interspersed  by  running 
brooks,  fed  by  living  springs.  The  outlines  form  a  beau- 
tiful countour  of  natures  arrangement,  so  much  so,  that 
tourists  as  well  as  native  citizens,  find  in  the  picture  rare 
beauty  and  considerable  nature  wonderment. 

At  the  point  where  the  level  prairie  land  unites  with 
the  upland  and  the  little  hills,  there  is  a  richness  in  the 
scenery.  Off  to  the  east  and  the  south  as  well  as  north, 
master  hills  show  their  verdant  peaks  while  the  rich  valleys 
give  evidence  of  the  thrift  of  the  husbandmen.  Streams  of 
pure  water  course  these  valleys  and  they  are  fed  by  living 
springs,  that  are  found  on  both  hillside  and  lowland. 

The  western  gateway  has  a  history  that  will  never  be 
recorded  because  of  the  fact  in  the  remote  past  the  pioneer 
cared  but  little  save  for  the  felling  of  the  forest  along  the 
streams,  and  the  breaking  of  the  virgin  soil  and  the  build- 
ing of  his  cabin.  The  cabin  was  always  found  near  some 
friendly  spring.  The  public  highway  was  then  unknown. 
Neighborhood  roads  supplied  the  need  of  primitive  travel 
and  many  of  this  nature  of  roads  are  remembered  by  the 
elders  of  the  present  day — a  few  of  them  still  exist  and  to 
some  extent  they  are  used,  yet  to  the  public  highway,  a 
prominent  factor  in  the  up-building  of  the  country  much 
attention  is  given,  the  main  avenues  for  public  travel.  The 
neighborhood  roads  began  to  disappear  some  twenty  years 
ago  taking  with  them  much  of  the  rich  pioneer  history. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 11 

Tradition  is  faulty  at  times  and,  therefore,  not  alto- 
gether dependable.  The  old  roadways  that  wind  here  and 
there,  are  easily  traced  by  the  marks  in  the  woodland  and 
on  the  hillside,  that  the  wheels  of  the  past  have  made. 
These  old  ruts  and  marks  of  primal  history  tell  a  tale  of 
the  days  when  the  fathers  used  to  go  many  miles  to  mill 
or  to  their  post  office  or  the  store  that  used  to  furnish  their 
needed  supplies. 

It  would  indeed  be  a  difficult  matter  to  learn  who  first 
discovered  the  western  gateway  to  the  Ozarks.  Tradition 
says  a  company  of  men  who  were  exploring  the  south- 
eastern part  of  the  Kansas  territory  in  the  first  of  the  30 's 
stole  across  the  line  into  Missouri  territory  and  traveled 
as  far  eastward  as  the  foothills.  Another  tradition  tells  us 
that  back  in  the  twenties,  there  came  a  few  men  of  a  dar- 
ing spirit  out  into  the  wilderness  of  grasses  and  trees, 
among  the  Indians  and  all  manner  of  wild  animals  known 
to  this  section  and  traveled  as  far  westward  as  the  junction 
of  the  level  upland  at  a  point  somewhere  near  the  center 
of  the  county  and  another  tradition  says  some  of  these 
men  of  a  more  daring  nature  crossed  the  line  into  the  wilds 
of  Kansas  where  there  was  an  abundance  of  buffalo,  deer 
and  other  wild  game.  A  search  for  the  names  of  these 
men  proved  futile. 

It  is  evident  that  this  portion  of  the  Ozarks  was 
known  to  others  long  before  these  two  supposed  companies 
of  men  saw  this  country.  One  strong  evidence  of  this  fact 
is  the  old  Fort,  supposed  to  have  been  built  by  the  Span- 
ish many  years  before.  It  seems  that  these  Spanish  ex- 
plorers and  hunters  of  mineral  wealth,  built  this  fortifi- 
cation in  order  to  protect  themselves  against  Indian  attack 
and  to  also  give  them  a  place  to  smelt  their  ores.  Until 
recent  years  ashes  and  charred  coal  could  be  found  at  the 
lower  end  of  the  enclosure  near  the  spring,  that  showed 
clearly  that  a  vast  amount  of  fuel  had  been  used  for  some 
purpose.  The  banks  of  this  enclosure  are  about  extinct, 
the  ashes  and  charred  coals  are  all  gone,  nothing  of 
any  consequence  yet  remaining  but  the  old  spring — and  it 
will  not  talk  in  the  language  of  the  historian.  Had  the 


12  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

builders  of  this  old  fortification  been  so  thoughtful  as  to 
chisel  on  the  stone  or  brass  the  year  they  inhabited  this 
portion  of  the  Ozarks  the  whole  country  would  extend  it's 
thanks — but  alas  there  is  no  record.  This  old  fortification 
is  out  on  Son's  Creek  about  seven  miles  northwest  of  Green- 
field. 

There  is  but  little  question  but  what  the  upper  Lime- 
stone and  Son's  creek  country  were  the  first  places  of 
resort  for  the  Indian  and  also  for  the  first  white  people. 
The  Indians  left  traces  of  their  habitation  in  the  way  of 
arrows,  stone  hammers,  arrow  points  and  other  Indian 
chattels,  that  points  clearly  that  they  were  the  first  here 
and  of  consequence,  were  the  first  to  enter  the  Ozarks  from 
the  east  and  north  and  pass  out  through  the  western  gate- 
way. Many  Indian  relics  were  found  in  the  upper  Lime- 
stone and  the  upper  Son's  Creek  country.  In  the  entire 
western  gateway  in  Dade  County  is  one  of  special  interest 
to  the  nature  lover,  the  Sac  river  hill,  the  Limestone  and 
Son's  Creek  and  the  fertile  valleys  form  a  scene  that  is 
truly  splendid.  This  gateway  north  and  south  and  about 
the  center,  was  settled  about  the  same  year.  Settlers  were 
attracted  to  this  section  by  the  mild  climate,  the  richness 
of  the  soil  and  the  abundance  of  water  supply.  They  came 
from  Tennessee,  Kentucky  and  a  few  from  Virginia.  This 
was  nearly  83  years  ago.  Here  they  found  nature  gardens 
at  every  turn  and  many  of  these  gardens  afforded  food 
stuff  for  their  cabin.  Flowers  were  here  in  abundance  in 
their  richest  beauty  and  they  are  still  here.  The  fire  pink, 
the  wild  rose,  the  primitive  verbena,  the  first  trumpet  vine 
and  the  first  violet,  found  their  home  near  this  gateway 
Mid  they  have  been  standing  vigil  all  these  years,  welcom- 
ing the  worthy  to  admission  into  a  country  that  is  becom- 
ing one  of  the  richest  in  the  middle  west.  All  manner  of 
nut  bearing  trees  grow  along  the  friendly  streams,  and 
they  gave  succor  and  aid  to  the  early  fathers.  They  were 
many  wild  fruits  such  as  wild  grapes  almost  as  large  and 
sweet  as  the  concord  of  today,  luscious  persimmons  and 
toothsome  blackhaws.  In  those  early  days  it  was  no 
trouble  to  make  the  product  of  both  field  and  garden  pay. 


13 


There  was  no  drought  and  there  was  precious  little  culti- 
vation needed  because  of  the  richness  of  the  soil  and  the 
absence  of  weeds.  It  is  said  weeds  were  not  known  for  a 
long  time  after  the  first  settlements  were  established. 
Weed  seed  was  brought  to  this  section  by  the  birds  and 
the  pressure  of  high  winds.  In  this  particular  there  is  a 
vast  difference,  the  weed  industry  seems  to  be  chief  where 
greatest  care  is  not  observed. 

Spring  and  Autumn  months  especially  the  months  of 
April,  May,  June  and  October,  are  kin  to  the  valleys  of 
Arno  throughout  the  western  gateway.  Almost  any  year 
the  plow  can  be  seen  going  in  the  field  in  the  months  of 
December  and  January  and  many  of  the  early  gardens  are 
made  the  latter  days  of  January  and  the  first  of  February. 
Some  years  nearly  all  the  spring  plowing  is  done  in  the 
winter  months.  Many  years  the  pasture  remains  clean 
and  profitable  the  entire  year  with  the  exception  when 
there  is  a  coat  of  sleet  on  the  ground.  Cattle  and  sheep 
have  been  known  to  feed  from  the  pasture  fields  the  entire 
winter  months;  the  climate  as  a  rule,  is  mild  and  health- 
ful, the  mercury  seldom  goes  below  the  zero  mark  and 
most  winters  it  remains  at  least  to  forty  degrees  above. 
Some  winters  the  mercury  registers  as  high  as  60  to  70 
degrees  several  days  at  a  period.  Most  years  the  early 
spring  crops  are  planted  the  latter  days  of  February  and 
the  first  days  in  March.  Sometimes  there  is  a  cold  wave 
period  that  strikes  this  country  in  early  winter  and  re- 
mains until  the  dawning  of  spring — this  is  a  rare  section. 

The  mild  climate  enables  the  stock  man  to  care  for 
his  herd  with  but  little  extra  expense  in  winter,  over  the 
summer  months  when  pasture  is  at  its  best.  The  dairy- 
men find  this  country  an  ideal  place  to  carry  on  his  voca- 
tion. This  is  a  real  natural  dairy  country,  and  the  busi- 
ness has  been  neglected  to  a  great  extent.  The  never  fail- 
ing water  and  the  abundance  of  the  grasses  linked  with 
mild  climate  and  the  proximity  to  market,  makes  this 
country  an  ideal  country  for  such  culture.  There  is  not 
much  need  of  expensive  dairy  barns  or  sheds,  yet,  many 
who  are  now  engaged  in  the  business  find  it  profitable  to 


14  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

protect  their  herds  from  storm  and  sleet  though  these 
barns  are  not  put  into  actual  use  save  a  very  few  months 
in  the  year.  Many  herd  owners  use  well  covered  sheds 
with  openings  for  the  stock.  These  sheds  prove  to  be 
good  herd  protectors  and  they  are  practically  inexpensive 
when  compared  with  the  results  they  obtain;  they  are  the 
best  paying  improvements  that  can  be  made  on  any  dairy 
or  stock  farm,  for  it  is  a  well  known  fact  that  chilly  days 
and  damp  cold  seasons  are  not  very  conductive  to  the 
growth  and  development  of  any  nature  of  stock.  Some 
day  Bade  County  will  be  one  of  the  banner  dairy  counties 
in  the  middle  west. 

Over  in  Barton  county,  north  of  Lamar  there  is  a 
point  that  is  called  the  Ozark  divide.  At  this  point  a  part 
of  the  water  runs  north  into  the  streams  that  find  their 
outlet  in  the  Osage  river  and  a  part  flows  south  into  what 
is  known  as  Muddy,  thence  into  Spring  River.  This  divide 
is  noticeable  to  the  naked  eye  and  many  points  in  Barton 
and  places  in  Dade  County.  The  first  little  hillocks  of 
the  Ozark  range  are  to  be  seen  in  western  Barton  County 
and  these  little  hills  and  rolling  prairie  are  very  promi- 
nent until  they  reach  half  way  across  Dade  County,  then 
merge  into  real  hills  where  the  upland  and  the  valleys 
give  protection  to  the  soil  tiller,  where  there  are  many 
prosperous,  happy  homes.  There  are  many  of  these 
homes  at  the  western  gateway;  some  of  them  are  really 
ideal  country  homes.  Throughout  the  Lockwood  and 
Arcola  districts  there  are  many  of  these  homes.  There 
are  a  number  of  ideal  farms  in  these  districts  and  the 
number  does  not  diminish  as  travel  is  made  eastward 
through  the  entire  county,  to  the  Green  County  line. 

The  early  fathers  seemed  to  like  the  wooded  district 
of  Dado  County  better  than  they  did  the  prairie  district. 
Hero  is  where  they  built  their  first  cabins,  their  first 
church,  their  first  school  house  and  their  first  village. 
This  was  on  account  of  the  water  supply  and  the  head  of 
timber  to  build  their  cabin  and  otherwise  improve  their 
farms.  Forty  years  ago  land  in  the  Lockwood  district 
sold  as  low  as  two  dollars  and  fifty  cents  the  acre.  It 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 15 

was  then  a  wilderness  of  grass  and  remained  so  until  the 
advent  of  the  Memphis  Railroad  about  the  first  of  the 
80 's.  These  same  tracts  could  not  be  bought  now  for 
much  less  than  $100  the  acre,  and  many  of  them  would 
demand  a  much  higher  price.  The  building  of  the  Mem- 
phis Railroad,  up  to  the  time  of  its  building,  was  the 
greatest  event  in  the  history  of  the  county.  Soon  after 
the  completion  of  this  railroad  the  western  half  of  Dade 
County  was  a  real  mecca  for  the  home  seeker,  resulting 
in  the  turning  of  the  wilderness  into  a  veritable  garden. 
Too  much  credit  cannot  be  given  George  H.  Nettleton  and 
J.  E.  Lockwood,  promoters  and  builders  of  this  railroad, 
for  the  good  that  has  resulted  from  the  building  and  com- 
pleton  of  this  splendid  highway  of  steel.  It  has  been 
the  savior  of  central  south  Missouri. 

Conditions  at  the  western  gateway  of  the  Ozarks 
remain  pretty  much  the  same  until  the  Greene  County 
line  is  reached  on  the  east.  The  heretofore  waste  lands 
are  now  coining  into  use,  especially  the  hill  lands,  Avhich, 
heretofore,  were  covered  with  grasses,  thickets  and  briars. 
These  hill  lands  are  being  cleared  and  the  soil  is  being 
brought  into  use  in  the  raising  of  grasses,  thus  adding  to 
the  material  worth  of  the  county  in  the  way  of  land  pro- 
tection. This  section  seems  to  be  the  home  for  all  the 
grasses,  the  clover,  blue  grass  and  timothy  thrive  in 
almost  every  section.  Blue  grass  and  clover  seem  to 
spring  simultaneously  by  the  roadside,  the  newly  cleared 
hillside  and  in  waste  places — this  is  especially  true  of 
the  clover.  This  aid  of  nature  assists  materially  in  mak- 
ing the  country  {he  ideal  country  for  dairy  herds  and  the 
raising  of  young  cattle.  Pasturage  is  abundant  from 
early  spring  until  the  extreme  dry  weather  which  usually 
conies  the  latter  days  of  July  and  the  month  of  August. 
Then  when  the  early  fall  season  begins  the  grasses  begin 
to  take  on  new  life  and  long  before  frost  the  fields  are 
covered  with  the  rich  crop  of  splendid  feed  that  often  lasts 
throughout  the  winter  months — especially  during  the  open 
days  of  the  winter. 

Hill  lands  that  sold  for  $5  the  acre  a  few  years  ago 
bring  from  $25  to  $30  the  acre  and  many  of  the  upland 


16 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

farms  demand  as  high  as  $75  the  acre.  Some  of  the 
valley  land  bring  $125  to  $140  the  acre — it  might  be  well 
to  state  not  many  of  the  valley  land  farms  are  changing 
ownership  because  of  the  fact  there  is  no  better  land  in 
any  country  in  the  way  of  productiveness  or  in  the  raising 
of  diversified  crops.  The  farms  that  contain  part  valley 
and  part  upland  are  considered  the  best.  These  farms  are 
giving  the  best  record.  The  pioneers  thus  believed,  for 
many  of  them  entered  land  that  had  a  touch  of  real  rustic 
nature  as  well  as  plenty  of  bottom  land  which  they  cul- 
tivated. This  is  one  great  reason  Dade  County  as  a  whole 
was  slow  in  converting  its  hill  land  into  helpmates.  It 
has  been  lately  proven  that  much  of  the  upland  is  about 
as  rich  as  the  bottom  land  along  the  various  streams. 


MASON  TALBUTT. 


Introduction  to  Dade  County  History 

WHY  I  LIKE  MY  PART  OF  THE  COUNTRY. 

by 
Aaron  D.  States. 

I  live  neither  in  the  north  or  the  south,  the  east  or  the 
west — my  country  is  Missouri,  the  center  State.  I  possess 
a  very  small  portion  of  Missouri,  yet  it  is  my  adopted 
asylum — it  is  my  country.  Why  do  I  like  it,  listen!" 

It  is  south  Missouri  where  the  Ozarks  play  with  the 
gossamere  clouds  and  the  mellow  sunbeams,  that  dance 
over  meadow,  woodland  and  tangled  wildwood  and  play 
hide-go-seek  amid  labyrinth  and  dell.  Where  the  purest 
crystal  water  flows  in  classic  rivers  and  streams  and  from 
never  ceasing  nature  wells  and  springs,  that  give  health 
and  life.  Where  talkative,  babling  brooklets  quench  the 
thirst  of  the  herds,  on  its  mission  to  the  ' father  of  waters,' 
passing  through  bewitching  nature  gardens,  tickling  the 
rootlets  of  herb  and  fern,  then  spreading  into  a  broader 
and  deeper  current  to  gladden  the  hearts  of  the  husband- 
men. Where  the  golden  sunlight  warms  the  earth  the 
quickest  after  the  snows  and  the  sleets.  Where  the  earth 
responds  to  every  honest  touch  of  the  soil  tiller  and  as- 
sures him  plenty  with  some  to  spare. 

Not  so  very  far  from  thriving  cities,  near  the  track- 
age of  the  endless  steel  rail  with  the  master  city  of  the 
middle  west  hard  by.  Near  a  modern  village  of  schools 
and  churches  and  where  everybody  is  hailed  as  brother, 
and,  should  I  forget  to  extend  the  day  benediction  in  pass- 
ing it  would  be  sufficient  cause  to  create  a  desire  in  the  af- 
flicted to  learn,  ''What  on  earth  has  happened?"  In  a 
country  where  the  countryman  and  the  townsman  sit  in 
the  same  pew,  attend  the  same  social  functions,  whose 


18 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

children  attend  the  same  school.  Where  the  modern  car 
is  found,  both  in  town  and  country,  where  the  public  high- 
ways are  being  made  ideal  and  where  all  modern  improve- 
ments find  a  people  ready  to  adopt  every  measure  that 
strengthens  industrial  worth  and  broadens  the  sphere  in 
making  life  worth  while.  Where  are  no  strangers  and 
should  one  come  within  our  gates  he  is  soon  a  brother.  A 
country  where  boosters  live,  live  not  alone  for  self  but 
are  willing  that  others  shall  live.  Where  mutual  interests 
are  considered  above  par  value — a  country  where  the  prin- 
ciples of  a  common  brotherhood  are  practiced,  at  least  in 
part. 

The  Ozark  range  of  mountains  is  distant  kin  to  the 
Rockies.  They  extend  two  hundred  miles  east  and  west 
and  average  a  little  over  a  hundred  miles  in  width.  This 
scope  of  country,  the  Switzerland  of  the  middle  west  is 
fast  becoming  the  pleasure  resort  for  thousands  of  pleas- 
ure seekers  each  year.  They  find  all  kinds  of  nature 
wonderment,  little  cascades,  bewitching  grottoes,  fruitful 
fields  and  gardens  with  farm  and  town  homes,  that  are 
akin  to  the  homes  of  city  streets.  Pleasure  resorts  abound 
everywhere.  Community  houses  shelter  the  weary  pil- 
grim, log  and  cobble  stone  bungalows  with  verdant  gard- 
ens, greet  the  visitor  in  all  the  mountain  country.  No 
visitor  need  to  be  too  far  distant  to  hear  the  pealing  of 
the  high  school  and  college  bell,  in  order  to  find  pleasure 
and  healthful  zone.  Mountain  roads  are  being  made  ideal, 
their  gentle  slope  and  graceful  windings,  through  nature's 
panoramas,  gives  the  visitor  a  touch  of  the  sublime  and 
the  beautiful.  The  artist,  the  literatus  and  the  seeker  of 
health,  climb  the  mountain  peaks,  and  with  glass,  can 
soo  into  four  states.  This  is  the  home  of  "The  Shepherd 
of  the  Hills." 

I  am  a  child  of  nature,.!  love  my  mother.  She  has 
fed  rno  and  clothed  me  all  these  years.  She  adorns  the 
walls  of  her  home  with  master  paintings,  she  seeks  to 
soothe  sorrow  and  strengthen  hope  and  faith.  After 
awhik*  Kho  will  clasp  me  in  her  bosom  and  there  I  will 
sweetly  sleep. 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 19 

EARLY  INDIAN  HISTORY. 

by 
Aaron  D.  States. 

The  Indian  tribes  that  once  roamed  over  the  terri- 
tory known  in  the  early  history  as  Barry  County,  of  which 
a  part  is  now  Dade  County,  left  but  little  trace  of  their 
occupancy,  save  in  arrow  heads,  stone  hammers,  and  a  few 
stones  they  used  to  grind  their  corn. 

Thousands  of  arrow  heads  have  been  found  in  the 
upper  Limestone  Country,  along  the  banks  of  Son's  Creek, 
over  on  the  Sac  and  in  many  up  land  districts.  There  are 
but  few  living  who  saw  the  Indians,  mostly  Osage  when 
they  occupied  this  portion  of  the  country,  prior  to 
and  after  the  first  white  settlers.  Tradition,  with  but 
little  historic  record,  says  that  the  Cherokees  and  the  Dela- 
wares  were  here  about  the  same  time,  the  Cherokees  com- 
ing from  the  Indian  Territory  in  1835,  soon  after  their  ar- 
rival from  Georgia,  and,  the  Delawares  coming  into  this 
section  soon  after  their  arrival  to  their  new  reservation 
on  the  lands  comprising  the  country,  in  Kansas,  at  the 
fork  of  the  Kansas  Missouri  River  junctions.  This  was 
sometime  during  the  year  1829  and  1830.  They  strolled 
over  south  Missouri  in  search  of  game,  yet,  they  never  had 
possessed  a  reservation  here.  Their  reservation  was  ceded 
to  them  for  all  time,  yet  it  was  not  long  until  they  ceded 
back  to  the  United  States  their  lands — this  was  in  the 
early  fifties.  Many  of  them  were  loath  to  leave  their  homes 
when  asked  to  join  their  kin  in  the  Indian  Territory. 
Some  are  of  the  opinion,  seasoned  by  facts,  that  this  tribe 
on  its  journey  to  the  Indian  Territory  found  plenty  of 
game  in  Western  Missouri  and  eastern  Kansas,  and  that 
when  they  found  the  life  flowing  rivers  in  south  Missouri, 
this  country  was  a  sort  of  Mecca  to  them  for  a  number  of 
years.  Game  was  plenty,  a  few  buffalo,  plenty  of  deer 
and  bear,  and  the  rivers  and  streams  were  well  supplied 
with  fish.  Early  settlers  saw  ruins  of  their  wigwams  and 
their  little  fortifications.  The  Delawares  were  peaceful 
people  and  somewhat  industrious.  They  loved  their  home 


20  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

in  the  reservation  and  they  were  loath  in  giving  it  up  to 
the  white  settlers.  A  few  Indian  families,  decendants  from 
the  Delaware  tribe,  still  live  in  the  old  reservation  beyond 
the  Kaw. 

When  the  last  century  was  young  the  north  part  of 
Missouri  suffered  from  Indian  invasion  and  there  were  a 
number  of  massacres.  The  Indian  history  of  that  part  of 
Missouri,  is  exceedingly  interesting.  At  that  time  there 
were  no  permanent  white  settlements  in  this  section  of  the 
state — there  were  a  few  white  explorers,  who  were  in 
search  of  gold  and  other  valuable  metals.  We  have  record 
of  this  class  as  early  as  1814,  yet  the  record  fails  to  state 
the  names  of  the  parties,  or  their  success  in  the  attempt, 
neither  does  it  reveal  and  information  whatever,  concern- 
ing the  Indian  occupancy. 

The  truth  of  the  whole  matter  is  the  fact  that  the 
early  settler  of  north  Missouri  had  but  little  knowledge 
of  what  the  state  possessed  or  rather  territory,  south  of 
the  Missouri  River.  Many  descendants  of  these  old  time 
settlers  of  that  section  are  still  ignorant  of  this  informa- 
tion, little  knowing  that  a  mighty  empire  lies  south  of  the 
Missouri  River  and  extends  to  the  Arkansas  State  line,  a 
part  of  which,  is  Dade  County.  Because  of  the  first  set- 
tlements being  made  in  central  and  northern  part  of  Mis- 
souri was  on  account  of  river  transportation  though  very 
incomplete,  yet  it  afforded  a  way  for  the  immigrant  and 
explorer  to  reach  the  interior  of  the  then  territory,  a  way 
of  travel  that  was  considered  in  a  measure  modern. 

A  few  Indian  graves  have  been  found  in  sections  of 
Dade  County  but  they  did  not  produce  much  historic  in- 
terest. Dr.  William  Harrison,  late  of  Greenfield,  now  of 
the  city  of  Tulsa,  Okla.,  in  connection  Avith  Brother  Edwin, 
used  to  delight  in  assembling  Indian  relice  and  at  one 
time  their  collection  was  considered  one  of  the  finest  in 
the  country,  each  relic  in  this  collection  was  found  in 
Dade  County.  The  collection  was  sold  to  -  — , 

Kansas  City  at  a  good  price  two  years  ago.  Dr.  Brooks 
at  Golden  City,  Missouri  has  a  splendid  Indian  relic  col- 


21 


lection.  He  has  been  engaged  for  a  number  of  years  in 
the  assembling  of  his  collection  and  he  prizes  it  highly. 
It  is  a  rare  collection  and  some  day  it  will  bring  him  a 
good  price,  each  relic  in  this  collection  was  found  in  west- 
ern Dade  and  eastern  Barton  counties.  Mr.  Brooks  has  it 
on  exhibition  in  the  post  office  lobby  at  Golden  City. 

There  are  other  smaller  collections.  It  is  conceded 
that  the  first  occupant  of  the  territory  composing  Dade 
County  were  the  Osage  Indians,  who  claimed  dominion 
over  all  the  land,  lying  between  the  Missouri  and  Arkansas 
Rivers,  embracing  a  greater  portion  of  the  states  of  Mis- 
souri and  Arkansas.  The  luan  Paw  Indians  also  claimed 
dominion  and  were  original  occupants  of  a  portion  of  this 
country  in  Missouri  and  Arkansas.  Tradition  says  the 
first  Indian  occupancy  was  at  the  very  beginning  of  the 
last  century.  If  they  inhabited  this  country  at  an  earlier 
period  they  left  no  historic  trace  of  the  event.  It  was  at 
the  time  the  Indians  were  being  crowded  from  their  happy 
hunting  grounds  in  the  territory  of  Ohio,  Indiana  and 
Kentucky  to  a  more  congenial  portion  where  they  would 
not  be  molested  by  the  whites.  At  that  time  St.  Louis  was 
a  pretty  active  river  village  and  its  principal  trade  was 
in  fur  production  and  trading  with  the  Indians.  Explora- 
tion parties  explored  a  portion  of  the  interior  part  of  the 
Missouri  territory.  The  Indians  soon  settled  in  portions  of 
Missouri  and  it  was  not  long  until  they  had  roamed  the 
state  and  many  tribes  were  delighted  in  the  prairie  dis- 
tricts of  Kansas. 

As  early  as  1834,  we  find  that  a  missionary  named 
Joseph  Meeker,  found  his  way  into  Kansas  and  preached 
to  the  Indians.  We  have  no  record  of  Indian  mission 
work  in  this  section  of  Missouri.  The  white  settlers  were 
slow  in  making  the  Ozark  country  their  home.  There  are 
no  great  water  ways  in  the  Ozark  country  that  would 
furnish  transportation  for  the  early  home-seeker,  and  it 
was  a  very  difficult  matter  for  the  home-seeker  to  find  any 
sort  of  a  trail  that  might  give  some  evidence  of  partial 
civilization  until  the  year  1830.  It  is  true  that  earlier, 
though  but  a  few  years,  they  found  their  way  to  Spring- 


22 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

field  on  the  east  and  to  the  present  post  on  the  north, 
where  Kansas  City  now  flourishes.  The  ox  team  then  af- 
forded about  the  only  means  of  transportation.  The 
country  was  pretty  well  inhabited  by  Indians  and  there 
were  but  few  scattered  white  settlements.  This  made  it 
undesirable  for  the  first  fathers  to  start  on  a  journey 
through  a  wilderness  inhabited  by  a  people  who  are  sup- 
posed to  be  the  white  man's  greatest  enemy.  Though 
this  belief,  founded  upon  some  principles  of  fact  if  any 
new  settler  experienced  trouble  with  the  Indians  while  en- 
route  through  Missouri  to  his  new  home  in  Dade  County, 
it  was  never  recorded  and  the  fact  forgotten. 

The  numerous  herds  of  buffalo  attracted  the  Indians 
from  Missouri   into   Kansas  teritory  at    an   early   period 
and  occupied  the  teritory  sometime  after  civilization  en- 
tered that  country.     A  great  portion  of  the  early  inhab- 
itants of  Kansas  went  to  that  country  from  Missouri,  as 
well  as  from  the  States  or  districts  farther   north.     The 
Indian    always   loved   the   buffalo   chase,    the    excitement 
and  its  profit  appealed  to  him.     There  were  but  few  herds 
of  buffalo  in  Missouri,  three   quarters  of  a  century  ago, 
except  in  western  Missouri,  \vhere  prairie  country  abounds. 
The    Indian    always  had  a    liking    for  rivers    and    lesser 
streams,  where  they  could  build  their  wigwams  and  found 
their    villages.     Southern    Missouri    and    especially    the 
southwest  portion   seemed  to  be   an  ideal  place   for   such 
industry.     Primitive  Barry  county  once  had  many  signs 
of  Indian  habitation,  especially  in  the  wooded  and  rural 
districts.    The  game  here  was  not  so  large,  yet  the  country 
appealed  to  the  Red  Man  for  a  sort  of  a  home  land.     At 
no  time  in  the  early  history  of  Dade  County  does  it  appear 
that  the  Indians  gave  any  great  amount  of  annoyance  to 
the  early  settlers   except    their  petty  thieving   and    their 
delight  in    giving    fright    to    women    and    children,    who 
always   dreaded   the  autumn   months,   the   time   when   the 
Indians  would  flock  here  on  their  way  back  to  the  Indian 
Territory   from   their   hunting   trip  to   northern   Missouri. 
They  seldom  stole  except  things  to  eat,  and  once  in  a  while 
they  would  take  a  calf  or  a  hog. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 23 

ORGANIZATION   OF   THE   COUNTY. 

FORMATIVE  ACT— Dade  County  was  organized  in 
accordance  with  an  act  of  the  General  Assembly  of  the 
State  of  Missouri,  approved  January  29,  1841,  and  an 
act  supplemental  thereto,  approved  February  15,  1841. 
That  part  of  the  first  act  relating  to  the  organization  of 
this  county,  reads  as  follows: 

''An  act  to  organize  counties  therein,  named,  and  to 
define  the  boundaries  thereof. 

Section  10.  All  that  teritory  included  within  the  fol- 
lowing" described  limits,  viz:  Beginning  at  the  middle  of 
the  eastern  boundary  line  of  Township  28  of  Range  25; 
thence  north  on  the  range  line  dividing  Ranges  24  and 
25,  to  the  township  line  dividing  Townships  34  and  35; 
thence  west  on  Range  29;  thence  south  to  the  northwest 
corner  of  Barry  County;  thence  east  to  the  place  of  be- 
ginning; is  hereby  created  a  separate  and  distinct  county, 
to  be  called  and  known  by  the  name  of  the  county  of 
Dade. 

Section  11.  Josiah  McCreary  of  Barry  County;  Will- 
iam Coulfield,  of  Greene  County,  and  Winfrey  Owens,  of 
Polk  County,  are  hereby  appointed  commissioners  to  se- 
lect the  permanent  seat  of  justice  of  said  county. 

Section  12.  The  circuit  and  county  courts  of  said 
county  shall  be  held  at  the  dwelling  house  of  William 
Penn,  in  said  county,  until  the  permanent  seat  of  justice 
of  said  county  is  established,  or  the  county  court  shall 
otherwise  direct. 

Section  46.  "The  commissioners  to  select  the  respective 
county  seats  aforesaid,  shall  meet  on  the  second  Monday  in 
April  next,  at  the  places  for  holding  courts  for  the  coun- 
ties, respectively,  in  which  county  seats  are  to  be  located, 
for  the  purpose  of  entering  upon  the  discharge  of  their 
duties. 

Section  48.  The  Governor  is  hereby  authorized  and 
required  to  appoint  and  commission  in  each  of  said  coun- 
ties three  persons  as  justices  of  the  county  court,  and 
one  person  as  sheriff;  and  the  persons  appointed  and 


24 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

commissioned  as  aforesaid  shall  hold  their  offices  until 
the  next  general  election,  and  until  their  succesors  are 
duly  elected  and  qualified. 

Section  49.  The  circuit  and  county  courts,  or  judge 
or  justices  thereof  in  vacation,  shall  appoint  their  re- 
spective clerks,  who  shall  hold  their  offices  until  the  next 
general  election  for  clerks,  and  until  their  successors  are 
duly  elected  and  qualified. 

*  OFFICIAL  APPOINTMENTS— The  supplemental  act 
provided  that  the  county  court  of  the  several  counties 
created  by  this  act  should  meet  on  the  first  Monday  of 
March  following  its  passage,  and  that  they  should  then, 
or  at  a  subsequent  term  to  be  held  in  that  month,  ap- 
point a  county  assessor,  and  that  the  collectors  of  the 
revenue  of  these  counties  should  be  allowed  until  the  first 
day  of  February,  1842,  to  collect  and  pay  in  the  revenues 
of  their  respective  counties.  It  also  provided  that  the 
seat  of  justice  of  the  county  of  Dade  should  be  located 
within  four  miles  of  the  center  of  the  county,  and  that 
the  county  courts  might  appoint  surveyors  to  serve  until 
August  following,  when  surveyors  should  be  elected. 

In  accordance  with  the  foregoing  laws,  Gov.  Thomas 
Reynolds  appointed  and  commissioned  Nelson  McDowell, 
William  Penn  and  David  Hunter  as  justices  of  the  county 
court,  and  Asa  G.  Smith  as  sheriff  of  the  county.  In 
further  compliance  with  the  law,  these  justices  met  on 
the  first  Monday  of  March,  1841,  at  the  residence  of  Will- 
iam Penn  (on  Pennsylvania  Prairie),  and  then  and  there 
organized  their  court,  and  appointed  Joseph  Allen  as 
clerk,  and  thus  completed  the  organization  of  Dade 
County.  It  was  contemplated  by  the  prime  movers  for 
the  organization  of  the  county  that  the  seat  should  be 
located  on  Pennsylvania  Prairie;  but  the  clause  in  ttie  sup- 
plemental act  requiring  the  seat  of  justice  to  be  located 
within  four  miles  of  the  center  of  the  county  defeated 
their  project.  Soon  after  the  county  was  organized,  the 
comrnisisoners  appointed  by  the  act  creating  it  to  select 
the  permanent  seat  of  justice  met  as  directed,  and  se- 
lected the  site  of  the  present  town  of  Greenfield,  consist- 


W.  II.  BOWLES. 


PHIL  S.  GRIFFITH. 


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ing,  as  then  selected,  of  fifty-one  acres,  and  procured  title 
for  the  same  for  the  county,  from  the  owners,  Matthias  H. 
Allison  and  Mary  Ann  Allison,  his  wife,  by  deed  dated 
April  14,  1841.  This  tract  of  land  was  donated  to  the 
county  by  the  grantors,  for  and  in  consideration  of  the 
location  of  the  county  seat  thereon,  and  it  consists  of  the 
northwest  quarter  of  the  northwest  of  Section  19,  Town- 
ship 31  north,  Range  26  west,  together  with  a  strip  on  the 
north  and  west  sides,  sufficient  in  width  to  make  the 
whole  tract  contain  fifty-one  acres. 

After  the  site  for  the  county  seat  was  selected,  the 
sessions  of  the  courts  were  held  at  the  residence  of 
Matthias  H.  Allison,  at  Greenfield,  until  June,  1842,  and 
on  the  20th  day  of  that  month  the  county  court  met  for 
the  first  time  in  the  first  court  house  erected  for  the 
county.  As  soon  as  the  site  for  the  seat  of  justice  was 
selected,  the  county  court  appointed  John  M.  Rankin 
commissioner  of  the  county  seat. 

COUNTY  BOUNDARY— By  reference  to  the  descrip- 
tion of  Dade  County,  as  given  in  the  act  creating  it,  it 
will  be  seen  that  the  county  extended  nine  miles  south 
of  its  present  southern  boundary,  and  ten  miles  north  of 
its  present  northern  boundary.  Thus  it  included  all  of 
Township  29,  and  the  north  half  of  Township  28,  now 
comprised  in  Lawrence  County  on  the  south,  and  the 
north  two-thirds  of  Township  33,  and  the  whole  of  Town- 
ship 34,  now  comprised  in  Cedar  County  on  the  north. 
The  east  and  west  boundaries  of  the  county  remain  on  the 
same  lines  described  in  the  act  of  creating  it.  The  county 
was  reduced  in  size  to  its  present  limits  by  an  act  entitled, 
"An  act  to  define  the  limits  of  several  counties  within  the 
State,"  approved  March  28,  1845.  The  section  describing 
it  reads  as  follows:  "Beginning  at  the  southeast  corner  of 
Section  24,  Township  33,  Range  25;  thence  west  to  the 
southwest  corner  of  Section  24,  Township  33,  Range  29; 
thence  south  to  the  township  line  dividing  Townships  29 
and  30;  thence  east  to  the  range  line  dividing  Ranges  24 
and  25;  thence  north  to  the  beginning."  This  makes  the 
county  consist  of  Townships  30,  31,  32  and  the  south  one- 


26  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

third  of  33,  and  of  Ranges  25,  26,  27,  28  and  the  east  tier 
of  sections  in  Range  29,  thus  making  it  twenty  miles  north 
and  south,  and  twenty-five  miles  east  and  west. 

MUNICIPAL  TOWNSHIPS— Immediately  upon  the 
organization  of  the  county,  it  was  subdivided  into  mu- 
nicipal townships,  but  no  record  pertaining  to  their  forma- 
tion has  been  preserved.  In  May,  1854,  a  new  township, 
named  North,  was  formed  to  comprise  all  that  part  of 
Center  Township  lying  north  of  a  line  running  from  the 
southwest  corner  of  Section  19,  Township  32,  Range  27, 
east,  on  the  section  lines  to  Sac  River;  and  Prairie  school 
house,  near  the  residence  of  Benjamin  Appleby,  was  the 
place  designated  for  holding  elections  in  the  new  town- 
ship. In  February,  1860,  another  new  municipal  town- 
ship was  formed  in  response  to  a  petition  signed  by  Wiley 
Irby  and  others  to  the  number  of  81.  It  was  named 
South,  and  was  bounded  as  follows:  Beginning  two  and 
one-half  miles  west  of  the  range  line  between  Ranges  26 
and  27,  on  the  township  line  between  Townships  30  and 
31;  thence  running  due  south  to  the  county  line  between 
Bade  and  Lawrence  Counties;  thence  running  due  east 
with  said  county  line  to  the  range  line  between  Ranges 
25  to  26;  thence  north  on  the  range  line  to  the  township 
line  between  Townships  30  and  31;  thence  west  to  the 
place  of  beginning.  The  place  for  holding  elections  in  the 
new  township  was  fixed  at  Finley's  mill. 

On  the  llth  of  June,  1860,  the  county  court,  on  peti- 
tion of  John  A.  Ferguson  and  fifty  others,  created  a  p.ew 
township  as  follows:  Beginning  at  the  northwest  corner  of 
Bade  County;  thence  east  to  the  line  between  Ranges  27 
and  28;  thence  south  seven  miles  to  the  southeast  corner 
of  Section  25,  Township  32,  Range  28;  thence  west  with 
the  subdivisional  lines  to  the  Barton  County  line  seven 
miles;  thence  north  to  the  place,  of  beginning;  to  be  known 
by  the  name  of  Horse  Creek.  The  place  for  holding  elec- 
tions in  the  township  was  fixed  at  the  residence  of  William 
Cantrell. 

In  August,  1S82,  the  municipal  township  of  Washing- 
ton was  formed  out  of  parts  of  Townships  South,  Smith 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 27 

and  Center;  embracing  Sections  3  to  10,  inclusive,  in  Town- 
ship 30,  Range  26;  Sections  31  to  34,  inclusive,  in  Town- 
ship 31,  Range  26;  Sections  34,  35  and  36,  in  Township 
31,  Range  27,  and  Sections  1,  2,  3,  10  11  and  12,  in  Town- 
ship 30,  Range  27. 

On  the  8th  of  May,  1883,  the  municipal  township  of 
Lockwood  was  formed,  comprising  Sections  5,  6,  7  and  8, 
in  Township  30,  Range  27;  Sections  17  to  20,  and  29  to  32, 
inclusive,  in  Township  31,  Range  27;  Sections  1,  2,  11  and 
12,  in  Township  30,  Range  28;  and  Sections  13,  14,  23,  25, 
26,  35  and  36,  in  Township  31,  Range  28.  Afterward,  on 
the  8th  of  May,  1888,  Sections  5,  6,  7  and  8,  in  Township 
31,  Range  27,  and  Sections  1,  2,  11  and  12,  in  Township 
31,  Range  28,  were  added  to  Lockwood  Municipal  Town- 
ship. 


GENERAL  DESCRIPTION,  TOPOGRAPHY,  ETC. 

The  County  of  Dade  lies  on  the  western  slope  of  the 
Ozark  Mountain  Range,  in  the  southwestern  part  of  Mis- 
souri, is  the  third  county  north  of  the  Arkansas  line  and 
the  second  east  from  the  Kansas  line,  and  is  in  latitude 
38  degrees  north,  and  longitude  94  degrees  west.  It  oc- 
cupies portions  of  Townships  30,  31,  32  and  33  north,  and 
Ranges  25,  26,  27,  28  and  29  west  of  the  fifth  principal 
meridian,  and  is  bounded  on  the  north  by  Cedar,  on  the 
east  by  Polk  and  Greene  Counties,  on  the  south  by  Law- 
rence, and  on  the  west  by  Jasper  and  Barton  Counties. 
Its  area  consists  of  500  square  miles,  or  320,000  acres;  be- 
ing 25  miles  in  length,  east  and  west,  20  miles  in  width, 
north  and  south. 

PHYSICAL  AND  NATURAL  FEATURES— The  di- 
viding ridge  or  summit  of  the  Ozark  Range,  between  the 
waters  which  flow  northwardly  to  the  Osage  River,  and 
thence  to  the  Missouri,  and  the  waters  which  flow  south- 
wardly to  the  Neosho  River,  and  thence  to  the  Arkansas, 
runs  diagonally  across  the  southwest  part  of  the  county. 
The  average  elevation  of  the  county  above  sea  level  is 
about  one  thousand  three  hundred  feet,  and  the  surface 


28 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

is  about  equally  divided  between  timber  and  prairie 
lands.  That  part  lying  in  the  timber  and  near  the  water 
courses  is  rolling,  and  in  many  places  very  rough  and 
hilly,  while  the  western  portion  of  the  county,  more  es- 
pecially, breaks  down  from  the  elevated  Ozark  ridges  into 
the  beautiful  valleys  and  broad  prairies  of  the  Neosho 
and  Osage  basins. 

STREAMS — Several  cold,  swift  streams  course 
through  the  country  from  south  to  north,  which,  with 
their  numerous  tributaries,  furnish  an  unfailing  supply 
of  the  best  water  for  use,  and  water-power  inexhaustible. 
Turnback  heads  in  Lawrence  County  on  the  south,  and 
flows  into  the  center  of  the  county,  where  it  is  joined  by 
Sac  River  from  the  east,  and  together  flow  into  the  Osage. 
Limestone  Creek  rises  in  the  southwestern  portion  of 
the  county,  and  empties  into  Turnback  near  Greenfield, 
and  furnishes  power  for  mills.  Other  and  smaller  streams, 
Son's  Creek,  Horse  Creek,  Cedar  Creek  and  Sinking  Creek, 
traverse  considerable  portions  of  the  county,  and  are  fed 
by  never-failing  springs  of  pure  cold  water.  Along  Sac 
River,  Turnback  and  Son's  Creek,  the  surface  of  the 
county  is  bold  and  precipitious,  with  fertile  valleys  com- 
posed of  the  richest  loam  lying  between  the  picturesque 
hills  and  bluffs.  These  hills  are  covered  more  or  less 
densely  with  all  kinds  of  oak,  hickory,  and  other  valuable 
timber,  and  furnish  good  grazing.  Maze  Creek,  a  branch 
of  the  Sac  River,  enters  the  county  from  the  east,  and 
flows  in  a  northwesterly  direction,  across  the  northeast- 
ern portion.  Muddy  Creek,  being  the  only  one  in  the 
county  south  of  the  dividing  ridge,  enters  the  county  from 
the  south,  and  flows  in  a  northwesterly  direction  across 
the  southwestern  portion  thereof,  into  Barton  County  and 
into  the  Xeosho  River.  The  larger  streams  of  the  county, 
at  all  times,  afford  abundant  supplies  of  stock  water,  and 
abound  in  a  variety  of  choice  fish.  Many  portions  of  the 
county  are  well  supplied  with  springs  of  pure,  clear  water, 
and  excellent  well  water  may  be  obtained  in  almost  any 
part  of  the  county,  at  a  depth  of  from  twelve  to  twenty 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 29^ 

feet,  thus  assuring  an  abundant  supply  of  water  for  all 
purposes. 

PRAIRIES — In  the  northwestern  portion  of  the 
county,  is  Crisp's  Prairie,  some  12  by  3  miles  in  extent, 
named  after  its  first  settlers,  the  Crisps.  It  is  a  beautiful 
rolling-  section  of  country  interspersed  with  groves,  and  is 
in  a  high  state  of  cultivation.  Rock  Prairie,  in  the  south- 
east corner  of  the  county,  is  another  fertile  and  beautiful 
region  covered  with  fine  farms,  and  all  the  evidence  of 
fertility  and  wealth. 

Pennsylvania  Prairie,  named  after  Judge  William 
Penn,  an  early  settler,  is  situated  in  the  southern  portion 
of  the  county,  between  Turnback  and  Limestone  Creeks, 
and  above  their  junction.  It  is  one  of  the  richest  and 
oldest  sections  of  the  county,  and  is  especially  noted  for 
its  fruit  growing.  After  leaving  the  hills  along  Turnback 
Creek  and  Sac  River,  going  westward,  one  enters  that 
vast  prairie  country,  stretching  from  north  to  south  across 
the  entire  width  of  the  county,  and  extending  westward 
to  the  base  of  the  Rocky  Mountains. 

The  streams  that  water  this  grand  region  flow  but  a 
few  feet  below  the  general  level  of  the  rolling  prairie,  and 
are  narrowly  fringed  with  trees,  and  from  the  eminences 
one  can  trace  the  line  of  waving  trees  until  the  eye  loses 
the  outline  in  the  dim  distance. 

SOIL — The  prevailing  country  rock  is  a  sandstone 
and  limestone  formation  w'ith  large  areas  of  flint  and 
chert  cropping  out  in  the  most  broken  parts  and  along 
the  streams.  The  overlying  soil  on  the  uplands  in  the 
eastern  part  of  the  county  consists  of  a  red  clay  and  sub- 
soil covered  with  a  red,  or  what  is  termed  a  "mulatto," 
loam.  For  wheat,  corn  and  tobacco  raising,  it  is  unsur- 
passed. The  valleys  along  the  streams  are  alluvial  de- 
posits of  rich,  black  loam,  from  two  to  six  feet  in  depth, 
overlying  sub-deposits  of  gravel  and  limestone,  and  yield 
corn  averaging  from  sixty  to  eighty  bushels  per  acre,  ac- 
cording to  the  season  and  thoroughness  of  cultivation.  The 
prairie,  or  the  western  part  of  the  county,  is  composed  of 
a  clay  subsoil,  overlaid  with  a  rich  dark  soil  varying  from 


one  to  four  feet  in  depth,  resembling  the  prairie  soil  of 
Illinois  and  Iowa,  and  grows  all  kinds  of  cereals  in  extra 
abundance. 

TIMBER — The  entire  eastern  portion  of  Dade  County 
with  the  exception  of  the  prairies  and  cleared  lands;  is 
covered,  and  in  many  places  densely,  with  a  light  growth 
of  timber.  The  timber  on  the  uplands  consists  of  the  oak 
in  its  several  varieties,  hickory,  and  a  few  other  hard- 
wood varieties,  while  in  the  valleys  and  along  the  streams 
it  consists  of  black  and  white  walnut,  ash,  soft  maple, 
sycamore,  elm  and  a  few  other  kinds,  including  also  oak 
and  hickory.  All  the  timber  of  the  county,  though  some  of 
it  attains  a  great  thickness,  has  a  short  and  stubby  growth, 
in  length  it  will  not  compare  with  that  of  Eastern 
States.  Along  the  bluffs  of  Son's  Creek  several  groves  of 
cedar  exist,  but  the  trees  are  not  sufficient  size  to  be  of 
use  except  for  transplanting  for  ornamental  purposes. 
Much  of  the  timber  consists  of  what  is  known  as  "second 
growth,"  all  of  which  has  grown  since  the  settlement  of 
the  county  began,  and  since  the  Indians  ceased  their  an- 
nual burnings  over  the  surface  of  the  country.  In  some 
places  this  "second  growth"  timber  is  very  fine — is  not 
scrubby,  but  smooth,  and  grows  rapidly,  and  is  already 
valuable  for  fencing  purposes.  There  is  yet  an  abundant 
supply  of  wood  for  fuel,  easily  maintained  at  moderate 
cost.  Young  timber  grows  rapidly  when  planted  on  the 
prairie,  and  there  are  some  fine  groves  in  the  western  part 
of  the  county. 

CLIMATE — The  climate  of  Dade  County  is  a  happy 
medium  between  extremes  of  heat  and  cold.  The  winters 
are  mild  and  short.  Snow  rarely  falls  before  Christmas, 
and  never  exceeds  but  a  few  inches  in  depth,  and  seldom 
lies  on  the  ground  longer  than  three  or  four  days  at  a 
time.  Mercury  seldom  falls  to  zero,  and  is  not  much  of 
the  time  below  freezing  point.  This  is  a  "sunny  climate," 
even  in  winter,  and,  except  when  it  is  raining  or  storm- 
ing, the  outdoor  laborer  never  has  to  lose  a  day's  work  on 
account  of  the  weather;  and  the  contour  of  the  country 
being,  as  it  is,  somewhat  rolling,  and  well  supplied  with 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 31. 

forests,  it  is  never  visited  with  severe  storms  or  cyclones. 
There  are  no  swamps  or  stagnant  pools  of  water  in  the 
county;  consequently  it  is  clear  from  all  malaria,  except 
what  is  caused  in  all  new  countries,  by  the  upturning  of 
the  virgin  soil.  Though  the  summers  are  long,  the  heat 
is  never  excessive,  being  tempered  as  it  is,  with  the  high 
elevation  and  the  breezes  from  the  west.  It  is  doubtful 
whether  a  more  healthy  country  than  the  Ozark  Range 
can  be  found  anywhere  on  the  continent.  Fevers  of  the 
typhoid  type  are  rare,  and  lung  and  bronchial  diseases 
are  comparatively  unknown.  The  water  is  pure  and 
healthy,  and  entirely  free  from  alkali  or  other  deleterious 
substances. 

WILD  ANIMALS  AND  WILD  FOWL— When  the 
first  settlers  landed  here  they  found  the  forests  inhabited 
by  buffaloes,  bears,  panthers,  wolves,  wildcats,  catamounts, 
elk,  deer  and  all  the  smaller  animals  common  to  this  lati- 
tude. Wild  fowls,  such  as  geese,  turkeys,  ducks  and 
smaller  birds,  were  also  natural  claimants  of  the  territory. 
The  buffaloes  soon  fled  to  the  westward  and  became  ex- 
tinct; the  bears  refused  to  flee,  but  have  become  extinct. 
The  wolves,  the  animals  of  the  cat  kind,  were  very  numer- 
ous. A  war  of  extinction  was  begun  on  them  by  the  early 
settlers,  and  it  has  been  continued,  so  that  not  many  of 
these  animals  now  remain.  The  deer  were  so  plentiful  that 
they  were  found  in  herds  or  droves.  They  have  been 
hunted  and  slain  for  food,  but  a  few  still  remain — enough 
to  amuse  the  hunters.  The  elk  are  extinct.  The  smaller 
animals,  such  as  foxes,  raccoons,  rabbits  and  the  like, 
abound  in  considerable  numbers.  Wild  turkeys  were  once 
so  abundant  that  the  early  settlers  killed  all  they  could 
consume.  Wild  geese  are  very  scarce  now,  but  the  tur- 
keys and  ducks,  even  yet,  abound  to  some  extent.  The 
small  birds — the  songsters — in  great  numbers,  still  make 
the  groves  ring  with  their  music. 


Chapter  2 

FIRST  LAND  ENTRIES. 

In  order  to  give  a  more  extended  list  of  the  early  set- 
tlers, there  has  been  compiled  from  the  records  a  list  of 
the  names  of  those  who  entered  lands  in  the  several  con- 
gressional townships  in  the  county  at  or  prior  to  certain 
dates;  care  being  taken  to  give  only  the  names  of  those 
who  became  actually  settlers,  and  omitting  reference  to 
those  already  mentioned.  The  townships  and  lists  are  as 
follows: 

TOWNSHIP  30,  RANGE  25— The  first  entries  were 
made  in  this  township  in  1844,  by  James  Hembree,  Moses 
Theobold,  James  Douglas,  Lysander  S.  Dunn  and  Samuel 
Harris.  Entries  1845  were  made  by  William  Dunn,  David 
C.  Eastin  and  M.  E.  Brown.  From  1845  to  1849  entries 
were  made  by  J.  H.  Hardin,  Samuel  Nickel  and  others. 

TOWNSHIP  30,  RANGE  26— The  first  entries  in  this 
township  were  made  in  1840,  by  Thomas  Box,  C.  J.  Morris, 
Samuel  Carr,  Reuben  Carter,  E.  F.  Morris,  C.  Beckham, 
Jesse  Scott,  John  Rice,  William  Mallory,  William  Snaden, 
William  Williams,  Sterling  and  John  Sailing,  Absalom 
Ren  fro,  David,  A.  D.  and  John  Hudspeth,  William  Snaden, 
Rich  T.  Willis,  Daniel  W.  Scott,  Jas.  M.  Snaden,  John 
Gamble  ,Jesse  0.  Scott,  Jas.  Ventioner,  John  Bowles,  A.  S. 
Yokimi,  and  others  heretofore  mentioned.  Others  and 
succeeding  early  entries  were  made  by  Jacob  Cox,  Alex. 
Russell  and  Andrew  Gilmore. 

TOWNSHIP  30,  RANGE  27— First  entries  in  this 
township  were  made  by  Joshua  and  Alexander  Ragsdale, 
Isaac  Preston,  Jonathan  Parris,  Britain  Finley,  William 
Merriek,  Robert  Allison,  John  B.  Parris,  Jacob  Reed,  An- 
drew Allison,  David  Moore  and  William  H.  King.  Soon 
after  entries  were  made  by  Jesse  Dougherty  and  others. 

TOWNSHIP  30,  RANGE  28— The  first  entry  was  in 
1*.")2,  by  Robert  Bird.  Others  were  made  in  1854  by  David 
(Yandail  and  Henry  Bird. 


BEN  M.  NEALE. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 33 

TOWNSHIP  30,  RANGE  29— Only  the  eastern  tier 
of  sections  was  in  Dade  county.  The  first  entries  were 
made  in  1856,  by  William  Russell  and  John  Thompson. 

TOWNSHIP  31,  RANGE  25— First  entries  were  made  in 
1844,  by  E.  B.  Miller,  Thomas  Stockstell  and  Samuel  L. 
and  L.  L.  Carlock.  Subsequent  early  entries  were  made 
by  James  Leeper,  Reuben  Carter,  Calvin  Wheeler,  John 
D.  Ragsdale,  Daniel  M.  McGee,  Henry  H.  Pemberton  and 
John  M.  Tarrant. 

TOWNSHIP  31,  RANGE  26— Entries  in  this  township 
date  from  1840,  made  by  Joseph  R.  Davidson,  Elijah  Mc- 
Millen,  John  M.  Rankin,  Emerson  C.  Scott,  C.  L.  Bidstrap, 
Isaac  Stockton,  James  West,  Charles  Hoover,  John  and 
Joseph  Sailing,  and  others  heretofore  named.  Soon  there- 
after entries  were  made  by  J.  N.  Weir,  Isam  A.  Young, 
Ramson  Gates,  A.  Cowan,  John  Tarbot,  W.  R.  Rankin 
and  John  M.  Dicus.  Many  other  entries  were  made 
during  the  forties. 

TOWNSHIP  31,  RANGE  27— First  entries  were  made 
in  1840,  by  Thomas  A.  Dale,  John  C.  Wetzel,  William 
Fleisher,  William  Arbagast,  Joshua  Carman,  John  Finley, 
William  McMillan,  and  others  mentioned  as  early  set- 
tlers. 

TOWNSHIP  31,  RANGE  28— The  first  entry  in  this 
township  was  made  in  1853,  by  Joseph  Lawrence,  and  the 
second  in  1854,  by  Thomas  Smith. 

TOWNSHIP  31,  RANGE  29— The  first  entry  is  1854, 
by  Stephen  L.  Butterfield. 

TOWNSHIP  32,  RANGE  25— First  entries  in  1839 
were  made  by  Pierce  Asbell,  William  P.  and  Thomas 
Hudson,  James  G.  Berry,  John  C.  Kirby,  Jesse  M.  Fin- 
ley,  Stephen  Grey,  Tully  C.  Kirby,  Isiah  Kirby,  Joel 
Dobbs,  James  H.  Gaunt,  H.  Rook,  D.  B.  Baker,  William 
and  J.  P.  Edge. 

TOWNSHIP  32,  RANGE  26— First  entries  were 
made  in  1840,  by  James  Hobbs,  L.  T.  Dunnaway,  Eber  E. 
White,  William  M.  Roark,  S.  E.  Seybert,  John  F.  Johnson, 
Thomas  Fleming  and  William  Johnson. 


34  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

TOWNSHIP  32,  RANGE  27— First  entries  in  1840,  by 
John  Asbell,  John  W.  Thompson,  Martin  L.  Hembree, 
James  Cole  and  Washington  Farmer. 

TOWNSHIP  32,  RANGE  28— First  entries  in  1853,  by 
William  Farmer,  John  Acock,  Benjamin  Hanley,  William 
H.  Amos,  and  Thomas  Rhodes. 

TOWNSHIP  32,  RANGE  29— First  entry  made  in 
1853,  by  D.  Dewey;  next  in  1854,  by  William  and  Jacob 
Sears;  the  next  in  1855,  by  Isaac  Darneel  and  Washington 
Farmer. 

TOWNSHIP  33,  RANGE  25— First  entries  were  made 
in  1845,  by  John  Lindley,  Edwin  Pyle,  Samuel  D.  Clark, 
Galehu  Moore  and  L.  T.  Dunaway. 

TOWNSHIP  33,  RANGE  26— Ezekiel  M.  Campbell, 
and  others  already  mentioned  in  1840. 

TOWNSHIP  33,  RANGE  27— The  first  entry  was 
made  in  1840,  by  Isaiah  Lynch.  Subsequent  entries  were 
made  in  1850,  by  John  Underwood  and  Aaron  Russell. 

TOWNSHIP  33,  RANGE  28— First  entry  made  in 
1S42,  by  James  W.  Bass.  Later  early  entries  were  by 
Asa  I).  Lacy  and  Robert  Poindexter. 


EARLY   SETTLEMENT    OF    WASHINGTON,    SMITH 
AND  LOCKWOOD  TOWNSHIPS. 

by 

Howard  Ragsdale. 

Probably  the  first  settler  in  either  Smith,  Washing- 
ton or  Lock  wood  Townships,  was  made  by  a  man  by  the 
name  of  Box,  who  settled  on  Turnback  Creek  prior  to 
1834.  William  Landers,  whose  father  settled  at  the 
bluff  spring  just  this  side  of  tlie  old  Hoyle  Mill  on  Turn- 
back, in  1<S43,  was  then  twelve  years  of  age,  and  in  his 
recollections  of  pioneer  days,  states  that  at  that  time 
there  were  hut  three  white  families  in  Dade  County.  Be- 
sides his  father's  family,  and  that  of  Guy  Clopton,  who 


HISTORY  OF  DADK  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  86 

had  settled  on  Sac  River  at  what  is  now  known  as  ''Bill's 
Ghost  House/'  the  Glenn  family,  near  Cory,  and  the  Box 
family,  some  five  miles  further  up  Turnback  from  where 
the  Landers  family  settled,  in  the  spring  of  1837,  the 
McMillen  family  settled  on  Limestone  Creek  about  a 
mile  and  a  half  below  what  is  now  South  Greenfield;  and 
at  this  same  time  the  Penn  family  settled  on  what  is  now 
Pennsylvania  Prairie.  In  October,  1837,  Joshua  Ragsdale 
came  to  where  Penn  had  settled,  and  finding  that  Penn 
had  taken  up  a  great  amount  of  land,  decided  to  move 
further  north,  and  with  Mr.  Penn  as  a  guide,  discovered 
what  is  now  called  Buffalo  Springs,  about  one  and  one- 
half  miles  west  of  South  Greenfield,  and  there  he  settled. 
About  this  same  time  App  Renfro,  father  of  Joe  Renfro 
and  Lewis  Renfro,  settled  on  Honey  Creek  near  Pennsboro. 
The  Sailings  family  had  come  in  some  earlier,  the  exact 
day  the  writer  is  unable  to  ascertain,  but  it  was  prior  to 
1837,  and  the  exact  location  of  their  homestead  is  not 
known,  except  it  was  on  Limestone.  The  above  families 
constituted  the  settlers  until  about  1841,  when  the  Daugh- 
tery  family  moved  in  to  the  settlement.  Of  this  family 
ther  were  three  families,  John  Daughtery,  who  settled  on 
what  is  now  the  Sam  Daughtery  farm,  about  four  miles 
south  and  west  of  Greenfield;  Jesse  Daughtery,  who  set- 
tled about  a  mile  and  a  half  west  of  South  Greenfield; 
and  Frederick  Daughtery,  who  settled  near  Limestone 
Creek,  near  what  is  called  the  Limestone  School  House. 
About  this  time,  possibly  a  little  later,  the  McLemore 
family  came.  Of  this  family  there  were  four,  John  Mc- 
Lemore, who  settled  on  Limestone;  Arch  McLemore  and 
Wesley  McLemore  settled  on  Sac  River,  north  of  Green- 
field, and  Jack  McLemore,  who  settled  near  Walnut 
Grove  in  Greene  County.  Lewis  Spain  about  this  time 
settled  also  on  Limestone,  just  above  the  John  McLemore 
place,  and  the  Preston  family  also  settled  in  the  early 
forties  on  the  head  waters  of  the  west  prong  of  Limestone 
Creek,  in  what  is  now  Smith  Township  and  in  what  is 
known  to  this  day  as  the  Preston  settlement.  Of  this 
family  there  were  three  of  the  men  that  were  heads  of 


36  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

families,  to-wit:  Harrison  Preston,  Henry  Preston  and 
Isaac  Preston.  In  this  same  period  the  Moore  family,  the 
Snadon  family  and  the  Speer  family  settled  on  Pennsyl- 
vania Prairie.  The  Gates  family  also  settled  near  the 
old  Dadeville  Spring  about  the  same  period.  The  Bowles 
family  settled  upon  the  head  waters  of  the  east  prong  of 
Limestone  Creek. 

According  to  William  Landers,  when  his  father  first 
settled,  the  country  had  never  been  surveyed.  He  states 
that  he  as  a  boy  assisted  in  making  this  survey,  and  that 
until  the  country  was  surveyed,  there  was  no  land  office 
and  no  entries  of  land  could  be  made,  which  retarded  emi- 
gration. When  the  McMillens  and  Ragsdales,  Penns  and 
Renfros  settled,  emigration  for  some  time  was  very  slow 
on  that  account;  but  as  soon  as  the  land  office  was  estab- 
lished at  Springfield,  emigration  came  rapidly,  which 
accounts  for  such  a  rush  in  the  early  forties.  There  are 
some  families  who  were  early  settlers,  who  have  lost  their 
identity.  The  Bogart  family  is  but  a  memory,  but  they 
were  among  the  early  settlers  in  those  townships.  The 
McXeese  family,  another  pioneer  family,  has  also  lost  its 
identity.  They  also  settled  in  the  Limestone  country  in 
an  early  day,  but  of  this  family  there  was  but  one  boy, 
and  after  the  Civil  war,  he  never  returned.  Monroe  Mor- 
ris was  a  pioneer  of  Smith  Township  and  father  of  Bud 
Morris  of  Lockwood,  and  of  Elvis  Morris,  Jesse  Morris 
and  Bailey  Morris.  Among  those  who  also  joined  in  the 
rush  to  secure  homes  in  the  Limestone  Country  in  the 
early  forties  was  the  Davidson  family.  The  elder  David- 
son was  a  minister  and  one  of  the  very  first  in  the  county 
and  in  the  William  Lander's  recollections,  he  states  that 
Davidson  was  the  first  preacher  he  remembered,  except  an 
Indian  convert,  who  preached  some  among  his  people  and 
whites  when  they  settled  on  Turnback  in  1834.  Of  this 
family  there  were  four  boys,  George  Davidson,  Wesley 
Davidson,  William  Davidson  and  James  Davidson.  Will- 
iam Davidson  now  owns  the  old  homestead  on  Limestone. 
Practically  all  the  settlers  mentioned  before  settled  in 
Washington  and  South  Townships  and  a  few  in  Smith 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 3T_ 

Township.  The  Matlock  family  were  among  the  early 
settlers  of  Smith  Township,  settling  some  two  miles  south- 
west of  Kingspoint.  The  Simpson  family,  relatives  of  the 
Matlocks,  settled  on  Horse  Creek,  some  ten  miles  north- 
west of  Lockwood,  and  William  Wagner  also  settled  in 
this  same  point  of  timber  at  the  same  time.  This  was  in 
the  early  forties. 

The  Simpson  family  were  noted  for  being  great 
hunters.  At  that  time  western  Dade  County  was  infested 
with  a  multitude  of  wolves.  They  were  a  menace  to  the 
settlers'  stock  and  became  so  bold  that  steps  had  to  be 
taken  to  combat  them.  The  Simpson  boys  began  the 
work  of  extermination.  They  secured  a  quantity  of  poison, 
and  would  kill  a  deer,  and  after  thoroughly  poisoning  it, 
would  drag  it  over  the  prairie,  and  hundreds  of  wolves 
were  killed  in  this  way.  William  Wagner  has  lived  up 
until  only  a  few  years  since,  the  Matlocks  have  all  passed 
away.  Of  this  family  Uncle  Luke  Matlock  was  the  quaint- 
est character,  he  wore  homespun  jeans  clothes  to  the  day  of 
his  death,  which  has  only  been  some  ten  years  ago.  This 
family  was  composed  of  Uncle  Luke  and  some  two  or 
three  sisters,  none  of  whom  ever  married.  It  is  said  they 
clung  to  homespun  clothes  and  old  methods,  to  even 
cooking  on  the  fireplace  even  to  this  generation.  In  this 
same  period  of  the  early  40 's  the  Scott  family  also  settled 
near  Pennsboro,  and  of  this  family  Uncle  Bud  Scott,  a 
noted  pioneer,  who  just  recently  died,  was  a  member.  The 
first  settler  in  Lockwood  Township  was  Jack  Finley,  whose 
homestead  can  be  seen  to  this  day  on  the  Greenfield  and 
Lockwood  publijp  road.  Lockwood  Township  was  slow  in 
being  settled  up,  and  old-timers  being  slow  to  settle  on  the 
prairie.  Alex  Ragsdale  and  William  Cunningham  and 
Jesse  Cartwright  also  settled  in  this  township  about  the 
same  time.  Just  prior  to  the  Civil  War  Judge  Wells, 
formerly  a  member  of  the  Dade  County  court,  came  with 
a  man  by  the  name  of  Welty,  the  two  coming  from  Iowa 
with  a  large  band  of  sheep,  and  they  took  land  in  what 
is  now  Lockwood  Township,  and  about  this  same  time  a 
man  by  the  name  of  Churchill,  settled  just  west  of  Kings- 


38  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 


point.  He  was  from  the  same  neighborhood  of  Wells  and 
Welty.  Churchill  built  what  was  in  that  day  a  fine  house 
on  his  prairie  farm,  but  Wells  and  Welty  were  single 
men  and  boarded  with  Alex  Ragsdale.  In  the  election  of 
1860  over  the  protest  and  warning  of  Alex  Ragsdale, 
these  men  at  Kingspoint  voted  for  Lincoln  for  president. 
Ragsdale  had  lived  there  since  1837  and  knew  the  danger 
but  despite  his  protest  they  voted  the  night  of  the  elec- 
tion. Ragsdale  had  secured  information  to  the  effect 
that  they  would  probably  be  mobbed  that  night  and  came 
home  and  told  them  to  get  away.  They  loaded  up  their 
effects,  drove  up  to  Churchill's,  assisted  him  to  get  a  few 
of  his  effects  together,  and  by  midnight  they  were  headed 
for  the  Missouri  River.  The  mob  came  to  Ragsdale 's  in 
search  of  Wells  and  Welty,  and  another  bunch  went  to 
Churchill 's,  but  they  had  just  gotten  away  under  cover 
of  darkness.  Welty  and  Churchill  never  returned.  For 
years  the  Churchill  homestead  stood  tenantless  on  the 
prairie,  finally  decayed  and  went  to  waste.  Ragsdale  sold 
the  sheep  for  Wells  and  Welty  and  remitted  them  the 
money.  After  the  war  Wells  came  back  and  settled  near 
south  Greenfield,  was  afterwards  elected  County  Judge  of 
Dado  County,  and  died  at  his  home  in  Dade  County  a  few 
years  ago  a  respected  citizen,  but  he  never  forgot  his  first 
vote  in  Dade  County  and  his  hasty  flight  to  save  his  life 
from  the  Missouri  pro-slavery  men.  Jacob  Cox  was  an- 
other very  early  settler  of  Limestone.  He  was  the  father 
of  Sam  W.  Cox  of  South  Greenfield. 

For  most  part  the  pioneers  depended  upon  home  in- 
dustry to  produce  everything  in  the  way  of  tools  that  was 
used.  John  McLemore  was  the  country  blacksmith  and 
made  about  everything  in  the  way  of  tools.  Joshua  Rags- 
dale  was  the  county  tanner,  tanning  the  hides  for  leather 
that  was  used  for  use  in  those  days.  He  was  also  a 
cooper  by  trade,  and  supplied' the  country  side  with  bar- 
rels, tubs,  pails,  etc.  The  Speer  family  were  millers  and 
had  a  mill  on  the  headwaters  of  Limestone,  and  supplied 
flour  and  meal  (mostly  meal)  to  the  pioneers.  At  this 
place  was  also  a  cotton-gin,  where  the  early  settlers  had 


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their  cotton  prepared  for  use.  Aunt  Patsy  Morris,  wife 
of  Arch  Morris,  one  of  the  early  settlers  on  Limestone, 
was  considered  a  good  doctor  and  attended  to  a  great 
deal  of  sickness  of  the  neighborhood.  She  was  the  mother 
of  Dr.  Morris,  remembered  by  many  of  us  today  as  a 
physician  at  Greenfield.  Among  some  of  her  treatments 
were  witch  methods  which  were  greatly  believed  in  at 
that  day  and  time.  The  Finley  family  was  another  very 
prominent  pioneer  family,  and  owing  to  its  numerous 
members  now  residents  of  Dade  County  reference  can  be 
had  elsewhere  to  their  history.  Suffice  to  say  in  this 
sketch  that  Jack  Finley,  as  before  stated,  settled  on  Son's 
Creek  in  Lockwood  Township.  Another  one  of  the  older 
men  settled  some  three  miles  southwest  of  Greenfield,  and 
another,  James  F.  Finley,  settled  northeast  of  Greenfield, 
Thomas  Finley  at  Pilgrim,  and  Milton,  who  was  a  bachelor, 
settled  just  east  of  Greenfield,  and  one  of  the  girls  mar- 
ried Judge  Wetzel,  father  of  J.  L.  Wetzel.  The  aforesaid 
people  compose  the  first  settlers  of  southwestern  Dade 
County.  For  the  most  part  they  came  from  the  south, 
principally  from  Tennessee,  and  were  industrious,  honest 
and  in  most  part  far-seeing,  and  intensely  religious.  To 
many  of  the  later  day  people  it  is  a  mystery  why  the  first 
settlers  chose  what  is  now  the  most  undesirable  lands  to 
make  their  homes,  usually  at  a  spring,  with  glade  and 
rough  land  about;  but  it  must  be  remembered  that  there 
were  two  things  the  pioneer  was  compelled  to  have  and 
that  was  wood  and  water.  The  present  day  of  drilling 
and  blasting  was  unknown.  The  only  method  of  fencing 
was  by  use  of  rails,  there  was  practically  no  timber  except 
along  the  water  courses,  and  strange  as  this  may  seem  it 
was  impossible  to  farm  on  the  prairie  on  account  of  a 
certain  kind  of  fly  now  about  extinct  (small  green  fly). 
It  was  impossible  to  use  work  animals  except  very  early 
in  the  morning  and  late  at  night,  on  account  of  the  pests, 
and  aside  from  all  this,  there  was  no  market  for  anything, 
money  was  very  scarce  and  what  there  was,  the  pioneer 
market  except  a  little  local  market  to  the  new  settlers,  who 
put  into  land  as  fast  as  he  could  get  it  together.  The  first 


40 HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

had  to  purchase  provisions  for  the  first  year,  was  when 
the  gold  fields  were  opened  in  California,  when  there  was 
a  great  demand  for  oxen  and  supplies  for  the  great  wagon 
trains  bound  overland  for  the  gold  fields.  Fort  Scott, 
Kansas,  then  a  United  States  fort,  also  required  provisions, 
and  here  the  pioneers  found  a  market  for  their  bacon  and 
dried  fruits.  This  trade  with  Fort  Scott  was  the  first  real 
stable  market  the  first  settlers  had  for  their  products,  and 
in  this  connection  might  be  related  the  most  tragic  events 
of  the  early  days.  McBride  and  Etter,  two  prominent 
early  day  settlers,  had  taken  a  load  each  of  produce  to 
Fort  Scott  to  sell,  and  after  disposing  of  their  produce 
started  home,  near  Greenfield.  They  reached  what  is 
called  ''Ruphs"  Point  on  Muddy  Creek  just  over  in  Barton 
County,  and  there  camped  for  the  night.  "Ruphs"  Point 
is  a  point  of  timber  where  it  juts  out  into  the  prairies  of 
Barton  County.  That  night  both  were  murdered,  includ- 
ing a  small  son  of  Etter 's,  who  accompanied  them.  Their 
bodies  were  never  recovered,  their  money  was  found  in 
an  old  "polk  root"  stem,  where  they  had  evidently  hidden 
it,  themselves,  before  retiring.  Their  horses  were  found 
grazing  on  the  prairie,  the  wagons  were  found  hidden 
in  a  deep  pool  in  Muddy  Creek,  entirely  submerged,  the 
end  of  the  wagon  tongues  being  tied  to  grape  vines,  but 
no  trace  of  their  bodies  was  ever  found.  Jesse  McBride, 
William  McBride  and  Robert  McBride,  well  known  in 
Greenfield,  being  merchants  there  in  bygone  years,  were 
sons  of  this  McBride.  Mrs.  Alexander  Lack  of  Lockwood 
and  Mrs.  Dave  Burns  of  Marion  Township,  were  daugh- 
ters of  Etter. 


THE  BOONE  FAMILY. 

by 
Howard  Ragsdale. 

Nathan  Boone  first  settled  in  Missouri  at  the  village 
of  St.  Charles  on  the  Missouri  River  in  the  year  1799,  and 
it  is  said  that  lie  built  the  first  stone  house  ever  built  in 
Missouri.  Xathan  Boone  was  the  youngest  son  of  Daniel 


I, i:\VIS    KKXFKO. 


HOWARD  RAGSDALE. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 4£ 

Boone,  the  famous  frontiersman  of  Kentucky.  Shortly 
thereafter,  his  famous  father  came  to  live  with  his  son, 
Nathan,  and  there  he  lived  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
in  the  year  1820.  (The  writer  of  this  article  is  indebted 
for  the  facts  herein  set  forth  to  "Aunt  Mary"  Hosman, 
who  died  something  like  a  year  ago  at  the  age  of  92  years). 
Aunt  Mary  was  the  youngest  child  of  Nathan  Boone,  and 
shortly  before  her  death  she  wrote  her  OWTII  personal  recol- 
lections of  the  Boone  family,  and  requested  me  to  put  it  in 
shape  for  her  and  write  it  on  a  typewriter.  She  stated 
that  she  desired  to  sign  this  statement  with  her  own  name 
and  leave  it  for  her  children,  so  that  they  might  know  the 
true  facts  concerning  her  family.  As  a  compensation  she 
gave  the  writer  of  this  article  a  copy  for  himself. 

Daniel  Boone,  when  he  came  to  Missouri,  came  to  stay. 
He  felt  that  he  had  been  badly  treated  by  the  Kentuckians. 
His  lands  had  been  taken  from  him  for  the  reason  that 
some  way  Daniel  Boone  could  never  get  it  into  his  head 
that  he  had  to  get  a  title  from  the  Government.  The  old 
frontiersman  could  not  understand  this  and  failed  to  get 
his  government  patents,  and  lost  his  lands,  and  to  the  day 
of  his  death  he  never  returned  to  Kentucky.  According 
to  Aunt  Mary,  if  her  father,  Nathan  Boone,  had  been  living 
at  the  time  Kentucky  came  and  removed  his  remains  and 
built  that  splendid  memorial  of  marble  at  his  tomb,  their 
journey  would  have  been  fruitless,  for  she  says  Kentucky 
should  never  have  had  the  privilege  of  taking  his  body 
back.  A  few  years  back  when  that  State  had  its  great 
homecoming  many  inducements  were  offered  to  Aunt  Mary 
as  the  only  living  grand-child  of  Daniel  Boone,  to  go  back 
as  a  guest  of  the  State.  She  refused,  doubtless  remember- 
ing the  injustice,  as  she  termed  it,  of  having  driven  her 
grandfather  almost  penniless  from  its  boundaries,  when 
he  had  given  the  best  part  of  his  life  and  had  done  more 
than  any  other  one  man  had  ever  done  for  that  famous 
State.  Aunt  Mary  Hosman  during  the  last  years  of  her 
father's  life  spent  a  great  deal  of  time  with  him,  and  to 
her  he  told  many  things  that  have  never  been  written,  and 
will  never  be  written  about  Daniel  Boone.  It  is  so  un- 


42  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

fortunate  that  some  competent  writer  did  not  spend  some 
time  with  Aunt  Mary  and  write  her  history.  It  would 
have  been  a  valuable  addition  not  only  to  the  local  history 
of  Missouri,  but  would  have  thrown  much  light  on  events 
of  historic  interest. 

Daniel  Boone  was  not  content  while  living  with  his 
son  in  St.  Charles.  The  settlement  and  village  was  not  of 
his  nature,  and  one  day,  Aunt  Mary  says,  her  father  told 
her  that  Daniel  without  a  word  of  parting,  took  his  old 
rifle  and  a  young  negro  slave  of  his  son,  Nathan's,  and 
disappeared.  No  one  knew  where  he  had  gone,  days 
passed  and  no  tidings  came.  He  was  at  that  time  over 
eighty  years  of  age.  The  neighbors  and  friends  of  the 
family  became  very  much  excited  and  urged  Nathan  Boone 
to  get  up  a  searching  party  to  try  and  hunt  him  up,  but 
Nathan  told  them  it  was  no  use,  they  could  never  find 
him,  and  that  as  far  as  he  was  concerned  he  had  no  fears, 
because  his  father  was  so  thoroughly  posted  in  wood- 
craft, that  it  would  be  absolutely  impossible  to  lose  him- 
self so  long  as  he  stayed  in  the  woods,  and  that  he  knew 
his  father  would  never  leave  the  timber  belt.  Days 
passed  into  weeks,  and  weeks  into  months  and  late  in  the 
autumn,  as  suddenly  as  he  had  disappeared,  back  came 
Daniel  with  the  negro  slave.  He  told  them  of  his  wander- 
ings and  claimed  that  he  had  been  up  the  Missouri  River 
and  thence  across  the  State  and  to  the  mouth  of  the  Kaw 
River,  and  that  he  had  come  back  by  the  way  of  the 
wooded  water-sheds  of  the  Osage,  and  he  seemed  to  be 
as  happy  and  spry  as  a  boy.  He  told  of  his  discovery  of 
some  salt  springs  on  his  travels  and  fully  described  the 
whole  trip.  This  was  the  last  hunting  trip  of  Daniel 
Boone,  for  he  passed  away  shortly,  and  was  taken  by 
Nathan  Boone  and  friends  and  buried  in  the  Bryan  ceme- 
tery in  (1allaway  County,  this  State. 

Nathan  Boone  was  prominent  in  the  early  history  of 
the  Slate  of  Missouri.  lie  was  a  member  of  the  first  Con- 
stitutional  Convention  ever  held  in  Missouri,  in  1820. 
Nathan  Boone  was  also  the  surveyor  who  surveyed  out  the 
famous  Boone  Lick  Road,  the  first  State  Highway  in  the 
State  of  Missouri.  It  ran  from  St.  Charles,  Missouri,  to 


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Old  Franklin,  Missouri,  and  was  the  fore-runner  of  the 
Santa  Fe  Trail  and  the  old  Oregon  Trail.  Nathan  Boone 
surveyed  this  out  in  the  year  1814,  some  years  before  Mis- 
souri was  admitted  to  the  Union.  The  State  Legislature, 
in  1913,  appropriated  three  thousand  dollars  to  place 
" markers"  along  this  now  historic  trail,  and  yet,  the  man 
who  surveyed  and  laid  it  out,  and  gave  it  to  Missouri,  lies 
in  an  unmarked  grave  in  an  old  field  on  the  border  of 
Greene  and  Bade  Counties.  Not  even  a  rough  stone  marks 
the  grave,  and  the  careless  farmer  plows  by  and  the  plow- 
share turns  the  soil  over  the  grave  of  this  historic  man. 

Nathan  Boone  when  he  came  to  this  country  did  not 
come  without  first  having  looked  the  country  over.  Years 
before,  while  in  the  employ  of  the  Government  as  a  Gov- 
ernment surveyor,  he  had  surveyed  over  this  country  and 
had  fallen  in  love  with  the  Ozark  Hills,  and  as  he  grew 
old,  and  had  retired  from  active  life,  in  the  year  1837  he 
brought  his  family  and  slaves  and  settled  just  two  miles 
north  of  Ash  Grove.  Here  he  engaged  in  farming,  and 
became  very  wealthy.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  owned 
some  twelve  hundred  acres  of  land  and  many  slaves,  and 
other  personal  property.  Aunt  Mary  says,  when  she  wras 
young  and  when  her  father  was  in  the  Government  serv- 
ice, he  was,  in  addition  to  being  a  surveyor,  a  Captain  of 
a  Company  of  Dragoons  and  that  his  trips  often  took  him 
among  the  Indians.  He  also  surveyed  and  made  a  plat 
of  the  Canadian  River  for  the  Federal  Government.  His 
last  years  were  spent  in  the  quiet  of  his  home.  He  lived 
a  life  of  retirement  and  in  1856  died  and  was  buried  on 
the  old  homestead.  Then  followed  the  Civil  War.  The 
Boone  family  went  with  the  South.  Franklin  T.  Frazier, 
a  son-in-law  of  Nathanial  Boone,  was  a  State  Senator  from 
this  district.  He  voted  for  secession  from  the  Union  and 
later  went  witli  that  part  of  the  legislature  that  went  to 
Neosho,  Missouri,  to  set  up  another  State  Capital  and  pass 
and  act  of  secession  and  failed.  After  the  war  and  the 
Boone  family  returned,  nothing  was  left,  their  slaves  had 
been  set  free,  all  personal  property  gone,  and  just  the 
land  was  left.  The  Boone  family  had  been  reared  in 
ease  and  luxury  and  knew  nothing  of  work  before  the 


44  HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

war;  their  slaves  tilled  the  soil  and  the  income  was  a  mat- 
ter of  course.  The  result  was,  the  Boone  family  had 
hard  luck  financially  and  with  the  exception  of  Aunt 
Mary  Hosman  and  Mrs.  Franklin  T.  Frazier  lost  the  for- 
tune that  their  father  had  left  them.  They  left  again  for 
the  South  so  that  today  none  of  the  family  of  Boone 
remain,  who  bear  the  name  of  Boone.  It  is  true  the  Hos- 
man family  and  the  Frazier  family  remain,  but  the  name 
of  Boone  has  passed  away,  and  Nathan  Boone,  that 
great  character  of  early  Missouri,  who  was  one  of  the 
most  prominent  men  in  the  making  of  this  state,  sleeps 
in  an  unmarked  and  almost  unknown  grave  among  the 
hills  of  the  Ozarks. 


JOHN  CRISP. 

In  the  year  1818,  Redden  Crisp  and  his  son,  John, 
came  to  Cedar  County.  From  there  they  went  out  east  of 
Dadeville  to  what  is  now  known  as  Crisp  Prairie,  and 
settled.  About  the  year  1820  John  Crisp  married  Malinda 
English.  John  Crisp  and  his  wife  went  to  what  is  now 
known  as  the  old  home  place,  about  one-half  mile  north- 
east of  the  Crisp  store.  There  they  raked  up  the  leaves, 
spread  out  their  blankets  and  spent  the  first  night.  Next 
day,  both  helping,  they  started  to  build  a  little  log  house 
which  served  as  their  home  for  the  next  few  years.  Dur- 
ing the  year  1849,  he  went  to  California  to  dig  gold.  Mrs. 
Crisp  with  her  children  was  left  at  home  in  charge  of  the 
farm  and  a  few  slaves.  One  day  while  he  was  away,  she 
saw  a  savage  approaching  the  house.  She  went  in  and 
closed  the  door.  It  was  fastened  with  a  wooden  pin. 
There  was  a  way  of  reaching  in  from  the  outside  and 
opening  the  door.  This  the  savage  tried  to  do,  but  Mrs. 
Crisp  kept  striking  at  his  hand  with  a  wooden  poker  until 
she  broke  the  Indian's  arm.  In  order  to  gain  revenge,  he 
shot  off  his  gun  with  one  hand  into  the  grass  to  set  fire  to 
the  cabin.  Only  the  path  around  the  house  saved  it  until 
the  slaves  in  the  field  got  there  and  put  the  fire  out. 

John  Crisp  was  very  successful  in  the  gold  fields.  He 
returned  by  the  way  of  the  Isthmus  of  Panama  and  New 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 45 

Orleans.  His  gold  he  brought  back  in  a  leather  trunk. 
There  were  many  thieves  on  the  boat,  and  all  the  rest  he 
had  for  twenty-four  days  and  nights,  was  sitting  astride 
his  leather  trunk.  He  had  been  gone  three  or  four  years. 
Of  course  he  had  gone  to  California  along  with  one  of 
the  numerous  wagon  trains  of  that  day.  While  in  New 
Orleans  he  bought  more  slaves  to  cultivate  his  farms. 

Mrs.  Crisp  died  soon  after  his  return.  They  had  nine 
children.  Only  one  of  these,  Aunt  Lettie  Baldwin,  is  left. 
About  the  year  1855  he  married  Millie  O'Connor.  Ten 
children  were  born  to  them.  Five  of  whom  are  still  liv- 
ing. John  Crisp  had  1,600  acres  of  land  all  in  one  body. 
He  had  entered  all  of  this  except  the  160-acre  homestead. 
Mrs.  Crisp  died  in  1874.  Mr.  Crisp,  1876.  His  sale  lasted 
for  three  days. 

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FORTY  MILES  ON  AN  OX. 
Experience  of  John  Crisp,  Bade  County's  First  Settler. 

The  following  scrap  of  history  taken  from  the  Spring- 
field Leader  and  dated  at  Cane  Hill,  Mo.,  may  be  of 
interest: 

In  last  week's  issue  of  the  Leader  I  noticed,  under 
the  head  of  "Scraps  of  History  of  Southwest  Missouri," 
that  John  Crisp  was  the  first  settler  of  Dade  County  and 
that  he  had  to  go  forty  miles  to  the  nearest  justice  to  get 
married.  I  was  well  acquainted  with  "Uncle  John."  His 
fine  farm  is  just  two  and  one-half  miles  west  of  this  town. 
He  settled  it  in  1820.  It  is  one  of  the  finest  tracts  of 
land  in  Southwest  Missouri.  His  wife,  a  Miss  English, 
lived  at  that  time  one  mile  southwest  of  this  place.  He 
mounted  his  intended  wife  on  a  large  ox  and  took  his 
rifle  on  his  shoulder  and  walked  by  the  side  of  the  ox  to 
Justice  Fulbright's  at  Springfield,  where  the  justice  made 
them  man  and  wife.  After  getting  married  he  bought 
his  outfit  for  housekeping,  consisting  of  two  tin  cups,  two 
tin  plates  and  two  knives  and  forks,  in  Springfield,  and 
his  wife  carried  it  home  on  her  ox.  The  old  gentleman 
has  been  dead  eighteen  years.  He  was  an  uncle  of  Hon. 
John  T.  Crisp,  of  Jackson  County,  Missouri. 


Chapter  3 

REMINISCENCES  OF  J.  W.  CAEMACK. 

Dadeville,  Mo.,  January  20,  1917. 

I  have  been  solicited  to  give  a  statement  of  myself, 
also  of  some  facts  to  my  knowledge  of  Dade  County,  Mis- 
souri. And  in  response  to  the  solicitation  I  submit  the 
following  statement  for  publication  in  the  Dade  County 
History: 

May  26,  1838,  I  was  born  in  Overton  County,  Ten- 
nessee, near  Livingston,  where  my  father,  John  Carmack, 
resided  until  April  1st,  A.  D.  1853,  when  he  embarked  for 
the  west  with  his  family  of  wife  and  seven  children,  three 
boys  and  four  girls,  equipped  with  two  yoke  of  oxen  and 
wagon,  one  horse  and  carriage,  two  cows  and  two  dogs. 
My  mother,  grown  sister  and  little  brother,  three  years 
old,  rode  in  the  carriage,  the  three  little  sisters  rode  in 
the  wagon.  My  father  and  larger  brother  walked  and 
drove  the  cows,  the  dogs  followed.  I  was  mounted  upon 
the  rear  wheel  ox  upon  a  new  saddle,  with  line  in  hand 
tied  around  the  horns  of  the  lead  ox.  This  position  I 
held  from  Tennessee  to  Dadeville,  Missouri,  landing  June 
14,  1853.  I  was  then  16  years  old,  had  been  conductor  of 
this  train  the  entire  march  (conductors  are  very  im- 
portant). Here  we  met  Col.  Thos.  Dale,  Dr.  Samuel  Bender, 
and  Reverend  N.  Fisk,  who  were  Tennesseeans.  They 
prevailed  upon  my  father  to  locate  here.  We  drove  two 
miles  west  of  Dadeville  and  camped  at  W.  A.  McMaster's. 
Next  day  my  father  went  to  look  for  a  location.  My 
brother,  14  years  old,  took  care  of  our  teams.  I  hired 
to  James  G.  Berry  to  work  in  harvest.  He  paid  me  35c 
per  day.  In  a  few  days  my  father  had  bought  of  David 
Pylc  his  homestead  claim.  Then  entered  the  land  in  Sec- 
tions 5  and  8-32-25.  Mr.  Pyle  vacated  and  we  moved  in 
at  once,  where  he  remained  until  his  death,  December  24, 
1856.  hi  this  neighborhood,  Dr.  J.  H.  Mulky,  Peter  Gear- 
heart,  Burket  Jonos,  J.  M.  Gaunt,  James  G.  Berry,  W.  G. 
Dodson,  Alfred  Divine  and  Bird  Hembree,  had  located. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 47_ 

They  all  had  children  and  no  school  to  send  them.  The 
above  named  parties  resolved  to  have  a  school.  Burket 
Jones  gave  a  school  house  site  upon  his  land  near  a  spring. 
All  parties  went  to  work  cutting  and  hauling  logs  for  the 
building.  My  father  made  the  boards  to  cover  it  with, 
while  others  put  up  the  building.  Levi  Jones  and  I  made 
rails  for  25c  per  hundred  to  get  money  to  get  nails  to  put 
the  roof  on  with  and  to  pay  for  muslin  to  make  the  window 
lights.  The  windows  were  made  by  cutting  a  log  out  of 
the  sides  of  the  house,  then  stretching  cloth  over  the 
openings,  writing  desks  were  made  by  boring  auger  holes 
in  the  logs  of  the  building,  driving  wooden  pins  in  the 
holes  and  laying  boards  on  the  pins;  the  seats  were  made 
of  split  poles  with  wooden  legs.  The  gables  of  the  house 
were  weather  boarded  up  with  clab-boards.  Door  shutter 
made  from  side  boards  of  old  wagon  box  and  fastened 
with  chain  and  padlock;  no  floors  in  the  building,  no 
stove.  Being  anxious  for  school  the  building  was  pro- 
claimed ready  and  christened  as  West  Center  School 
House,  this  being  the  sixth  week  in  construction  from 
the  stump  to  completion.  At  this  juncture,  Mrs.  Burket 
Jones  prepared  a  sumptuous  dinner  and  spread  to  all  par- 
ticipating in  the  building  work.  When  summoned  all  par- 
ties and  their  families  appeared  on  the  scene  of  action. 
The  men  folks  bringing  their  guns  for  a  deer  drive  after 
dinner.  After  dinner  the  men  with  guns  and  Uncle  Burket 
Jones  with  dogs  marched  to  a  clump  of  bushes  a  half-mile 
from  his  house.  The  gun  men  took  stands  near  by,  uncle 
Burket  went  to  the  opposite  side  of  the  thicket  with  the 
dogs  and  ran -the  deer  out  (about  twenty  in  number). 
John  H.  Dill,  John  M.  Gaunt  and  my  brother,  Hardin, 
each  shot  a  deer.  Uncle  Burket  came  to  the  house, 
hitched  his  horse  to  a  bobsled  and  went  for  the  deer, 
brought  them  in,  unloaded  them  at  his  door  yard,  where 
they  were  dressed  and  divided  and  the  hides  sent  to  the 
tan  yard.  Carter  S.  Pyle  was  at  the  feast,  here  he  pro- 
posed to  teach  a  three  months'  subscription  school  and 
would  take  in  any  kind  of  stock  or  produce.  This  propo- 
sition was  accepted,  and  on  the  following  Monday  morn- 


48  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

ing  he  opened  school  with  26  scholars  (warm  weather),  no 
floor  in  the  building,  no  stove,  and  in  a  few  weeks  had 
more  pupils.  His  school  was  a  success.  When  the  term 
was  ended  and  subscriptions  paid  up,  he  was  the  best 
prepared  man  for  the  winter  in  the  neighborhood.  He 
had  corn,  potatoes,  onions,  turnips,  cabbage,  beets,  to- 
matoes, hay,  oats,  pumpkins,  chickens,  sheep,  hogs,  pigs 
and  calves  (choice  calves  worth  $2.50  each). 

School  district  then  organized  under  the  law.  Levy 
made  to  run  three  months  school  next  year,  also  for  in- 
cidental expenses,  flooring  the  house  and  buying  a  stove. 
Mr.  Pyle  then  proposed  to  teach  the  next  school  and  wait 
for  his  pay  until  the  taxes  levied  was  collected.  This 
proposition  was  accepted  and  the  school  taught.  At  tax- 
paying  time  the  taxes  were  promptly  paid  by  all  except 
J.  G.  Berry,  who  was  opposed  to  the  organization  and 
levy.  He  was  sued  for  his  school  tax,  the  board  obtained 
judgment  and  execution  against  him,  then  sold  a  horse 
under  execution  for  $3  to  pay  said  tax;  then  the  name  of 
the  house  was  changed  from  West  Center  to  that  of  Point 
Victory.  Later  a  move  was  made  and  carried  to  change 
the  site  one-half  mile  and  to  build  a  new  school  house.  In 
this  wrangle  two  of  the  board  had  a  fist  fight,  but  pro- 
ceeded to  move  the  site  and  build  a  new  school  house. 
Then  christened  the  building  as  War  Eagle.  Some  years 
later  the  name  was  changed  to  Jones,  which  name  it  now 
bears,  still  situated  on  the  Jones  land.  This  district  has 
turned  out  some  very  efficient  teachers. 


FIRST  SETTLERS. 

in  the  first  settling  of  this  neighborhood  the  settlers 
had  to  labor  under  many  disadvantages,  go  through  vari- 
ous hardships.  We  had  good  land,  but  covered  with  wild 
grass  about  knee  high.  When  .broken  out  would  produce 
all  kinds  of  grain  and  vegetables  we  needed  to  live  on, 
no  money  to  pay  for  labor  (John  Tyler  was  president  of 
the  I'.  S.)  I  made  10  feet  rails  at  25c  per  hundred  to  fence 
a  good  sized  farm,  took  most  of  my  pay  in  bacon  at  3c 
per  pound  for  my  father's  family.  My  father  was  unable 


SHERIDAN    B.    PILE. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 49 

to  work  for  some  time  before  his  death.  After  his  death 
I  had  to  look  after  my  mother  and  family.  During  my 
father's  life  time,  we  had  fenced  and  broke  out  20  acres 
of  land.  He  had  a  few  sheep,  hogs  and  cows  and  two  yoke 
of  oxen  at  his  death.  In  the  spring  following  his  death, 
I  broke  ground  with  oxen  for  a  crop,  Eber  E.  White  let 
me  have  a  horse  to  make  my  crop.  My  brother,  Hardin 
17  years  old,  took  our  teams  and  wagon  and  freighted 
goods  for  the  merchants  at  Dadeville  and  Greenfield  from 
Boonville  and  Syracuse,  Missouri.  We  raised  cotton  from 
which  my  mother  and  sisters  manufactured  our  wearing 
apparel.  Mr.  Wright  Graft  had  a  tan  yard  that  furnished 
leather  for  shoes  for  the  neighborhood.  The  demand  for 
shoes  was  very  urgent.  Mr.  Sammy  Mack,  the  shoemaker, 
would  take  the  hides  from  the  tanner  before  they  were 
blacked  and  just  as  they  were  rubbed  out  of  the  tan,  oose 
and  dried,  would  make  the  shoes.  When  finished  they 
were  about  the  color  of  a  bull  frog.  Then  the  polish  was 
put  on  by  disolving  copperas  in  water.  Pour  this  upon 
the  bottom  of  an  iron  wash  kettle  then  rub  with  a  cloth  to 
polish.  This  shoemaker  also  manufactured  horn  combs 
for  all  the  neighbors.  At  that  time  I  was  not  acquainted 
generally  over  the  county,  but  as  far  as  I  was  concerned 
the  conditions  seemed  to  be  about  as  that  of  our  neighbor- 
hood. The  west  half  of  Dade  County  was  sparcely  settled 
prior  to  the  war  of  1861.  Of  my  father's  family  of  nine 
that  landed  in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  June  14,  1853,  only 
three  are  living.  My  eldest  sister,  Mrs.  Dr.  Hamilton,  who 
is  85  years  old,  living  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri.  Myself,  now 
near  79  years  old,  J.  G.  Carmack,  67  years  old  now  at  San 
Francisco,  California.  My  mother  lived  to  the  age  of  93 
years.  She  was  the  last  Revolutionary  daughter  of  Dade 
county,  daughter  of  Paul  Chapin  of  New  Jersey,  who  was  a 
drummer  boy  in  Washington's  Army  and  was  a  command- 
ing Major  in  the  war  of  1812. 

My  educational  experience  before  leaving  the  State 
of  Tennessee:  I  had  attended  school  nine  months,  could 
spell,  read  and  write.  After  establishing  our  school  at 
Point  Victory  in  Morgan  Township,  I  attended  two,  three 


50  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

months  terms,  where  I  mastered  the  old  Blue  Back  Speller, 
the  fourth  Reader,  Smith's  Grammar  and  Smiley 's  Arith- 
metic. Later  on  I  hired  to  John  M.  Gaunt  to  work  for  three 
months  at  $10  per  month.  With  this  $30  I  went  to  Profess- 
or Rhea  who  was  teaching  in  Springfield  in  a  little  brick 
school  house  on  St.  Louis  street  near  what  was  called  the 
Dead  Sea  (a  place  they  made  whiskey).  This  was  called  a 
High  School.  He  took  me  in  for  three  months  giving  me 
board  and  tuition  for  my  $30.  He  advanced  my  studies 
in  addition  to  reviewing,  gave  me  history,  algebra  and 
geography.  In  studying  this  geography  and  with  his  ex- 
planation, found  that  this  earth  was  not  flat  as  supposed. 
When  the  term  closed,  he  gave  me  a  very  complimentary 
grade  card,  which  served  me  well  later  on.  I  got  a  job  of 
work  and  got  me  some  more  clothes.  Alexander  Rutledge 
was  then  County  School  Commissioner,  I  approached  him 
for  examination  for  teacher's  certificate  to  teach  in  Dade 
county.  He  took  my  examination,  granted  the  certificate, 
then  proffered  to  help  me  get  a  school.  In  a  very  short 
time  he  wrote  me  telling  me  he  had  a  school  for  me  in 
his  neighborhood  at  a  school  house  near  the  old  Bates  Mill 
on  Limestone  Creek  near  Smith  Pelt's  farm.  I  went,  took 
and  taught  the  school  with  success.  By  this  time  the  Civil 
War  was  at  hand,  so  I  taught  no  more  until  after  the  close 
of  the  war,  then  taught  in  the  Public  Schools  in  this  county 
for  six  years.  Since  that  time,  I  have  worked  at  various 
avocations,  farming  merchandising,  milling  and  livery.  My 
home  had  been  in  Morgan  township  since  1853.  Cast  every 
vote  I  have  given  in  Morgan  township  except  one  I  gave  in 
the  field  while  a  soldier  in  the  late  war.  What  I  could  say 
of  Dade  county  politics  would  not  be  of  much  interest  as 
all  are  aware  that  dishonest  politicians,  the  boodlers  and 
inefficient  officers  have  lowered  our  financial  standing. 

J.  W.  CARMACK. 


51 


ATTACH  TO  MY  STATEMENT  MADE  OF  MY  FIRST 
SETTLING  IN  BADE  COUNTY. 

by 
J.  W.  Carmack,  March  18, 1917 

In  the  year  1853  my  first  acquaintance  in  Dade  county 
the  following  named  persons  were  most  prominent  char- 
acters: Nelson  McDowell,  Col.  Shields,  John  T.  Coffee, 
Arch  M.  Long,  Peter  Hoyl,  Thos.  J.  Bishop,  Andy  Hud- 
speth,  John  and  Bob  McGuire,  Joseph  Lawrence,  R.  S. 
Jacobs,  Jack  Sturnbeaugh,  John  Wetzel,  Sam  Appleby,  J. 
T.  Hembree,  S.  E.  Shaw,  Silas  Seybert,  Judge  Travis,  Rev. 
Murphy,  E.  E.  White,  Thos.  Dale,  Chas.  Montgomery,  Sr., 
J.  M.  Clabough,  Silas  Hobbs,  John  T.  Crisp,  Dr.  H.  Mulkey, 
Rev.  N.  Fisk,  Dr.  S.  Bender,  J.  M.  Tarrant,  Pierce  Aspbell, 
H.  P.  McPeak,  J.  Lindley,  M.  Craft,  L.  L.  Cariock,  H.  Edge, 
J.  D.  and  W.  F.  Ragsdale,  Isiah,  J.  C.  and  T.  C.  Kirby, 
Daniel  McGee,  B.  Logan,  Rev.  J.  D.  Montgomery,  Rev. 
Garrett,  L.  H.  Hembree,  Mart  Rector,  F.  M.  Compton, 
Henry,  Doc.  and  J.  C.  Pemberton,  Rufus  and  W.  A.  Mc- 
Masters,  J.  G.  Berry,  W.  G.  Dodson,  J.  B.  Clark,  Alex. 
Patterson,  Jesse  Potter,  Bennett  Pyland,  B.  Maxwell,  Rev. 
Chas.  Cox,  Peter  Gearheart,  J.  M.  Finley,  W.  N.  King, 
Burkett  Jones,  Reuben  Cantrell,  W.  B.  Landers,  Wash 
Cotner,  Alex.  Douglas,  Dr.  S.  Bowles,  W.  K.  Latham,  M. 
Allison,  J.  P.  Griggs,  Dan  Bailey,  J.  M.  Stummons,  Sol. 
Wilson,  Jas.  Wheeler,  James  Hoover,  AV.  Y.  West,  John 
Stockton,  J.  McClam,  Jordan  Grant,  L.  T.  Dunaway,  Thos. 
Stockhill,  Col.  J.  M.  Smith,  W.  and  R.  Cheek,  F.  Delosier, 
Bad  Scott,  Capt.  Pedro,  J.  H.  Stanley,  Ed.  Hayward,  J. 
C.  Woody,  J.  W.  Frieze,  A.  and  W.  W.  Divine,  E.  S.  Rook, 
A.  Morgan  and  Samuel  M.  Wheeler. 

The  only  one  Iving  of  the  entire  list  is  the  last  name 
mentioned  and  he  is  nearing  the  century  mark  in  years. 
Many  of  my  acquaintances  at  that  time  who  were  then 
young  men  are  still  living  in  Dade  county  at  this  date, 
1917.  One  young  man  at  that  time  of  my  acquaintance,  I 
will  mention  viz:  Thomas  McConnell,  a  neighbor  of  mine 


52  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

who  died  just  after  the  close  of  the  Civil  War,  June  14, 
1864,  when  Kinch  West's  guerrillas  burned  Melville. 
When  leaving  the  town,  they  passed  by  his  house  (he  in 
bed  sick).  They  carried  him  out  into  the  yard  with  his 
wife  and  two  children,  then  set  fire  to  his  house  burning 
it  to  the  ground  with  contents.  The  neighbors  joined  in 
and  built  him  a  little  house  upon  the  premises  where  he 
remained  until  his  death.  His  family  consisted  of  wife 
and  two  little  boys.  T.  A.  McConnell,  late  sheriff  of  Dade 
county  and  J.  B.  McConnell  now  occupying  the  home.  His 
widow,  N.  C.  McConnell,  later  on  remarried  to  Eldridge 
Miller.  To  this  union  were  born  C.  I.  and  Clarence  Miller. 
Mr.  Miller  died  and  she  was  again  left  a  widow  and  as 
such  died  after  having  lived  a  long  and  useful  life,  and 
was  highly  respected  by  all  who  knew  her. 

o 


GREENFIELD  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  IN  1867. 

by 
Seymour  Hoyt. 

After  a  dreary  ride  over  the  rocks  which  lay  between 
this  town  and  Bolivar  I  landed  in  Greenfield,  April  8,  1867. 
The  "Greenfield  House,"  located  on  the  southwest  corner 
of  Main  and  Garrett  Streets,  where  the  neat  little  cottage 
occupied  by  Postmaster  Bowles,  stands,  was  the  only  hotel 
in  the  town,  and  my  first  stopping  place  in  Dade  county. 
The  building  was  a  two-story  frame,  two  rooms  long  facing 
Main  Street.  The  upper  story  was  reached  by  an  outside 
stairway  leading  up  from  the  porch  which  extended  along 
the  front  of  the  building.  The  hotel  was  conducted  by 
John  W.  Murphy  and  wife.  Across  Main  Street  was  the 
two-story  frame  residence  of  the  Rev.  W.  R.  Fulton, 
pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  D.  W.  Edwards  now 
owns  the  residence  and  has  added  to  and  changed  its  ap- 
pearance materially.  On  the  next  block  south  and  near 
the  Public  Square  was,  and  is,  the  house  owned  by  D.  C. 
Easton,  and  now  the  residence  of  his  daughters,  Misses 
Ollie  and  Frank.  Across  the  street  was  the  residence  of 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 53 

R.  S.  Jacobs;  the  broad  porcb  added  by  its  present  owner, 
J.  E.  Shaw,  makes  a  decided  change  in  its  front.  On  the 
corner  south,  fronting  the  Square  was  Mr.  Jacob's  one 
story  frame,  where  he  had  his  general  merchandise  store, 
with  John  Bell,  clerk.  The  building  was  about  twenty  by 
forty  feet  with  a  ware-room  on  the  west  about  fifteen  feet 
wide.  West  and  near  the  center  of  the  block  was  a  one- 
room  frame  building-  unoccupied.  On  the  corner  where 
the  Bade  county  bank  stands,  was  the  one-story  frame 
where  John  E.  Garrett  had  a  general  store.  On  the  lot 
occupied  by  Eastin's  " Daylight  Store"  was  a  low  two- 
story  frame,  two-rooms  long,  fronting  the  Square,  with  a 
one-story  frame  at  the  northwest  corner.  Nelson  Mc- 
Dowell and  Robert  McBride,  owners.  In  the  lower  south 
room  Robert  McBride  and  John  W.  McDowell  had  their 
stock  of  goods.  Mr.  McBride  lived  in  the  north  lower 
room,  and  also  had  two  rooms  above  with  the  one  story 
frame  for  a  kitchen.  Tn  the  third  room  of  the  second 
story  Judge  McDowell  had  his  Real  Estate  Office.  South 
of  this  building  was  a  one-story  frame,  some  thirty  feet 
deep.  It  had  not  been  occupied  for  some  years,  and  the 
front  had  nearly  disappeared,  what  was  left  had  a  distinct 
leaning  to  the  south.  Newton  H.  McClure  bought  the 
building  straightened  the  frame  and  made  it  into  a  neat 
store  from  which  he  dispensed  a  stock  of  general  mer- 
chandise. The  C.  E.  Tarr  brick  now  stands  in  its  place1. 
South  and  on  the  corner  fronting  the  square  was  a  two- 
story  brick,  the  south  two-thirds  owned  by  Win.  K.  Lathim 
and  stocked  as  a  general  store.  On  one  side  in  front  was 
the  post  office,  John  J.  Lathim,  post  master.  Its  furniture 
consisted  of  perhape  a  dozen  boxes  for  letters,  as  many, 
only  larger  for  papers,  a  cancelling  stamp,  pens  and  a 
bottle  of  ink.  When  the  tri-weekly  mail  came  in  from 
Bolivar,  we  were  all  scooted  into  the  street,  while  the 
mail  was  being  distributed.  I  think  it  was  in  the  latter 
part  of  the  year,  that  the  west  end  of  that  part  of  the  build- 
ing from  the  roof  to  the  second  floor  dropped  out  and  was 
not  repaired  until  bought  by  Jesse  W.  McBride  and  re- 
arranged for  a  drug  store  on  the  first  floor  and  a  residence 


54 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

above.  The  north  one-third  was  owned  by  Dr.  Samuel  B. 
Bowles  and  on  the  ground  floor,  he  dispensed  drugs.  The 
entire  second  floor  was  vacant.  On  the  south  side  of  the 
square  on  the  corner  where  Mr.  Snead  had  his  drug  store 
was  a  little  one-story  frame,  some  fifteen  by  twenty  feet, 
where  Dr.  Samuel  Bender  had  his  office.  On  the  lot  where 
Harrison  Bros,  now  sell  furniture,  there  stood  a  one-story 
frame  about  fifteen  by  twenty-five  occupied  by  J.  S.  and 
Wm.  H.  McBride,  twin  brothers,  as  a  general  store.  Jesse 
W.,  a  younger  brother,  was  their  clerk.  On  the  corner 
where  the  people  now  go  for  their  mail  was  a  two-story 
brick  with  an  attic.  The  building  was  about  forty-five  feet 
long,  fronting  the  square,  two  rooms  deep  with  a  one-story 
ell  at  the  southwest  corner.  A  broad  hall  ran  through  the 
center  of  the  main  building.  The  east  lower  front  room 
was  used  by  all  the  courts,  Circuit,  County  and  Probate 
and  was  also  the  office  of  Nelson  B.  McDonnell,  county 
clerk.  The  rear  room  was  the  office  of  Arch  M.  Long, 
clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court,  and  ex-officio  Recorder  of  Deeds. 
The  west  lower  part  of  the  building  was  occupied  by  R.  B. 
(Uncle  Dick)  Cook  and  family,  also  the  east  rooms  on  the 
second  floor.  The  west  front  room,  second  floor,  was 
Shafer  and  Merrills'  Law  office,  and  the  rear  room,  the 
Vedette  office,  John  W.  Murphy,  owner  and  editor.  Mason 
Talbutt  and  John  P.  Griggs  compositors.  The  attic  was 
used  by  the  McBride  Bros,  as  a  store-room.  East  across 
the  street  was  a  low-story  frame,  some  thirty  feet  long, 
fronting  west.  The  lower  story  just  being  fitted  up  by 
Lewis  M.  Murphy  for  a  tin  and  stove  shop.  The  upper 
story  was  vacant.  North,  across  the  street,  on  the  site  of 
Grether's  Hardware  Store,  Watson  had  kept  up  a  small 
one-story  frame,  where  he  sold  whisky.  His  license  ex- 
pired July  4th  and  was  not  renewed.  About  where  the 
"Bijou"  stands  was  an  old  frame  of  one-story,  with  a 
side  room  on  the  south  which  Jesse  Cartwrite  used  as  a 
stable.  The  main  room  was  not  occupied.  Xext  north,  in 
the  center  of  the  block  stood  the  fourteen  by  fourteen  foot 
law  office  of  W.  C.  McDowell.  Next,  a  one-story  frame 
where  John  Harrison  made  and  sold  harness  and  saddles. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 55 

Next  and  on  the  corner,  a  frame  house  of  four  or  five 
rooms,  the  residence  of  Jno.  II.  Howard  and  family. 
Across  the  street,  on  the  corner  now  occupied  by  the  B. 
S.  Jacobs  Bank  building,  there  was  a  one-story  frame  about 
sixteen  by  forty  feet  filled  with  a  stock  of  general  mer- 
chandise owned  by  John  H.  Howard  and  Company.  There 
was  a  shed  room  on  the  north  where  Temple  E.  Bell  had  a 
harness  and  saddle  shop.  The  square  was  a  picture  of 
desolation.  In  the  center  a  pile  of  broken  brick  and 
plaster,  what  was  left  of  the  courthouse,  burned  during  the 
war,  and  around  it  stood  a  lot  of  apparently  dead  locust 
trees,  used  as  hitching  posts,  the  ground  tramped  and  cut 
up  between.  Not  a  vistage  of  grass  or  fence  to  be  seen. 

On  the  northeast  corner  of  Main  and  Garrett  streets 
was  the  Presbyterian  church  of  brick,  since  torn  down  and 
replaced  by  the  present  structure.  A  short  distance  north 
was  the  residence  of  Dr.  Bowles,  since  remodeled  by  J.  L. 
Wetzel,  its  present  owner.  On  the  west  side  of  the  street 
and  a  half  mile  north  of  the  square  was  the  house  owned 
by  Matthias  H.  Allison,  then,  the  residence  of  Columbus 
Talbutt  and  family.  It  was  in  this  house,  the  first  session 
of  the  Circuit  Court  was  held,  after  Greenfield  had  been 
located  and  established  as  the  county  seat  of  Dade  county. 
The  first  building  south  of  the  square  on  Main  street 
(after  the  frame  at  the  southeast  corner,  before  described) 
was  the  home  of  Win.  H.  Brasington,  the  first  furniture 
dealer  in  the  town  after  the  war.  This  house  was  a  part 
log  and  part  frame,  since  remodeled  an^  now  owned  by 
Silas  Montgomery.  Across  the  street  south  was  the  resi- 
dence of  Wrn.  Griggs,  father  of  J.  L.  Griggs,  now  owned 
by  C.  W.  Montgomery,  Judge  of  Probate.  Opposite,  on  the 
west  side  of  the  street  was  a  one-story  frame  occupied  by 
Robt.  L.  Butterworth  and  family.  On  the  southeast  corner 
of  the  block  where  Jos.  Rubenstein  has  built  his  residence 
stood  a  one-story  frame  occupied  by  Temple  E.  Bell  and 
his  sisters,  Annie  and  Nannie.  South  of  Win.  Grigg's  resi- 
dence on  the  east  side  of  the  street  was  a  story  and  a  half 
log  house,  afterward  remodeled  and  now  owned  by  G.  L. 
Carr.  South  and  on  the  west  side  of  the  street  is  the 


56  HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 


John  F.  Johnson  place,  then  owned  by  Nelson  McDowell. 
The  east  end  was  of  log  with  oak  siding,  on  the  west  a 
one-story  frame  has  been  added  with  a  two-room  ell  on  the 
south.  Judge  McDowell  afterwards  added  a  story  to  the 
first  two  rooms  and  the  building  still  stands  there,  but  so 
changed  by  alterations  and  additions  that  it  bears  no 
resemblance  to  the  original  structure.  Although  nearly 
fifty  years,  have  passed,  my  mind's  eye  can  see,  so  clearly, 
those  two  rooms,  for  it  was  there  I  courted  and  married 
the  brown  eyed  girl,  who  now  sleeps  so  peacefully  in 
(iivoiifield's  beautiful  little  cemetery. 

East  of  the  Silas  Montgomery  corner,  on  the  brow  of 
the  hill  where  P.  L.  Montgomery  now  lives,  was  the  log 
house  of  his  father,  J.  M.  Montgomery.  Down  the  hill 
northeast  on  the  east  side  of  the  alley  was  a  two  room 
log  house  and  on  the  west  side  another  log,  but  unoccupied. 
About  the  rear  end  of  Jas.  Tiubenstein's  brick  at  the  south- 
west corner  of  the  square,  there  was  a  small  one-story 
frame,  unoccupied.  On  the  southeast  corner  of  the  block, 
R.  B.  Cook,  had  his  blacksmith  shop,  with  Joseph  H. 
Kimber,  his  partner.  On  the  opposite  side  of  the  street  in 
the  rear  of  the  now  opera  block,  there  was  a  two-room  log 
house  fronting  the  street  where  Win.  Griggs  had  a  wagon 
repair  shop,  and  south  on  the  corner,  was  Henry  Grigg's 
blacksmith  shop.  About  where  the  water  tower  stands, 
there  was  a  frame  building  with  a  loft  used  by  Mr.  Kimber 
as  a  stable.  South  across  the  alley  from  R.  B.  Cook's  Shop, 
Arch  M.  Long  lived  with  his  family.  About  the  spot 
where  Howard  Wetzel's  cottage  stands  was  a  three  or 
four  room  house  occupied  by  Mr.  Kimber  and  family,  with 
whom  I  boarded  several  months  after  arriving  in  Green- 
field. At  the  west  end  of  South  or  Water  Street  on  the 
site  of  the  present  M.  F].  Parsonage  was  a  one-room  log 
house  with  a  "lean  to"  of  frame,  unoccupied.  Near  the 
north  end  of  the  depot  grounds  and  close  to  the  present 
track  was  W.  G.  McDowell's  residence  with  a  broad  lawn 
on  the  north  and  east  shaded  by  a  natural  growth  of  oaks. 
On  west  College  street  where  County  Clerk  Webb's  resi- 
dence stands,  a  three-room  cottage  was  being  repaired  and 


GEORGE  W.   WILSON. 


SAM  MCMILLAN. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE^ COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE       57 

later,  occupied  by  Francis  Clark  and  family.  West  of 
the  place  now  occupied  by  Mrs.  W.  K.  Pyle,  W.  H.  Mc- 
Bride  lived  with  his  family  and  across  the  street  in  a  one- 
story  frame  was  the  two  brother,  Jas.  S.,  his  wife  and 
daughter.  D.  B.  Bailey  lived  in  a  small  frame  on  the  lot 
where  he  built  the  present  two-story  brick.  Farther  west 
near  the  electric  light  plant,  was  the  house  where  the 
owner,  Benjamin  Ragsdale,  Sheriff,  lived.  On  the  north 
side  of  this  street,  east  of  the  square  and  two-thirds  of  the 
way  down  the  hill  was  a  two-room  log  house  unoccupied. 
Mrs.  Sarah  M.  McCluer  with  her  children,  Kate  and  H.  II., 
lived  in  a  one-story  frame  on  the  lot  where  the  brick  now 
stands  and  occupied  by  the  owner,  Uel  Murphy.  Opposite 
on  the  corner  of  the  alley  where  J.  E.  Shaw  erected  his 
garage,  R.  S.  Jacobs  had  a  small  frame  stable.  At  the 
then  north  end  of  the  street,  on  the  lot  where  Dr.  Weir 
lives,  was  the  two-story  and  ell  frame  of  W.  K.  Lathini 
and  family.  On  Garrett  street  that  Reverend  had  just 
finished  a  two-story  frame,  since  added  to  and  now  the 
residence  of  Jno.  E.  Scroggs.  Northwest  of  this  and  nearly 
opposite  the  present  residence  of  Judge  Talbutt,  stood  a 
one-story  building  of  four  or  five  rooms,  owned  and  oc- 
cupied by  Dr.  Samuel  Bender,  wife  and  daughter.  Coming 
back  to  east  Garrett  street  and  on  the  south  side  was  the 
log  house  of  John  Harrison,  since  remodeled  and  changed 
out  of  all  resemblance  to  its  old  self.  A  one  story  frame 
stood  on  the  lot  where  Amos  Helphenstine  built  the  pres- 
ent two-story  brick.  In  the  school  lot  east,  was  the  two- 
story  brick,  facing  west,  and  called  "in  ye  olden  time." 
The  Masonic  Academy  occupied  the  lower  floor  as  a  school 
room  and  the  upper  by  Washington  Lodge  No.  87,  A.  F.  & 
A.  M.  owner  of  the  building.  Opposite  on  the  south  side  of 
the  street  there  was  a  small  frame  where  Prof.  W.  R.  Ben- 
nington  lived  with  his  family. 

In  this  sketch  I  have  to  the  best  of  my  recollection 
named  every  residence,  business,  church  and  school  build- 
ing as  they  stood  in  April,  1867.  Several  were  outside  the 
town  corporations,  but  are  now  within  the  corporate  lim- 
its. Saturdav  has  alwavs  been  a  bus}-  day  in  Greenfield, 


58  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

and  on  that  day  every  tree  in  the  court  yard  would  have 
one,  sometimes  three  or  four  animals  hitched  to  it.  What 
struck  me  forcibly  was  the  absence  of  vehicles.  Each 
visitor  came  in  on  a  horse  or  mule.  The  young  people  of 
that  day  may  vizualize  the  town  as  it  was  then  while  those 
of  the  present  cannot,  with  the  most  vivid  imagination, 
see  those  detached  buildings  with  the  waste  places  be- 
tween. There  were  no  graded  streets,  no  walks  of  any 
kind,  only  here  and  there  a  few  boards  or  "platforms"  in 
front  of  the  store  buildings.  There  was  a  great  sufficiency 
of  loose  rocks  in  the  streets  from  the  size  of  a  basket  ball 
down.  The  only  street  work  of  that  year  consisted  in 
picking  ii])  the  larger  ones  and  dumping  them  into  gullies 
on  the  side  of  the  hill  east  of  the  square.  Nearly  all  the 
citizens  liable  for  poll  tax  worked  it  out  that  year.  As 
before  related  the  Circuit  Court  sessions  were  held  in  the 
east  room  of  the  brick,  since  rebuilt  and  called  k<The  Del- 
inonico."  Imagine,  if  you  can,  the  scene  in  that  room 
when  an  important  case  was  up  for  trial.  There  was  the 
judge,  John  C.  Price,  with  his  six  feet  of  brawn,  often  with 
a  stubble  of  gray  on  his  face  of  three  or  four  days'  growth, 
a  home  made  corn-cob  pipe  in  his  mouth,  the  clerk  at  his 
side  at  a  table  about  large  enough  to  hold  a  minute  book 
and  ink  bottle;  on  the  west  side  a  jury  of  twelve  men, 
some  smoking,  the  Circuit  Attorney,  Joseph  Estes,  Benj. 
Ragsdale,  Sheriff  and  his  deputy,  Decatur  (Dick)  Under- 
wood, the  lawyers  on  both  sides,  perhaps  a  half  dozen  at 
a  table  some  larger  than  the  clerk's,  a  chair  for  witnesses 
and  as  many  spectators  as  could  crowd  in,  standing 
around.  All  this  and  these  in  that  room  not  larger  than 
eighteen  by  twenty  feet.  Can  you  imagine  it  ?  Strict 
order  prevailed,  however,  no  matter  how  crowded.  Be- 
sides the  officers  named  above,  the  County  Court  consisted 
of  K.  (I.  Travis,  Presiding  Justice;  J.  L.  TTembree  and 
Sam 'I.  A.  llarsbarger,  Associates;  Benj.  Appleby,  Judge  of 
Probate;  \Vm.  I,.  Scroggs,  Public  Administrator.  My 
memory  Tails  as  to  the  treasurer,  surveyor  and  coroner.  I 
think  I  have  named  the  head  of  every  family  living  in 
the  town  when  I  arrived,  with  one  notable  exception.  Dr. 


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Wm.  H.  Jopes.  Quite  likely  he  lived  in  the  house,  which 
stood  on  the  site  now  covered  by  the  M.  E.  parsonage.  The 
population  of  the  town  did  not  exceed  two  hundred.  Some 
of  these  had  their  peculiarities,  and  striking  ones.  Dr. 
Bender  was  a  very  eccentric  person.  Pages  could  be  filled 
with  an  account  of  his  peculiar  ideas.  One  is  sufficient 
here  and  is  inserted  by  request  of  Mr.  States.  The  Doctor 
was  partial  to  the  perfume  of  the  polecat  and  would  ex- 
tract it  from  the  animals'  gland  and  bottle  it.  He  was 
bitterly  opposed  to  the  use  of  tobacco  and  should  a  man 
enter  his  office  smoking  he  would  immediately  uncork  the 
polecat  bottle  and  sprinkle  the  contents  over  the  floor, 
saying  "You  like  your  stink,  I  like  mine."  "Nuff  Sed." 
October,  1916. 


UNCLE  DANIEL  WENTWORTH  SCOTT. 

Personal  and  Reminiscent. 

Born  in  Kentucky  on  the  21st  day  of  January,  1826 
near  the  Cumberland  River.  The  farm  home  was  in  Ken- 
tucky, while  the  barn  and  other  farm  buildings  were  in 
Tennessee.  His  father's  name  was  Daniel  Wentworth 
Scott.  Elizabeth  Flinn-Scott  was  the  mother.  The  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch  was  the  second  child.  In  1830  the  fam- 
ily moved  from  Kentucky  to  Morgan  County,  Illinois  and 
remained  there  until  1837  when  he  moved  with  his  family 
to  Dade  County  when  Uncle  Bud  was  about  twelve  years 
old.  He  settled  in  the  western  district  of  Pennsylvania 
Prairie  near  where  Pennsborro  now  stands.  The  son  still 
owns  a  part  of  that  old  home.  The  Snadens  came  to  this 
district  about  two  weeks  after  the  Scotts  arrived.  Lewis 
Spain  was  already  here  at  that  time  and  had  a  home  in  the 
same  district.  There  were  but  few  families  in  this  portion 
of  Dade  County  at  this  time.  The  newcomers  in  those 
early  days  were  from  Kentucky,  Virginia  and  North  Caro- 
lina. The  Scotts  came  to  this  country  in  a  wagon  drawn 
by  oxen.  It  took  them  nearly  five  weeks  to  make  the  jour- 
ney from  Illinois.  Horses  were  then  scarce.  Oxen  were 


60  HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 


used  almost  exclusively.  The  man  who  owned  a  span  of 
good  horses  was  considered  a  rich  man.  There  was  not  a 
buggy  in  the  entire  country.  The  nearest  mill  in  those 
days  was  at  Orleans  over  in  Polk  county.  When  they  had 
corn  to  grind  it  was  taken  to  a  little  mill  on  Turnback 
which  was  owned  by  Tom  Beardon.  In  those  days  the 
citizens  depended  upon  Sarcoxie  for  their  mail.  One  of 
their  number  would  go  about  once  a  month  after  the  mail 
for  the  neighborhood  and  to  mail  his  neighbors  letters. 
Some  of  the  mail  was  gotten  at  Springfield.  At  the  time 
the  Scotts  came  to  Dade  County  there  was  not  a  home  from 
Orleans  to  Turnback,  the  Frye  ford. 

In  those  days  the  Indians  were  numerous.  In  the 
upper  Limestone  district  there  were  at  least  five1  hundred 
Indians  camped  the  most  of  the  time  and  they  were  at 
most  all  times  friendly  with  the  new  settlers.  At  one 
time  t'ncle  Bud  and  Kufus  Hudspeth  heard  that  the  In- 
dians were  fond  of  dogs  and  having  a  good  supply  of  their 
own  they  determined  to  do  a  little  trading  with  the  In- 
dians. One  night  these  two,  then  youngsters,  went  over  to 
the  Indian  cam])  where  there  were  many  hundred  of  the 
red  skins  and  bantered  them  for  a  trade.  They  failed  to 
do  any  trading,  the  Indians  saying  they  had  dogs  enough. 
There  was  a  real  Indian  trail  from  the  Cherokee  Nation 
to  the  northern  country.  They  would  go  north  in  the 
spring  and  in  the  late  fall  return  with  loads  of  fur  and 
buffalo  hides  which  they  would  sell  to  the  settlers.  This 
they  kept  up  until  the  beginning  of  the  Civil  'War. 

The  father  of  Hide  Bud  died  in  July,  ISfJO,  the 
mother  died  in  lSf)(5,  August  IHth,  during  an  epidemic  of 
flux  which  sent  terror  to  many  a  home  at  that  time.  They 
were  buried  in  the  cemetery  near  Pennsboro.  The  first 
one  buried  in  that  cemetery  was  Mathias  Speer,  an  old 
bachelor  who  died  about  1*40.  lie  was  a  lover  of  sports 
and  took  great  delight  in  horse  racing.  There  were  several 
milt-  tracks  in  those  days  and  when  Mr.  Speer  died  he  re- 
quested that  he  be  buried  as  near  a  race  track  as  possible. 
David  Hudspeth  who  owned  the  land  between  the  Scott 
home  and  where  Pennsboro  now  stands,  permitted  the 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 61 

body  of  Mr.  Speer  to  be  buried  near  the  race  track  that 
passed  through  it  and  that  was  the  beginning  of  the 
Pennsboro  cemetery. 

On  the  fifteenth  day  of  October,  1848  Mr.  Scott  and 
Miss  Mary  Ann  Springer  were  married  in  the  little  old 
cabin  that  stands  just  north  of  Pennsboro.  Soon  after  mar- 
riage he  made  the  trip  to  California  just  after  the  famous 
forty-nine  enactments.  Made  the  trip  in  a  schooner  which 
was  drawn  by  oxen.  They  were  four  months  and  ten  days 
making  the  trip  from  Greenfield  to  Sacramento.  When 
they  arrived  there  the  most  of  their  provisions  were  gone 
and  a  part  of  their  stock  was  dead.  They  had  to  sell  what 
remained  of  their  stock  in  order  to  get  things  to  eat.  They 
remained  in  California  a  little  over  a  year  and  then  pro- 
ceeded to  return  home  via  the  Isthmus  of  Panama.  When 
they  got  to  a  point  in  the  Mississippi  River  their  boat  col- 
lided with  another  boat  and  it  was  some  days  before  he 
was  able  to  buy  a  horse  in  order  to  make  his  way  home. 
He  was  reasonably  successful  in  his  Californa  trip.  "When 
he  got  home  with  his  horse  and  his  little  budget,  he  went 
to  his  farm  duties  and  when  the  war  came,  thieves  came 
also,  and  took  his  horse.  He  was  present  at  the  Dildy  Mill 
meeting  in  1861,  when  the  people  met  to  declare  on  what 
side  of  the  rebellion  they  were  interested. 

Uncle  Bud  remained  absolutely  neutral.  He  says  he 
never  killed  a  man  in  his  life  and  he  never  had  any  desire 
to  take  life  in  times  of  war  as  well  as  in  times  of  peace. 
The  most  of  the  people  were  in  sympathy  with  the  Con- 
federates. He  lost  his  first  Presidential  vote  in  being  for 
Lewis  Cass  of  Michigan.  His  second  presidential  vote 
was  for  Franklin  Pierce  in  1852.  He  has  been  a  true 
Democrat  all  his  life  with  the  exception  of  casting  his 
vote  in  1864  for  Lincoln.  At  that  time  he  and  the  late 
Perry  Farris  were  going  across  the  country  to  Illinois. 
When  they  got  to  Quincy  over  in  Hickory  county,  they 
were  anxious  to  get  a  place  to  stay  over  night.  They 
went  to  a  home  and  asked  for  accommodation,  the  master 
of  the  home  asked  Uncle  Bud  who  he  would  vote  for  and 
the  reply  came,  "LTncle  Abe,  of  course."  This  gave  him  a 


62  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

passport  to  all  the  good  things  in  that  home  and  in  almost 
all  that  community  as  it  was  pretty  well  filled  with  Fed- 
erals. 

The  old  Antioch  Church  was  organized  in  1844  and  in 
later  years  Uncle  Bud  became  a  member.  It  was  a  log 
structure  with  an  old  fashioned  fire  place  on  one  side. 
This  old  church  has  a  history.  The  Stampers,  the  Saters, 
the  Willis'  and  the  Gambles,  the  Mallorys  and  the  Funks. 
Harland  Mulkey  was  one  of  the  pioneer  preachers  and  he 
is  still  remembered  because  of  his  sweet  singing  and  he 
was  a  most  excellent  preacher.  Allen  Scott  was  another 
old  minister,  who  still  lives  in  the  minds  of  the  old 
timers  and  especially  in  the  mind  of  Uncle  Bud. 

The  temporary  capital  of  Dade  County  was  near  the 
Scott  home.  It  was  located  near  the  big  spring.  He  was 
present  at  the  first  circuit  court  that  was  ever  held  in 
Greenfield.  The  county  seat  was  moved  from  Dacleville 
to  Greenfield  in  1841.  'This  was  in  the  year  1842  or  1843. 
Judge  Yancey  was  then  on  the  bench.  Joe  Allan  was  then 
the  county  and  circuit  clerk.  The  famous  Asa  G.  Smith 
was  then  sheriff.  He  is  the  man  who  absconded  with  the 
funds  of  the  county,  being  county  tax  collector  as  well  as 
sheriff.  He  attended  the  first  4th  of  July  celebration  ever 
held  in  Greenfield  and  he  attended  the  last  one.  The  first 
one  was  in  1841.  Is  there  another  living  man  who  can 
say  this?  He  was  present  at  the  first  dance  ever  held  in 
Greenfield.  It  was  at  the  home  of  William  Latham,  just 
before  he  had  completed  his  new  house.  The  house  still 
stands.  Uncle  Bud  says  when  a  man  once  gets  music  in 
liis  feet  lie  cannot  keep  still.  The  first  jail  in  Greenfield 
was  built  of  logs  and  it  stood  near  the  old  spring.  It  was 
built  high  and  there  was  a  trap  door  near  the  roof.  A 
prisoner  was  taken  to  the  top  of  the  roof  and  then  he 
was  compelled  to  descend  a  ladder  into  the  jail.  When 
he  was  once  safely  inside  the  sheriff  would  take  the  ladder 
out  and  close  the  trap  door.  In  this  jail  the  notorious  Pete 
Douglas  was  confined,  waiting  his  trial  for  the  murder  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Douglas,  his  master  and  mistress.  This  jail 
had  three  walls  and  it  was  impossible  for  a  man  in  those 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  63 

days  to  get  out  unless  aided  by  man  or  the  law.  Pete  was 
found  guilty  and  he  was  hanged  about  a  mile  south  of 
Greenfield  by  Sheriff  Hedspeth.  He  was  driven  to  the 
place  of  hanging  sitting  on  his  coffin,  and  when  the  wagon 
arrived  at  the  right  place  the  rope  was  tied  around  his 
neck  and  the  wagon  was  removed  leaving  the  body  dang- 
ling in  the  air. 

Mr.  Scott  is  the  only  one  living  that  was  living  in  the 
Pennsboro  district  at  the  time  he  came  there.  He  and 
Mrs.  Scott  lived  happily  together  sixty-four  years,  seven 
months,  and  six  days.  This  is  by  far  the  longest  period  of 
wedded  life  that  has  ever  b?en  alloted  to  any  Dade  county 
couple  and  it  is  doubtful  whether  or  not  there  is  another 
instance  covering  as  many  years  in  the  history  of  the 
southwest.  They  courted  three  years  and  still  courted 
sixty-four  years  afterwards.  It  touches  his  heart  every 
time  these  days  are  mentioned  to  him.  The  memory  of 
his  wife  is  still  very  sweet  to  him  and  he  loves  to  speak 
of  her  many  splendid  sterling  qualities.  She  was  a  most 
excellent  woman  and  her  going  is  still  lamented  by  the 
scores  of  friends  who  remember  her  as  a  true  woman  and 
a  true  companion  to  her  husband  and  her  home.  There 
were  eight  children  born  to  this  home.  Two  died  in  in- 
fancy. The  rest  are  living  in  or  near  the  old  vicinity. 
Tom  who  lives  in  Kansas  City,  is  the  only  child  away 
from  home.  Mr.  Scott  was  a  director  in  the  Honey  Creek 
School  for  thirty  years  and  he  at  one  time  was  township 
collector  of  Smith  township.  George  Carmon  brought  the 
first  reaper  to  the  Pennsboro  district  some  years  before  the 
war.  Uncle  Bu$  says  it  was  a  wonder.  He  saw  the  first 
railway  train  at  Tipton  in  the  latter  fifties.  He  is  well 
acquainted  with  the  flint  in  making  morning  fire  and  many 
times  he  was  sent  by  his  parents  to  a  neighbor  to  borrow 
fire.  He  is  of  Scotch-Irish  descent.  The  old  homestead 
was  entered  by  the  father  and  he  and  Uncle  Bud  have 
owned  it  ever  since.  Xo  trouble  to  get  abstract.  While 
justice  of  the  peace  he  was  present  at  the  marriage  of  one 
couple,  Thomas  Stovall  and  Martha  Jane  Douglas.  The 
young"  couple  rode  up  to  Mr.  Scott's  front  gate  and  told 


64  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

the  errand.  Mr.  Scott  climbed  on  top  of  the  fence  and 
pronounced  them  husband  and  wife  while  they  were  seated 
on  their  horses.  He  has  perhaps  been  on  more  juries  than 
any  other  man  in  Dade  county.  He  could  not  serve  on  a 
murder  jury  because  of  the  fact  he  does  not  believe  in 
capital  punishment. 

He  is  making  his  home  with  his  daughter,  Mrs. 
Thomas  Poindexter  over  in  the  Antioch  district,  his  young- 
est daughter.  The  elder  daughter,  Mrs.  Lucy  (Scott) 
Sater  lives  at  Miller.  Dennis,  is  the  youngest  son  and 
he  lives  at  Pennsboro.  Thomas  lives  in  Kansas  City,  Mrs. 
Amanda  Speer  is  a  stister.  There  are  twenty-three  grand- 
children and  twenty-five  great  grand-children.  In  1839 
there  was  a  school  house  built  of  round  logs  in  twenty  feet 
of  the  present  home  of  Dick  Daigh.  The  neighbors  as- 
sembled and  in  less  than  a  day  the  house  was  built  and 
daubbed  inside  and  out.  There  was  no  such  thing  as  a 
nail  in  those  days.  He  attended  school  in  that  building. 
The  Moores,  the  Penns  and  the  Pritchards,  the  Allisons, 
the  Myrics,  the  Finleys  and  the  Snadons  also  attended 
this  school.  They  went  to  school  early  in  the  morning 
and  stayed  until  late  in  the  evening  being  in  study  for  at 
least  ten  hours.  His  first  church  was  Antioch.  Hiram 
Sampsel  and  his  wife,  John  Adams  and  C.  C.  Coble  were 
among  the  charter  members.  The  first  lights  were  made 
by  obtaining  a  flat  rock  with  a  hole  in  it  and  then  fill  the 
hole  with  grease  and  place  a  string  wick  in  it,  the  fore- 
runner of  the  tallow  dip  and  the  common  candle.  These 
lamps  were  extensively  used  in  the  early  primitive  days. 

The  first  lumber  was  sawed  by  a  whip  saw.  His  father 
and  Thomas  McBride  sawed  the  first  lumber  in  Dade 
county.  Some  of  the  first  plank  ever  sawed  in  the  county 
are  still  in  existance  on  the  Scott  homestead  in  Pennsboro. 
The  scales  in  those  days  were  rudely  made  and  rocks  were 
used  as  weights.  In  those  days  about  all  that  was  needed 
was  to  plant,  the  crop  would  sure  follow  without  much 
cultivation.  The  soil  was  new  and  rich  and  crops  never 
failed.  The  hospitality  of  those  days  was  never  equalled. 
He  delights  to  talk  about  the  generosity  and  the  faithful- 
ness of  the  people  of  that  early  day. 


.).    \\.    CARMACK. 


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The  Poindexter  home  is  one  of  the  best  country  homes 
in  the  Pilgrim-Antioch  district.  Mr.  Scott  is  tenderly 
cared  for  by  his  daughter  and  her  family  and  here  is 
where  he  will  no  doubt  spend  his  last  hours.  He  has  been 
ill  for  some  months,  the  result  of  old  age.  He  has  been  a 
reader  of  the  St.  Louis  Republic  since  1848.  He  was  mar- 
ried in  a  brown  green  coat  with  the  elbow  out. 


EARLY  DISCOVERY  OF  COAL  IN  DADE  COUNTY. 

The  coal  belt  of  Dade  County  is  located  in  the  north- 
western portion  and  consists  of  a  large,  uneven  tract  or 
territory  underlaid  with  a  vein  of  bituminous  coal,  of  ex- 
cellent quality  from  five  to  fifty  feet  beneath  the  surface. 
It  was  discovered  by  accident.  About  the  year  1850, 
Robert  Courtney,  an  early  settler  in  the  Sons  Creek  neigh- 
borhood was  hunting  wolves  in  the  prairie  near  where 
Sylvania  now  stands.  After  an  unusually  long  tramp  he 
sat  down  on  the  ground  to  rest  and  in  examining  a  craw 
fish  hole  noticed  that  the  out-put  was  filled  witli  fine  cut- 
tings of  coal.  The  next  day  he  returned  with  tools  and 
uncovered  a  wagon  load  which  he  hauled  to  Springfield 
and  sold  for  $1.00  per  bushel.  It  was  then  used  exclusively 
for  blacksmithing.  This  load  of  coal  was  taken  from 
section  17-32-28. 

Since  that  time  coal  has  been  mined  extensively  for 
local  use,  mostly  by  stripping  and  in  some  cases  by  slope 
or  drift.  In  1854  when  the  Homestead  Company  was 
formed  in  Allegheny  City,  Pa.,  headed  by  John  Dyer,  Sr., 
for  president;  Hugh  McCluey,  Alexander  Pitcairn  and 
John  P.  Flemming  as  agents  of  the  company  came  to  Dade 
county  and  placed  land  warrants  on  several  thousand 
acres  of  land  in  the  vicinity  of  Sylvania.  The  promoters 
intended  to  build  a  manufacturing  city  at  Sylvania  to  be 
supported  by  a  surrounding  population  of  farmers.  The 
civil  war  blasted  the  enterprise  and  the  ideal  city  was 
never  built. 

Robert  McCluey  is  a  son  of  Hugh  McCluey,  one  of  the 
original  Homesteaders,  and  has  been  identified  with  the 
coal  industry  of  the  country  from  the  beginning. 


66  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

SAMUEL  JACKSON  WEIR,  JR. 

Personal  and  Reminiscent. 

Samuel  J.  Weir,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Cooper  County,  Mis- 
souri, on  December  27,  1830,  some  eighteen  miles  south  of 
Booneville.  Booneville  was  then  a  prosperous  little  vil- 
lage town.  The  father,  Samuel  Weir,  Sr.,  went  to  Cooper 
County  from  Tennessee  in  1818.  He  was  a  young  man  and 
had  lately  married  Miss  Polly  B.  Stevens,  of  Kentucky. 
The  elder  Weir  established  a  home  in  Cooper  County  and 
lived  there  until  the  spring  of  1840,  when  he  moved  to  Dade 
County  and  established  the  Weir  homestead  near  the  north- 
east limits  of  the  city  of  Greenfield.  While  a  citizen  of 
Cooper  County,  Father  Weir  first  began  the  ministry,  but 
did  not  enter  the  profession  to  any  great  extent  until  he 
became  a  citizen  of  Dade  County.  It  is  said  that  Father 
Weir  married  the  first  couple  ever  married  in  Dade  County. 
He  at  once  entered  a  large  tract  of  land,  and  most  of  it  is 
still  very  fine  in  productiveness,  and  it  is  now  furnishing 
homes  for  many  of  their  descendents.  He  was  a  hard- 
working man  and  a  splendid  financier,  very  successful  in 
everything  he  undertook.  He1  built  the  old  log  church  on 
the  Weir  Camp  Ground  about  1842.  Alexander  Long  was 
one  of  the  elders  of  that  congregation.  Father  Lon<?  was 
the  father  of  the  late  Arch  M.  Long,  who  is  still  re- 
membered by  all  the  older  citizenship.  Rev.  Jeff  Montgom- 
ery was  one  of  the  ministers  of  this  church.  He  came  here 
in  the  early  forties.  Rev.  Mr.  Smith  and  Rev.  Mr.  Johnson 
were  ministers  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  church  at 
that  time.  Joseph  Davidson,  the  great-grandfather  of 
.raincs  Davidson,  did  some  preaching  for  the  Methodist. 
Rev.  Pensor,  a  teacher  as  well  as  minister,  was  the  first 
Presbyterian  minister.  The  latter  forties,  Rev.  Mulkey 
came  to  this  section  and  ministered  for  those  of  the  Chris- 
tian church  faith. 

The  old  log  church  on  the  Weir  Camp  Grounds  was 
open  to  all  faiths,  including  the  Baptist,  who  were  led  by 
Messrs.  Buckley  and  Buckner,  two  splendid  pioneer  min- 
isters, whose  work  shows  to  this  day.  The  old  log  church 


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remained  on  that  camp  ground  until  about  1861,  when  it 
was  torn  down  and  moved  to  the  Jonathan  Weir  farm, 
where  it  was  used  for  school  and  church  gatherings.  While 
the  old  building  stood  on  the  camp  ground  it  was  used  for 
a  schoolhouse,  and  here  is  where  Helm  Wetzel,  Pies  Mont- 
gomery, Arch  M.  Long  and  his  brother,  the  Allisons,  the 
Hoyles  and  the  Weirs  attended  school.  Tom  Rankin  was 
one  of  the  early  teachers  in  that  school.  He  was  after- 
ward made  County  Superintendent  of  Schools,  the  first 
one  Dade  County  ever  had.  Rev.  Rankin  and  Rev.  Samuel 
Mitchell,  and  Luther  Mitchell,  all  prominent  in  the  early 
church  work  in  the  ministry,  went  to  this  school  in  their 
young  days.  In  the  year  1840  there  was  standing  a  log 
cabin,  where  the  business  house  of  Ed  Shaw  now  stands, 
and  this  cabin  was  used  for  school  purposes,  a  subscrip- 
tion school.  Uncle  Sam  went  to  that  school  along  with  the 
McDowells,  the  Allisons,  the  Lacks,  Aunt  Matilda,  the 
Latham  girls,  all  attended  this  school.  Aunt  Matilda  caused 
the  entire  class  to  hustle  in  order  to  keep  up  with  her  in  the 
spelling  class,  as  well  as  in  the  other  branches  of  study. 
She  is  still  living  and  is  dearly  loved  by  a  host  of  people. 
There  were  eight  children  born  to  the  Father  Weir 
home.  They  were  all  born  in  Cooper  County.  The  family 
was  brought  to  Dade  County  in  ox  wagons,  with  one  little 
horse  cart  drawn  by  a  horse,  in  which  the  mother  rode 
the  entire  journey.  They  were  nearly  a  week  on  the  way. 
They  grazed  their  cattle  along  the  way.  He  had  a  good 
lot  of  cattle  that  he  brought  with  him,  some  sheep  and 
horses.  When^they  arrived  at  the  place  where  Greenfield 
now  stands  there  was  not  a  house  there.  The  Allison  house 
was  standing  in  the  northern  portion  of  what  is  now  the 
town.  Father  Weir,  Nelson  McDowell,  a  Mr.  Anderson 
and  John  M.  Rankin,  the  man  who  laid  out  the  city  of 
Greenfield,  composed  a  committee  to  look  for  the  county 
seat  site.  After  much  investigation,  they  determined  that 
the  site  where  Greenfield  stands  was  the  most  feasible  and, 
therefore,  recommended  that  the  county  seat  be  located 
there.  The  old  town  spring  was  then  a  gusher  and  it  at- 
tracted the  attention  of  all  the  people,  and  was  one  great 


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cause  of  the  committee  selecting  this  as  a  county  seat  site. 
Rank  in  was  also  the  county  surveyor. 

There  were  but  few  homes  in  the  country  then,  the 
Lacks,  the  McMillans,  the  Wetzels,  the  Longs,  the  Landers, 
the  Allisons  lived  in  the  country.  They  were  all  newcomers 
and  the  country  was  new  to  each  of  them.  The  McMillans 
came  in  1838  and  the  Scotts  over  on  the  Pennsylvania  Prai- 
rie came  in  1837.  The  Wetzels  came  about  the  year  1837. 
The  nearest  mill  was  then  at  Hulston.  It  was  then  called 
Campbell's  Mill.  During  a  dry  season  they  were  compelled 
to  go  to  Bower's  mill  over  on  Spring  River.  The  mail  in 
those  days  came  from  Bolivar,  and  the  nearest  store  was  at 
Springfield  and  Bolivar.  Jones  and  Wilson  erected  the  first 
store  building  where  the  Dade  County  Bank  now  stands, 
about  1842.  This  was  the  first  store  in  Greenfield.  William 
K.  Latham,  who  became  postmaster,  the  first  one,  was  at 
last  given  charge  of  this  store.  The  first  mail  after  Green- 
field had  a  postoffice  was  brought  from  Bolivar  once  a 
week.  The  first  courthouse  was  on  the  ground  where  the 
Grether  store  now  stands.  It  was  a  frame  structure.  After- 
wards a  brick  was  built,  which  was  destroyed  during  the 
war.  The  father  and  mother  are  buried  in  the  Weir  Cem- 
eteiy.  The  father  died  in  1S48;  the  mother  died  in  1884. 
Transfer  of  land  was  made  from  father  to  son  only  once. 

Judge  Yancy  was  the  first  judge;  he  was  a  Springfield 
citizen,  and  among  the  first  attorneys,  Little  Berry  Ilen- 
d ricks,  John  C.  Price,  Robert  Crawford,  a  man  by  the 
name  of  Payne  Otter,  and  one  by  the  name  of  Finch.  The 
early  doctors  were  Tuttle  and  Chinneyworth. 

lie  was  present  at  the  hanging  of  Pete  Douglas.  On 
the  day  of  execution  Pete  v/as  attired  in  white  garments 
and  driven  to  the  place  of  execution.  Uncle  Samuel  was 
there  and  witnessed  it.  He  says  it  was  the  most  revolting 
scene  in  his  whole  life.  Rev.  Mr.  Gould  made  the  prayer 
just  before  the  execution. 

The  old  wooden  wheel  clock  furnished  the  time  for 
the  most  favored,  while  those  not  so  well  favored  depended 
upon  the  sun.  They  carded,  spun  and  wove  the  cloth  that 
made  their  garments.  Hemp  still  comes  in  the  Weir  or- 


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chard,  where  the  seed  was  sown  nearly  seventy-five  years 
ago.  The  hemp  was  used  to  make  ropes.  The  old  saddle 
hags  Father  Weir  used  are  still  in  possession  of  Uncle 
Sam.  In  IS  53  William  Wilson  moved  with  his  family  from 
Tennessee  to  the  Limestone  country,  and  remained  there 
one  year  and  then  sold  out  and  went  to  Greene  County. 
At  this  home  is  where  Sam  first  met  his  wife,  Mattie  Wilson. 
After  their  going  to  Greene  County  Uncle  Sam  went  too, 
every  once  in  a  while,  until  he  returned  with  Miss  Wilson 
as  Mrs.  Weir.  This  marriage  occurred  nearly  sixty  years 
ago,  in  1858. 

The  first  one  huried  in  the  Weir  cemetery  was  John 
Davidson,  an  old  bachelor,  who  was  huried  there  before  the 
year  1840.  Father  Weir  planted  an  orchard  when  he  first 
came  here,  and  some  of  the  old  trees  are  still  standing. 
They  made  their  horse  collars  out  of  corn  husks,  and  the 
names  were  made  of  wood.  The  shoes  were  home-made  and 
all  the  garments  they  wore  were  home-made. 

Father  Weir  had  five  slaves  and  when  he  died  he  left 
them  to  his  widow.  He  was  a  Jackson  Democrat.  He  was 
a  self-made  man  and  never  quailed  at  any  responsibility 
that  met  him.  lie  possessed  a  good  library  in  those  early 
days,  one  of  the  best  in  the  history  of  Dade  County. 

The  flies  were  so  bad  in  this  country  at  that  time  that 
the  horses  had  to  be  kept  covered  during  the  summer  and 
fall  months.  The  old  log  house,  now  weather-boarded,  the 
one  Father  Weir  built  in  1840,  is  still  standing,  and  here 
is  where  Uncle  Sam  still  lives.  The  family  lives  surround- 
ing the  old  homestead,  except  Don  and  Frank;  Frank  in 
Wichita  and  Don  in  Lamar,  Colorado. 


HISTORY  OF  THE  WHEELER  FAMILY 
IN  DADE  COUNTY. 

In  the  year  1838  James  Wheeler,  the  Grandfather  of 
"Jim"  Wheeler,  was  the  first  Wheeler  to  come  to  Dade 
County.  Samuel  Wheeler,  Sr.,  father  of  Samuel  Wheeler 
of  Polk  Township,  went  to  Illinois  from  Tennessee  in  1836, 
and  came  to  Dade  County  in  1841.  He  put  up  a  cabin  in 


70 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  • 

Polk  Township,  east  of  the  river,  and  entered  a  large  tract 
of  Ir, nd  between  where  the  city  of  Everton  now  stands  and 
Dado vi lie.  Samuel  Wheeler  and  his  brother,  Francis 
Marion  Wheeler  of  Everton,  are  the  only  living  repre- 
sentatives of  this  pioneer.  Samuel  was  only  17  years  old 
when  his  father  came  to  Missouri.  He  was  born  in  1824  and 
now  resides  on  the  place  where  he  has  lived  since  1866. 
He  recalls  the  fact  of  the  Kirby  family  being  here  when 
they  came,  and  the  Tarrant  family  coming  a  year  or  so 
afterward.  John  Tarrant  was  particularly  an  interesting 
pioneer,  being  one  of  the  early  assessors  and  tax  collectors 
of  the  county.  It  was  the  practice  in  those  early  days  to 
make  the  assessment  and  the  collection  at  the  same  time,  and 
then  to  carry  the  revenue  in  gold  or  currency,  horseback, 
to  Jefferson  City.  In  1841  the  nearest  postoffice  was  Spring- 
field, where  his  father,  Samuel  Wheeler,  and  his  uncle, 
James  Wheeler,  did  most  of  their  trading.  The  first 
schools  in  the  county  were  subscription  schools  and  located 
at  Pennsylvania  Prairie.  In  1842  Samuel  Wheeler,  Sr., 
started  a  subscription  school  on  the  old  Wheeler  homestead, 
and  taught  the  same  two  years.  Afterward  he  taught  school 
at  several  different  places.  The  first  church  was  a  Baptist 
church,  located  northeast  of  Dadeville,  and  was  destroyed 
during  the  war.  It  was  called  Mt.  Pisgah.  One  of  the 
early  churches  of  the  county  was  the  Sinking  Creek  church. 
Four  different  buildings  have  been  erected  on  this  site. 
Rev.  Thomas  Kelley  was  one  of  the  early  preachers  and 
married  most  of  the  early  settlers.  He  died  many  years 
a.u-o.  In  the  early  forties  there  was  a  traveling  preacher 
in  these  parts,  but  his  name  and  denomination  has  escaped 
the  memory  of  the  oldest  settler. 

In  those  early  days  gourds  were  used  universally  as 
drinking  cups,  salt  and  soap  vessels  and  other  purposes 
where  metal  is  now  employed.  The  school  houses  were 
built  of  logs,  having  but  one  door,  and  a  "chink"  removed 
for  a  window.  The  desks  were  planks  put  on  pegs  driven 
in  the  walls  and  held  in  place  by  notches  in  the  ends  of  the 
pegs.  The  seats  were  split  saplings,  and  the  floors  made 
of  puncheons.  Xo  particular  course  of  study  was  followed, 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE       71 


each  scholar  choosing  his  own  studies  and  bringing  the 
books  he  fancied  most. 

In  clearing  out  the  land  the  old  "bull-tongue"  plow 
was  used  and  oxen  the  only  teams.  Horses  were  used  only 
to  ride.  Mr.  Wheeler  recalls  going  to  church  in  a  large 
ox  wagon.  Each  young  fellow  would  get  his  best  girl  and 
pile  into  the  Wheeler  wagon  with  chairs.  This  wagon  was 
drawn  by  two  yoke  of  oxen,  and  since  the  traveling  was 
slow  it  furnished  a  splendid  opportunity  to  "spark,"  both 
going  and  coming. 

Corn  was  ground  largely  by  hand  until  the  advent  of 
mills.  The  usual  method  was  grating  the  soft  corn  on  a 
tin  punched  full  of  holes.  The  first  mill  on  the  Hulston 
site  was  known  as  the  Pemberton  mill.  This  was  erected 
in  1840.  Henry  Pemberton  was  the  miller,  and  ground 
wheat  and  corn.  The  bolting  was  done  by  hand.  The 
threshing  was  done  by  tramping  with  horses.  A  hard  piece 
of  ground  would  be  cleared  off,  the  wheat  piled  on  and  the 
horses  ridden  in  a  circle.  In  the  harvest,  hand  sickles  were 
used,  and  a  good  hand  could  cut  and  bind  one  acre  per 
day.  One  dollar  per  day  was  counted  big  wages  for  a 
harvest  hand,  many  working  for  less.  Rails  were  cut  and 
split  of  a  uniform  length  of  ten  feet,  all  the  timber  being- 
small.  Very  little  saw  timber  was  to  be  found  any  place. 
The  present  growth  of  black  oak  were  mere  saplings  in 
those  days.  Guy  Clopton  was  among  the  very  early  set- 
tlers, coming  in  1882.  Also  John  Crisp's  father  and  Ingalls 
came  at  about  the  same  time.  Guy  Clopton  set  out  the  first 
orchard  in  Dadc  County,  and  tradition  says  that  at  one  time 
the  largest  peach  tree  in  the  United  States  grew  on  the 
ground  where  Joseph  Rubenstein's  house  now  stands  in 
Greenfield. 

The  largest  apple  tree  in  the  state  of  Missouri  was 
located  on  the  old  James  Wheeler  farm.  It  was  9  feet  10 
inches  in  circumference,  7  feet  from  the  ground. 

Wild  game,  deer  and  turkey,  were  very  plentiful  in 
3842.  There  were  no  bear  here  then,  no  Indians,  and  fish- 
ing was  good.  Uncle  Samuel  Wheeler  freighted  from  Kan- 


72  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

sas  City  to  New  Mexico,  using  six  yoke  of  oxen,  and  greased 
his  wagon  with  tar  from  old  Tennessee. 

Doctors  being  scarce  in  those  days,  medicine  was 
largely  of  home  manufacture.  A  favorite  pill  was  made 
from  white  walnut  bark,  which  when  peeled  upward,  acted 
as  an  emetic,  and  if  peeled  downward  was  used  as  a  physic. 
Among  the  early  doctors  to  practice  in  Dade  County,  Dr. 
Perkins  and  Dr.  Bender  were  about  the  first.  Midwifery, 
which  today  is  almost  a  lost  art,  was  practiced  extensively 
then.  Xancy  Julian  and  (Irandma  Wheeler  traveled  many 
miles  on  horseback  and  stayed  for  weeks  at  a  time  with 
patients  on  these  errands.  Large  families  and  few  deaths 
were  tbe  rule. 

Samuel  Wheeler  says  that  in  1842  money  was  very 
scarce,  there  being  no  gold  and  only  a  little  silver.  Cows 
sold  for  $.1.00  each;  hogs  were  very  cheap,  and  $40  would 
buy  a  fine  horse.  Corn  sold  at  10  cents  per  bushel,  and 
whiskey,  either  corn  or  rye,  could  be  had  for  25  cents  per 
gallon,  and  there  was  very  little  drunkenness. 

Samuel  "Wheeler  was  born  November  20th,  1824,  son 
of  Samuel  and  Margaret  (Cowan)  Wheeler.  He  had  three 
brothers  and  six  sisters,  all  of  whom  are  dead  execpt  his 
brothci-,  Francis  M.,  living  at  Everton.  Tie  was  married 
in  1859  to  Mary  Driskell,  a  native  of  Michigan,  who  was 
born  August  16th,  1840.  They  have  three  children,  two 
boys  and  one  girl : 

(1)  David,  born  September  21st,  1860;  lives  in  Colo- 
rado. 

(2)  Margaret,  born  in  1864,  now  the  wife  of  William 
Landers  of  Dadeville. 

(.'))  Lewis,  born  in  1873,  married  Annie  Hurst,  daugh- 
ter of  Joe  and  Belle  Hurst.  Her  father  is  dead,  mother  a 
widow  and  lives  in  Everton.  They  have  four  children: 

(1)  Emil   I).,  married  Eva   Drummond,   a  native  of 
Dade  County. 

(2)  Kolen  Joe. 

(3)  Evert. 

(4)  Mary  Belle. 


MISS    IJKSSIK    FKIK/K. 


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Lewis  is  farming  in  Polk  Township.  Farm  consists  of 
120  acres.  Pie  lives  in  a  frame  house  built  by  his  father  in 
1871. 

Samuel  Wheeler  is  a  Republican,  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  church,  served  in  the  Home  Guards  during  the  war. 
In  1851  he  was  engaged  in  freighting  from  Kansas  City 
westward,  and  in  1852  he  and  his  brother  Marion  went  to 
the  gold  fields  of  California.  They  arrived  in  1853  and 
left  in  1857.  He  returned  to  Dade  County  via  the  Isthmus 
of  Panama,  bringing  $1,500  in  glittering  gold  with  him, 
with  which  he  purchased  a  home  in  Dade  County. 

Sa'nuel  Wheeler  is  still  hale  and  hearty  for  a  man  of 
his  years,  and  delights  to  talk  of  the  old  days  in  the  county 
when  their  voting  precinct  was  located  on  Sinking  Creek, 
a  distance  of  12  miles,  and  when  the  voting  was  done  vice 
I'oce,  from  president  down,  each  man  yelling  the  name  of 
his  candidate,  which  a  clerk  recorded.  All  buildings  were 
put  up  out  of  logs,  and  without  nails.  In  making  a  roof 
they  used  a  log  for  what  they  called  an  eave-pole,  and  upon 
this  was  put  a  log  called  a  butting  pole.  Against  this  pole 
the  roof  boards  were  ended  and  the  process  followed  till 
the  roof  was  complete.  All  cooking  was  done  on  the  fire- 
places, and  pot-hooks  were  in  common  use.  The  crane  was 
considered  a  wonderful  invention.  Horses,  mules,  hogs  and 
cattle  were  driven  to  St.  Louis  and  other  distant  places  to 
market.  Salt  was  brought  from  Sedalia.  For  many  years 
Springfield  was  their  nearest  postoffice,  and  later,  Green- 
field. 


Chapter  4 

MILITARY  AFFAIRS. 

Public  Sentiment. — The  groat  majority  of  the  people 
of  Dado  County  have  always  boon  loyal  to  the  Government 
of  the  United  States,  notwithstanding  the  fact  that  many 
of  them  were'  reared  under  the  influences  of  the  institution 
of  slavery.  During  the  Mexican  War  the  county  furnished 
a  company  of  soldiers  under  command  of  Capt.  J.  J.  Clark- 
son  that  did  excellent  service. 

When  the  late  Civil  War  began,  in  1861,  the  pooplo  of 
the  northern  half  of  the  county  were  generally  loyal  to  the 
Union,  while  many  in  the  southern  half  were  in  full  sym- 
pathy with  secession  and  in  favor  of  the  Southern  Con- 
federacy; but,  upon  the  whole,  a  great  majority  of  the 
citizens  of  the  county  were  loyal  to  the  United  States.  Some 
of  the  recent  immigrants  from  the  Eastern  states — especial- 
ly Illinois — moved  back,  and  there  enlisted  in  the  Union 
Army.  Soon  after  the  war  began,  John  T.  Coffee  and  other 
Southern  sympathizers  enlisted  a  number  of  men  in  Dade 
County,  but,  owing  to  the  vigilance  of  the  loyal  citizens, 
who  wore  forming  organizations  for  the  Union  army,  they 
were  mostly  taken  beyond  the  limits  of  the  county  to  be 
organized,  and  later  a  largo  number  of  men  followed  Price's 
army  southward,  and  became  Confederate  soldiers,  but 
then-  is  no  way  of  ascertaining  their  numbers. 

Troops. — Several  companies  were  organized  within  the 
county  for  the  Union  Army,  of  which  mention  is  made  as 
follows:  Companies  A  and  1),  of  the  Sixth  Regiment  Cav- 
alry Missouri  Volunteers,  were  raised  almost  wholly  with- 
in the  county  of  Dade — their  organizations  being  completed 
July  4,  1M!1.  About  the  same  time  Company  E,  of  the  same 
regiment,  was  organized,  having  been  recruited  equally 
from  Dade  and  Cedar  Counties.  Clark  Wright,  the  princi- 
pal mover  in  the  organization  of  Company  A,  became  its 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE       75 

first  captain,  but  was  made  colonel  of  the  regiment  upon  its 
organization,  and  Thomas  A.  Swit/ler  was  mustered  as  cap- 
tain of  the  company.  John  II.  Paynter  and  Thomas  Stock- 
still  were  mustered  in  as  first  and  second  lieutenants  there- 
of. The  first  officers  of  Company  1)  were:  Captain,  Wil- 
liam H.  Crockett,  and  lieutenants,  Jesse  C.  Kirby  and  John 
C.  Porter.  The  first  officers  of  Company  E  were:  Captain, 
Austin  Ilubbard,  and  lieutenants,  Thomas  Astloy  and  Jas- 
per Burris.  Company  L,  also  of  the  same  regiment,  was 
raised,  in  July,  1862,  from  Dado,  Polk  and  Greene  Counties 
—more  than  one-half  of  the  company  being  from  Dade.  The 
first  officers  of  this  company  were:  Captain,  Jesse  C1.  Kir- 
by, promoted  from  first  lieutenant  in  Company  I),  and  lieu- 
tenants, J.  W.  Cormack  and  Luther  I).  Porter. 

The  companies  comprising;  this  regiment  were  first 
formed  into  three  battalions,  commanded  by  Major  Wright, 
"Major  \Vood  and  Captain  Hawkins.  Wright's  battalion 
fought  in  the  skirmishes  of  Copridge's  Mills  and  Wet 
Glaize;  Hawkins'  in  the  battle  of  Fredericktown,  and 
Wood's  in  the  battles  of  Salem  and  West  Plains.  These 
three  battalions  were  organized  as  a  regiment,  February 
.14,  18(52,  Major  Clark  Wright  being  appointed  colonel;  Ma- 
jor S.  X.  Wood,  lieutenant-colonel,  and  Captain  Hawkins, 
first  major.  The  field  of  war  occupied  by  this  regiment  was 
Southern  Missouri,  Arkansas  and  portions  of  Louisiana 
and  Mississippi.  It  was  often  separated,  the  companies  be- 
ing detached  and  sent  to  many  different  points,  and  were 
often  engaged  with  the  enemy.  The  regiment  fought  in  the 
battles  of  Champion's  Hill,  Black  River  and  Bridgeport, 
in  Mississippi;  fook  part  in  the  seige  and  capture  of  Yicks- 
burg,  also  in  the  movement  upon  and  capture  of  Jackson, 
and  in  many  other  movements.  During  the  years  1864  and 
18(55,  u])  to  the  time  of  muster  out,  it  was  stationed  in  the 
Department  of  the  Gulf,  where  it  participated  in  several 
engagements.  Companies  B,  C,  F,  G,  II,  1  and  K  were 
mustered  out  at  expiration  of  term,  in  the  months  of  De- 
cember, 1864,  and  January,  1865.  The  remaining  compan- 
ies, A,  1),  E  and  I,  composed  of  the  veterans  and  recruits 
of  the  regiment,  were  mustered  out  September  12,  1865. 


76  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 


Late  in  the  spring  or  early  summer  of  1862,  a  State 
militia  company  (Union)  was  organized  in  Greenfield,  and 
on  the  day  that  the  officers  were  elected  and  the  organization 
completed,  and  all  were  sworn  into  the  service  by  Enrolling 
Officer  John  B.  Clark,  of  Dadeville,  it  was  reported  by  a 
volunteer  courier  from  the  country,  who  came  in  "under 
whip  and  spurs,"  that  a  rebel  force  under  Joe  Shelby  and 
John  T.  Coffee  were  advancing  upon  the  town.  At  this 
instant  the  faithful  enrolling  officer,  Clark,  knowing  that 
he  was  the  one  most  desired  and  likely  to  receive  the  harsh- 
est treatment  by  the  enemy,  went  to  the  home  of  W.  K. 
Latham  and  asked  the  good  lady  of  the  house  to  hide  him. 
This  she  did  by  putting  him  into  a  hole  under  the  building 
— where  vegetables  were  kept — through  a  trap  door  in  the 
floor,  over  which  she  hastily  spread  a  carpet.  The  enemy 
rushed  into  town  and  captured  all  of  the  new  company, 
except  a  few  who  had  retired  to  their  homes  in  the  vicinity, 
and  searched  eagerly  for  John  B.  Clark,  but  did  not  find 
him.  All  of  the  militiamen  captured  were  sworn  not  to 
take  up  arms  against  the  so-called  Southern  Confederacy. 
Afterward,  upon  being  exchanged,  nearly  all  of  them  vol- 
unteered in  the  United  States  service. 

Company  M  of  the  Eighth  Regiment  Cavalry  Missouri 
Volunteers  was  mustered  into  the  service  in  August,  1862, 
about  one-half  of  it  having  been  recruited  in  Dade,  and  the 
other  half  in  Polk  County.  The  first  captain  of  the  com- 
pany was  X.  S.  McCluer,  who  died  at  Forsythe,  Mo.,  Jan- 
uary 24,  18G.'>.  His  successor  was  Capt.  Alfred  Kennedy, 
who  resigned  February  24,  1865.  lie  was  succeeded  by 
Capt.  X.  B.  McDowell,  who  was  mustered  out  with  the  regi 
ment.  The  first  lieutenant  was  Samuel  G.  Appleby,  and  the 
second,  David  L.  Burnes.  The  regiment  to  which  this  com- 
pany belonged  operated  mostly  in  Southern  Missouri  and 
Arkansas  and  down  the  Mississippi,  and  participated  in 
many  different  engagements.  It  was  mustered  out  at  ex- 
piration of  service  at  Little  Rock,  Ark.,  on  the  20th  day  of 
July,  1865,  moving  thence  to  Benton  Barracks,  Mo.,  where, 
on  the  2nd  day  of  August  following,  it  received  final  pay, 
and  the  men  dispersed  to  their  respective  homes. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE       77 

Companies  E.  and  I  of  the  Fifteenth  Regiment  Cav- 
alry, Missouri  Volunteers,  were  raised  in  Dade  County  early 
in  1863.  The  officers  of  the  former  were  Capt.  Edmond  J. 
Morris  and  Lieutenants  George  F.  Alder  and  Joel  T.  Hem- 
bree.  The  officers  of  the  latter  were  Capt.  John  H.  Howard 
and  Lieutenants  Robert  Cowan  and  William  K.  Pyle.  All 
of  these  officers  served  until  the  regiment  was  mustered 
out  of  service.  Eight  companies  composing  this  regiment 
were,  on  the  1st  day  of  April,  1863,  organized  at  Mt.  Ver- 
non,  Mo.,  into  what  was  known  as  the  Second  Provisional 
Regiment.  On  the  10th  day  of  May  following  it  was  changed 
from  the  Second  to  the  Seventh  Provisional  Regiment,  and, 
in  September  and  October  following,  another  battalion  was 
added  to  it.  Afterward,  under  orders  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment dated  June  10,  1864,  the  Seventh  Provisional  Regi- 
ment was  mustered  into  the  United  States  service  as  the 
Fifteenth  Cavalry,  Missouri  Volunteers,  for  the  term  of 
twenty  months  dating  back  from  November  1,  1863,  from 
which  time  the  men  had  been  doing  actual  service  as  State 
troops,  without  pay.  This  regiment  did  excellent  service 
in  Southwestern  Missouri  and  Northwestern  Arkansas,  in 
fighting  and  extinguishing  guerrillas  and  bushwhackers. 
It  was  mustered  out  at  expiration  of  service  July,  1,  1865. 

Effects  of  the  Strife. — Dade  County  suffered  terribly 
from  the  ravages  of  the  war.  On  one  occasion,  during  the 
early  part,  while  the  Union  State  Militia  were  occupying 
Greenfield,  a  party  of  guerrillas,  in  the  interest  of  the 
Southern  cause,  and  for  the  purpose  of  plunder,  made  a  raid 
upon  the  town.  So  sudden  was  the  charge  that  the  militia- 
men had  not  time  to*  assemble  for  defense,  but  each  one, 
from  the  several  houses  where  they  happened  to  be,  fired 
upon  the  enemy,  killing  one  and  compelling  them  to  fall 
back.  They  fled  southward  and  burned  the  houses  of  many 
Union  men  on  their  way.  This  and  other  depredations  so 
enraged  the  militia  that  squads  of  them,  sent  into  the  coun- 
try, soon  surpassed  their  orders  and  resorted  to  desperate 
measures  in  retaliation,  such  as  burning  the  houses  which 
harbored  bushwhackers,  whereupon  both  sides  became  in- 
furiated and  more  or  less  indiscriminately  applied  the  torch 


_78 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

and  killed  defenseless  men.  A  number  of  citizens  were 
killed  in  tlieir  fields,  or  at  their  homes,  or  on  the  public 
roads,  by  unknown  bushwhackers,  and  many  dwellings  and 
much  other  property  throughout  the  county  was  laid  in 
ashes.  The  capture  of  Greenfield  and  burning  of  the  court- 
house has  been  mentioned  elsewhere.  Greenfield  was  occu- 
pied a  portion  of  the  time  during  the  war  by  the  militia, 
and  at  other  times  by  detachments  from  the  cavalry  regi- 
ments previously  noted.  The  many  cruel  depredations,  the 
killing  of  individuals,  and  other  atrocities  committed  in 
Dade  County  during  the  war  period  would  furnish  mate- 
rial sufficient  in  itself  to  fill  a  volume.  Time,  however,  has 
served  to  mitigate  these  evil  effects,  and  those  who  once 
fought  as  enemies,  divided  by  bitter  prejudices,  have  long 
since  ceased  to  harbor  ill  feeling,  and  now  work  side  by 
side1,  united  in  sentiment,  with  the  one  sincere  ambition  of 
promoting  public  good. 

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CIVIL  WAR  RECORDS  AND  PERSONAL  LIFE  OF 
RALEIGH  J.  SHIPLEY. 

Greenfield,  Mo.,  October  17,  1916. 

I  will  try  and  give  an  outline  of  the  names  of  the  field 
officers  and  the  names  of  the  men  that  were  in  Company  M 
of  the  Eighth  Missouri  Volunteer  Cavalry.     I  was  the  first 
man  that  volunteered  in  the  company. 
Field  Officers: 

Washington  F.  Gerger,  Colonel,  Steelville,  Mo. 

Elias  B.  Baldwin,  Lieutenant  Colonel,  Xaperville,  Mo. 

John  W.  Lisenby,  1st  Major,  Springfield,  Mo. 

Joseph  (J.  Rich,  2nd  Major,  Lebanon,  Mo. 

William  J.  Teed,  3rd  Major,  Xeosho,  Mo. 
Staff  Officers: 

Josiah  Lane,  Adjutant,  Bolivar,  Mo. 

A.  M.  Sevier,  (Quartermaster,  Neosho,  Mo. 

Luther  J.  Mathew,  Com.  Sy.,  Chicago,  111. 

E.  A.  Clark,  Surgeon,  Chicago,  111. 

F.  11.  Van  Eatan,  Assistant  Surgeon,  Jacksonville,  111. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 79 

Commissioned  Officers  of  Company  M : 

First  Captain  Nathan  S.  McClure,  Greenfield,  Mo. 

Second  Captain,  Alfred  Kenedy,  Greenfield,  Mo. 

First  Lieutenant,  Samuel  G.  Appleby,  Greenfield,  Mo. 

Second  Lieutenant,  David  P.  Burns,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
Non-Commissioned  Officers : 

1st.  Nelson  B.  McDowell,  Greenfield,  Mo. 

2nd.  Benjamin  W.  McBryar,  Greenfield,  Mo. 

3rd.  Alexander  Foster,  Greenfield,  Mo. 

4th.  James  K.  P.  Jump,  Bolivar,  Mo. 

5th.  John  D.  Pitts,  Bolivar,  Mo. 

6th.  John  M.  Tarbctt,  Greenfield,  Mo. 

7th.  Edward  Bristow,  Stockton,  Mo. 

8th.  William  II.  Hook,  Bolivar,  Mo. 

9th.  James  R.  Stark,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
Corporals  : 

1.  James  S.  Appleby,  Greenfield,  Mo. 

2.  Joseph  H.  Jump,  Bolivar,  Mo. 

3.  John  W.  Davis,  Greenfield,  Mo. 

4.  William  II.  Hubb,  Greenfield,  M.o 

5.  John  J.  Pyett.  Bolivar,  Mo. 
Thomas  Roberts,  Bugler,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
Oskar  M.  Griggsby,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
Edward  Barbour,  Gorier,  Pittsburg,  Mo. 
James  Taylor,  Blacksmith,  Greenfield,  Mo. 

Privates : 

John  H.  Anderson,  Stockton,  Mo. 
Severly  Barbour,  Pittsburg,  Mo. 
Israel  W.  Burns,  Pittsburg,  Mo. 
Proctor  M.  Burns,  Pittsburg,  Mo. 
William  W.  Bishop,  Pittsburg,  Mo. 
Zach  A.  Bond,  Pittsburg,  Mo. 
William  Box,  Pittsburg,  Mo. 
Jacob  Beem,  Pittsburg,  Mo. 
Warner  Bridger,  Pittsburg,  Mo. 
Daniel  P.  Brock,  Pittsburg,  Mo. 
William  Bird,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
William  S.  Beal,  Greenfield,  Mo. 


80 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Robert  A.  Bales,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
James  B.  Bering,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
Berry  Duncan,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
Olivar  Duncan,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
Green  Darrell,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
Turley  Emerson,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
Nimrod  Ford,  Springfield,  Mo. 
Thomas  Frazier,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
James  Gibbs,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
William  J.  Griffin,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
Thomas  B.  Griffin,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
William  D.  Griffis,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
Samuel  Graves,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
John  Q.  Greer,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
Samuel  M.  Griffith,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
Nathan  Hunt,  Mt.  Vernon,  Mo. 
Marion  Hornbeck,  Stockton,  Mo. 
Olaborn  11.  ITarman,  Buffalo,  Mo. 
William  L.  Holloway,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
John  Iluckaby,  Stockton,  Mo. 
Jacob  Huft,  Stockton,  Mo. 
John  Heard,  Pittsburg,  Mo. 
John  B.  Hart,  Pittsburg,  Mo. 
James  Ingles,  Sentinel  Prairie,  Mo. 
Samuel  King,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
Josiah  Kimberlan,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
William  C.  Kilingsworth,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
Josiah  Lane,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
llarvie  II.  Morris,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
FJarvie  L.  Morris,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
Maxwell  Mitchell,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
James  A.  Mitchell,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
John  A.  Mitchell,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
Moses  B.  Mitchell,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
Francis  M.  McGinnis,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
Green  M.  McGinnis,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
James  M.  Molone,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
Thomas  C.  Antens,  Greenfild,  Mo. 
Thomas  B.  Puckett,  Greenfield,  Mo. 


BERRY  G.  THUKMAX, 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 81 

Nathan  K.  Pope,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
Henry  J.  Pope,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
Thomas  Paterson,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
Tilman  B.  Perryman,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
John  Polard,  Stockton,  Mo. 
Barney  Pitts,  Elkton,  Mo. 
David  Parsons,  Elkton,  Mo. 
David  Rutledge,  Springfield,  Mo. 
Charles  Roundtree,  Elkton,  Mo. 
Thomas  Roberts,  Fayettville,  Ark. 
Jesse  Robinett,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
Samuel  Rodgers,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
James  E.  Saling,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
John  M.  Saling,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
Raleigh  J.  Shipley,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
Ephriam  B.  Shipley,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
John  Simons,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
Frederick  Soloman,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
John  R.  Sewell,  Springfield,  Mo. 
Elisha  Starkey,  Elkton,  Mo. 
William  C.  Talent,  Stockton,  Mo. 
Francis  A.  Tuckness,  Buffalo,  Mo. 
Newton  J.  Underwood,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
William  C.  Watkins,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
George  W.  "Watkins,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
Jason  Williams,  Humansville,  Mo. 
William  Wilson,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
Benjamin  Wood,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
James  M.  Zumalt,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
James  A.  Brown,  Arkansas. 
James  W.  Davenport,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
Terry  W.  Davenport,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
David  W.  Duncan,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
Oscar  M.  Grigsby,  Bolivar,  Mo. 
John  W.  McDowell,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
Willis  Price,  Prairie  County,  Arkansas. 
Charles  Spencer,  Arkansas. 
William  Gay,  Greenfield,  Mo. 


^2 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Feelix  J.  Appleby,  Greenfield,  Mo. 
Thomas  Puckett,  Greenfield,  Mo. 

The  above  is  a  complete  list  of  officers  and  privates  of 
Company  M,  8th  Missouri  Voluntary  Cavalry.  I  was  the 
first  man  that  volunteered  in  this  company.  It  was  the 
first  company  that  was  made  up  in  Greenfield,  Missouri  for 
the  United  States  service  and  out  of  65  men  that  went  into 
this  company,  there  are  only  three  of  that  number  now 
living  in  the  county.  Uncle  James  Taylor  is  living  in 
Lockwood.  He  is  about  90  years  old ;  John  A.  Mitchell, 
79.  He  is  living  on  a  farm  six  miles  northwest  of  Green- 
field on  the  Coal  Bank  road,  and  the  writer  of  this  history, 
Raleigh  J.  Shipley,  is  living  on  a  farm  one-half  mile  west 
and  one  mile  north  of  the  Public  Square  of  Greenfield,  the 
County  Seat  of  Bade  County,  Missouri.  I  am  living  about 
one  mile  from  the  old  farm  that  my  father  settled  on  in 
the  fall  of  1852,  but  he  came  here  from  Warren  County, 
Tennessee,  in  the  fall  of  1850,  almost  66  years  ago.  I  was 
six  years  old  the  26th  of  June,  when  we  landed  in  Dade 
County,  the  first  of  November,  1850.  I  lived  with  my 
parents  until  the  war  broke  out,  but  didn't  enlist  in  the 
regular  army  until  the  30th  of  August,  1862.  My  father 
was  a  cripple  and  I  was  put  to  plowing  when  I  was  only 
ten  years  old.  I  never  had  any  schooling.  I  never  was  in 
school  over  two  months  in  my  life.  What  little  education  I 
have  I  got  by  studying  the  school  books  that  I  bought  for 
my  children  to  go  to  school.  I  have  always  been  in  favor 
of  good  public  schools.  I  served  twenty  years  out  of  thirty 
on  the  School  Board  after  1  went  to  housekeeping.  This 
picture  was  taken  for  the  History  on  the  24th  day  of  Octo- 
ber, 1916,  on  the  south  side  of  our  home  on  the  east  side 
of  the  Greenfield  and  Stockton  road.  I  was  72  years  old 
the  26th  of  last  June  and  Mrs.  Shipley  was  70  the  7th 
day  of  last  April.  The  object  of  this  picture  is  to  show  to 
this  generation  and  to  the  next  generation  just  how  we 
had  to  work  and  make  a  living.  My  wife  and  I  moved  to 
an  80-acre  piece  of  land  two  miles  east  of  Lockwood. 
There  was  an  old  log  building  on  the  land  when  I  bought 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 83^ 

it.  The  house  was  about  the  center  of  the  eighty,  but  the 
roof,  floor  and  doors  were  all  rotted  down  and  taken  away. 
I  took  the  house  down  and  moved  it  to  the  northeast  corner 
of  the  eighty  and  rebuilt  it.  I  made  clapboards  two  feet 
long,  went  to  the  timber  and  cut  my  rafters.  They  were 
post  oak  and  black  oak  poles.  I  scalped  off  one  side  of 
them  to  straighten  the  top  side  of  them.  I  put  the  rafters 
up  and  made  out  to  get  rough  edge  sheeting  enough  to  nail 
the  two  foot  boards  on.  I  put  them  on  shingle  fashion; 
that  is.  it  just  showed  eight  inches.  I  boxed  up  the  gable 
ends  and  we  moved  into  the  house  without  windows  or  door 
shutter  or  chimney.  Now  I  am  going  to  tell  you  about  our 
furniture.  My  father  and  I  went  to  my  grandfather's 
Son's  Creek  farm  and  got  some  walnut  rails  out  of  the 
fence  and  made  a  bedstead  and  bored  holes  through  the 
side  and  head  rails  and  also  some  rope  cord  to  hold  up  the 
bedding,  and  the  other  bedstead  I  took  a  two-inch  auger 
and  bored  one  hole  in  the  back  wall  and  one  in  the  side 
wall  just  back  of  the  door  and  then  I  took  a  round  pole 
about  four  inches  through  and  three  feet  long  and  bored 
two  holes  into  it,  and  then  took  a  pole  six  and  one-half  feet 
long  and  put  it  in  one  hole  in  the  wall  and  the  other  end 
in  the  bedpost.  .Then  I  put  one  four  feet  long  in  the  other 
hole  in  the  wall  and  the  other  end  in  the  post  and  then  I 
nailed  a  piece  of  timber  to  the  wall  to  hold  up  my  slats 
and  that  was  our  other  bedstead.  Our  table  was  made  out 
of  rough  oak  plank  about  3x4  feet  in  length.  I  bought 
three  or  four  country-made  chairs,  and  we  have  also  in 
our  house  a  small  arm  chair  that  I  got  Squire  Warren  to 
make  for  our  oldest  child,  Anna.  She  was  born  the  10th 
day  of  March,  1867.  It  has  been  49  years  since  I  had  the 
chair  made.  She  was  eight  months  old  and  that  would 
make  the  chair  49  years  old.  Every  piece  of  the  chair  is 
good  yet.  TVe  raised  seven  children  and  they  all  used  it 
and  several  of  our  grandchildren  use  it.  Our  boy  Albert 
wore  the  front  and  back  post  almost  into  the  rounds.  He 
would  turn  it  down  and  push  it  all  over  the  house  learning 
to  walk. 


^4 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Now  I  will  get  back  to  the  old  log  cabin.  We  moved 
in  this  cabin  without  any  floor  or  door  shutters.  I  bought 
a  stone  chimney  of  Marion  Holder  about  two  miles  east 
of  my  house,  and  took  my  father's  ox  team  and  wagon 
and  would  haul  stone  all  day  and  at  night  I  would  build  up 
a  fire  on  one  side  of  the  house  and  I  would  chink  the 
cracks  in  that  side  before  we  went  to  bed  and  the  next 
night  I  would  build  my  fire  for  a  light  to  work  by  and 
chink,  and  mother  says  I  kept  moving  around  in  this 
way  until  I  got  the  house  all  chinked.  I  got  enough  floor- 
ing plank  from  my  uncle  George  Shipley,  which  they  had 
taken  out  of  a  barn,  that  had  been  used  for  a  threshing 
floor.  I  also  got  enough  lumber  from  him  to  make  two 
doors.  I  made  the  doors  out  of  rough  oak  lumber.  I 
went  to  the  timber  and  ciit  some  small  logs  and  hued  one 
side  of  them  and  put  them  in  for  sleepers  then  laid  the 
floor;  then  father  and  I  drug  up  a  lot  of  logs  and  rolled 
them  together  and  hauled  a  few  loads  of  lime  stone  rock 
and  put  on  the  logs  then  set  it  afire  and  burnt  lime  to  point 
my  house  and  put  up  my  chimney.  I  hired  Uncle  James 
Mitchell,  a  brother  to  my  mother,  to  help  me  put  up  the 
chimney  and  point  the  cracks  in  the  house  and  make  and 
hang  my  door  shutters.  We  lived  in  this  house  about 
seven  years.  We  cooked  our  grub  in  these  old  pots  that 
is  shown  in  this  picture,  and  Mrs.  Shipley  carded  the  cot- 
ton and  spun  the  thread  on  the  old  spinning  wheel  that  is 
shown  in  the  picture  and  then  wove  the  cloth  on  an  old 
home-made  loom  that  made  our  under  bed  ticks,  table 
cloths  and  hand  towels.  The  scythe  and  cradle  is  what 
we  cut  our  wheat  and  oats  with.  I  have  cut  hundreds  of 
acres  with  one  of  them.  I  cut,  bound  and  shocked  fifty 
dozen  a  day  and  T  have  mowed,  raked  and  shocked  ten  ton 
of  prairie  hay  a  day  with  a  mowing  blade  and  pitch  fork. 
1  never  plowed  with  two  horses  to  a  breaking  or  stubble 
plow  before  the  Civil  War.  We  did  all  of  our  breaking 
with  a  yoke  of  oxen.  My  father  always  kept  a  big  yoke 
of  oxen  to  plow  and  do  our  hauling-  with  and  I  have  driven 
as  many  as  five  and  six  yoke  of  oxen  to  a  prairie  plow.  I 
hauled  hundreds  of  loads  of  wood  from  my  father's  old 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 85 

home  place  to  Greenfield  right  along  the  Old  Papinsville 
road  that  runs  right  by  my  door  with  old  Buck  and  Berry. 
We  chopped  the  timber  and  split  the  rails  to  fence  our 
farm.  I  have  chopped  the  timber  and  split  thousands  of 
rails  in  my  life.  I  cut,  bound  and  shocked  six  acres  of 
wheat  the  year  I  was  66  years  old.  That  was  six  years  ago 
last  harvest  and  I  have  my  doubts  if  there  is  another  man 
in  the  county  or  maybe  not  in  the  state  that  can  cut  that 
amount  of  grain  by  hand.  The  forty  acre  tract  of  land 
my  father  bought  in  1852  had  two  small  log  rooms  on  it 
and  four  or  five  acres  of  land  in  cultivation.  The  land  was 
timbered  land,  so  we  would  clear  the  timber  and  brush  off 
three  or  four  acres  every  winter  and  we  would  make  rails 
out  of  the  best  of  the  timber  to  fence  the  land,  the  rest 
of  the  timber  we  would  use  for  fire  wood  and  we  hauled 
some  to  town  and  the  big  rough  logs  we  rolled  up  in  log 
heaps  and  burnt  them  to  get  them  out  of  the  way.  I  have 
seen  lots  of  better  timber  burnt  up  than  we  have  to  use 
for  saw  timber  now.  My  father  built  a  good  log  house  on 
the  place  a  few  years  after  we  settled  on  the  place  and 
lived  in  that  house  as  long  as  he  lived.  He  died  when  I 
was  thirty-six  years  old  and  my  mother  died  about  three  or 
four  years  later.  My  mother's  maiden  name  was  Mitchell. 
Her  father,  James  Mitchell,  had  six  boys  and  four  girls. 
My  mother  was  the  third  child  in  the  family.  The  first 
child  was  a  boy,  William  Mitchell,  the  second  a  girl,  Mary 
Mitchell  and  my  mother's  name  was  Lucinda  Mitchell.  The 
Mitchell  family  are  all  dead  but  one,  that  is  Elizabeth 
Cartwright.  She  is  living  in  Lockwood  now,  with  her 
oldest  daughter,  Sarah  J.  Larence.  She  is  81  years  old. 
My  grandfather  was  85  years  old  when  he  died.  He  was 
of  Dutch  descent  and  my  grandmother  was  of  Irish 
decent.  Her  maiden  name  was  Martha  McGregory.  On 
my  father's  side  my  Grandfather  Shipley  was  of  Irish 
decent.  His  father  came  from  Ireland  in  an  early  day. 
He  was  among  the  Puritans,  the  first  settlers  in  America. 
My  grandfather,  Raleigh  Shipley,  was  born  and  lived  in 
North  Carolina,  but  moved  to  Waren  County,  Tennessee 
when  a  young  man  and  was  among  the  first  settlers  of 


8J> HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Tennessee.  He  was  in  General  Jackson's  army  in  1812 
and  went  with  General  Jackson  to  Mobile,  Alabama.  He 
lived  to  be  85  years  old.  My  grandmother  Shipley  was  of 
Dutch  decent  and  she  had  been  dead  several  years  before 
we  left  Tennessee.  Father  came  to  Dade  county  in  the 
fall  of  1851  and  settled  on  a  farm  two  miles  southeast  of 
Greenfield,  Missouri.  His  family  is  all  dead  except  two 
girls  and  one  boy.  Aunt  Lucinda  Mitchell,  the  oldest  girl 
that  is  living,  is  in  Greenfield.  She  is  ninety-some  odd 
years  old,  the  other  girl  is  living  out  near  Golden  City  in 
the  west  part  of  Dade  county.  She  is  eighty  odd  years  old. 
George  M.  Shipley  is  72  years  old  and  is  living  in  Lock- 
wood,  Missouri.  He  served  three  years  in  Company  A, 
Sixth  Missouri  Volunteer  Cavalry  in  the  Union  Army. 

My  father  lived  on  his  farm  three  miles  northwest  of 
Greenfield  all  through  the  Civil  War.  He  had  the  last 
horse  taken,  two  or  three  times  during  the  war,  and  Price's 
Army  took  about  everything  that  he  raised  on  the  farm  in 
the  summer  of  1862.  One  brigade  of  Price's  army  camped 
on  old  Uncle  Clement  C.  Malicoat's  land  just  southeast  of 
my  father's  farm  on  what  is  now  the  Gass  farm.  One 
good  thing  was  that  the  Confederate  Army  never  took  our 
big  yoke  of  oxen  nor  our  milk  cow  and  father  had  a  small 
bunch  of  sheep  and  mother  carded  and  spun  the  wool 
and  made  cloth  to  clothe  the  family  and  one  thing  I  re- 
member my  mother  had  spun  the  thread  and  wove  the 
cloth — it  was  mixed  Jeans.  She  had  it  laved  away  to 
make  me  a  suit  of  clothes  out  of  and  my  mother  and  her 
mother,  old  Grandmother  Mitchell  were  right  good  tailor- 
esses  and  they  cut  and  made  me  a  suit  of  clothes  and  I 
was  married  in  them,  and  kept  that  suit  of  clothes  for 
Sunday  suit  and  there  was  one  other  thing  that  took 
place  while  T  was  at  home  on  a  furlow,  after  I  had  the 
measles.  I  was  at  Springfield,  Missouri  with  the  measles 
when  Marmaduke  came  there  on  the  8th  of  January,  1863 
and  I  was  detailed  and  sent  to  Greenfield  the  ninth  day 
after  the  measles  broke  out  on  me.  I  took  cold  on  the 
measles  and  was  confied  to  my  bed  four  weeks,  was  not 
able  to  get  out  of  bed  only  as  I  was  helped  in  and  out  and 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 87 

didn't  got  back  to  my  regiment  until  the  second  day  of 
April,  1863.  The  regiment  was  at  Lake  Springs  twelve 
miles  southeast  of  Rolla,  Missouri.  It  was  then  that  I 
was  taken  prisoner  by  Kinch  West  and  his  little  band. 
There  wasn't  but  six  of  the  little  band,  and  they  had  just 
started  out  to  equip  themselves  for  their  warfare.  They 
took  some  of  my  clothing  and  my  blanket  and  Kinch 
told  me  they  were  watching  the  road  to  get  arms  and 
ammunition  and  clothing  and  horses.  When  Kinch  put  on 
my  cavalry  jacket  he  said:  "Now  I  am  as  good  a  govern- 
ment soldier  as  you  are."  He  had  a  pair  of  government 
pants  when  he  took  me  prisoner.  I  didn't  have  any  arms 
with  me.  He  said  it  was  war  times  and  that  if  I  ever  got 
any  of  them  prisoner  I  could  treat  them  just  like  they  had 
treated  me.  They  kept  up  this  watching  and  robbing: 
government  soldiers  over  on  that  old  Springfield  road  until 
the  Seventh  Missouri  Militia  was  camped  at  Greenfield  and 
a  squad  of  them  went  out  on  the  Springfield  road  where 
Kinch 's  father  lived  and  burnt  his  house  and  that  caused 
Kinch  to  burn  some  houses  and  then  the  militia  boys  went 
and  killed  Kinch 's  father  and  then  Kinch  killed  several 
soldiers  and  got  to  be  quite  a  bushwhacker  and  after  they 
killed  his  father  he  swore  vengenance  against  the  men 
that  killed  him  and  Kinch  had  friends  living  in  and  near 
Greenfield  that  got  the  names  of  the  men  that  killed  his 
father  and  after  the  war  was  over  he  hunted  them  up  and 
killed  them.  I  was  told  by  good  authority  a  few  years 
ago  that  he  was  the  man  that  killed  Mclnturf  and  AVilson 
down  in  the  Indian  Territory  20  or  25  years  ago.  Wilson 
was  a  soldief  in  the  company  that  was  camped  at  Green- 
field at  the  time  old  man  West  was  killed  and  the  man  that 
told  me  about  the  killing  said  Kinch  told  the  people  down 
there  that  when  he  killed  Wilson  that  he  had  got  the  last 
of  them. 

Now  I  want  to  tell  another  little  thing"  that  happened 
while  I  was  at  home  that  time.  I  had  brought  a  gun  home 
with  ine  and  a  few  nights  after  I  came  home  (we  had  a 
dog  there  that  would  give  us  warning  if  there  was  any 
one  about  the  place)  one  night  just  after  dark  he  com- 


88  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

menced  barking  out  south  of  the  house.  So  I  said  to  my 
father:  ''There  is  some  one  out  in  the  brush  or  timber,"  so 
he  took  my  gun  and  a  good  old  rifle  he  had  and  went  down 
just  south  of  the  barn  and  crawled  under  an  apple  tree 
and  sat  down  against  the  body  of  the  tree  and  he  hadn't 
been  there  very  long  until  he  heard  some  one  climb  over 
the  gate  about  50  yards  south  of  the  barn  so  he  let  the 
man  get  within  about  30  yards  of  him  and  he  said  he 
could  see  that  he  had  a  bridle  or  halter  in  one  hand  and 
he  was  satisfied  that  he  was  aiming  to  get  a  horse  out  of 
the  barn,  so  he  raised  one  of  the  guns  up  and  shot  at  him. 
He  said  when  he  shot  the  man  jumped  up  in  the  air 
three  or  four  feet  high  and  as  he  run  off  he  grabbed  the 
other  gun  and  shot  at  him.  So  the  next  morning  as  soon 
as  it  was  light  enough  so  my  two  brothers  could  see  they 
went  out  where  my  father  said  the  man  was.  They  wanted 
to  see  if  there  was  any  blood  there  or  any  sign  of  him  being 
hurt,  but  the  boys  couldn't  see  any  blood  but  brother  Will 
saw  a  little  piece  of  newspaper  on  the  ground.  He 
picked  it  up,  unfolded  it,  and  there  was  a  ten  dollar  green- 
back folded  up  in  the  paper.  The  boys  came  running- 
back  to  the  house.  Mother  says,  "What  did  you  find?" 
Will  says,  "We  didn't  find  any  blood  but  I  found  a  ten 
dollar  bill  father  shot  out  of  him."  We  had  a  right  smart 
wood  lot  that  took  in  the  spring  and  we  had  a  little  field 
that  joined  the  lot  that  they  gathered  the  corn  out  of,  and 
they  turned  the  cows  and  the  horse  out  in  there  every 
day,  so  about  three  days  after  he  had  shot  the  ten  dollar 
bill  out  of  the  man  the  horse  was  stolen  out  of  the  stalk 
field.  So  we  always  thought  that  it  was  the  man  that 
was  shot  at  that  got  the  horse. 

F  have  been  a  Republican  politically.  I  cast  my  first 
vote  in  1864  for  Abraham  Lincoln.  I  think  the  best  man 
that  tliis  American  government  ever  produced.  I  served 
two  years  as  road  overseer  in  the  south  half  of  North 
Township  about  twenty-five  years  ago,  and  I  served  years 
as  road  commissioner  in  Center  Township  about  twelve 
years  ago,  and  when  the  County  came  under  Township  or- 
ganization 1  was  elected  member  of  the  township  board  as 


CHARLES    W.    G1LLMAX. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE       89 

member  for  West  Center  and  at  the  next  election  was  re- 
elected  for  two  years  again,  and  I  served  two  years  as 
Justice  of  the  Peace  before  I  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
board  and  I  was  elected  Justice  both  terms  that  I  served 
on  the  board  making  six  years  I  served  as  Justice  of  the 
Peace  in  Center  Township.  The  above  writeup  was  done 

by 

RALEIGH  J.  SHIPLEY, 

Center  Township,  Greenfield,  Mo. 


THE   RAID  OF    THE   KINCH   WEST  AND  ROBERTS 
GUERRILLAS  ON  GREENFIELD  IN  1864. 

by 
Captain  J.  W.  Carmack. 

About  September  1st,  1864  I  was  at  home  from  my 
service  in  the  Sixth  Cav.  Mo.  Vols.  at  Melville  (now  Dade- 
ville)  Missouri.  From  there  I  visited  Greenfield  to  see 
some  friends.  At  that  time  General  Sterling  Price  was  in 
southwestern  Missouri  organizing  his  rebel  forces  for  a 
raid  through  the  state  and  the  citizens  of  Greenfield  were 
very  much  excited  believing  the  town  would  be  visited  and 
probably  burned  during  the  raid.  I  was  delegated  by  them 
to  go  to  Springfield  to  see  General  Sanborn,  who  was  in 
command  in  this  territory,  and  to  appeal  to  him  for  troops 
to  protect  Greenfield.  I  went  and  made  my  plea  in  their 
behalf.  He  asked  me  if  I  would  help  to  organize  the  mil- 
itia in  Da$e  county  for  protection  against  the  raid.  I  told 
him  I  would  do  all  in  my  power  in  recruiting  and  organiz- 
ing for  defense.  He  then  said,  "Go  back  home  and  make 
ready,  and  in  a  few  days  I  will  furnish  you  with  proper 
credentials  and  instructions." 

Price  Raiders  Threatened;  and  a  Defense  Company 
Is  Organized. — I  returned  to  Melville  and  in  a  few  days  re- 
ceived my  commission  and  instructions  and  was  ordered  to 
report  to  Captain  J.  M.  Kirby  of  the  enrolled  militia  for 
conference  as  to  organization.  After  conferring  with  Cap- 


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tain  Kirby  we  made  a  call  upon  the  men  available  for 
military  duty  in  Bade  County  to  meet  us  in  Greenfield, 
September  16th,  1864,  and  on  that  date  we  organized  a 
company  as  follows : 

Captain — James  M.  Kirby. 

First  Lieutenant — Cyrus  S.  Jacobs. 

Second  Lieutenant — J.  W.  Carmack. 

And  designated  as  Company  "E"  76th  Cav.  Enrolled 
Missouri  Militia  with  the  following  non-commissioned  of- 
ficers and  men: 

Sergeants — Summerville  D.  Brown,  Nathan  Dinwid- 
die,  W.  V.  Potter,  W.  W.  Ward,  Orville  Lyon,  Martin  D. 
Edge,  James  C.  Woody,  Solomon  Wilson. 

Corporals — James  W.  Berry,  John  T.  Goforth,  Jona- 
than Weir,  Samuel  L.  Hankins,  William  L.  Hankins,  Wil- 
liam L.  Lee,  Jeptha  Cantrell,  Thos.  C.  Cantrell  and  David 
Primer. 

Blacksmiths — Henry  McManus,  Enoch  Casey. 

Wagoner — Henry  D.  Smith. 

Privates — Samuel  Acuff,  Foster  L.  Appleby,  Joseph 
Allison,  Justin  Bowles,  John  A.  Bailes,  John  Bell,  Robert 
Bird,  James  Boyd,  John  W.  Boyd,  Sam.  L.  Bigley,  Dekalb 
Bowles,  James  Buchanan,  B.  F.  Clopton,  John  T.  Gates, 
F.  A.  Cardwoll,  William  Coble,  David  Coble,  Hiram  Can- 
trell, James  Casey,  James  M.  Clabough,  James  Daughtrey, 
John  H.  Dill,  James  Durnal,  Ebenezer  Divine,  James  J. 
Divine,  Ben  L.  Edge,  AViley  S.  Ethridge,  Thos.  Fanning, 
V.  M.  Foust,  William  Foust,  James  Friar,  Robert  Freedle, 
T.  P.  Fitzpatrick,  Arkley  Frieze,  John  A.  Morgan. 

Some  of  the  Enrolled  Missouri  Militia  soldiers  who 
were  subject  to  call  and  out  on  leave,  were  then  called  in 
by  Captain  Kirby  which  swelled  our  number  to  103  men. 

Munitions  from  Springfield  Are  Stored  in  the  Old 
Wells  Hotel. — Now  being  fully  organized  with  muster-in 
roll  complete,  the  next  thing- was  to  procure  rations,  arms 
and  ammunition.  I  was  again  delegated  to  see  General 
Sanborn  in  Springfield  and  armed  with  the  proper  cre- 
dentials I  went  and  made  requisition  and  was  furnished 
rations  for  the  command  for  30  days,  also  with  eighty  70- 


91 


calibre  muskets  and  8,000  rounds  of  ammunition.  Return- 
ing with  the  supplies  we  stored  the  commissary  supplies 
in  the  Shields  hotel,  afterwards  the  Delmonico,  and  stored 
our  arms  and  ammunition  in  the  second  story  of  that 
building. 

The  Price  raid  was  on  in  earnest  by  this  time,  but  had 
not  yet  been  molested  at  this  point.  However,  reports 
were  current  that  Greenfield  would  be  burned  during  the 
raid.  We  found  out  all  we  could  of  our  situation  and  said 
but  little,  keeping  our  eye  on  the  focus  and  our  ear  to  the 
ground  and  making  ready  for  any  emergency. 

West-Roberts  Guerrillas  Appear  Along  Turnback  and 
Lynn  Branch. — Soon  Kinch  West  and  Fate  Roberts,  with 
their  gang  of  bushwhackers  and  robbers,  began  to  roam 
along  Turnback  creek  and  Lynn  Branch,  just  east  and 
south  of  our  headquarters.  So  far  as  we  knew  they  might 
have  been  on  a  fishing  trip,  as  no  one  was  being  molested 
by  them  that  we  could  learn.  We  did  not  meddle  ourselves 
with  their  business  methods;  just  let  things  take  their 
course,  keeping  our  eye  on  the  focus  and  ear  to  the  ground. 

Day  after  day  they  became  more  conspicuous  but 
seemed  very  unconcerned  about  the  surroundings.  Price's 
raiders  came  nearer  and  nearer.  We  paid  no  attention  to 
General  Price,  thinking  he  had  force  sufficient  to  care  for 
himself  but  still  kept  our  eye  on  the  focus  and  ear  to  the 
ground. 

Kinch  West's  Sister  Comes  to  Town;  Warns  Officers 
of  Coming  Raid. — On  the  15th  of  October,  1864,  in  the 
afternoon,  a  young  lady  on  horseback  rode  into  Green- 
field, dismounted  and  made  a  casual  tour  around  the 
town.  Upon  her  return  toward  her  horse  I  made  it  a 
point  to  meet  her  and  accosted  her  saying: 

"You  seem  to  be  in  a  hurry." 

"Xo,  not  much,"  she  responded. 

"Who  are  you?"  I  asked. 

"My  name  is  West,"  she  responded. 

"What  West?"  I  asked. 

"Kinch  West's  sister,"  she  replied. 

"What's  your  business  here?"  I  asked. 


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"Kinch  sent  me  here  to  see  if  the  soldiers  had  been 
reinforced  last  night  and  said  if  they  had  not  he  was  going 
to  take  breakfast  in  Greenfield  tomorrow  morning  and  then 
burn  the  town." 

I  asked  how  many  men  Kinch  had  with  him. 

"About  125  I  think." 

"Does  he  think  he  can  take  Greenfield  with  125 
men?"  I  asked. 

"Yes,"  she  responded,  "If  he  couldn't  take  Green- 
field with  125  men  when  it  only  has  40  in  it,  he'd  better 
quit." 

"How  does  he  know  how  many  men  there  are  in 
Greenfield?"  I  asked. 

She  said,  "Do  you  know and —  ?" 

I  said,  "I  think  I  did." 

She  said,  "they  sent  a  note  last  night  by  a  boy  to 
Kinch  at  Jesse  M-cClain's  telling  there  were  only  4C  militia- 
men in  Greenfield  and  Kinch  sent  me  to  see  if  any  more 
had  come  in  last  night.  I  wish  you  men  would  get  out  of 
Greenfield.  Kinch  don't  want  to  kill  you  men,  but  if  you 
stay  here  and  interfere  you  will  get  killed.  He  says  he 
has  burnt  Melville  and  intends  to  burn  Greenfield  to- 
morrow morning. ' ' 

I  said  to  her,  "Consider  yourself  under  arrest  and  go 
with  me  to  Captain  Kirby's  headquarters  and  tell  him 
your  mission  and  the  story  you  have  told  me."  I  took  her 
to  the  captain  and  she  made  no  change  in  her  story  to 
him. 

He  said  to  her,  "I  will  keep  you  under  guard  all 
night  tonight." 

"If  vou  do  Kinch  will  kill  everv  one  of  you  tomor- 

*  i/ 

row,"  was  her  response. 

The  captain  turned  to  me  and  said,  "What  had  we 
better  do  with  her?" 

"[  said,  "Captain,  give  her  her  horse  and  let  her  go 
home  and  tell  Kinch  there  is  nobody  here  but  us  and  that 
we  will  have  breakfast  ready  for  him  tomorrow  morning." 

She  thanked  the  captain  kindly,  mounted  her  horse 
and  left. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 93 

The  next  thing  was  to  call  the  company  roll  and  in- 
form our  men  of  the  warning  we  had  received  from  Kinch's 
sister.  We  also  notified  the  citizens  of  Greenfield  who  had 
asked  us  to  furnish  arms  and  ammunition  for  them  to  help 
to  defend  the  town  in  case  we  were  attacked  by  these  out- 
laws. Next  in  order  was  to  meet  at  the  armory  and  open 
up  our  ammunition,  load  and  stack  our  guns  in  the  hotel. 

A  Night  Alarm  Spoils  a  Card  Party;  Causes  Fruit- 
less Investigation. — At  night  all  things  were  quiet.  As 
usual  most  of  the  men  lay  on  their  bunks,  without  un- 
dressing, awaiting  developments.  Being  of  a  nervous 
temperament  I  did  not  go  to  bed  but  went  with  W.  R.  Law- 
rence and  Nathan  Dinwiddie  to  Aunt  Julia  Wills'  parlor, 
where  she  joined  us  in  a  game  of  whist.  About  11  o'clock 
Judge  Nelson  McDowell  rapped  on  her  door,  having  seen 
a  light  in  the  parlor.  I  met  him  at  the  door.  He  had 
run  from  home  and  was  almost  out  of  breath,  to  tell  us 
that  his  wife  had  heard  an  unusual  knocking  and  other 
noises  down  in  the  hollow  near  the  Wells  Grove. 
W.  B.  Lawrence  and  I  jumped  on  our  horses,  taking  our 
pistols  in  hand,  and  rode  quietly  out  a  half-mile  to  the 
southwest,  then  circled  round  to  the  Coffee  farm,  now 
occupied  by  George  Wilson,  southeast  of  Greenfield,  and 
came  in  from  there,  having  neither  seen  nor  heard  any- 
thing unusual.  The  facts  in  the  case  were,  as  we  after- 
wards discovered,  that  West  and  Roberts  and  their  gang 
were  at  the  time  hidden  in  the  Wells  Grove,  and  we  went 
entirely  around  them  unmolested.  The  noise  that  Mrs. 
McDowell  heard  was  the  gang  hacking  down  the  hedge 
row  on  the  east  of  the  Wells  grove,  making  a  gap  to  get 
through  into  town  without  being  exposed  to  view. 

The  Attack  of  October  16th;  Raiders  Get  a  Warm 
"Breakfast"— At  dawn  on  October  16th,  1864,  as  Samuel 
S.  Acuff  and  I  were  feeding  our  horses  in  the  southeast 
corner  of  the  court  house  square,  three  of  four  men 
charged  upon  us  from  behind  the  livery  barn,  south  of  the 
hotel,  firing  a  volley  at  us  as  they  came.  One  shot  killed 
Acuff  and  another  shot  killed  my  horse.  After  firing  they 
ran  down  the  hill  to  the  east.  I  ran  to  the  hotel  and 


94 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

rang  the  bell,  to  give  the  alarm.  At  that  the  whole  outfit 
raised  the  yell  and  came  on  a  charge  down  South  Street. 
On  nearing  the  hotel  they  were  greeted  by  volleys  from 
muskets  blazing  out  of  the  port  holes  made  in  the  brick 
walls.  This  brought  them  to  a  right  about  and  a  fall  back 
in  hot  haste.  They  made  a  stand  at  Judge  McDowell's 
carriage  shed,  where  they  lost  one  killed  and  three 
wounded.  The  Judge's  carriage  and  harness  were  in  the 
shed.  They  put  their  dead  and  wounded  in  this  carriage 
and  ran  it  down  the  hill,  where  they  hitched  a  team  to  the 
carriage  and  took  them  off  the  field.  Our  force  was  of  suf- 
ficient numbers  not  only  to  drive  them  out  of  town  and 
save  the  village  from  destruction,  but  we  immediately 
dispatched  a  messenger  to  Melville  for  re-inforcements  to 
help  drive  them  further,  and  in  about  three  hours,  Lieut. 
Cowan  came  with  25  men.  With  the  aid  of  this  detach- 
ment we  drove  West  and  Roberts  and  their  gang  some  20 
miles.  In  the  engagement  we  lost  two  men  killed  and  one 
wounded.  We  could  not  tell  how  many  of  their  forces 
were  killed  and  wounded,  as  they  bore  their 's  away,  while 
much  of  the  time  we  were  housed  up  and  could  not  see 
all  the  damage  done.  One  man  was  shot  in  the  hand, 
which  was  almost  torn  off,  according  to  the  story  told  by 
Mrs.  McBride.  The  circumstance  was  this:  Two  of  the 
West  gang  got  behind  an  unoccupied  dwelling  house  just 
west  of  the  Lyngar  drug  store.  They  would  load  their 
guns  behind  the  house  and  then  ride  around  the  corner  of 
the  building  and  fire  at  two  of  our  men  who  were  near 
Dr.  .Bender's  office,  at  about  the  east  lot  now  occupied  by 
the  opera  house.  The  men  at  the  office  got  a  rest  against 
the  corner  of  that  building,  and  when  one  of  the  gang 
rounded  the  corner  to  shoot  they  let  them  have  it.  One 
charge  struck  one  of  the  raider's  hand  and  tore  it  badly, 
and  tore  the  stock  off  his  gun,  which  dropped  to  the 
ground.  His  horse  whirled  round  with  him  to  run,  when 
the  other  man  at  the  office  shot  his  horse  down  dead.  The 
comrade  who  was  with  him  behind  the  house  dismounted, 
put  the  wounded  man  in  the  saddle  and  got  on  the  horse 
behind  him  and  rode  to  the  house  of  Mrs.  McBride  and 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 95 

asked  for  a  cloth  to  bandage  the  torn  hand.  She  took  a 
hand  towel  from  the  rack  and  bound  up  his  wound.  The 
men  at  the  office  could  not  reload  their  guns  and  pursue 
them  in  time  to  catch  them,  but  went  to  the  house  and 
picked  up  the  gun  that  was  broken  with  the  bullet,  then 
to  the  horse  that  was  killed  and  took  the  saddle.  That 
gun  and  saddle  have  been  souvenir  keepsakes  for  those 
men  to  this  day.  Now  if  any  of  that  wounded  man's  com- 
rades on  the  raid  will  tell  who  he  is  and  his  whereabouts, 
if  living,  we  will  send  him  his  gun  and  saddle. 

Citizen  Soldiers  Fail  to  Respond,  Except  One — Arch  M. 
Long. — We  were  sadly  disappointed  in  the  help  of  the 
citizen  soldiery  of  Greenfield.  They  had  promised  us  that 
when  the  alarm  of  attack  was  given  by  the  ringing  of  the 
hotel  bell  they  would  rush  to  the  hotel,  where  their  arms 
were  ready,  loaded.  When  the  alarm  was  sounded  it  was 
a  lively  time.  Instead  of  running  to  the  hotel  the  citi- 
zen soldiery  of  Greenfield  (except  Arch  M.  Long)  ingiori- 
ously  fled  to  the  brush.  Mr.  Long  came  to  our  rescue 
with  his  shotgun  in  hand  and  played  a  gallant  part.  After 
we  had  driven  Kinch  and  Fate  out  of  the  country,  we 
made  a  move  upon  the  Price  raiders  and.  captured  42 
men  of  his  command  and  turned  them  over  to  Gen.  San- 
born  of  Springfield.  When  we  arrived  at  Springfield  with 
them  their  commander  said,  ''This  is  our  second  visit  to 
Greenfield." 

He  was  asked  when  he  had  been  there  before. 

"When  Cockrell  took  Greenfield,"  he  replied. 

"You  were  here  when  the  court  house  was  burned, 
were  you?" 

"I  was  with  Captain  — *  when  the  torch 

was  set  fire  to  the  court  house." 

I  do  not  know  whether  that  was  true  or  not.  That 
was  what  he  said.  His  name,  as  he  gave  it,  was  K.  B.  F. 
Twyinan  of  Boone  County,  Missouri.  The  reason  I  re- 
member his  name  is  this:  He  was  a  very  large  man, 
about  240  pounds.  The  horse  he  was  riding  had  a  sore 
back.  He  swapped  that  horse  to  Capt.  Kirby  for  one  he 
could  ride,  giving  the  Captain  a  bill  of  sale  for  the  animal, 


^6 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

signed  K.  B.  F.  Twyman,  Boone  County,  Missouri.  His 
commander  called  him  lieutenant.  I  do  not  wish  to  cast 
any  reflections  upon  any  party  I  have  mentioned  in  this 
article,  but  am  recording  historical  events  as  they  oc- 
curred during  those  troublous  times. 

It  Cost  the  State  a  Tidy  Sum  to  Save  Greenfield  From 
Burning. — It  cost  the  State  of  Missouri  something  to  save 
Greenfield  from  being  burned  during  the  Price  raid.  For 
services  of  the  men  and  their  horses  the  cost  was  $2,555.15. 
How  I  know  this:  The  company  was  relieved  and  mus- 
tered out,  roll  was  made  October  31,  1864,  embracing  all 
items  of  service  for  both  men  and  horses.  In  April,  1866, 
I  took  this  roll,  went  to  Jefferson  City  and  made  settle- 
ment with  the  state  auditor  for  all  service  done  by  the 
company  during  said  time  -of  our  organization.  I  have 
before  me  his  invoice  of  every  item  for  each  man.  I  went 
to  the  state  treasurer,  who  paid  me  the  above  stated 
amount  and  took  my  receipt  for  the'  same.  The  money 
paid  me  was  state  money,  just  in  sheets  of  different  de- 
nominations as  it  came  from  the  press  without  being  torn 
apart.  In  paying  it  out  I  had  to  clip  off  the  sheets  ac- 
cording to  amounts  due  (we  called  it  "Lizzard-skin").  I 
do  not  write  this  for  the  benefit  of  those  who  know  about 
it  but  for  the  benefit  of  the  rising  generation,  that  they 
may  know  about  the  fun  we  had  in  the  days  before  their 
being.  I  would  tell  you  more  about  it  but  I  fear  I  would 
tire  the  patience  of  the  devil  in  the  printing  office. 

After  having  been  discharged,  November  1st,  1864, 
from  service  in  the  76th  Regt.,  E.  M.  M.,  I  was  again  com- 
missioned as  First  Lieutenant  in  the  Veteran  U.  S.  service 
and  placed  in  charge  of  a  recruiting  camp  at  Springfield, 
Mo.,  recruiting  for  the  14th  Vet.  Cal.  "Mo.  Vols."  to  go 
against  the  Indians  on  the  plains,  at  this  camp.  Three 
companies  wore  organized,  viz:  Capt.  Lucian  Roundtree, 
Capt.  Harry  Mitchell,  Capt,  J.  P.  Robinson.  The  day  be- 
fore the  assassination  of  A.  Lincoln,  we  received  orders 
to  take  no  more  recruits.  I  was  then  assigned  as  Provo 
Marshal  with  headquarters  at  Mt.  Vernon,  Mo.  The  regi- 
ment then  had  nine  full  companies.  J.  J.  Gravley  was 


U.  S.  KEKAX. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 97 

commissioned  as  Lieutenant  Colonel  of  the  Regiment  and 
took  charge,  preparatory  to  moving  against  the  Indians. 
When  they  were  ready  to  move  I  was  relieved  as  Provo 
and  joined  the  regiment  to  act  as  Adjutant,  leaving  St. 
Louis  in  June,  1865,  under  command  of  Gen.  J.  B.  Sanborn, 
pursued  the  Indians  through  Colorado,  where  a  treaty 
was  agreed  upon  with  them.  The  regiment  then  moved 
back  to  Fort  Leavenworth  for  muster  out  service,  Oct.  20, 
1865.  The  records  and  men  were  placed  in  my  charge 
and  sent  to  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  where  we  received  our  pay  for 
services  by  Col.  Bonneville,  Paymaster  for  the  U.  S.  A. 
This  being  the  last  service  of  the  14th  Cav.  Mo.  Vols.,  we 
disbanded  and  all  set  sail  for  home.  Later  on  after  return- 
ing home,  I  was  again  commissioned  as  a  First  Lieutenant, 
Enrolling  Inspector  and  Mustering  officer  for  the  State 
Militia  of  Missouri.  I  organized  and  mustered  in  three 
companies  in  Dade  County,  viz:  Capt.  Thomas  Hopper  of 
South  Township,  Capt.  James  M.  Travis  of  North  Town- 
ship and  Capt.  E.  V.  Lafoon  of  Morgan  Township.  In  1866 
I  was  relieved  from  military  duty.  During  my  service 
I  had  filled  most  every  position  known  to  the  service. 


THE  CONFEDERATE  VETERANS  OF  DADE  COUNTY. 

by 

Lewis  Renfro. 

Preface:  Having  been  selected  by  the  historical  com- 
mittee to  write  a  history  of  the  Confederate  Veterans  of 
Dade  County  from  1861  to  1865,  I  accepted  the  invitation 
with  some  hesitancy,  from  the  fact  that  I  have  no  written 
data  or  memoranda  to  guide  me  in  this  task,  and  since 
more  than  fifty  years  have  taken  their  flight  since  those 
memorable  events  occurred,  and  knowing  the  frailty  of 
human  memory,  I  shall  only  attempt  to  tell  the  simple 
story  as  I  now  remember  it  in  looking  through  the  long 
vista  of  years  which  have  elapsed,  and  should  I  fail  to 
mention  any  name  or  event  of  importance  it  will  be  an 


98 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEQPLE 

error  of  head  and  not  of  heart,  for  it  is  my  sincere  desire 
that  all  who  are  entitled  to  be  mentioned  in  this  sketch 
should  have  their  proper  place. 

In  the  early  Spring  of  1861,  at  the  breaking  out  of 
the  Civil  War,  several  companies  of  state  troops  for  the 
Confederate  service  were  raised  in  Dade  County.  They 
were  mustered  in  for  six  months.  John  T.  Coffey  was 
elected  Colonel  for  one  regiment  and  Colonel  James  Clark- 
son  for  another,  but  their  regiments  were  not  all  made 
up  of  Dade  County  men,  but  these  officers  were  residents 
of  the  county  when  the  war  broke  out.  The  following 
Captains  raised  companies  in  Dade  County:  John  M. 
Stemmons,  F.  M.  Hastings,  Tilman  H.  Lea,  I.  J.  West  and 
Captain  Bell.  They  all  had  full  companies  and  were 
mostly  comprised  of  Dade  County  boys.  These  companies 
all  took  active  part  in  all  the  battles  fought  on  this  side 
of  the  Mississippi  River.  The  most  important  battle 
fought  by  them  while  in  the  state  service  was  the  battle  of 
Wilson's  Creek,  in  which  the  Dade  County  boys  suffered 
many  casualties.  Captain  Bell  was  killed,  also  Lieutenant 
David  Vaughn,  Colonel  Buster  was  pinned  to  the  ground 
with  a  bayonet  through  his  side,  inflicted  by  a  Dutch- 
man, after  which  he  was  shot,  several  bullets  passing 
through  his  body.  I  remember  that  when  some  of  our 
boys  went  to  pull  the  bayonet  from  his  body  our  Surgeon, 
Dr.  Dunn,  rushed  up  and  would  not  permit  it  until  his 
body  was  turned  over  and  the  dirt  wiped  from  the  bayonet. 
The  bayonet  had  encountered  a  rib  and  had  never  pierced 
his  stomach,  and  in  a  few  weeks  he  was  able  to  return  to 
his  command,  apparently  in  as  good  shape  as  ever.  The 
Colonel  was  engaged  in  selling  goods  in  Greenfield  at  the 
beginning  of  the  war,  arid  as  far  as  is  known  he  is  still 
a  live  and  lives  in  Texas.  Tie  was  an  exemplary  man  in 
every  respect,  and  during  the  remainder  of  the  war  he 
never  received  another  scratch.  The  battle  of  Wilson 
Creek  was  a  hot  fought  battle  on  a  very  hot  day — August 
10th,  1HG1.  Several  Dade  County  boys  were  killed  there, 
Colonel  Buster  was  the  only  Colonel  from  Dade  County 
wounded,  and  Captain  Bell  the  only  Captain  from  Dade 
County,  killed. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 919 

Our  next  enagement  of  importance  was  at  Lexington, 
where  we  captured  General  Mulligan  and  his  entire  com- 
mand. That  was  no  before  breakfast  spell.  General  Price 
was  in  command  of  the  Confederate  forces.  We  tried  for 
a  day  and  a  night  to  capture  the  fort,  but  was  unsuccess- 
ful, but  finally  General  Price  adopted  a  plan  which  proved 
a  success.  Hemp  bales  were  rolled  up  for  embankments 
and  we  starved  them  out.  I  think  it  was  on  the  third  clay 
of  the  siege  that  General  Mulligan  capitulated.  Two  vic- 
tories in  succession  filled  our  boys  with  courage  insomuch 
that  many  of  them  thought  Price's  command  could  whip 
the  whole  Yankee  army.  Several  Dade  County  boys  were 
killed  in  this  battle. 

After  the  battle  of  Lexington  we  came  back  south, 
where  we  had  several  small  engagements,  among  them 
Cow  Skin  Prairie,  Crane  Creek  and  a  few  others,  after 
which  we  returned  north  and  engaged  in  the  battle  of  Mar- 
shal, which  proved  quite  severe. 

I  recall  now  the  loss  of  one  brave  Dade  County  man 
in  this  battle — his  name  was  Stoveall,  Tom  Courtney's 
grandfather.  He  was  shot  through  the  head  and  killed 
instpatly.  My  brother,  Shelby,  was  standing  by  his  side 
at  the  time. 

One  of  the  hottest  encounters  in  this  campaign  was 
at  Lone  Jack.  We  finally  captured  the  town  but  our 
losses  were  heavy.  The  number  engaged  on  each  side 
was  comparatively  small  but  they  fought  like  demons. 
The  Union  forces  were  commanded  by  Major  Foster,  as 
brave  a  man  as  ever  wore  a  uniform,  while  our  forces 
were  under  the  command  of  General  Cockerel.  I  have 
received  several  letters  of  late  years  from  men  who  par- 
ticipated in  that  battle  and  all  ascribe  great  bravery  to 
both  Major  Foster  and  General  Cockerel.  I  think  General 
Cockerel  is  still  living  in  Texas.  Major  Foster  has  long- 
since  gone  to  his  reward,  which  I  hope  is  one  of  eternal 
rest,  for  while  a  prisoner  I  became  attached  to  him  by 
reason  of  his  manly  qualities,  and  still  have  great  respect 
for  his  memory. 


100  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Among  the  Dade  County  boys  to  fall  in  this  battle,  I 
recall  Jim  and  Bill  Gillispie.  Their  father  was  the  owner 
of  the  Gillispie  Mill  on  Turnback.  Lieutenant  Willis 
Taylor  was  killed  there  also.  He  was  a  son-in-law  of 
Judge  Hoyle,  owner  of  the  farm  and  mill  of  that  name  on 
Turnback  about  two  miles  east  of  Greenfield.  After  the 
battle  of  Marshal  we  had  but  a  few  minor  skirmishes 
until  we  wrent  into  winter  quarters  at  Springfield,  Mo., 
where  our  army  was  re-organized  and  entered  the  Con- 
federate service.  The  enlistments  were  for  three  years  or 
during  the  war.  It  was  about  the  middle  of  February, 
1862,  when  General  Price,  then  in  command,  hearing  of  a 
large  Union  force  marching  from  Rolla  toward  Spring- 
field, ordered  stakes  pulled,  and  we  headed  for  the  south. 
We  were  reinforced  by  General  McCullough  and  General 
Mclntosh  at  or  near  Elk  Horn,  where  the  Elk  Horn  Prairie 
battle  was  fought.  This  was  later  in  February  or  early  in 
March,  1862.  The  weather  was  severely  cold  for  that  lat- 
itude and  the  ground  was  covered  with  snow.  Dade 
County  lost  some  of  her  brave  boys  in  this  battle.  After 
this  battle  Captain  John  M.  Stemmons  went  from  tlie  cav- 
alry to  the  infantry  and  became  Captain  of  Company  G, 
16th  Missouri  Infantry.  Ho  was  mustered  out  at  the 
close  of  the  war  as  Lieutenant  Colonel  of  this  regiment. 
A  few  years  ago  he  died  at  Dallas,  Texas. 

Both  Captain  Stemmons  and  Billy  Williams  were 
wounded  at  the  battle  of  Lone  Jack,  each  being  shot 
through  the  shoulder.  As  soon  as  he  was  able,  Captain 
Stemmons  returned  to  his  command.  Captain  Stemmon's 
wife  was  an  Allison,  who  was  raised  in  Greenfield,  being  a 
daughter  of  Judge  Mathias  Allison.  After  the  war,  Billy 
Williams  married  Miss  Lou  Beachley.  lie  died  a  few  years 
ago  at  Dallas,  Texas.  Each  of  these  two  men  were  law- 
yers and  after  the  war  they  formed  a  partnership  and 
practiced  in  Dallas,  Texas,  wh'ere  they  became  very 
wealthy. 

In  the  early  summer  of  18432  a  part  of  the  Missouri 
Confederate  troops  went  across  the  Mississippi  river, 
among  them  General  Price,  General  Joe  Shelby,  who  was 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 101 

then  a  Colonel,  Colonel  Buster  and  Colonel  Clarkson. 
General  Price  and  General  Shelby  returned  some  time  in 
the  fall,  and  Shelby  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  Brigadier 
General.  I  don't  know  just  how  this  happened  for 
Colonel  Coffey  was  senior  in  rank,  but  by  some  hook  or 
crook  the  plum  went  to  Shelby.  After  this,  Coffey  re- 
signed his  command  and  was  never  in  the  service  again. 
His  wife  was  a  sister  to  Uncle  Samuel  Weir  of  Green- 
field. Colonel  Coffey  was  one  of  the  leading  lawyers 
of  southwest  Missouri  and  at  one  time  represented  Dade 
County  in  the  State  Legislature. 

George  Wilson,  residing  one  mile  southeast  of  Green- 
field, lives  on  a  part  of  the  old  Coffey  homestead.  Colonel 
Coffey  died  some  years  ago  at  Georgetown,  Texas. 

After  the  resignation  of  Colonel  Coffey,  CM  eon 
Thompson  was  elected  Colonel  and  placed  in  command 
of  the  regiment,  which  was  the  3d  Missouri  cavalry.  By 
reason  of  numerous  losses  by  death,  sickness  and  mining, 
the  Dade  County  boys  were  consolidated  into  four  r-om- 
panies/  three  of  cavalry  and  one  of  infantry.  Captain 
T.  H  Lea  commanded  Company  A,  I.  J.  West  commanded 
Company  F,  F.  M.  Hastings  commanded  Company  T  and 
John  M.  Stemmons  commanded  Company  G,  all  of  the 
16th  Missouri  Infantry,  composed  almost  exclusively  of 
boys  from  Dade  county.  The  greater  part  of  these  boys 
never  returned  to  Dade  County.  Many  of  them  are  qr.ietly 
sleeping  on  the  battle  fields,  others  are  residents  of  other 
states,  mostly  Arkansas  and  Texas.  Colonel  James  Clark- 
son  never  came  back  across  the  river,  but  was  promoted 
to  the  rank  of  Brigadier  General.  After  the  war  while 
making  his  way  back  home,  he  was  murdered  at  Dead 
Man's  Lake  near  the  Mississippi  River.  Robbery  was 
supposed  to  be  the  motive.  General  Clarkson  was  i  vet- 
eran of  the  Mexican  war  and  perhaps  the  greatest  mili- 
tary man  that  ever  went  out  from  Dade  County.  He  was 
an  uncle  of  Fred  Clarkson  Eastin  of  Greenfield.  He  has  a 
number  of  relatives  and  descendants  in  the  county.  His 
brother,  Vncle  Davy  Clarkson,  as  he  is  familiarly  called, 
served  in  the  Confederate  arm  durin  the  entire  wa^  re- 


102 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

turned  to  Dade  County  and  died  there  several  years  after- 
ward Each  of  these  men  had  sons  in  the  Confederate 
army.  Some  were  killed  in  battle  and  others  were 
wounded  I  recall  that  young  Davy  had  an  arm  shot  off. 
The  Clarksons  were  pioneers  in  Dade  County. 

I  have  a  complete  roster  of  but  two  companies  which 
I  made  from  memory  many  years  after  the  war,  and  a 
roster  of  Company  F,  3rd  Mo.  Cav ,  made  by  Hon  S.  P. 
Mills,  Orderly  Sergeant  of  that  company,  which  will  be 
given  herein,  and  a  partial  list  of  the  members  of  Company 
G,  16th  Missouri  Infantry,  which  I  will  also  attach  to  this 
sketch 

Captain  F,  M.  Hastings  of  Company  I,  3d  Mo.  Cav., 
recruited  his  company  mostly  in  Arkansas,  but  there 
were  a  few  Dade  County  boys  in  this  company.  I  remem- 
ber that  some  of  the  Janes  family  from  this  county  be- 
longed, but  I  am  unable  to  recall  their  names  and  have 
been  unable  to  locnte  any  of  the  members  of  this  company 
who  could  give  me  the  information.  Captain  Hastings 
was  a  good,  brave  man  and  had  a  splendid  company, 
which  always  responded  when  called  upon  in  times  of 
danger.  Captain  Hastings  was  Sheriff  of  Dade  County 
when  the  war  broke  out.  He  had  a  horse  killed  from 
under  him  by  a  cannon  ball  at  the  battle  of  Little  Rock. 

An  incomplete  roster  of  Company  G,  16th  Mo.  Tiif., 
C.  S.  A..,  made  from  memory  after  more  than  fifty  years 
have  elapsed,  assisted  by  T.  B.  Rountree  of  Cane  Hill  and 
Charles  Winkle  of  Greenfield.  In  the  first  organization 
of  the  company: 

Captain,  John  M.  Stemmons,  of  Greenfield. 

First  Lieutenant,  W.  R.  Snadon. 

Second  Lieutenant,  B.  F  Moore. 

Third  Lieutenant,  Willis  Taylor. 

Orderly  Sergeant,  T.  M.  McPatt. 

Third  Lieutenant,  Thee  Buchanan,  elected  to  f  U  th" 
place  of  Willis  Taylor,  who  was  killed  in  the  battle  of 
LOTH-  Jack. 

Third  Lieutenant,  John  West,  elected  to  fill  the  place 
of  Thee  Buchanan,  who  was  killed. 


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103 


In  1863  Stemrnons  was  elected  Major.  Rather  than 
to  become  Captain  both  W.  R.  Snadon  and  W.  R.  Moore 
resigned  and  went  to  the  Cavalry,  and  John  West  being 
wounded,  the  company  was  reorganized,  and  T.  M.  Mc- 
Patt  was  elected  Captain;  Guss  Wetzel,  First  Lieutenant; 
Dick  Grout,  Second  Lieutenant;  D.  R.  Mallory,  Third 
Lieutenant;  Napokon  Parnell,  Orderly  Sergeant 

Privates  in  the  Company  were  £.s  follows: 


Ross  Chappel, 
Rufe  Chappel, 
Mansfield   Oldham, 
G.  W.  Oldham. 
John  Finley, 
J.  R   Finley, 
Will  Finley, 
Polk    Gates. 
Jim  Brown 
Mat  McGregory, 
Jay  McGregory, 
Wiley  McGregory, 
Bill  Sleeper, 
Frank  Parnell. 
J.  M.  Gout, 
Dick  Rose, 
Charley  Wimkle, 
John  M.  Beckley, 
Monroe  McXatt, 
J.   S.  McXatt, 
Willis  McXatt, 
Garr  McXatt, 
Will  Daniels, 
Jake  Williams, 
Hosea  Williams, 

(killed  at  Lone  Jack.) 
Job  Robertson, 
John  Ray, 
Jim  Ray, 
George  Handcock, 


Dick  Ragsdale, 
John  Williams, 
Marion  Williams, 
J.  M.  Carlock, 

Carlock, 

Bill  Scott, 
Tom  Scott, 
John  Scott, 
Hale  Duncan, 
Tom  Duncan, 
-  Cook, 
William  Ping, 
W.  A.  Dale, 
John  Dale, 
T.  B.  Rountree, 
Andrew  Dale, 
Benton  Dale, 
Jim  Chambers, 
Robert  Daughtrey, 
William  Daughtrey, 
J.  M.  Daughtrey, 
Jim  Faires, 
Xewt  Faires, 
Jim  Foster, 
John  McMillen, 
Reason   McCullough, 
Jacob  Friend, 
William  Home, 
Reason   Jones, 
John  Harvey, 


104  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Marion  McLemore,  Ed.  Fleetwood, 

3-eorge  Massongale,  Joseph  Walker, 

Jack  Holder,  Ed.  Jerome, 

Tom  Holder,  Harrison  Southwell, 
NTewt  Gray,  (Doubtful) 

Alexander  McBride,  Mirel  Hardin, 

Rice  McBride,  S.  S.  Allison, 
(killed  at  Helena,  Ark.) 

LIST  OF    DEAD    THAT  WENT    OUT    FROM    DADE 

COUNTY. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  killed  from  Dade  County 
as  I  remember,  there  are  others  I  am  sure  that  I  cannot 
recall  their  names,  as  I  have  nothing  to  go  by  and  have  to 
trust  my  memory: 

John  Can-, 'Will  McMahan,  John  Mills,  Bill  Fair, 
Wm.  Pirtle,  Sanford  Pirtle,  Jim  Gillespie,  Will  Gillespie, 
Willis  Taylor,  Wm.  R.  Stoveall,  Capt.  Silas  Bell,  Lieut. 
David  Vaughn,  George  Bowles,  Alexander  Bowles,  John 
Williams,  Brown  Williams,  Lieut.  Guss  Wetzel,  Rich 
Spain,  Lieutenant  Thee  Buchanan,  Zeb  Stockstell,  Mart 
Speer,  Frank  Speer,  Lieut.  Ben  Finley,  Dr.  Kennedy, 
John  Davidson,  Dickson  Brown,  Bob  Kinmons,  Mat  Mc- 
Gregory,  Reason  McCullick,  John  West,  jr.,  Jesse  West, 
John  M.  Williams,  E.  E.  Williams,  Jim  Scott,  Jeff  Cald- 
well,  Jackson  Dougherty,  John  Zinamon,  R.  T.  Willis,  jr., 
John  Durnell,  Dock  West,  George  Hall,  Levy  Thompson, 
Lee  Fine,  Dock  Lawson,  Rice  McBride  (killed  at  Helena, 
Ark.),  Lieut.  Thee  Buchanan. 

This  roster  was  made  out  by  Hon.  S.  P.  Mills,  who 
was  Orderly  Sergeant  of  this  company,  who  represented 
Mellon  County,  Texas,  in  the  Legislature  two  terms  and 
two  terms  from  that  Senatorial  District,  was  killed  acci- 
dentally February  8th,  1916. 

Roster,  Company  F,  3rd  Missouri  Cavalry,  General 
Joo  Shelby's,  Brig.:  " 

Captain   Gentry   West,  Lieutenant  McPhorson, 

Captain  J.   L.  Jenkins,  Lieutenant  A.  C.  Bowles, 

Lieutenant  T.  J.  McLuer,       S.  P.  Mills,  O.   S. 


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105 


Privates — 
Hue  Arnold 
Robt.  Akin 
S.  W.  Bates 
Burnett  Botts 
A.  J.  Bates 
Ben   Bowles 
Stant  Buford 
Isral  Blackburn 
Tom   Bird 
Geo.    Cotton 
W.  B.  Clark 
Will  Cook 
Marion  Cox 
Jolmithan  Cox 
Jeff  Colwell 
Elic  Cobell 
Ben    Collins 
Len  Davis 
John    Davidson 
Geo.   Davidson 
James  Davidson 
Len   Eaton 
Tom  Foresitli 
Joe   Foresitli 
John  Foresitli 
John  Givens 
Ike   flicks 
Henry    Hicks" 
Hudson 
Hancock 
Finis  Home 
Robt.  Home 
Joe  Home 
Robt.    Home 
Joe  Hall 
Robert  Hardy 
Joe  Johnson 
Tip  Jessepp 


John  Jones 
Jake  Jones 
Rufe   Lack 
Earle  Lacy 
V$ll  Long 
Leonidas  Morris 
Pat   McLemore 
Henry  McGhee 
B.  P."  Moore 
John  Mills 
Tom  Mills 
K.   McGregor 
McGregor 
John  Maniese 
Wm.  Noale 
Xorsinger 
P.  Nichols 
Ostiloe 
Duch  Pile 
Tom  Ragsdale 
T.    L.  Reed 
John  Robinson 
N.  E.  Robinson 
Wm.  Robinson 
Ben  Sebastion 
W.  R.   Snadon 
Henry  Sears 
Frank  Sears 
Joe  Sears 
John    Shrum 
Jake  Shrum 
Tom  Shurley 
M.  Templeton 
Robt.  Templeton 
James  Torbett 
Sam  Taylor 
Ruben  Ti singer 
Tatum 
Dick  LTnderwood. 


106 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Munroe  Walker  John  Williams 

Doc  West  Wilson 

Dave  West  Poke  Wagoner 
S.  B.  Williams 

SOME  OF  OUR   OLD  CONFEDERATES. 

Charley  Winkle  was  of  Co.  Gr  16th  Missouri  Infantry 
—a  Tennessean  by  birth  but  a  Missourian  by  adoption, 
being  one  of  Dade  County's  pioneers.  He  served  through 
the  entire  war,  and  is  still  young  for  his  age,  64. 

E.  L.  Blevans  was  born  in  Cass  County,  Missouri. 
He  served  under  Col.  Irvin,  in  Rain's  division  of  Price's 
army.  He  is  now  in  his  71st  year.  He  has  made  Dade 
County  his  home  for  some  years. 

J.  M.  Carlock  was  of  Co.  G.  16th  Missouri  Infantry. 
He  served  under  Col.  Stemmons  in  Rains 's  brigade  of 
Price's  army.  He  is  now  69  years  of  age  and  has  spent 
much  of  his  life  in  Dade  County. 

A.  J.  Mills  was  of  Co.  A  3rd  Missouri  cavalry,  Shel- 
by's brigade.  He  is  now  68  years  old,  but  "don't  look  it." 
Tic  has  spent  64  years  of  his  life  in  Dade  County  and  his 
neighbor's  would  be  glad  to  have  him  spend  64  more  here. 

K.  F.  Poindexter  was  also  of  Co.  A  3d  Missouri  cav- 
alry, Shelby's  brigade.  He  is  "To  the  manor  born" 
being  not  only  a  native  Missourian,  but  also  a  native  Dade 
countian.  He  is  now  68  years  of  age  and  one  of  the 
handsomest  and  youngest  looking  in  the  group. 

E.  D.  Coble  was  of  Co.  I  3rd  Missouri  cavalry,  Shel- 
by's brigade,  and  Cooper  regiment.  His  age  is  77  and 
lie  has  never  claimed  any  other  place  home  excepting 
Dado  County,  Missouri. 

Joe  Ren  fro  is  a  younger  brother  of  Commander  Lewis 
Ren  fro  and  possibly  the  youngest  of  the  group  above. 
Tie  is  also  a  native  of  our  county. 

Lewis  Renfro  was  of  Co.  A  3rd 'Missouri  cavalry  and 
served  as  lieutenant  under  Col.  John  M.  Stemmons,  for 
whom  the  local  camp  of  U.  C.  V.  was  named,  and  at  its 
organization  was  elected  commander.  He  has  constantly 
served  the  camp  in  that  capacity  with  the  exception  of 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  107 

one  year,  when  the  late  Sam  Howard  was  honored  with 
that  position.  He  was  born  in  Dade  County,  which  has 
always  been  his  home,  and  is  now  65  years  of  age. 

James  R.  Jeffreys  was  a  member  of  the  2nd  Tennessee, 
1st  division,  Wheeler's  corps.  He  was  born  in  Tennessee, 
but  spent  more  than  half  a  century  in  Dade  County,  Mis- 
souri. He  is  now  a  71-year-old  boy. 

II.  R.  Thomas  is  one  of  the  original  Co.  A  boys  of 
Price's  batallion,  and  though  67  years  of  age  still  an  all- 
round.  He  came  to  Dade  County,  Missouri,  some  time  in 
the  '70s. 

M.  J.  Sooter,  now  of  Miller,  Lawrence  County,  Mis- 
souri, spent  many  of  the  years  of  his  life  in  Dade  County. 
We  have  not  Mr.  Sooter 's  war  record,  but  one  look  ar  his 
handsome  picture  will  convince  any  reader  that  it  is  0.  K. 
and  that  he  is  probably  somewhat  younger  than  his  reputed 
age. 

We  have  no  doubt  but  this  was  quite  as  fine  a  bunch 
of  soldiers  as  they  are  citizens,  and  Dade  is  sorry  that 
she  cannot  claim  them  all  as  her  own. 

There  are  also  a  number  of  others  of  t'sesc  ''Old 
Boys"  who  are  still  Dade  Countians  and  whom  we  should 
have  very  much  liked  to  have  in  the  picture,  but  they 
were  not  present  and  we  will  have  to  endeavor  to  get 
them  at  some  future  time. 


GREENFIELD  DURING  THE  CIVIL  WAR. 

The  following  paper,  read  by  Miss  Bessie  Hobbs  at  the 
high  school  commencement  exercises,  will  be  of  much  in- 
terest to  many  of  our  people.  An  unusual  sr.bject  has 
been  handled  in  a  most  interesting  manner: 


Long,  long  ago  when  savage  panthers  reamed  the 
wilds  of  the  western  part  of  Greenfield,  and  wolves  might 
be  seen  at  any  time  showing  their  cruel  teeth  as  if  guard- 
ing some  hidden  treasure;  when  thr1  deer  lurked  here  and 
there  trying  in  vain  to  slum  the  fatal  blow  of  the  hunter; 
and  even  in  the  outskirts  of  the  little  city,  the  blood- 


108 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

thirsty  wild  cat  searched  the  hills  and  hollows  for  prey, 
then  Greenfield  wasn't  half  so  imposing  as  at  the  present 
time. 

In  the  northwestern  portion  of  the  town  where  now 
the  high  school,  with  its  beautiful  campus,  and  the  resi- 
dences with  their  smooth,  grassy  lawns  are  located,  in 
1861  there  was  seen  nothing  but  a  great  field  of  corn. 

There  was  no  negro  town;  instead  there  was  a  huge 
thicket  which  proved  to  be  an  excellent  place  for  the  con- 
cealment of  bushwhackers  during  the  war.  The  block 
on  which  the  M.  E.  church  is  situated  was  one  great  mass 
of  briers,  hfizel  bushes  and  campbellite  weeds,  through 
which  a  path  ran  obliquely  from  the  present  site  of  the 
parsonage  to  the  Dade  County  Bank  site.  One  can  im- 
agine from  this  picture  that  the  busy  little  city  was  at 
that  time  indeed  very  small.  The  dwelling  houses  were 
few  and  far  between.  Mr.  Latham,  one  of  the  quite  prom- 
inent citizens,  lived  in  the  house  just  south  of  H.  D. 
Sloan's,  but  at  that  time  this  residence  was  located  where 
Dr.  Weir's  house  now  stands.  It  has  been  but  slightly  re- 
modeled, and  is  perhaps  one  of  the  oldest  houses  of  the 
town.  R.  S.  Jacobs  resided  near  the  public  square  in  the 
house  which  is  now  a  part  of  the  Ed  Shaw  home.  An  old 
residence  and  one  which  has  been  but  very  little  altered 
since  it  was  built  is  that  north  of  the  home  of  D.  R. 
White.  During  a  portion  of  the  war  this  house  was  the 
residence  of  Col.  Coffee,  probably  the  most  influential 
man  of  the  whole  county.  He  was  one  of  the  leading 
lawyers  of  the  town  and  his  popularity  gained  for  him 
the  position  as  speaker  of  the  Missouri  house  of  repre- 
sentatives. At  the  beginning  of  the  Civil  war  he  enlisted 
in  the  Confederate  army  and  became  captain  of  a  ccmrpany. 
An  old-time  house  which  witnessed  all  the  events  of  the 
war  is  the  Barber  house,  which  is  now  owned  by  Mr.  Xew- 
ell  Cates,  the  father  of  Will  Cates,  who  resides  near  Penns- 
boro.  The  present  residence  of  1).  R.  White  was  occupied 
by  William  (Jriggs  and  it  looked  very  much  as  it  does 
now.  Perhaps  one  of  the  best  houses  of  the  town  was 
the  home  of  the  Misses  Eastin,  daughters  of  the  former 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 109 

owner.  There  were,  of  course,  other  little  houses  in  Green- 
field at  that  period,  but  it  would  take  too  long  to  name 
them. 

When  you  view  the  present  substantial  business 
houses  of  the  town  did  it  ever  occur  to  you  what  were 
once  in  their  places?  In  1861,  there  were  only  two  brick 
buildings  on  the  square.  In  one  Mr.  Shields  had  a  hotel; 
now  many  times  enlarged  the  Delmonico  hotel.  In  one  of 
the  rooms  of  the  other  brick  structure  was  a  store  which 
J.  T.  Rankin,  Uncle  Jeff  Montgomery  and  Rev.  W.  J.  Gar- 
rett  owned.  The  firm  was  humorously  nick-named  "Wis- 
dom, Strength  and  Beauty,"  the  first  being  "Wisdom," 
Mr.  Montgomery  "Strength"  and  Mr.  Garrett  "Beauty." 
In  the  other  room  Dr.  Bowles  had  a  little  store  and  also 
kept  the  postoffice.  This  building  was  replaced  a  number 
of  years  ago  by  the  Merril-Jopes  block.  In  addition  to 
the  Shields  hotel  there  were  two  others,  one  owned  by  Mr. 
W.  H.  Holland  and  the  other  under  the  management  of 
W.  H.  Younger.  Mr.  Holland's  establishment  was  a  two- 
story  frame  structure  across  the  street  from  D.  W.  Ed- 
wards' dwelling  and  now,  though  somewhat  enlarged, 
known  as  the  "Green  House."  Mr.  Younger 's  hotel  was 
also  a  two-story  frame  building,  standing  where  Mr.  Carr's 
meat  market  now  is. 

The  grocery  and  dry  goods  stores  were  never  sepa- 
rated. There  were  four  of  just  such  stores  besides  those 
above  mentioned.  Where  the  Washington  hotel  stands  a 
small  frame  building  was  occupied  by  John  G.  Riley  and 
Captain  John  Howard,  the  latter  a  far-seeing  man  arid 
one  of  the  foremost  in  the  history  of  our  city. 

It  might  be  interesting  to  note  that  Mr.  Brewer's  little 
store  building  formerly  located  at  the  present  site  of  the 
Greenfield  Dry  Goods  company  store,  is  the  only  business 
house  in  town  which  has  survived  the  ravages  of  the 
years  without  having  been  remodeled.  In  1861  R.  S. 
Jacobs  there  had  a  little  store,  the  contents  of  which 
were  worth  about  five  or  six  hundred  dollars.  Mr.  Jacobs, 
too,  is  fresh  in  our  minds  as  a  man,  who,  despite  hard 
times,  was  ever  successful  in  a  financial  way  and  whose 


110  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

influence  was  felt  over  all  the  county.  The  store  of 
Buster  &  Bryant  was  in  a  two-story  building  located 
where  the  Jacobs  bank  stands,  that  of  Mr.  Rufus  Gates 
in  the  front  part  of  a  little  two-roomed  building  where 
Eastin's  store  is.  These  same  rooms,  but  so  very  much 
changed  that  they  could  never  be  recognized  now  from 
the  front  part  of  the  residence  of  W.  M.  Holland. 

There  were  two  saddle  shops  when  the  war  began; 
that  of  Newell  Gates  was  located  in  the  room  just  back 
of  his  brother's  little  store,  and  that  of  Charley  Beal  & 
T.  E.  Bell  was  on  the  north  side,  where  the  Mead  building 
is  situated. 

It  seems  that  liquor  flowed  in  Greenfield  as  freely  as 
water,  for  in  1861  there  were  five  saloons  and  drinking 

"* 

places.  Elilm  Martin's  saloon  was  in  a  small  building 
somewhere  near  the  place  where  I.  B.  Tarr's  warehouse 
is.  Mr.  Bender,  a  well  known  doctor  had  a  little  drug 
store  where  that  of  C.  H.  Bennett  is  now  near  this,  per- 
haps where  the  furniture  store  is  was  the  drug  store  of 
Xewt  McCluer,  one  of  the  quite  prominent  men  of  the 
town.  John  Baugh  had  a  little  saloon  where  you  now  see 
the  Dade  County  Bank.  By  this  general  survey  around 
the  square  one  can  imagine  what  great  spaces  were  be- 
tween some  of  the  buildings.  Now  compare  the  business 
portion  of  Greenfield  of  1861  with  that  of  today  and  what 
a  great  difference  is  found. 

The  court  house,  the  second  constructed  in  our  city, 
vras  a  brick  building  about  the  size  of  the  one  we  have 
now,-  and  located  in  about  the  same  place.  David  Eastin 
was  at  that  time  county  clerk,  W.  W.  Holland,  treasurer, 
Arch  Lonir,  circuit  clerk  and  recorder  and  Mr.  Hastings, 
sheriff. 

The  jail  was  a  rude  structure  of  logs  two  stories  high, 
the  walls  containing  three  thicknesses.  The  timbers  of 
the  outer  walls  occupied  a  horizontal  position  while  those 
of  the  middle  wall  were  perpendicular.  In  the  lower  story 
the  walls  were1  lined  on  the  inside  with  oak  lumber  one 
inch  thick  and  into  every  square  inch  a  ten-penny  nail 
was  driven.  This  rough  looking  old  building  was,  how- 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 111 

ever,  about  as  safe  for  the  keeping  of  prisoners  as  any 
we  have  ever  had.  It  was  located  in  the  hollow  on  the 
east  side  of  Greenfield  and  remained  there  until  1862  or 
1863,  when  after  the  decree  was  issued  that  it  was  to  be 
used  as  a  guard  house  some  of  the  Union  soldiers  enraged 
because  they  had  been  thrust  into  jail,  burned  it  down 
immediately  after  the  order  had  been  made. 

In  1861  there  was  but  one  church  in  the  city,  the  old 
Presbyterian  edifice  which  stood  where  the  manse  now 
stands.  Of  all  the  number  who  were  present  at  the  dedi- 
cation of  this  church,  only  one  remains.  P.  L.  Montgomery, 
of  this  city.  Some  of  the  others  are  sleeping  in  the  beauti- 
ful cemetery  in  the  eastern  portion  of  the  town,  while 
others  lie  in  the  War  graveyard  a  mile  from  Greenfield. 
Although  the  church  was  Presbyterian,  it  was  used  by  all 
denominations  and  it  seems  perfect  peace  reigned  among 
them.  Rev.  Fulton,  the  regular  pastor  of  the  church,  was 
much  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him. 

The  schools,  at  the  beginning  of  the  war  were  very 
much  inferior  to  those  of  the  present  day.  A  brick  school 
building  had  been  begun  by  the  Masonic  lodge  on  the  lot 
where  the  school  for  the  grades  now  stands,  but  unfortu- 
nately had  not  been  completed.  The  old  white  frame 
building  consisting  of  two  rooms  above  and  two  rooms 
below,  had  been  moved  back  far  enough  to  make  room  for 
,the  new  building.  School  was  taught  in  the  old  house 
by  Mr.  Williams,  until  after  the  winter  of  1861,  when  the 
war  rendered  its  continuance  impossible.  The  school  re- 
sembled an  academy  somewhat,  some  of  the  higher  branch- 
es of  study,  such  as  Latin,  Greek  and  mathematics,  being 
taught  along  with  the  common  subjects.  Here  Mrs. 
Shafer,  widow  of  the  late  Judge  Shafer,  Mrs.  Henry  Mer- 
rill and  Mrs.  Will  Champlin  spent  their  school  days.  Out 
in  the  woods  near  the  place  where  the  mill  pond  in  the 
western  part  of  Greenfield  is  found,  there  was  also  a  little 
district  school  taught  by  Mr.  John  Wilson.  This  was  a 
type  of  the  real  old-time  "Deestrict  Skule"  upon  which 
so  many  modern  entertainments  have  been  based.  Taking 
the  schools  as  a  whole,  they  were  exceedingly  poor.  Do 


112 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

not  some  of  the  elders   of  Greenfield  deserve  praise  for 
having  achieved  so  much? 

The  population  of  Greenfield  in  1861  was  about  300, 
71  of  whom  were  slaves.  The  negro,  as  usual,  delighted 
in  having  fine  clothes  and  pretty  ornaments.  Mr.  Newt 
McCluer  owned  a  slave,  Reuben,  who  was  especially  noted 
as  a  lover  of  fine  dress.  His  master  permitted  him  to  hire 
to  other  people  when  he  was  not  needed  at  home  and  al- 
lowed him  to  keep  the  money  which  he  earned.  Reub  ac- 
cumulated enough  wealth  to  purchase  a  very  costly  watch 
and  chain,  a  gold-headed  umbrella,  broadcloth  suit,  stiff 
hat,  and  fine  shoes,  so  that  he  made  a  more  stylish  ap- 
pearance than  any  other  man  in  the  town,  black  or  white. 
Reub  one  day  did  not  anticipate  a  storm  when  he  started 
from  home  on  the  way  to  town,  and  did  not  take  his  um- 
brella with  him.  Just  as  he  was  passing  the  home  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Mathias  Allison  (among  the  old  settlers  of 
Greenfield  and  the  grand-parents  of  Mason  Talbutt)  it 
suddenly  began  to  shower.  Reub,  dreading  to  get  his  hat 
wet,  took  it  off  and  put  it  under  his  coat,  when  Mr.  Alli- 
son exclaimed:  "Why,  Reub,  don't  you  know  you  oughtn't 
to  let  the  rain  pour  down  on  your  head  that  way?  You 
are  liable  to  take  cold  and  die."  Reub,  who  could  gen- 
erally think  of  the  right  thing  to  say  at  the  right  time, 
replied:  "A  man  has  a  right  to  take  care  of  his  own 
property.  This  head  belongs  to  Mr.  McCluer;  this  hat  be- 
longs to  me." 

Some  of  the  negroes  now  residing  in  Greenfield  who 
were  slaves  prior  to  and  during  the  war  are:  Lucy  Rut- 
ledge,  Henry  Griggs,  Henry  Stephenson,  Bill  Long,  Manuel 
and  Ellen  Dicus,  and  Aunt  Lilah  Hoyle. 

When  the  war  began  several  Union  companies  were 
organixed  in  Dade  County.  Companies  "A"  and  "D"  of 
the  Sixth  Missouri  cavalry  completed  their  organization 
on  July  4th,  IHG'l.  Clark  Wright,  who  was  the  first  captain 
of  Company  "A,"  became  colonel  and  T.  A.  Switzer  cap- 
tain. I.  T.  Sloan  and  John  Scroggs  of  this  city  were  mem- 
bers of  this  company. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 113 

Late  in  the  spring  or  early  in  the  summer  of  1862,  a 
Union  militia  company  was  organized  in  Greenfield,  and 
on  the  day  that  the  officers  were  elected  and  sworn  into 
the  service  by  Enrolling  Officer,  John  B.  Clark  of  Dade- 
ville,  it  was  reported  that  a  Confederate  force  under  Joe 
Shelly  and  John  Coffee  were  advancing  upon  the  town. 
At  this  instant,  the  faithful  enrolling  officer,  knowing  that 
he  was  the  one  most  desired  and  likely  to  receive  the 
hardest  treatment  by  the  enemy,  went  +o  the  home  of  W. 
K.  Latham  and  asked  the  lady  of  the  house  to  hide  him. 
This  she  did  by  putting  him  into  a  hole  under  the  building- 
through  a  trap  in  the  floor,  over  which  she  quickly 
spread  a  carpet.  The  enemy,  who,  however,  proved  not  to 
be  Shelby  and  Coffee,  rushed  into  the  town  and  captured 
all  but  a  few  of  the  new  company,  and  searched  in  vain 
for  Capt.  Clark.  All  of  the  captured  ones  were  sworn  not 
to  take  up  arms  against  the  confederacy.  Afterwards, 
upon  being  exchanged,  nearly  all  of  them  volunteered  into 
the  U.  S.  service.  Mr.  N.  S.  McCluer  in  1862  became  the 
first  captain  of  Company  "M,"  of  the  Eighth  Missouri 
cavalry;  Alfred  Kennedy,  first  lieutenant,  and  Mr.  Mc- 
Dowell, second.  Mr.  Raleigh  J.  Shipley  was  a  member  of 
this  company. 

In  1863,  Company  "I"  of  the  18th  Missouri  cavalry 
was  organized  with  John  Howard  captain  and  W.  K.  Pyle 
one  of  the  lieutenants.  Here  Mason  Talbutt  and  Abe  Carr 
served  during  the  following  two  years  as  soldiers  for  the 
Union. 

In  addition"  to  these  companies  all  the  other  men  of 
Greenfield  between  the  ages  of  18  and  45  were  compelled 
to  enroll  in  the  home  militia  and  were  known  as  the  "Home 
Guard,"  but  their  work  was  very  light  and  they  were 
never  passed  into  actual  service.  Although  most  of  the 
men  of  the  town  sympathized  with  the  north,  there  were  a 
few  who  believed  in  the  cause  of  the  Confedaracy;  Lewis 
Renfro  of  this  city,  John  M.  Stemmons  and  two  of  his 
brothers,  and  Colonel  Coffey  (as  has  been  noted)  were 
hearty  supporters  of  the  south. 


114 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

One  Sunday  morning  during  the  early  part  of  the 
war  when  'Rev.  Fulton  was  preaching,  60  or  70  unex- 
pected guests  arrived  at  the  church.  They  rushed  into  the 
room  and  the  people  were  horror  stricken.  The  weapons 
which  some  of  the  congregation  chanced  to  have  were 
taken,  but  nothing  valuable  as  money  or  jewelry.  The 
bushwackers  then  forced  all  to  take  an  oath  that  they 
would  not  take  up  arms  against  the  confederacy.  The 
sermon  was  not  finished,  as  pastor  and  flock  went  straight 
home  as  soon  as  they  could  get  away. 

The  enemy  then  hurried  to  the  store  of  R.  S.  Jacobs 
and  robbed  it.  A  safe  which  contained  something  less 
than  a  thousand  dollars  of  the  county  money  was  blown 
open  and  its  contents  taken.  After  the  bushwhackers 
thought  they  had  damaged  the  town  enough  they  departed, 
perhaps  to  ravage  some  other  unsuspecting  and  unguarded 
village. 

At  most  any  time  were  such  men  lurking  about  in  the 
forests  or  hiding  behind  some  old  building  ready  to  plunge 
the  fatal  knife  or  fire  the  fatal  shot  into  the  bosom  of  some 
innocent  man,  but  to  do  so  was  considered  no  crime  in 
those  cruel  war  times,  and  many  foul  murders  went  unpun- 
ished. Another  time  during  the  early  part  of  the  war  a 
band  of  Guerrillas  made  a  raid  upon  the  town.  The  Union 
State  Militia  and  the  Sixth  regiment,  under  the  leadership 
of  Major  Wick  Morgan,  were  at  that  time  quartered  in  the 
Shields  hotel,  and  from  the  windows  of  the  building  the 
bullets  whizzed  out  through  the  air  to  the  enemy,  causing 
one  to  meet  death  and  the  remainder  to  fall  back.  They 
fled  .  southward  and  burned  the  houses  of  many  Union 
men  on  their  way. 

Probably  one  of  the  most  well  known  raids  through 
Greenfield  during  the  war  -was  that  of  October  6,  1863, 
when  the  town  was  captured  by  Confederate  troops  under 
command  of  Gen.  Joe  Shelby.  It  must  have  been  pre- 
viously known  that  the  court  house  was  to  be  destroyed 
for  Colonel  Coffey,  who,  being  a  land  owner,  was  probably 
looking  out  for  his  own  interests,  had  ordered  the  public 
records  to  be  carried  out  arid  piled  in  one  of  the  houses 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 115 

nearby.  When  he  himself  arrived,  the  structure  was  one 
great  mass  of  flames,  the  like  of  which  many  in  town  had 
never  seen.  When-  the  fire  had  abated,  the  soldiers  de- 
parted from  this  part  of  the  country,  leaving  the  little 
county  seat  in  a  great  uproar. 

A  second  alarm,  which  served  to  increase  the  terror 
of  the  people,  spread  over  the  town  when  during  the 
night  after  Shelby's  raid  news  was  received  that  Austin 
King  had  taken  possession  of  the  town.  But  when  the 
second  message  was  sent  over  the  little  city  that  King 
was  a  Union  leader  who  had  come  to  defend  the  place,  the 
inhabitants  once  more  were  relieved.  Guards  were  placed 
in  all  the  most  important  roads  leading  to  the  town  and 
again  the  county  seat  was  at  rest. 

Although  only  a  very  small  portion  of  the  great  civil 
war  took  place  in  Greenfield,  the  people  nevertheless  suf- 
fered at  times  exceedingly;  Once  in  a  'while  the  wealthy 
person  could  obtain  from  the  town  market  no  more  than 
he  who  didn't  have  a  penny  for  there  was  absolutely  noth- 
ing to  buy.  At  one  time,  the  nearest  market  to  Greenfield 
was  Osceola  and  it  was  even  difficult  to  obtain  provisions 
there  for  the  trip  was  a  dangerous  task  on  account  of  the 
dreadful  work  of  the  bushwackers. 

From  the  market  of  Springfield  where  things  were 
considered  the  cheapest,  one  could  carry  ten  dollars  worth 
of  sugar  in  one  end  of  a  common  size  meal  sack  and  ten 
dollars  worth  of  coffee  in  the  other.  Corn  bread,  bacon, 
hominy  and  game  formed  the -staple  diet  during  the  war 
and  often  even  they  were  considered  a  treat, 

The  many  cruel  depredations,  the  killing  of  individ- 
uals and  other  atrocities  committed  around  Greenfield  dur- 
ing the  war  period,  and  the  hard  times  which  all  went 
through,  would  furnish  material  sufficient  to  fill  a  volume. 

Time,  however,  has  served  to  mitigate  these  evil  ef- 
fects and  those  who  oiice  fought  as  enemies,  divided  by 
bitter  prejudice,  have  long  since  ceased  to  harbor  illfeeling 
and  now  work  side  by  side,  united  in  sentiment,  with  one 
sincere  ambition  of  promoting  public  good. 


116 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

KINCHEON  WEST. 

In  writing  a  history  of  a  county  and  its  people,  living 
and  dead,  good,  bad  and  indifferent,  it  sometimes  becomes 
necessary  to  insert  a  page  here  and  there  which  appears 
upon  its  surface  more  or  less  dark  and  gloomy,  and  es- 
pecially when  the  incidents  relate  to  circumstances  which 
have  their  foundation  in  the  days  that  tried  the  hearts 
of  strong  men,  and  caused  even  the  foundations  of  our 
government  to  tremble. 

With  malice  toward  none  and  charity  for  all,  I  will 
try  to  relate  the  story  of  "Kinch  West"  perhaps  the  most 
notorious,  intrepid  and  fearless  man  that  ever  lived  in 
Dade  County. 

His  boyhood  was  similar  to  that  of  any  other  country 
boy  growing  up  in  the  environment  of  forest,  field  and 
woodland,  living  very  close  to  nature  and  enjoying  a  free- 
dom wiiich  comes  only  from  the  hills.  Like  the  Shepherd 
Boy  of  old  who  came  from  the  Judaeian  hills  to  the  court 
of  a  king  and  afterward  became  a  famous  warrior,  the 
life  of  Kinch  West  was  transformed  in  a  single  day  from 
that  of  a  quiet,  unassuming  country  boy  to  an  armed  des- 
perado by  the  enactment  of  a  tragedy  which  would  seem 
impossible  in  a  civilized  community. 

On  the  5th  day  of  April,  1863.  a  company  of  men 
whose  identity  is  unknown  to  the  writer  of  this  article, 
visited  the  home  of  Billy  West,  the  father  of  Kinch  West, 
about  eight  miles  east  of  Greenfield,  killed  the  father, 
burned  the  house  and  contents,  and  presumably  the  same 
parties  a  few  days  later  killed  two  of  his  infan;  sons, 
about  the  age  of  ten  or  twelve  years,  respectively.  Billy 
West  had  sons  in  the  Confederate  army.  Kinch  being  one 
of  them,  and  this  fact  is  supposed  to  bo  the  cause  of  the 
tragedy. 

When  this  appal'ing  news  reached  the  ears  of  Kinch, 
IK-  became  so  enraged  that  he  immediately  resigm-d  his 
j-osition  in  the  Confederate  anr.y,  came  back  to  th"  vicin- 
ity of  his  old  home  and  organized  an  independent  hand  to 
\  isit  ven^enee  upon  the  he-ids  of  the  perpetrators  (  f  this 
vile  deed. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 117 

Kinch  and  his  followers  claimed  to  know  the  names  of 
<he  guilty  parties,  but  the  concensus  of  opinion  at  that 
rime  was  that  his  evidence  rested  largely  in  suspicion. 

His  anger  and  wrath  was  fanned  into  a  fierce  flp.me  by 
i  eason  of  the  exingencies  of  the  war  and  the  peril  of  the 
limes.  As  soon  as  his  band  was  organized  they  coraenced 
a  merciless  warfare  against  the  supposed  guilty  parties, 
<md  extended  it  to  every  party  that  interfered  or  m  any 
way  opposed  his  plans.  Houses  were  burned,  live;,  were 
taken,  property  destroyed  and  a  perfect  reign  of  terror 
existed  in  the  community.  Doubtless  many  deeds  were 
done  and  crimes  committed  which  were  laid  at  the  door  of 
Kinch  West;  of  which  he  was  innocent,  but  his  name 
was  a  terror  and  h'.s  threats  a  thorn  iu  the  flesh  to  ail  who 
opposed  him  in  the  tloody  warfare  upon  his  enemies. 

His  company  was  an  independent  one  and  uncon- 
nected in  anyway  >iTJth  the  Southern  Confederacy  although 
made  up  of  southern  sympathizers  and  ex-Confederate 
soldiers.  They  alone  were  responsible  for  the  enormity 
of  their  deeds. 

Kinch  West  never  returned  to  Dade  County  after  the 
war.  The  West  family  was  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  re- 
spected in  the  county  and  were  early  pioneers.  Many  of 
his  relatives  now  residing  in  the  county  are  among  our 
very  best  people. 

o 

CONCERNING  THE  PRESENT  COURT  HOUSE. 

In  a  copy  of  the  Vedette,  in  June,  1868,  while  the 
present  court  house  was  in  the  course  of  construction,  had 
the  following,  on  its  local  page: 

"The  new  court  house  and  jail  is  advancing  all  right. 
W.  L.  Scroggs,  superintendent  of  public  buildings,  today 
filed  in  the  office  of  the  Clerk  of  the  County  Court,  his 
report  stating  that  he  has  examined  the  material  of  the 
bricks  for  the  new  court  house  and  jail  and  pronounces 
them  of  good  material  and  well  burned,  and  receives  them 
as  made  according  to  contract. 

F.  M.  Wilson,  the  contractor,  now  wants,  the  third  in- 
stallment, $2,000  which  is  now  due  according  to  contract, 


118  HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 


and  the  presiding  justice  will  have  to  call  a  special  term 
therefor,  or  the  work  will  stop,  until  the  same  is  paid." 

The  jail  spoken  of  in  this  clipping  was  in  the  south- 
west corner  of  the  present  court  house,  the  space  now 
used  by  the  circuit  clerk.  The  old  jail  was  abandoned 
some  fifteen  years  ago  at  the  time  the  new  one  was  com- 
pleted. The  new  jail  stands  a  little  to  the  east  of  the 
southest  corner  of  the  public  square.  At  some  seasons  of 
the  year  the  old  jail  held  open  doors  for  weeks  at  a  time. 


APPEARANCE   OF  EARLY  NEWSPAPERS. 

by 
Aaron  D.   States. 

In  looking  over  the  files  of  the  Greenfield  "Vedr-tte" 
from  its  inception  in  August,  18G6,  to  the  early  and  middle 
seventies,  it  is  found  that  this  publication  was  sure  abreast 
with  the  times  in  which  it  was  published.  It  was  ably 
edited  by  Origgs  and  Talbutt,  also  by  Talbutt  and  Barker, 
and  when  the  late  Charles  W.  Griffith  took  the  ownership 
in  the  early  part  of  the  seventies,  it  appears  that  he  put 
forth  his  best  effort  in  giving  the  people  a  good  local  news- 
paper. He  believed  in  the  editorial  page  and  he  devoted 
the  best  of  his  energies  in  discussing  local,  state  and  na- 
tional interests. 

A  little  over  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago  the  Griffith 
home  in  Greenfield  was  destroyed  by  fire.  The  old  files  of 
the  "Vedette"  were  consumed  in  the  flames.  But  few 
copies  of  the  early  issues  are  extant.  Fortunately  while 
cleaning  the  old  vaults  at  the  court  house  in  recent  weeks 
a  bundle  of  these  old  papers  was  found  that  had  been  placed 
on  file  in  the  office  of  the  County  Clerk.  An  early  copy  of 
the  Dade  County  Advocate,  Vol.  1,  No.  28,  was  found  at 
this  time.  Attorney  Vohiey  Moon  was  then  the  editor  and 
publisher.  He  was  a  Greenfield  attorney  and  is  well  re- 
membered by  the  older  class  of  citizens.  This  was  in  1875. 
The  initial  number  of  the  Advocate  presents  a  very  cred- 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  119 

liable  appearance,  but  it  remained  for  the  present  owner 
and  publisher,  William  R.  Bowles,  to  make  it  the  paper  its 
mission  required.  For  many  years  Mr.  Bowles  has  had 
charge  of  this  paper,  and  it  is  truly  one  of  the  best  and 
ablest  Democratic  newspapers  in  Missouri,  published  in 
the  country  districts.  Mr.  Bowles  is  an  educated  man  and 
he  loves  the  Advocate.  See  article  on  Greenfield  newspa- 
pers from  their  inception  on  another  page.  It  is  mighty 
interesting  history  to  Dade  County  people. 


Chapter  6 

CUMBERLAND  PRESBYTERIAN    PIONEERS. 

by 
W.  E.  Shaw. 

The  early  history  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian 
church  in  Dade  County  is  shrouded  more  or  less  in  tra- 
dition, but  there  are  a  few  well-established  facts  which  I 
desire  to  submit  to  the  Dade  County  History. 

Among1  the  early  ministers  of  this  church  I  will  men- 
tion Rev.  A.  A.  Young-,  who  visited  Dade  County  and  later 
settled  in  Lawrence  County  on  Honey  creek  about  eight 
miles  northwest  of  Aurora.  Rev.  J.  D.  Montgomery  and 
Rev.  TV.  J.  Garrett  both  settled  in  Dade  County.  Rev.  Gar- 
rett  in  Greenfield  and  Rev.  Montgomery  on  a  farm  four 
miles  northeast  of  Greenfield  now  owned  by  the  Scott  fam- 
ily. Rev.  James  Tucker  was  also  among  the  very  early 
preachers  of  the  state  to  settle  in  this  county.  He  settled 
on  the  farm  now  owned  by  John  Stockton  near  the  Ed  Dicus 
farm  northeast  of  Greenfield.  He  was  the  father  of  Mrs. 
Scott,  who  lived  and  died  on  the  Emerson  Scott  farm.  She 
was  9(5  years  old  at  the  time  of  her  death,  and  the  mother 
of  James,  Hambleton,  Ab.  Perry,  Price  and  Emerson  Scott 
and  Mrs.  Narcissus  Winkle. 

John  Bell  and  Garnett  Davenport  came  to  the  county 
just  before  the  war.  , 


SOUTH  GREENFIELD  CAMP  GROUND. 

by 
W.  E.  Shaw. 

The  South  Greenfield  Camp  Ground  was  located  before 
the  Civil  War.  The  ground  was  donated  by  Jacob  Cox, 
father  of  our  lamented  Sam  Cox.  The  ten  acres  where  the 
Camp  Ground  is  no\v  located  was  set  apart  by  the  donor 
for  a  perpetual  camp  ground  for  the  use  of  the  South  Meth- 


EDGAR  P.   MANN. 


GREENFIELD    CHURCHES. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  121 

odist  Church.  The  meetings  that  were  held  before  the  war 
differed  from  those  of  later  date.  Instead  of  tents,  the 
campers  built  camps  made  of  small  logs.  Those  camps  were 
built  around  the  shed  on  the  four  sides,  each  camp  owned 
by  some  liberal  person  who  expected  to  bear  his  or  her 
part  of  the  expense  of  feeding  the  great  multitudes  of  peo- 
ple who  attended.  For  people  went  a  long  distance  to 
attend  those  annual  gatherings.  The  camps  were  usually 
double,  with  a  space  between.  The  rooms  were  usually 
about  12  or  14  feet  square,  one  room  set  apart  for  ladies 
and  the  other  for  gentlemen ;  the  space  between  was  for 
social  use,  where  people  would  find  shade  and  shelter  during 
the  time  between  services.  The  campers  erected  cook  sheds 
and  long  tables,  where  free-for-all  meals  were  served  ex- 
cept for  those  who  preferred  to  go  in  the  covered  wagons, 
prepared  to  take  care  of  themselves.  Pastures  were  pro- 
vided by  the  liberal  farmers  for  the  horses  and  oxen,  that 
were  used  for  the  conveyance  of  all  the  people. 

The  services  usually  commenced  on  Thursday  night 
and  continued  until  about  mid-week,  making  the  series 
about  a  week  long.  The  preaching  and  singing  was  ol  the 
old-rime  type,  and  religious  awakenings  usually  followed 
from  the  first  service.  Among  the  ministers  was  the  well- 
remembered  James  McGehee,  a  man  of  great  power  and  a 
s \veet  singer  in  Israel.  I  remember  but  few  of  his  co-labor- 
ers ;  will  mention  only  Rev.  Joe  Davidson,  another  conse 
crated,  faithful  servant  of  the  Lord.  Ministers  of  other 
churches  were  also  faithful  helpers.  Rev.  J.  D.  Montgomery 
was  among  the  early  day  assistants.  Those  meetings  al- 
ways resulted  in  great  good,  and  all  the  churches  usually 
received  a  part  of  the  converts,  as  everything  connected  with 
those  meetings  was  in  perfect  union  and  God  honored  and 
blessed  them  all.  It  was  long  after  the  close  of  the  war 
before  the  fires  were  rekindled  on  those  sacred  grounds. 
During  those  days  the  railroad  was  built  and  South  Green- 
field was  located.  I  think  it  was  about  the  year  1880  that 
the  grounds  were  once  more  cleared  of  briars  and  rubbish 
and  the  meetings  re-established,  continuing  for  only  a  few 


122  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 


years,  during  which  time  the  South  Methodist  erected  a 
neat  church  just  north  of  the  shed,  where  they  worshiped 
until  the  congregation  constructed  and  carried  out  their 
plan  of  moving  their  House  of  Worship  to  the  new  town, 
now  South  Greenfield.  Soon  after  the  erection  of  the  church 
on  the  camp  ground,  there  was  a  Cumberland  Presbyterian 
church  organized  by  Rev.  "VV.  E.  Shaw,  consisting  of  thirteen 
members,  known  as  the  South  Greenfield  congregation  of 
Ozark  Presbytery.  The  new  organization  was  heartily  wel- 
come to  use  of  the  house,  where  they  worshiped  with  per- 
fect unity,  and  both  churches  prospered  and  worked  to- 
gether until  the  time  when  the  South  Methodists  were  ready 
to  move  their  house,  when  the  ten-acre  piece  of  land  that 
constituted  the  camp  ground  was  sold  to  the  Cumberland 
Presbyterian.  The  congregation  that  then  worshiped  there 
now  own  and  worship  in  a  house  built  soon  after,  on  or  near 
the  spot  from  which  the  other  house  stood.  Soon  after  the 
transfer  of  the  property  the  new  owners  set  about  re-estab- 
lishing the  camp  meetings.  Rev.  "VV.  E.  Shaw  preached  for 
this  new  Cumberland  Presbyterian  church  for  three  years, 
with  a  degree  of  success,  after  which  Rev.  J.  F.  Daughtrey 
and  Rev.  George  Harbor  were  pastors.  Under  their  labor 
the  church  became  so  much  strengthened  and  encouraged 
that  they  reorganized  the  camp  meetings  under  the  present 
plan  of  renting  tents  and  buildings,  a  restaurant,  and  set- 
ting a  time  limit  of  10  days  for  said  meetings.  I  failed  to 
remember  now  which  of  those  brethren,  Dauglitrey  or  Har- 
bor, was  first  after  myself  to  take  charge  of  the  church,  but 
the  Lord  blessed  and  prospered  the  work,  and  soon  the  en- 
campment became  a  great  annual  gathering  where  a  threat 
deal  of  good  was  accomplished,  when  the  question  of  fra- 
ternity and  union  with  the  Presbyterian  church  was  ac- 
complished in  11)0(5,  the  programs  having  already  been  made. 
The  divided  parties  went  forward,  and  the  encampment 
was  for  that  year  under  the  direction  of  the  union  element, 
but  the  ownership  of  the  property  was  legally  in  the  hands 
of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterians,  who  submitted  to  the 
tamp  meeting  plan  already  made,  Rev.  George  Harbor 
being  Superintendent  in  the  year  1907.  The  Cumberland 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  123 


Presbyterians  claimed  their  right  and  took  possession  of 
the  grounds.  Sam  W.  Cox,  the  leading  member  and  elder, 
having  wisely  made  the  conditions  of  the  purchase,  making 
each  donor  a  granloi  and  beneficiary  to  the  pi'operty,  to 
hold  in  trust  for  their  own  use  as  a  place  of  worship.  Since 
taking  hold  of  the  grounds,  the  management  has  continued 
each  year  to  go  forward  with  perfect  unity,  guaranteeing 
to  all  people  protection,  and  great  gatherings  have  annual- 
ly met  and  worshiped  God,  and  great  and  lasting  u'ood  lias 
been  the  result.  The  large  crowds  of  people  have  been 
estimated  at  from  five  to  eight  thousand  on  the  Sabbaths 
and  most  popular  days.  May  the  Lord  continue  the  great 
work. 

o 

HISTORY  OF  THE   CUMBERLAND   PRESBYTERIAN 
CHURCH  IN  GREENFIELD,  MISSOURI. 

by 
Mabelle  Robinson. 

The  Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church  of  Greenfield, 
Mo.,  was  organized  in  the  year  1839  by  Rev.  J.  D.  Mont- 
gomery. 

Tt  was  early  in  the  year  1855  that  that  great  man,  Rev. 
W.  J.  Garrett,  came  to  make  his  home  in  the  little  town  of 
Greenfield,  where  his  memory  will  ever  be  loved  and  held 
sacred  in  the  hearts  of  her  citizens.  Here  it  was  he  started 
a  boarding  school  which  resulted  in  Ozark  College  and 
finally  in  the  High  School  of  today. 

But  while  the  people  were  prospering  in  many  ways, 
they  were  in  one  sense  very  poor,  for  they  had  forgotten 
the  promise  in  that  great  Book  which  says,  "Seek  ye  first 
the  Kingdom  of  God  and  His  righteousness,  and  all  these 
things  (earthly  comforts)  shall  be  added  unto  you."  How- 
ever, it  was  not  the  will  of  God  that  the  Evil  One  should 
have  so  much  influence  in  this  locality,  so  Rev.  Garrett  was 
sent  to  preach  to  them  the  "Whosoever  will  Gospel"  loved 
so  much  by  every  true  Cumberland  Presbyterian. 


124 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Rev.  Garrett  for  some  time  preached  in  the  court 
house,  but  at  last  a  house  was  furnished  where  the  present 
Presbyterian  Church  stands.  Here  they  worshiped  for 
about  eight  years.  They  finally  decided  with  the  help  of 
God  to  build  a  new  church  and  sold  the  old  building  to  the 
Presbyterians. 

Rev.  Garrett,  Dr.  Bowles,  Eliot  Young  and  Peter  Van 
Osdell  were  a  few  of  the  leaders  who  helped  to  push  this 
enterprise  to  a  complete  and  victorious  ending.  To  get  the 
lumber  to  build  this  church  much  donation  work  was  done, 
the  logs  were  cut  and  brought  to  town  from  the  great  forest 
which  then  stood  just  north  of  town. 

It  was  in  September,  1868,  that  the  new  temple  was 
ready  to  be  dedicated  to  the  full  service  of  our  Lord  and 
Saviour,  Jesus  Christ.  Rev.  J.  N.  Edmiston  and  P.  J.  Reed 
conducted  the  Dedicatory  Services.  A  revival  had  been 
going  on  for  some  weeks  in  a  brush  harbor  just  north  of 
town.  This  was  moved  into  the  new  church  directly  after 
completion.  The  power  of  God  seemed  to  fill  the  congre- 
gation at  every  meeting.  The  Christians  were  comforted 
and  filled  with  a  great  joy,  while  the  sinners  fell  down  and 
wept  bitterly.  In  this  revival,  which  lasted  several  weeks, 
many,  many  precious  souls  were  brought  to  feel  the  pardon- 
ing love  of  our  Heavenly  Father. 

There  were  now  one  hundred  members  enrolled.  The 
following  are  some  of  the  early  preachers :  Rev.  Garrett, 
who  preached  about  thirty  years ;  Rev.  B.  F.  Logan,  ten 
years ;  Rev.  Dunlap,  Rev.  Brown  and  Rev.  R.  L.  Venice, 
four  years.  The  first  year  Rev.  Venice  was  pastor,  he  held 
revivals  within  which  about  seventy  professed.  Most  of 
these  were  young  men  from  the  college,  who  afterward 
united  with  the  church.  Following  Rev.  Venice  was  Rev. 
J.  P.  Campbell,  who  preached  two  years;  Rev.  George  Har- 
bor, one  year;  Rev.  Lowe,  six  months;  Rev.  Cheek,  one 
year;  Rev.  Fly,  eighteen  months,  and  Rev.  Pitts,  a  few 
months. 

Presbytery  has  been  entertained  here  quite  frequently 
and  the  Synod  of  Missouri  once,  about  thirty-three  years 
ago. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 125 

Our  present  pastor,  Rev.  W.  E.  Shaw,  was  ordained  in 
the  old  church  in  October,  1884.  Rev.  J.  F.  Daughtrey 
preached  one  year,  beginning  in  1893.  There  were  about 
twenty  conversions  recorded  in  this  year. 

Rev.  Johnston  was  pastor  when  the  union  question 
came  up.  He  went  union  and  preached  at  the  present  Pres- 
byterian Church  until  his  death.  The  Unionists  not  only 
took  many  members  with  them,  but  they  also  took  the  par- 
sonage, which  was  then  worth  about  $800. 

When  the  few  true  members  that  remained  had  some- 
what recovered  from  the  shock  which  this  calamity  had 
laid  upon  them,  they  found  that  they  were  about  fifteen 
strong,  for  "as  with  Gideon's  army,  God  can  accomplish 
much  with  little." 

It  is  here  that  much  praise  should  be  given  to  Rev.  R. 
S.  Ramsey  and  Rev.  J.  F.  Daughtrey,  who  came  to  the  res- 
cue of  the  little  congregation  in  Greenfield.  They  stood 
firmly  for  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  cause,  and  used 
all  their  influence  to  hold  the  church  together  until  Rev. 
W.  E.  Shaw  could  be  employed  as  pastor  at  the  fall  meet- 
ing of  Presbytery. 

Rev.  Shaw  took  up  the  shattered  work  beginning  in 
August,  1906,  and  ending  the  middle  of  the  year  1908.  Rev. 
Carr  then  took  up  the  work  for  two  years,  or  until  Rev. 
Shaw  could  come  back  to  carry  on  the  work  up  to  the  pres- 
ent time.  In  the  revival  which  Brother  Shaw  held  in  1907 
nearly  all  the  young  people  were  converted,  who  are  mem- 
bers of  the  church  today. 

In  the  spring  of  1913  the  two  churches,  the  Presby- 
terians and  Cumberland  Presbyterians,  compromised,  the 
Presbyterians  getting  $1,000  and  the  Cumberlaiicls  getting 
the  old  church  and  grounds. 

The  church  has  just  now  come  through  another  great 
struggle,  that  of  building  the  present  new  brick  church. 
Rev.  Shaw,  with  his  little  handful  of  workers,  not  only 
worked  for  this,  but  they  also  prayed  much  to  Him  who 
knows  no  such  a  thing  as  failure.  The  new  church  was 


126 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

dedicated  free  of  debt  May  23,  1915,  by  Rev.  J.  E.  Cortner, 
pastor  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  church  at  Marsh- 
field,  Mo. 

"With  the  dedication  of  the  church,  a  new  era  is  upon 
us,  with  new  duties,  new  conflicts,  new  trials  and  new  oppor- 
tunities ;  start  on  the  new  journey  with  Jesus  Christ,  to 
walk  with  Him,  to  work  for  Him,  and  to  win  souls  to  him. 
Know  "that  if  God  shuts  us  in  at  one  door,  it  is  only  to 
bring  us  out  at  another."  The  fact  that  the  church  in 
Greenfield  is  still  alive  and  prospering  is  a  sure  proof  that 
God  has  some  work  awaiting  it. 

o 

OBITUARY   OF   REV.  WILLIAM   RAMSEY 
BENNINGTON. 

Died,  at  his  residence  in  Greenfield,  on  Tuesday,  the 
8th  day  of  February,  1876,  of  acute  tuberculosis,  Rev.  "Wil- 
liam Ramsey  Bennington,  in  the  fifty-third  yea"  of  his  age. 

The  subject  of  the  above  notice  was  well  and  favorably 
known  to  most  every  citizen  of  Dade  County.  During  a 
residence  of  nearly  ten  years  here  he  had  endeared  himself 
to  almost  every  person  with  whom  he  came  in  contact. 

William  Ramsey  Bennington  was  born  in  Adams 
County,  Ohio,  on  the  loth  day  of  December,  in  the  year 
1824. 

He  became  a  Christian  at  an  ^nrly  age,  and  had 
preached  the  gospel  for  more  than  twenty  years.  At  the 
time  of  his  death  he  was  an  industrious  teacher  in  the  Cum- 
berland Presbyterian  Church.  In  this  cause  lie  was  ear- 
nest, fervent  and  devoted,  doing  more  than  his  failing 
physical  powers  would  justify.  Among  his  last  requests 
was  this:  "That  the  ministers  should  teach  more  indus- 
triously if  possible."  Many  will  long  remember  him  as 
one  who  was  always  ready  to  give  religious  instruction  and 
to  preach  the  gospel  of  salvation  to  his  fellow  men. 

lie  was  married  to  Priscilla  Wall  on  the  4th  of  Sep- 
tember, 1S42,  near  Xenia,  Greene  County,  Ohio.  They  had 
eight  children,  six  of  whom  are  living,  five  daughters  in  this 
county,  and  a  son  living  in  Joplin. 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  127 

He  removed  from  Ohio  to  Knox  County,  Missouri,  and 
settled  at  Edina  in  1855,  where  he  published  a  paper  called 
the  Knox  County  Argus,  for  a  short  time,  taught  in  the 
high  school  in  the  town  eight  years,  and  was  elected  Super- 
intendent of  public  schools  three  terms. 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  late  Civil  War  he  was  a 
strong  Union  man,  and  enlisted  in  the  army  and  served 
over  three  years.  He  saw  much  hard  service  under  Gen- 
erals Grant  and  Sherman  during  the  western  campaigns. 
He  received  several  severe  wounds,  the  effects  of  which 
hastened  his  death.  He  came  out  of  the  army  like  many 
other  gallant,  patriotic,  honest  soldiers,  broken  in  health 
and  fortune.  He  brought  his  family  and  settled  in  Dado 
County  in  the  year  1866,  where  he  had  been  engaged  in 
teaching  school  and  preaching  the  gospel  until  shortly  be- 
fore his  death,  when  he  was  compelled  to  give  up  his  labors 
from  the  effects  of  the  disease  which  had  been  preying  upon 
him  for  some  six  or  seven  weeks  before. 

He  was  the  County  School  Commissioner  at  the  time 
of  his  demise,  and  by  his  loss  the  schools  of  the  county 
are  deprived  of  an  earnest,  faithful  and  efficient  laborer  in 
the  cause  of  education. 

Mr.  Bennington  was  possessed  of  a  very  liberal  edu- 
cation, and  had  done  much  to  advance  the  public  schools 
of  our  county. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  bodies  of  Greenfield, 
and  requested  to  be  buried  according  to  the  rites  of  the 
order.  In  his  death  the  lodges  lose  a  good  man.  This  com- 
munity is  deprived  of  a  valuable  citizen,  the  churches  of 
an  earnest  and  faithful  teacher,  and  his  family  of  a  kind 
and  indulgent  husband  and  parent. 

In  these  times  of  selfish  greed  and  unprincipled  rush 
to  acquire  wealth,  it  does  the  soul  good  to  contemplate  the 
character  of  one  so  pure  and  disinterested  as  was  that  of  the 
deceased.  And  dying  in  the  triumphant  hope  of  life  eternal, 
he  thought  to  exhort  his  ministerial  brethren  to  more  ear- 
nest work,  to  ask  his  friends  and  relatives  to  live  so  as  to 
meet  him  in  that  land  from  whose  bourn  no  traveler  returns. 


128  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

And  as  his  life  was  an  example  of  how  a  Christian  should 
live,  so  was  his  death  a  shining  example  of  how  a  Christian 
should  die. 

The  Burial  of  Professor  Bennington. — Professor  Ben- 
nington  was  buried  by  the  Masonic  bodies  of  Greenfield. 
There  were  a  very  large  number  of  Masons  present,  and 
the  Knights  Templar  turned  out  in  uniform.  The  proces- 
sion repaired  to  the  late  residence  of  the  deceased  and  es- 
corted the  body  to  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church, 
where  Rev.  Mr.  Garrett  preached  the  funeral  discourse.  The 
church  was  jammed  full  of  the  school  children  and  citizens 
from  all  parts  of  the  county,  and  fully  one-half  could  not 
even  find  standing  room  inside.  After  the  funeral  discourse 
the  procession  repaired  to  the  cemetery,  where  the  body 
was  deposited  according  to  the  rites  of  Masonry.  After 
returning  to  the  lodge  appropriate  resolutions  were  adopt- 
ed, a  copy  of  which  are  given  below. 

At  a  meeting  of  Washington  Lodge  No.  87,  A.  F.  &  A. 
M.,  Thursday,  Feb.  1.0th,  1876,  the  following  preamble  and 
resolutions  were  adopted: 

Whereas,  It  has  pleased  the  Supreme  Architect  of  the 
Universe  to  remove  from  our  midst  to  that  undiscovered 
country  from  whose  bourn  no  traveler  returns,  our  beloved 
brother,  William  R.  Bennington;  therefore,  be  it 

Itcsolve.d,  That  in  the  death  of  our  brother  the  com- 
munity has  sustained  the  loss  of  an  honorable,  upright  and 
exemplary  citizen,  the  church  has  been  deprived  of  a  pillar 
and  ornament,  the  cause  of  education  an  intelligent,  ener- 
getic and  zealous  worker,  the  fraternity  an  esteemed  and 
dearly  beloved  brother,  whose  example  has  ever  guided  in 
the  paths  of  virtue  and  truth.  Be  it  further 

Hcxolrcd,  That  we  tender  to  his  bereaved  family  our 
sincere  condolence  in  this,  their  hour  of  great  tribulation, 
and  accord  to  them  our  heart-felt  sympathies,  as  a  token  of 
respect  to  the  memory  of  our  deceased  brother,  that  the 
lodge  and  jewels  be  draped  in  mourning,  and  that  we  wear 
the  usual  badge  of  mourning  for  thirty  days.  Be  it  further 


.1.  (  .  snoi  si;  AND  i)  \i  (;n  i  i;i:. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 129 

Resolved,  That  these  resolutions  be  spread  upon  the 
records,  and  a  copy  duly  certified  under  the  seal  of  the 
Lodge  be  furnished  the  family  of  our  deceased  brother. 

V.  MOON, 

JOHN  D.  PARKINSON, 
JOHN  A.  READY, 

Committee. 


EBENEZER  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 

by 
Aaron  D.  States. 

This  church,  the  oldest  of  its  denomination  in  South- 
west Missouri,  was  organized  June  4,  1842,  with  twenty- 
eight  members.  When  the  Rev.  J.  W.  Bell,  who  presided 
at  the  organization,  asked  the  members  what  name  they 
desired  to  call  their  church,  John  M.  Rankin  arose  and  in 
a  voice  trembling  with  emotion  said,  "Let  it  be  Ebenezer, 
for  hitherto  the  Lord  hath  helped  us."  The  church  then 
belonged  to  what  was  known  as  the  old  school  branch  of 
the  Presbyterian  family. 

The  charter  members  were  John  and  Polly  Rankin, 
Margaret  Rankin,  Nathan  Wilkerson  and  Nathan  Wilker- 
son,  Sr.,  Rebecca  Wilkerson,  Jane  Wilkerson,  Nancy  Morris, 
John  Tarbot,  Mary  Tarbot,  Jacob  Montgomery,  Rachel 
Montgomery,  Anna  Montgomery,  Nancy  S.  Davidson,  W. 
W.  Rankin,  Margaret  Oerdner,  James  Sharp,  Alfred  Cow- 
an, Hannah,  a  negro  slave,  Mary  Weir,  Betsy  Wilkerson, 
Sarah  Wilkerson,  Nancy  Bokers,  Thomas  Ross,  Sarah  C. 
Ross,  Margaret  "Rutdledge  and  George  Rutdledge.  The 
first  families  composing  the  membership  were  mostly  from 
Virginia  and  Tennessee. 

The  first  elders  were  Nathan  Wilkerson,  Sr.,  Jacob 
Montgomery  and  John  M.  Rankin.  The  church  was  without 
a  pastor  the  first  two  years  of  its  existence,  and  the  elders 
exercised  care  over  the  congregation,  maintaining  regular 
services. 

The  first  minister  to  take  charge  of  the  church  was 
Valentine  Pentzer,  \vho  came  in  1844  and  remained  three 


130  HiSTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

years.  He  was  also  employed  as  principal  of  the  Green- 
field Academy,  one  of  the  oldest  schools  in  the  entire  coun- 
try for  higher  education.  He  was  a  charter  member  of 
the  Washington  Masonic  lodge  at  Greenfield.  On  leaving 
here  he  went  to  Illionis,  where  he  died  in  1849  at  the  early 
age  of  thirty-eight  years.  Mr.  Pentzer  was  a  very  able 
man,  a  good  sermonizer,  a  splendid  teacher,  and  he  did 
much  for  the  cause  of  education  while  here. 

Mr.  Pentzer 's  successor  was  the  late  Rev.  John  Mc- 
Farland,  a  man  of  deep  piety  and  sterling  worth,  who  came 
to  the  church  in  1848  and  remained  its  pastor  until  1860. 
Mr.  McFarland  had  a  great  influence  in  moulding  early 
Presbyterianism  in  the  entire  Southwest,  and  there  are 
many  still  living  who  delight  to  speak  of  the  man  and  his 
work  to  this  day.  During  his  ministry  the  first  house  of 
worship  was  erected  in  1854.  It  was  built  of  brick  and  it 
stood  on  the  same  lot  the  present  building  stands,  but  it  was 
back  farther  from  the  street.  The  erection  of  the  first- 
church  building  was  made  possible  by  the  generous  gift 
of  $600  from  Elder  James  M.  Mitchell.  Another  liberal 
giver  was  ''Aunt  Hannah"  Cowen,  an  old  slave.  The  pio- 
neers were  mostly  poor  and  there  seems  to  have  been  a 
scarcity  of  money  at  that  time.  Hearing  the  solicitor  of 
the  building  fund  speak  to  her  master  of  the  difficulty  in 
raising  money,  "Aunt  Hannah"  walked  into  the  room  with 
a  half  dollar  in  her  hand,  which  she  had  saved  from  her 
scanty  wage,  and  handing  it  to  the  solicitor,  she  said,  "Will 
this  buy  a  brick?" 

Mary  McFarland,  the  minister's  gifted  and  devoted 
wife,  was  an  important  active  factor  in  the  work  of  this 
period.  She  was  not  only  interested  in  the  work  of  the  local 
church,  but  in  the  wider  field  of  missions,  and  she  was  one 
of  the  first  advocates  of  the  Woman's  Presbyterian  Mission- 
ary Society.  She  was  educated  at  the  famous  school  of 
Mary  Lyon,  Holyoke,  Mass.  When  Mr.  McFarland  retired 
from  the  pastorate  of  the  Ebenezer  church,  a  little  log  school 
house  was  built  on  their  farm,  two  miles  north  of  Green- 
field. This  school  was  sometimes  called  Brush  College. 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 131 

It  is  said  it  was  the  only  school  in  the  Southwest  that  sur- 
vived the  Civil  War.  When  some  of  the  soldiers  who  have 
been  her  students  at  the  beginning  of  the  war  returned  to 
their  homes,  they  went  back  to  Mrs.  McFarland's  school. 
It  is  said  they  found  being  spelled  down  by  the  smaller 
students  was  about  as  disagreeable  a  sensation  as  being 
shot  down  by  the  enemy.  Thomas  A.  Miller,  now  mayor 
of  Aurora,  was  a  one-time  student  at  Brush  College.  Both 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  McFarland  are  buried  in  the  Weir  cemetery, 
near  the  home  in  which  they  lived  for  thirty-seven  years. 
These  most  excellent  people,  people  of  culture,  true  relig- 
ion and  patriotic  service,  will  never  be  forgotten  by  the 
people  whom  they  served.  Mrs.  McFarland  was  loved  by 
young  and  old  alike,  everybody  delighted  in  her  companion- 
ship, everybody  held  her  in  the  very  highest  esteem.  She 
was  one  of  the  sweetest  mothers  of  Israel. 

The  Rev.  W.  R.  Fulton  was  a  third  pastor  of  this 
church.  His  pastorate  was  the  longest  in  its  history,  ex- 
tending from  1861  to  1878.  Under  his  faithful  ministry, 
the  church  survived  the  ravages  of  the  Civil  War  better 
than  any  other  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  entire  area  of 
South  Missouri.  In  1866  this  church  had  forty  members 
and  it  was  the  strongest  church  in  the  Presbytery  in  this 
section  of  the  State.  The  old  Fulton  home  is  still  standing. 
It  has  been  remodeled  and  repaired,  yet  it  is  where  the  Ful- 
tons  lived,  and  in  that  house  Elizabeth  Parkinson,  the 
noted  singer,  was  born.  That  home  is  now  owned  and  occu- 
pied by  Wood  Edwards  and  family. 

The  Rev.  George  H.  Williamson  was  pastor  of  this 
church  from  1882  to  1885.  During  this  period  of  pastorate 
the  main  building  of  the  present  edifice  was  constructed 
under  his  charge.  Mr.  Williamson  is  well  known  in  nearly 
every  section  of  the  Southwest.  He  is  a  strong,  forceful 
pulpit  man,  and  during  his  real  working  days  he  never 
knew  when  to  stop.  He  had  built  many  monuments  to  his 
memory  in  the  Southwest. 

One  reason  this  church  has  become  so  well  established 
is  that  it  has  had  several  long  pastorates.  One  of  these 


132 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

was  that  of  John  R.  Gass,  who  was  with  the  church  from 
1891  to  1898,  seven  years.  On  account  of  Mrs.  Gass's  health 
he  resigned  and  went  to  New  Mexico  for  a  change  of  cli- 
mate. He  is  now  Synodical  Superintendent  of  Missions  for 
that  State.  Mr.  Gass  is  one  of  the  deepest  and  most  pro- 
found thinkers  in  his  church,  and  his  sermons  and  lectures 
are  gems  of  rich  thought  supported  by  a  devotion  to  truth 
and  a  desire  to  reach  the  highest  ideals.  His  character  is 
strong,  his  knowledge  of  matters  and  things  keen,  and  ever 
ready  for  use.  He  is  devout,  sincere — just  all  man. 

Other  ministers  who  have  been  with  this  church  for 
over  a  year  are  Benjamin  F.  Powellson,  1879  to  1882; 
Willis  G.  Banker,  1887  to  1890;  William  G.  Moore,  a  most 
excellent  and  devoted  man,  1889  to  1902;  Rev.  J.  E.  John- 
son, 1905  to  1909.  The  latter  took  charge  of  the  joint  con- 
gregations of  the  Ebenezer  and  Cumberland  Presbyterian 
churcnes,  a  relation  that  was  terminated  by  his  death.  The 
present  pastor,  Rev.  Edmund  S.  Brownlee,  has  been  in  the 
field  since  the  first  of  September,  1909.  Mr.  Brownlee  is  a 
man  of  strong  character  and  fitness  for  all  his  work.  He  is 
a  man  who  knows  how  to  meet  other  men  and  to  give  each 
man  that  which  is  justly  due  him;  he  is  a  great  strength  to 
his  church  and  a  strong,  active  citizen.  Since  its  organiza- 
tion, the  church  has  given  eight  of  its  sons  to  the  ministry. 
W.  M.  Mitchell,  S.  W.  Mitchell,  J.  N.  Rankin,  Joseph  W. 
Scroggs,  L.  M.  Scroggs,  W.  A.  McMinn,  Joseph  Johnson 
and  Samuel  F.  Wilson. 

In  this  historic  church  the  Presbytery  of  Ozark  and  the 
Women's  Presbyterial  Society  have  had  their  birth,  the 
former  September  29,  1870,  the  latter  1876.  Here,  too,  at 
the  reunion  of  the  Presbyterian  and  Cumberland  Presby- 
terian churches,  the  new  Presbytery  of  Ozark  was  organized 
June  18,  1907. 

GREENFIELD  CHRISTIAN  CHURCH. 

by 
Aaron  D.  States. 

In  the  beginning  of  the  eighties,  Elder  Morgan  Mor- 
gans, an  evangelist  of  the  Christian  Church,  came  to  Green- 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  133 

field  and  hold  a  religious  debate  with  Rev.  George  W.  Brown 
of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  faith.  The  debate  was  held 
in  the  Cook  Pool  Hall,  and  some  of  the  preaching  was  held 
there,  too.  The  Presbyterian  people  tendered  their  church 
to  the  new  faith  members,  for  a  part  of  the  time. 

Elder  Morgans  was  considered  one  of  the  strong  men 
of  the  ministry  in  his  day,  and  he  was  a  very  forceful  speak- 
er There  were  but  few  people  in  Greenfield  and  adjacent 
country  at  that  time  who  were  of  that  faith,  and  religious 
prejudice  was  rife.  The  organization  of  the  church  was 
completed  on  January  1st,  1882.  It  was  perfected  by  the 
late  Elder  AY.  B.  Cochran,  who  did  much  evangelistic  work 
in  this  section  prior  to  and  after  the  organization  was  com- 
pleted. Elder  Cochran  deserves  much  credit  for  what  he 
accomplished  during  the  early  years  of  the  church  in  this 
section  of  Missouri.  His  effective  work  at  Greenfield,  Cave 
Spring  and  Dadeville  will  live  with  time. 

The  present  church  building  was  erected  in  1884.  Too 
much  credit  cannot  be  given  to  William  Mayes,  who  at  that 
time  was  one  of  the  most  active  and  effectual  workers  for 
the  church.  His  ability  to  advise  ways  and  means,  and  his 
ability  to  raise  funds,  enabled  the  young  congregation  to 
accomplish  much.  He  is  still  living.  He  lives  at  the  home 
of  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Henry  Lawrence,  at  Sarcoxie.  Though 
pretty  feeble,  he  still  retains  a  good  memory,  and  he  de- 
lights in  the  fact  that  he  had  an  integral  part  in  the  early 
history  of  the  church  in  Greenfield.  The  late  Joel  T.  Hem- 
bree,  Sarah  J.  Hembree,  his  wife,  J.  F.  Ackers  and  wife, 
J.  K.  Grider,  Lovis  Depee  and  wife,  Mrs.  Mary  Pyle,  Miss 
Syra  Pyle,  Mary  E.  Bailey,  E.  D.  Hamner,  AY'.  T/Hamner 
and  Mrs.  N.  X.  Higgins  were  the  charter  members. 

The  memory  of  the  Hamners  still  lingers  in  the  minds 
of  all  who  were  connected  with  the  church  up  to  the  time 
of  their  death.  Air.  Hamner  was  a  long-time  elder  in  this 
congregation  and  he  was  a  great,  good  and  grand  old  man. 
Mother  Hamner  was  considered  one  of  the  noble  women  of 
the  community.  Her  memory  will  never  wane  in  this  con- 
gregation of  the  church.  They  are  now  sleeping  in  the 


134 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

silent,  yet  talkative,  city  a  few  paces  to  the  east  of  the 
church  they  helped  to  found  and  the  church  they  loved. 
Their  son,  Prof.  Thomas  Hamner,  a  bright  educator  and 
one  of  the  strongest  in  character  the  town  ever  produced/ 
sleeps  beside  his  parents.  His  death  occurred  only  recently, 
in  another  country,  and  his  body  was  brought  here  for 
burial.  The  life  of  Prof.  Thomas  Hamner  wras  one  of  true 
devotion  to  principle  and  to  high  ideals.  His  educational 
worth,  both  in  Greenfield  and  in  Texas,  as  well  as  in  other 
districts,  will  stand  for  a  long  time  as  a  monument  to  his 
splendid  abilities. 

It  was  expedient  for  the  young  congregation  to  send 
for  Morgan  Morgans  to  dedicate  their  new  church  building. 
It  was  dedicated  in  June,  1884.  That  was  a  great  day  for 
the  now  church,  which,  at  that  time,  had  a  promising  future. 
It  has  passed  through  many  changes,  yet  it  has  become 
stronger  and  better  each  year.  On  April  1st,  1891,  the  edi- 
tor of  this  history  was  called  to  this  church,  from  his  home 
at  Fort  Scott,  Kansas,  to  hold  a  short  meeting.  The  meet- 
ing began  that  night  and  continued  three  weeks,  resulting 
in  several  additions  to  the  church.  The  next  year  Mr.  States 
was  called  to  the  pastorate,  to  hold  the  place  until  a  suitable 
pastor  could  be  obtained.  During  that  year  many  more  took 
membership  with  the  congregation.  He  was  followed  by 
Elder  McQueary,  a  very  able  man,  a  man  who  thoroughly 
understood  the  plea  of  the  church,  and  he  did  a  great  deal 
of  good.  lie  was  followed  by  Elder  Adcock,  who  held  the 
place  a  little  over  a  year.  After  him  came  Elders  McLaugh- 
lin,  George  Williams  and  Cochran.  The  present  pastor  is 
Rev.  E.  ().  Sweaney.  He  is  a  capable  minister,  strong  in- 
tellectually, broad  in  scope  and  true  at  heart.  The  church 
never  had  a  better  young  minister  than  Rev.  E.  O.  Sweaney. 

Elder  Warren  was  the  pastor  during  the  first  year  of 
the  ninties.  His  work  was  very  effectual  for  good.  His 
congregations  were  always  large.  The  people  love  to  hear 
him.  Then  there  was  Rev.  Sam  I.  Smith,  perhaps  the  most 
brilliant  young  minister  who  ever  delighted  a  Greenfield 
audience.  He  did  a  good  work.  The  very  first  ministers 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  135 

were  N.  R.  Davis,  T.  E.  Shepherd  and  J.  C.  Davis.  Elder 
Cochran  was  called  the  second  time  during1  the  early  his- 
tory of  the  congregation. 

This  church  has  been  unfortunate  in  not  having  very 
Jong  pastorates.  It  is  a  conceded  fact  that  where  there  are 
long  pastorates  more  and  greater  good  can  be  accomplished, 
but  the  church  is  gradually  growing  up  to  that  standard  of 
churches  that  recognize  merit,  and  is  willing  to  sacrifice, 
if  necessary,  to  support  the  church  in  all  of  its  work.  The 
present  membership  is  one  hundred  thirty-three.  The  pres- 
ent Board  of  Elders  and  Deacons  is  as  follows : 

Elders— I.  J.  Martin,  J.  C.  Shouse,  A.  0.  Litchfield,  J. 
H.  Bell. 

Deacons — Prof.  E.  H.  Ca render,  P.  R.  Montgomery, 
Tim  Gillaspie,  Clyde  Hartfield,  Don  LaFoon,  Giles  Holman, 
Linville  Higgins,  M.  C.  Ritchey. 


DADEVILLE  CHRISTIAN  CHURCH. 

by 
Aaron  D.  States. 

The  first  congregation  of  the  church  in  the  Dadeville 
district  was  at  what  is  still  known  as  Pisgah.  There  is  an 
old  cemetery  near  where  the  old  church  stood,  in  which  rest 
many  of  the  first  settlers  of  Dade  County.  Some  of  the 
headstones  are  dim  with  age.  The  second  congregation 
was  at  Cave  Springs. 

The  oldest  Christian  Church  is  the  one  at  Dadeville. 
It  was  organized  in  1839,  three  years  before  there  was  a 
Dade  County.  James  Hembree  and  wife,  and  Xancy  Ilem- 
bree,  were  among  the  charter  members.  Matilda  Hembree 
was  also  one  of  the  first  members.  The  congregation  was 
organized  by  Elder  Hazelton,  an  old-fashioned,  old-time 
minister,  who  sowed  seed  that  is  still  bearing  fruit. 

The  new  membership  did  not  believe  in  any  kind  of  a 
musical  instrument  in  the  house  of  worship,  and  no  instru- 
ment was  allowed  in  that  building,  or  in  the  building  suc- 
ceeding the  first  one,  until  recent  years,  when  many  of  the 


136 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

younger  portion  of  the  church  sought  to  be  a  little  more 
modern.  The  organ  is  now  used  in  both  church  and  Sun- 
day School  services.  This  church,  desoite  its  various  strug- 
gles, has  accomplished  much  good.  One  of  the  chief  char- 
acteristics connected  with  this  church  was  a  strong  desire 
for  public  debate.  Many  of  the  strongest  intellects  in  the 
church  have  met  the  strong  of  other  churches  in  debate  at 
Dadeville.  The  early  fathers  of  that  congregation  believed 
strongly  that  the  best  way  to  get  the  plea  of  their  church 
before  the  people  was  through  the  channels  of  controversy. 
That  idea  is  still  manifest  among  many  of  the  present  mem- 
bership. 

There  is  no  question  but  what  these  friendly  conten- 
tions accomplished  much  in  those  early  days  in  the  forma- 
tion of  the  various  congregations  of  this  church  in  Dade 
County,  and,  at  one  time,  no  congregation  of  this  church 
thought  a  minister  really  orthodox  unless  he  was  ready  to 
affirm  or  deny  at  any  moment,  and  unless  he  was  willing 
to  meet  a  minister  of  another  church  in  public  convention. 
Happily  that  age  is  fast  passing,  and  ere  long  the  matter 
of  religious  debate  will  only  be  a  matter  of  history. 

This  old  mother  church  has  had  some  of  the  best  min- 
isterial talent  the  church  could  supply.  Many  of  the  old 
fathers  have  stood  in  that  pulpit  and  proclaimed  the  gos- 
pel of  truth.  It  has  been  a  power  for  good  in  all  relation- 
ships that  have  entered  into  the  religious  and  social  makeup 
of  the  community. 

After  the  year  185,3  the  congregation  at  Dadeville  de- 
cided to  build  a  house  of  worship.  It  was  a  frame  struc- 
ture. In  I860  they  built  a  log  meeting  house  at  Cave 
Springs,  and  in  188G  they  built  the  present  structure,  in 
which  they  have  worshiped  all  these  years.  The  present 
pastor  is  J.  R.  Crank.  The  early  pastors  of  the  church 
were  Hlders  llazelton,  Mcl>ride,  Harlam,  Mulkey,  Xathanial 
Fisk,  \V.  P>.  Coehran,  Davis  and  Randall. 

OTHER  CHRISTIAN  CHURCHES—THE   CHURCH  AT 

ANTIOCH. 

The  next  oldest  church  of  this  faith  in  Dade  County  is 
over  at  Antioch.  It  was  organized  on  the  second  Lord's 


iti:x.    \\ .    i-:.   snxxx, 
I.XTHKK   AND  MOT  HI  K. 


BRIG.    GEX.    LEAVIS    RKXFRO,    U.    (  .    V. 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  137 

day  in  May,  1884,  and  has  never  closed  its  doors  from  the 
first  opening  until  now,  except,  perhaps,  a  few  times  during 
the  Civil  War. 

The  first  meeting  house  was  constructed  out  of  logs, 
and  it  had  a  huge  fireplace  on  one  side  of  the  room  that 
gave  it  the  necessary  heat  in  winter  for  the  comfort  of  the 
people.  Elder  Harland  Mulkey  was  one  of  the  pioneer  min- 
isters of  this  congregation.  He  was  a  most  lovable  disciple 
of  the  Christian  faith.  His  voice  was  one  of  the  sweetest 
ever  heard  in  song,  and  his  life  was  filled  with  precious 
acts  and  noble  deeds.  Elder  Allen  Scott  was  another  pio- 
neer minister,  and  there  are  a  few  still  living  in  that  vicin- 
ity who  remember  his  good  work  and  his  splendid  charac- 
ter. Elder  Willis  was  also  one  of  their  early  ministers. 
In  this  community  is  where  the  Stampers,  Saters,  the  Wil- 
lises, the  Gambles,  the  Mallorys  and  the  Funks  lived.  All 
these  families  have  much  to  do  in  the  making  of  the  early 
history  of  that  portion  of  Dacle  County. 

Uncle  Bud  Scott,  the  man  whose  death,  a  little  over 
a  year  ago,  was  mourned  by  all  the  people,  was  a  member 
of  this  congregation.  He  was  a  great  good  man.  The 
Greenfield  Advocate  published  an  extended  account  of  his 
life  history,  a  few  weeks  before  his  death.  The  Antioch 
church  has  been  a  builder  of  history.  In  a  very  early  day, 
about  the  time  of  the  inception  of  the  church,  the  Antioch 
people  decided  that  they  would  hold  a  home  coming  meet- 
ing during  the  month  of  August  of  every  year.  This 
they  did  until  recent  years,  and,  it  wac;  very  much  re- 
gretted when  the  church  decided  to  discontinue  these  an- 
nual functions.  Their  yearly  affairs  used  to  bring  people 
from  other  states  and  the  people  of  the  entire  southern 
part  of  Dade  and  the  northern  part  of  Lawrence,  counties, 
attended  to  almost  the  entire  of  the  population.  Usually  a 
good  and  efficient  minister  was  employed  to  conduct  these 
services.  A  huge  brush  shed  was  built  near  the  church 
building  in  which  the  daily  meetings  were  held.  Every 
member  and  citizen  of  that  entire  country  would  bring-  a 
basket  well  filled  at  every  session  during  the  week.  They, 
indeed,  observed  a  real  feast,  hungry  for  something  to 


138  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

oat,  and  hungry  for  the  preaching  and  practice  of  the 
Gospel.  After  the  old  log  meeting  house  there  came  a 
very  commodious  frame  church  building  a  little  after  the 
Civil  War,  which  stood  until  recent  years,  when  it  was 
remodeled  and  improved,  making  it  one  of  the  most  sightly 
and  most  modern  country  buildings  in  all  the  country. 
This  church  was  also  rather  opposed  to  any  sort  of  mus- 
ical instrument  for  a  great  number  of  years,  but,  at  the 
present  time  they  have  an  organ  in  their  church  and  it  is 
used  at  every  service.  The  late  (Uncle)  Charlie  Sater,  and 
Perry  Karris  deserve  a  special  mtnt:on  in  connection  with 
the  Antioch  Church.  The  former  was  always  ready  to  lend 
a  hand  and  the  latter  took  great  Interest  in  the  music. 
His  family  were  nearly  all  musicians.  The  widow  still 
lives  in  Greenfield. 

Woodward  was  one  of  the  sweet  singers  of  Israel  and 
he  took  great  interest  in  the  yearly  meetings.  One  of  the 
sweetest  singers  ever  heard,  one  whose  voice  was  full  of 
sweet  melody  without  a  single  discord,  was  the  late  David 
D.  Pottenger  of  Ash  Grove.  He  often  went  to  Antioch  and 
lead  the  song  service.  He  was  known  all  over  the  south- 
west as  the  leader  of  song,  and  though  dead  for  many 
years,  still  lives  in  the  memories  of  hundreds  of  people. 

Antioch  Church  Record. — Mrs.  Tosie  Scott  at  Penns- 
boro  found  an  old  Antioch  Church  record  which  she 
loaned  to  the  editor  of  this  history  from  which  we  quote: 

"A  list  of  the  membership  names  of  the  people,  who 
comprise  the  membership  of  the  Church  of  Christ  at 
Antioch  Meeting  House,  Dade  County,  Missouri.  This 
church  was  organized  the  second  Lord's  Day  in  May,  1884. 
(iiven  under  my  hand  and  seal  this,  the  7th  day  of  Novem- 
ber, 1868. 

R.T.WILLIS,  Elder." 

This  congregation  proceeded  a<  once  to  build  a  church 
house,  tlu-  day  it  was  organized  and  the  church  appointed 
Charles  Cox  and  John  Adams  to  receive  and  hold  the  deed 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  139 

to  ono  acre  of  ground  where  the  church  now  stands. 
These  commissioners  having  removed  from  the  vicinity  of 
the  church  John  Gamble  and  Charles  Sater  were  appointed 
successors  of  Cox  and  Adams. 

Signed,   R.   T.   WILLIS,  Elder. 

During  the  late  war  the  original  membership  list  was 
partly  destroyed  and  a  complete  roll  of  membership  from 
the  beginning  until  the  present  is  not  obtainable.  The 
record  was  the  property  of  the  late  Uncle  Bud  Scott,  one 
of  the  early  members,  and  it  was  found  in  his  belongings 
soon  after  his  death  a  year  ago.  Elder  Willis  was  one  of 
the  first  pastors  of  this  congregation. 

The  Church  at  Arcola.— The  late  Rev.  AY  B.  Cochran 
organized  a  church  at  Arcola  or,  January  1,  1882.  S.  H. 
Bales  and  wife,  AY.  P.  AYhitley  and  wife,  William  Lewis 
and  wife,  Ebev  E.  White  and  wife  were  listed  among  the 
first  members.  The  late  John  G.  Sloan  was  an  early  mem- 
ber of  this  congregation  as  was  his  wife.  Mrs.  Bales  is 
now  a  member  of  the  Greenfield  congregation. 

The  present  church  building  was  erected  and  dedi- 
cated during  the  year  of  1885  Rev.  W.  B.  Cochran 
preached  the  dedication  sermon.  Some  of  the  early  min- 
isters: Elder  W  H.  Watson,  who  now  lives  at  Everton; 
Elder  John  AY.  Randall,  one  of  the  true  saints  of  his 
time;  Elder  AY.  H.  Bryan.  This  church  holds  regular 
services  most  of  the  time. 

Dr.  R.  M.  Crutcher,  one  of  the  leading  citizens  and 
physicians  of  Dade  county,  has  been  a  member  of  this 
congregation  for  a- long  time,  and  he  has  devoted  his  time 
and  means  to  its  upbuild  much  to  the  credit  of  the  church. 
He  is  still  very  active  in  church  work,  his  good  wife  has 
been  a  support  to  the  church  in  an  unpretentious  way. 
There  are  no  better  women  than  Mrs.  Crutcher. 

There  is  great  need  of  church  federation  in  Arcola. 
AYhen  once  this  is  accomplished  they  can  be  in  position  to 
employ  a  good  minister  and  have  preaching  service  every 
Sunday,  with  their  minister  living  in  their  midst.  The 
Arcola  District  is  peopled  with  the  right  sort  of  folks 


140  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

and  when  once  they  are  convinced  that  church  federation 
is  for  their  good,  it  will  not  be  very  long  until  that  very 
thing  will  be  accomplished.  Some  of  the  very  best  citi- 
zens, in  other  Dade  county  districts  used  to  live  in  the 
Arcola  country.  Many  of  them  still  remain  there  ready  to 
adopt  any  good  measure  that  comes  their  way.  Elder  W. 
PI.  Watson  deserves  much  credit  for  the  upbuild  of  the 
Arcola  church.  Pie  is  one  of  the  oldest  ministers  in  south 
Missouri. 

The  Church  at  White  Oak. — One  of  the  strongest  mem- 
berships of  the  church  was  at  one  time  over  at  White  Oak 
School  House  some  three  miles  north  and  a  little  east  of 
Seybert.  The  membership  as  high  as  one  hundred  and 
eighty. 

This  congregation  was  organized  in  1871  by  Elders 
E.  Goodnight  and  William  Pyle.  Elder  Goodnight  was 
the  father  of  the  late  James  Goodnight  who  is  well  remem- 
bered in  both  Dadeville  and  Greenfield  districts.  Elder 
Goodnight  and  William  Pyle  were  pioneer  ministers  of  this 
faith,  and  they  accomplished  much  for  the  cause  they 
represented.  The  White  Oak  congregation  worshipped 
in  the  school  house  until  recent  years  when  there  was 
erected  a  beautiful  little  church  building  at  Seybert.  This 
gives  the  congregation  a  permanent  home. 

The  elders  of  the  church  were  William  Pyle,  John 
Wilkson,  F.  M.  Wilson,  D.  W.  Duncan,  J.  A.  Fox,  F.  M. 
Montgomery  and  William  PJ.  Grisham. 

Back  in  the  early  nineties  Elder  Aaron  D. -States  held 
a  revival  meeting  for  the  White  Oak  congregation  that  re- 
sulted in  adding  many  new  members  to  their  church  roll. 
It  is  said  to  be  one  of  the  best  and  most  effectual  meetings 
that  congregation  ever  enjoyed.  At  that  time  Ed.  Mont- 
gomery, l\  II.  Montgomery,  Cal.  Wilson,  W.  L.  Grisham, 
James  A.  Fox,  and  many  others  devoted  their  time  and 
energy  to  the  success  of  the  church.  P.  PI.  Montgomery 
has  been  a  citizen  of  Greenfield  many  years  and  Ed.  Mont- 
gomery has  been  a  citizen  of  Canada  for  the  past  ten  years. 
p]lder  William  Watson  had  much  to  do  in  building  the 
White  Oak  congregation. 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  141 

The  Church  at  Bona. — In  May,  1868  a  congregation 
of  the  Christian  Church  was  organized  at  Bona  some  six 
miles  north  of  Dadeville,  by  Elder  W.  L.  George,  S.  H.  Per- 
kins, J.  Cyrus  Lindley,  Samuel  Baker,  J.  A.  Freeze,  John 
Long  and  W.  R.  Allen  as  charter  members. 

Mr.  Allen  was  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  that  sec- 
tion of  Dade  county  and  one  of  the  most  devoted  men  of 
the  church.  He  lived  in  the  Cane  Hill  district. and  in  after 
years  there  was  a  church  organized  at  Flint  Hill,  near  the 
Allen  home.  He  became  identified  with  the  new  congre- 
gation soon  after  its  organization.  Mr.  Allen  was  truly 
a  great,  good  old  man,  one  of  the  strongest  and  most  be- 
loved of  that  entire  community,  both  at  Bona  and  Flint 
Hill.  He  is  remembered  by  a  multitude  of  people  until 
this  day  though  he  has  been  dead  a  number  of  years. 

The  name  of  J.  Cyrus  Lindley  will  never  fade  from 
the  history  of  the  Bona  Church  and  district.  His  life 
was  too  full  of  good  deeds  and  acts  to  ever  be  forgotten. 
A  man  of  large  affairs,  a  tender  heart  and  a  devotion  to 
both  church  and  to  his  fellow  man  made  him  an  ideal  citi- 
zen. The  Bona  church  is  sometimes  called  the  Lindley 
church  in  his  memory.  It  is  true  he  had  much  to  do  in  the 
organization  and  the  uplift  of  that  congregation  from  the 
day  of  its  inception  until  the  day  of  his  death.  When  he 
died  an  entire  district,  irrespective  of  party  or  creed,  went 
into  mourning  and  many  of  them  are  still  sad  on  account 
of  his  going.  (See  biographical  note.) 

In  1887  a  church  building  was  erected  and  it  still 
stands.  The  early  pastors  were:  W.  L.  George,  II.  Dren- 
non,  J.  W.  Randall  and  Peter  Shick.  Elder  Drennan  is 
still  living  though  very  old  at  his  home  in  Seymour.  Web- 
ster county,  Dade,  as  well  as  other  counties  in  the  south- 
west will  never  appreciate  fully  the  great  good  this  man 
accomplished  during  the  active  part  of  his  life.  Peter  W. 
Shick  was  a  unique  character,  rather  of  the  "racoon"  John 
Smith  order.  He  was  unique  in  his  preaching  as  well  as  in 
his  common  association  with  the  people.  He  was  exceed- 
ingly conscientious  and  deeply  in  earnest  and  he  did  a 
great  good.  The  old  timers  at  Dadeville,  among  them 


142 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Sheridan  Pyle,  delight  to  quote  Mr.  Shick  even  to  this 
day. 

In  the  fall  of  1894,  Elder  States  was  employed  to  hold 
a  meeting  for  Bona  congregation.  In  some  respects  that 
meeting  was  one  of  the  most  effectual.  It  is  there  where  J. 
C.  Shouse,  at  that  time  one  of  the  leading  farmers  and 
stock  raisers  of  the  Cane  Hill-Bona  district  united  with 
the  church  along  with  a  score  of  others  who  are  still  faith- 
ful. The  music  at  that  meeting  was  purely  congregational 
and  it  was  led  by  former  Judge  Rook,  now  of  Ernest 
township.  Former  Judge  King,  Mrs.  King  and  a  hundred 
others,  were  the  sweet  singers  of  Israel.  Their  singing 
filled  the  church  to  overflowing  at  every  service  and  at 
times  there  were  more  people  on  the  outside  of  the  church 
building  than  there  were  inside,  they  came  from  a  distance 
of  fifteen  and  twenty  miles. 

This  congregation  is  known  throughout  the  country 
on  account  of  its  good  deeds  and  its  splendid  services  to 
humanity.  It  is  a  humanity  church,  filled  with  brother- 
hood and  true  Christian  service. 


ORIGIN   OF  FIRST  BAPTIST   CHURCH   LOCKWOOD, 
DADE   COUNTY,   MISSOURI. 

by 
M.  A.  Wilkerson. 

The  first  services  of  Baptist  people  were  held  at 
Tabernacle  School  House,  a  brush  arbor  being  built  in  the 
grove  about  one  and  one  half  miles  west  of  where  Lock- 
wood  is  now  located.  This  was  about  the  year  1880. 
These  meetings  were  held  by  Rev.  Iline,  who  was  leader 
of  the  organization.  About  two  years  later  this  organiza- 
tion was  moved  to  Lockwood,  and  was  greatly  streng- 
thened by  the  addition  of  a  number  of  new  members. 
Services  were  held  for  some  time  in  different  church 
buildings  of  other  denominations,  the  Baptists  having  no 
place  of  their  own  in  which  to  worship.  These  services 
were  conducted  by  Rev.  Young,  Collins,  Smith  and  Crab- 
tree.  About  1893,  Rev.  Greer  was  called  as  pastor,  which 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  143 


position  he  held  for  about  three  years.  Sometime  later 
Rev.  Z.  T.  Eaton  was  called  to  take  charge  as  pastor.  Not 
having  a  building  of  their  own,  Brother  Eaton  began  to 
lay  plans  for  the  erection  of  a  church  and  by  the  assistance 
of  the  few  brethern  and  taking  upon  himself  a  great  por- 
tion of  the  responsibility,  they  soon  had  the  present  build- 
ing under  good  headway.  It  was  completed  and  dedicated 
January  9,  1898.  Rev.  L.  E.  Martin,  of  Mayview,  this 
state  delivered  the  Dedicatory  address,  followed  in  solemn 
prayer  by  Brother  Eaton,  who  held  the  pastorate  for  two 
years.  Rev.  W.  F.  Parker,  W.  C.  Armstrong,  Taylor  and 
Rev.  Helm,  each  of  these  holding  pastorates  for  one  year. 
We  were  without  a  pastor  for  a  short  time  until  Dr.  R.  K. 
Maiden  of  Kansas  City,  was  called.  He  served  as  pastor 
over  two  years  and  did  some  good  sound  preaching.  He 
resigned  as  it  was  too  far  to  come.  Rev.  E.  J.  Barb  of 
Lamar,  Missouri,  held  the  pastorate  nearly  two  years,  and 
did  a  great  deal  in  getting  out  people  in  working  order. 
During  his  stay,  we  had  with  us  Evangelist  W.  F.  Frazier, 
of  Van  Buren,  Missouri.  He  did  some  great  work.  Our 
membership  gained  in  a  short  time  from  thirty  to  one 
hundred  and  fifty  members.  Du.ring  the  year  1916  we  had 
Rev.  Tom  Proctor  of  Miller,  Missouri.  At  present  we  have 
no  pastor  but  will  soon  call  'one.  We  have  a  live  wire 
prayer  meeting  on  Wednesday  nights.  The  average  at- 
tendance is  sixty  and  we  are  proud  of  this  as  we  believe 

P     i 

much  good  is  accomplished  by  prayer. 


THE    FIRST    PRESB^ERIAN    CHURCH. 

bt 
J.  B.   Lindsey. 

By  the  efforts  of  Rev.  George  H.  Williamson,  the 
First  Presbyterian  church  of  Lockwood,  Missouri,  was  or- 
ganized in  December,  1883  with  nineteen  members  who 
were  : 

Howard  Pierce  Keyes  Lindsey 

Mary  C.  Pierce  Almira  Lindsey 

Bell  Pierce  Darius  Lindsey 

Mary  F.  Pierce  Joseph  Lindsey 


144 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Minnie  Pierce  Mary  J.  Lindsey 

John  E.  Mills  Alma  Barker 

Maggie  Mills  Mattie  Sperry 

Allie  Mills  James  B.  Woods 

Howard  Pierce  and  James  B.  Woods  were  chosen  and 
installed  elders  for  the  church.  In  1884  a  good  frame  build- 
ing was  erected  and  dedicated  as  a  place  of  worship. 

Those  serving  the  church  as  ministers,  since  its  or- 
ganization are  the  Reverends: 

George  H.  Williamson  J.  J.  Thompson 

I.  G.  Hughes  W.  G.  Moore 
J.  T.  Curtis                               E.  E.  Mathes 

II.  A.  Tucker  M.  A.  Prater 
J.  R.  Gass                                    Herbert  Water? 
Samuel   Wiley 

The  Sunday  School  of  the  church  has  met  continu- 
ously at  10  o'clock  each  Sunday  morning  without  (it  is 
said)  one  exception  in  more  than  thirty  years. 

o 

THE  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH  AT  EVERTON. 

by 
Rev.  W.  R.  Russell. 

This  church  was  organized  February  16,  1885  by  the 
Rev.  W.  J.  Garrett,  as  a  Cumberland  Presbyterian  church. 
In  1906,  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  and  the  Presbyter- 
ian churches  united,  and  has  since  been  known  as  the 
Everton  Presbyterian  Church. 

The  first  Board  of  Elders  consisted  of  John  S.  Pember- 
ton,  William  Y.  McLemore  and  George  W.  Wilson.  Mr. 
Wilson  was  chosen  clerk  of  the  church  which  office  he  has 
held  continuously  to  the  present  time.  The  present  Board 
of  resident  Elders  consists  of  George  W.  Wilson,  William 
Y.  McLemore,  William  Raubinger,  James  M.  McCall  and 
William  R.  Dye.  Mr.  Dye  has  filled  the  office  as  superin- 
tendent of  the  Sunday  School  for  the  past  twenty-five 
years. 

The  Register  of  Communicants  shows  that  the  church 
was  organized  with  sixteen  charter  members  and  that 


JAMKS    R.    JKFFRKVS. 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  145 


three  hundred  and   seventy-two  have  been   enrolled   from 
first  to  last. 

The  first  pastor  was  the  Rev.  William  PI.  Stephens. 
The  present  pastor,  Rev.  William  R.  Russell  took  charge 
in  1888,  and  has  served  continuously,  with  the  exception 
of  four  years,  at  which  time  the  church  was  served  by 
Rev.  John  J.  Dunham  and  Rev.  Young  W.  WUtsett. 

The  church  owns  its  own  house -of  worship — a  neat 
frame  building,  well  furnished  and  maintains  regular 
preaching  services  two  Sundays  in  each  month;  a  good 
Sunday  School  with  Plome  Department  and  Cradle  Roll; 
a  good  wide  awake  Christian  Endeavor  Society  and  an 
active  Woman's  Aid  and  Mission  Soci-.-ty.  This  church 
has  been  and  is  an  important  factor  in  the  educational, 
social,  moral  and  religious  uplift  of  the  entire  community. 

This  record  would  not  be  complete  without  making 
mention  of  old  Brother  p],  C.  Harrington  who  has  served 
so  faithfully  and  painstakingly  as  janitor  for  the  past 
nineteen  years.  Much  of  the  success  of  the  church  is  due 
to  this  faithful  and  consistent  man  of  God. 

o 

LOCKWOOD  METHODIST   CHURCH. 

by 
Aaron  D.  States. 

This  church  was  oranized  during  the  summer  of  1881 
by  Rev.  Frank  Lenig.  W.  B.  Hoel,  Mary  J.  Hoel,  Cora  E. 
Hoel,  C.  Ft.  Hoel,  Jasper  and  Mary  I^emon,  J.  R.  J.  Apple- 
by,  M.  A.  S.  Appleby,  J.  K  Ford  and  Mary  and  Irene 
P'ord  were  among  the  first  members. 

A  number  of  the  first  ministers  were  Revs.  I^rank 
Lenig,  J,  R.  Wolf,  Chas.  E.  Evans,  J.  X  Buck,  J.  J.  Martin 
and  M.  Bell.  J.  J.  Martin  is  >till  one  of  the  most  eloquent 
and  most  active  ministers  of  this  faith;  his  home  is  now  at 
Jasper  City,  over  in  Jasper  county.  Mr.  Martin  has  been 
identified  with  the  church  since  the  days  of  the  Civil 
War.  Pie  was  one  time  chaplain  of  the1  Missouri  Prison 
and  it  is  said  he  filled  that  office  with  greater  credit  than 
any  of  his  predecessors.  Mr.  Martin  has  held  pastorates 
throughout  the  south  and  southwest  part  of  Missouri  and 


146 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

it  is  very  doubtful  if  there  is  another  minister  of  that 
faith  who  is  better  known  or  more  highly  appreciated. 
His  work  in  Lockwood  assisted  the  young  church  in  laying 
a  foundation  for  its  future  good  works  M.  Bell  went  over 
into  the  Golden  City  district,  in  after  years  and  was  made 
postmaster  of  that  town  during  the  Taft  administration. 
This  church  owns  a  beautiful  little  building  on  one 
of  the  main  streets  of  Lockwood  and  its  congregation  is 
one  of  the  most  wide  awake  in  all  the  country  The  Hoels 
were  among  the  most  active  members.  Their  citizenship 
was  most  helpful,  in  fact,  the  Hoel  family  will  never  pass 
out  of  Lockwood 's  history  being  imbedded  in  its  moral,  re- 
ligious, material  and  social  achievements  from  its  incep- 
tion, for  over  thirty  years. 


ARCOLA  METHODIST  CHURCH. 

by 
Aaron  D.  States. 

Rev.  Isaac  Routh  went  over  into  the  Arcola  district  in 
1866  and  organized  a  church  about  one  and  a  half  miles 
south  of  Arcola.  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Travis,  Archibald  and 
Polly  Morris,  Nancy  Ball,  Mary  Ball,  Rev.  G.  W.  Murphy 
and  wife,  William  and  Lewis  Murphy,  Benjaman  and 
Louisa  Appleby,  James  A.  Travis  and  Jesse  Arbogast  and 
Tife  as  the  first  members.  In  1871  the  young  congrega- 
tion built  a  church  edifice.  The  next  year  there  came  one 
of  the  most  severe  storms  in  that  section  and  demolished 
the  church  building. 

Two  years  afterward  the  congregation  decided  to 
Luild  a  church  at  Arcola  or  rather  where  Arcola  now 
'•tands.  This  building  was  dedicated  by  Rev.  J.  J.  Bently 
in  1875.  James  A.  Travis  was  one  of  the  leading  members 
of  the  congregation  both  in  the  country  and  at  Arcola. 
Tie  became  a  merchant  when  Arcola  was  founded  and  re- 
mained there  several  years,  then  moved  to  Greenfield  and 
rntered  the  mercantile  business.  He  was  at  one  time 
mayor  of  Greenfield.  There  was  no  better  citizen  than 
James  A.  Travis.  His  widow  still  occupies  the  Green- 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 147 

field  home,   Mrs.  Sally-Cunningham-Travis,  whose   father 
was  one  of  the  pioneer  citizens  of  the  country. 

The  church  at  Arcola  has  done  a  great  deal  of  good 
for  that  community.  The  Underwoods  were  strong  mem- 
bers of  that  church,  the  Travis,  the  Murphys  and  the  Ap- 
plebys.  They  have  regular  preaching  service  and  they 
sustain  a  Sunday  School.  Their  church  building  is  one 
of  the  neatest  structures  in  that  section  of  the  county. 
The  old  church  was  lately  remodeled  and  modernized.  It 
is  sure  a  credit  to  the  town  and  the  community. 

o 

CUMBERLAND  PRESBYTERIAN  CHURCH. 

by 

Aaron  D.  States. 

Some  years  before  the  town  of  Greenfield  was  known 
Ihe  Cumberland  Presbyterians  met  and  formed  a  church. 
It  was  organized  by  the  late  Rev.  J.  D.  Montgomery  in 
1839.  The  first  church  was  in  the  vicinity  of  where  Green- 
field now  stands.  A.  M.  Long  and  wife,  Joseph  Lemaster 
and  wife,  M.  H.  Allison  and  wife,  J.  L.  Allison  and  wife, 
Rev.  J.  Weir  and  wife,  Leann  Dicus  and  Rev.  J.  D.  Mont- 
gomery and  wife  constituted  the  initial  membership. 

All  these  people  are  listed  among  the  pioneers  and 
many  of  them  left  a  heritage  to  their  children  and  the  up- 
lift of  the  community  that  exists  to  this  day.  Rev.  J.  Weir, 
father  of  the  late  Jonathan  Weir  and  Samuel  Weir,  who 
still  lives  on  the  outskirts  of  Greenfield,  was  one  of  the 
leaders  of  men  during  his  citizenship  in  Dade  County.  He 
was  ever  alert  to  the  advancement  of  his  country  and  he 
was  devoted  to  his  church.  Many  descendants  still  live 
in  that  community  and  they  are  all  honored  citizens.  Rev. 
J  D.  Montgomery,  one  of  the  first  ministers,  was  another 
leading  character  in  those  early  days.  His  work  is  still 
bearing  fruit,  though  dead  a  long  time,  lie  still  lives. 

A  splendid  frame  church  building  was  erected  in 
1868  and  it  stoo^l  until  recent  years  when  it  was  replaced 
by  a  handsome  brick  structure,  chiefly  due  to  the  splendid 
efforts  of  Rev.  William  E.  Shaw,  who  is  now  the  pastor. 
The  new  building  stands  where  the  old  one  stood  for  over 


148  HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

forty  years.  The  old  church  was  dedicated  by  Rev.  J.  N. 
Edminston  and  Rev.  P.  G.  Rea.  The  ec»rly  pastors  were, 
Revs.  J.  D.  Montgomery,  W.  W.  Brown,  W.  J.  Garrett. 
B.  F.  Logan,  R.  L.  Venice.  Father  Garrett  is  well  remem- 
bered by  every  old  citizen.  He  died  some  two  years  ago 
at  the  home  of  his  son  in  Springfield  and  he  is  now  sleep- 
'ng  in  Greenfield's  most  beautiful  cemetery.  He  was  one 
of  the  most  active  men  in  his  church  and  he  did  much  ir. 
spreading  Christian  interest  throughout  the  country.  The 
Greenfield  church  gave  up  a  part  of  its  membership  at 
the  time  there  was  a  sentiment  in  favor  of  uniting  all 
branches  of  the  Presbyterian  faith.  Many  of  the  faithful 
preferred  to  remain  with  the  old  church.  This  body  of 
Christians  are  doing  a  good  work  in  Greenfield.  The 
yearly  encampment  at  South  Greenfield  is  fast  becoming 
a  fen  day  chautauqua  each  year. 


CHRISTIAN  CHURCH,  EVERTON,  MISSOURI. 

by 
W.  D.  Brown. 

The  Christian  church  WPS  organize-, i  in  Everton  in  the 
vpring  of  V'00  bv  District  Evangelist,  Joseph  Gaylor,  in 
the  old  McLemov<>  Hall.  Following  is  a  list  >f  the  original 
officers  and  charter  member^: 

Flders:  W.  D.  Brown,  E.  II.  Caro.ider,  Albert  Hay- 
ward. 

Deacons:  Dave  Hudson,  F.  () 'Kelly  and  T.  W.  Mai- 
lory. 

Other  members  were:  Sarah  A.  Brown,  Letitia  Caren- 
der,  Mrs.  Dave  Hudson,  Mrs.  F.  O'Kelley,  Rebecca  O'Kol- 
loy,  Mrs.  T.  AV.  Mallory,  Mr.  Humphrey,  Mrs.  Howard 
Ragsdale,  Susie  Gillaspie. 

A  new  building  was  erected  the  same  year  at  a  cost  of 
about  $1,000,  which  was  later  dedicated  by  District  Evange- 
list J.  II.  Jones.  Among  the  ministers  who  have  held  pas- 
for;;tc>  with  tin-  clmroli  arc  Eklrrs  Sain  I.  Smith,  \V.  II. 
Hah-,  .J.  II.  Bloomer,  T.  II.  Wilson  and  W.  II.  Watson. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  149 

THE    METHODIST    EPISCOPAL    CHURCH,    GREEN- 
FIELD, MISSOURI. 

by 
Aaron  D.  States. 

This  old  church  of  history  and  decided  action,  did  not 
find  a  home  in  Dade  County  until  after  the  close  of  the 
Civil  war.  This  was  on  account  of  the  hostility  it  received 
from  the  principles  of  slavery.  Very  soon  after  slavery 
was  abolished  this  church  established  many  congregations 
in  the  county,  and  most  of  them  still  thrive  and  all  of  them 
are  doing  an  untold  good  to  their  respective  communities. 

It  was  in  1864  that  Rev.  William  Denby  came  to  Green- 
field and  successfully  started  a  church  of  that  faith.  He 
gathered  about  him  such  old  time  pioneers  as  the  late  Will- 
iam R.  Bennington,  of  school  fame,  F.  A.  Cardwell,  William 
and  Mary  Theoble,  M.  A.  Foster,  William,  Amanda,  Robert 
and  Xancy  McBride  and  Victoria  McBride  and  some  fif- 
teen others  whose  names  are  unobtainable  on  account  of 
the  missing  church  records.  It  might  be  well  to  state  that 
the  early  fathers  paid  as  much  attention  to  recording  their 
individual  and  congregational  acts  as  the  people  do  now. 
It  is  a  detriment  to  the  whole  social  scheme  as  well  as  re- 
ligious, that  so  little  account  is  kept. 

In  1871  the  present  church  home  was  built.  It  was 
dedicated  in  1872  by  Dr.  B.  F.  Crary,  who  was  then  the 
talented  editor  of  the  St.  Louis  Christian  Advocate.  There 
are  a  few  people  still  living  in  Greenfield  who  remember 
distinctly  that  splendid  sermon.  William  Denby  took  up 
the  work  in  earnest  at  the  very  first,  and  it  was  chiefly 
through  hTs  splendid  efforts  that  the  church  was  organized 
and  the  new  church  building  erected.  He  was  a  devout 
disciple  of  the  faith  and  a  most  excellent  speaker.  He 
was  followed  by  Revs.  Isaac  Routh,  S.  R.  Recce,  F.  S. 
Haughaut,  C.  L.  Howell,  T.  S.  Benifiel,  A.  R.  Nichols,  I.  J.  K. 
Limbeck,  R.  AV.  McMasters,  Frank  Lenig,  J.  R.  Wolf,  C. 
E.  Evans,  X.  H.  Buck,  William  Buck,  W.  J.  Simmons.  All 
these  were  the  early  pastors.  During  later  years  the 
church  has  been  served  by  Rev.  AV.  D.  Sichuan,  a  most  de- 


150 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

vout,  sincere  and  well  founded  disciple.  He  is  now  super- 
intendent of  the  Springfield  district  and  he  is  doing  a 
great  work.  Then  there  was  Father  French,  an  old-time 
Methodist  minister,  full  of  faith,  with  plenty  of  ambition 
and  good  works.  Rev.  Mr.  Terrantine  was  one  of  the  de- 
vout faithful  ministers,  and  though  he  has  been  asleep  for 
a  fortnight  of  years  his  memory  is  wide  awake  in  the 
Greenfield  congregation  and  among  Greenfield  people.  Then 
there  was  Rev.  Mr.  Ashley,  wrho  is  so  well  remembered. 
Last  and  not  least  is  the  present  pastor,  Rev.  G.  M.  Foster, 
one  of  the  most  affable,  most  agreeable  and  pleasing,  as 
well  as  competent  ministers  Greenfield  ever  had  or  will 
have.  He  is  a  pleasing  speaker,  chuck  full  of  good  hard 
sense.  His  sermons  and  addresses  are  enlivened  by  real 
native  wit  and  humor  and  he  never  fails  to  interest  and 
please  an  audience,  whether  on  the  platform  or  at  the 
sacred  desk.  Mr.  Foster's  work  will  never  pass  out  of 
memory. 

This  first  congregation  of  the  Methodist  church  in 
Dade  County  has  been  instrumental  in  doing  a  great  good 
for  the  community.  Many  of  Greenfield's  leading  citizens 
have  been  and  are  members  of  this  church.  It  has  done 
much  for  foreign  and  home  missions,  and  above  all  it  has 
aided  in  building  and  strengthening  the  character  of  its 
individual  membership — thus  making  better  citizens. 

o 

THE  CHURCH  OF  CHRIST  AT  ARCOLA. 

Was  organized  about  the  year  1877  with  Eber  E.  White 
and  William  Lewis  as  the  first  Elders.  Among  the  early 
pastors  were  Clark  Smith,  John  W.  Randall,  W.  H.  Wat- 
son, J.  T.  Hargrave,  J.  M.  Jenkins,  W.  B.  Cochran  and  J. 
R.  Crank. 

This  congregation  owns  a  comfortable  church  building 
and  commodious  lot.  They  have  never  been  an  entire  year 
without  a  pastor.  Since  188,3  R.  M.  Crutcher  has  been  an 
Elder  in  this  church.  A  large  number  of  converts  have 
been  received  into  the  church  and  it  has  always  been  a 
power  for  good  in  the  community.  This  church  has  also 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 151 

maintained  an  excellent  Bible  School  since  1883.  The 
present  officers  are:  R.  M.  Crutcher,  chairman;  L.  0.  Hoi- 
man,  secretary;  F.  B.  Davis,  treasurer;  Matt  Crisp  and  G. 
W.  Decker,  associate  elders,  with  the  following  deacons: 
0.  E.  Whitley,  J.  J.  Whitley,  R.  W.  Whitley,  J.  T.  Scoggin, 
C.  A.  Jordan  and  T.  J.  Wilkins.  Preaching  at  present  every 
second  Sunday  in  each  month,  morning  and  night,  by  Rev. 
Plummer  of  Jerico  Springs. 

o 

HISTORY  OF  THE  GERMAN  SETTLEMENT  IN 
DADE  COUNTY. 

by 

Fred  Frye. 

More  than  thirty  years  elapsed  from  the  time  of  the 
first  settlement  of  pioneers  from  Tennessee  in  Eastern  Dade 
County  before  the  prairies  of  Western  Dade  County  were 
settled.  The  first  settlements  were  made  in  the  wooded 
portions  of  the  county  where  bright,  bubbling  springs 
burst  forth  from  the  hill  sides  and  where  firewood  was 
plentiful.  Children  were  born,  grew  to  manhood  and  died 
without  ever  dreaming  of  the  splendid  possibilities  offered 
by  the  rich,  rolling  prairies  in  their  very  door  yard. 

In  the  year  1881  the  Kansas  City,  Fort  Scott  &  Gulf 
railroad  was  completed  through  the  county,  thereby  offer- 
ing a  means  of  transportation  far  in  advance  of  the  ox  teams 
of  the  first  pioneers.  Upon  this  railroad  the  little  village  of 
Lockwood  was  located.  A  few  pine  board  buildings  filled 
with  nondescript  stocks  of  goods,  the  primitive  boarding- 
house  and  the  irrepressable  real  estate  agent  constituted 
its  excuse  for  an  existance. 

On  the  morning  of  the  16th  day  of  September,  1881, 
four  Germans  from  Washington  County,  Illinois,  stepped 
from  the  train  in  Lockwood  and  looked  for  the  first  time 
upon  the  broad  smiling  prairies  which  stretched  for  many 
miles  in  every  direction.  These  men  were  William  Meyer, 
Fred  Maschoff,  Fred  Bornpohl  and  August  Kritemeyer. 
They  were  scarcely  able  to  speak  the  American  language 
and  were  bewildered  by  the  vastness  of  the  territory  lying 


152  HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 


out  of  doors.  They  were  soon  in  the  custody  of  Joseph  B. 
Lindsey  and  William  M.  Taggart,  members  of  an  enter- 
prising real  estate  firm,  and  were  shown  the  land  which 
was  destined  to  be  their  future  home.  They  remained 
about  ten  days  and  each  bought  land  lying  south  and  west 
of  Lockwood.  They  were  delighted  with  the  country  and 
returned  to  Nashville,  Ills.,  filled  with  enthusiasm,  and  so 
glowing  were  their  accounts  of  the  new  found  Utopia,  that 
on  the  12th  day  of  October  of  the  same  year,  no  less  than 
eight  homeseekors  boarded  the  train  in  Nashville,  coming 
via.  Kansas  City,  arriving  in  Lockwood  on  the  evening 
train,  October  14th.  In  this  company  were  some  of  the 
most  distinguished  German  settlers  of  the  County.  Fred 
Plies,  Henry  Bart  ling,  Herman  Rede,  Fred  Koch,  William 
Roohling,  Fred  Hinne,  John  Ossenfort  and  Gotfried  Worm- 
bi-od  were  among  the  number.  These  men  all  bought  land 
excepting  (Jot fried  Wormbrod,  who  had  a  sweetheart  in 
Washington  County  who  could  not  be  induced  to  go  so  far 
out  in  the  "wild  and  woolly  west"  to  seek  a  home.  This 
influx  of  land-buyers  stimulated  the  real  estate  agents  until 
in  addition  to  Taggart  &  Lindsey,  Levin  W.  Shafer  and 
John  A.  Heady  of  Greenfield,  and  G.  YV.  Ilolliday  of  Golden 
City  entered  the  field.  Business  in  Lockwood  began  to 
pick  up,  especially  in  the  hotel  line,  so  much  so  that  im- 
provised beds  were  made  by  filling  ticks  with  prairie  hay, 
and  the  weary  homeseekers  who  obtained  a  "shake-down" 
on  the  office  floor  was  more1  than  satisfied.  Fred  Oris, 
Henry  Bartling,  Fred  Hinne  and  Fred  Koch  purchased 
what  was  known  as  the  Thomas  P.  Abeel  tract  of  land,  con- 
sisting of  7(i(>  acres,  lying  northwest  of  Lockwood.  This 
purchase  was  made  through  G.  W.  Ilolliday,  Mr.  Abeel  at 
the  time  residing  in  Texas.  The  new  owners  took  poses- 
sion  of  their  purchase  February  14th,  1H82,  bringing  with 
them  their  families  and  all  their  belongings.  The  first  few 
years  were  filled  with  hardships.  The  prairie  sod  was  not 
over  productive  and  green-head  flies  swarmed  by  the  thou- 
sands. Being  men  of  grit,  they  stuck  it  out  and  every  one 
succeeded. 


(A  I' I.  IJ.  M.  XEALE. 


(.     /.     IUSSKLL 


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On  the  24th  day  of  February,  1882,  the  third  contingent 
bunch  of  enthusiastic  Germans  arrived.  These  were  from 
Venedy,  Ills.,  and  consisted  of  William  Von  Stroh,  Fred 
Eggermann,  Philip  Jung,  and  Fred  Bornpohl.  Mr.  Von 
Stroh  purchased  the  Judge  Taggart  tract  of  640  acres  ad- 
joining Lockwood ;  Fred  Eggemann  bought  320  acres  lying 
two  miles  west  of  town,  and  Fred  Bornpohl  bought  320 
acres  lying  south  of  town.  Phil  Jung  bought  1GO  acres 
northwest  of  town.  In  a  few  weeks  another  delegation 
came  from  Washington  County,  Illinois.  Among  them  were 
William  Kollmeyer,  Fred  Volkman,  Charley  Kahr  and 
Louis  Bohne.  All  of  these  men  bought  southwest  of  Lock- 
wood,  in  Grant  Township,  the  banner  agricultural  town- 
ship in  Dadc  County.  Perhaps  the  "rawest"  bunch  of 
Germans  who  ever  landed  in  Dadc  County  came  on  Novem- 
ber 7th,  1S81.  They  were  from  Nashville,  Ills.,  and  con- 
sisted of  Christ  Bohme,  'William  NieholT,  Fred  ll'edemann, 
August  Kritemeyer,  Henry  Schepmann,  Otto  Stark,  Her- 
man St river,  Krnest  Weihe,  Christ  Vogt  and  Fred  Koll- 
meyer. On  their  return  they  reported  the  time  of  their 
lives.  Many  of  the  crowd  were  unable  to  speak  a  word 
of  English,  but  all  could  sing  "Der  Wacht  am  Reihn,"  and 
they  certainly  made  things  hum  both  on  the  train  and  at 
the  hotel.  These  men  all  bought  south  of  Lockwood.  Christ 
Vogt  and  Fred  Kollmeyer  contracted  for  the  Lindsey  tract 
of  840  acres  one  mile  southwest  of  Lockwood,  but  the  trade 
fell  through  by  reason  of  a  forty-acre  timber  tract  which 
the  purchasers  refused  to  take. 

In  April,  1881,  Henry  E.  Rollman  came  from  Wisconsin 
with  his  son,  William,  and  purchased  the  David  A.  De- 
Armond  tract  of  1(>0  acres  lying  one1  mile  north  of  town. 
In  a  few  years  it  was  sold  to  Carl  Niemami  of  Wisconsin, 
and  is  now  owned  by  Mrs.  Myrtle  Arbogast.  This  is  prac- 
tically the  only  tract  of  land  bought  by  the  early  Gorman 
settlers  which  has  changed  hands  more  than  once.  All  the 
rest  is  owned  by  the  original  purchasers  or  their  children. 

There  were  a  few  German  families  in  Dade  County 
prior  to  the  exodus  from  Washington  County,  Illinois. 


154 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Among  them  were  Henry  Gillman,  Sr.,  and  his  family, 
whose  biography  appears  at  another  place  in  this  history. 
The  majority  of  the  German  settlers  were  members 
of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  church,  and  very  early  effected 
an  organization  and  erected  a  large  frame  church  in  Lock- 
wood,  in  which  was  also  maintained  a  parochial  school.  In 
recent  years  they  have  erected  a  splendid  brick  structure, 
and  the  old  building  is  still  used  as  a  school  building.  At 
first  the  pastor  was  the  school  teacher,  but  now  the  con- 
gregation maintains  both  a  resident  pastor  and  a  school 
teacher.  Part  of  the  early  German  settlers  were  members 
of  the  German  M.  E.  church,  and  they  effected  and  organiza- 
tion and  erected  a  church  in  the  country  some  five  miles 
southwest  of  Lockwood.  A  Lutheran  church  was  also 
erected  near  the  town  of  Minert. 

The  Germans  heretofore  mentioned  in  this  sketch  were 
largely  farmers,  but  among  those  who  engaged  in  mer- 
cantile pursuits  and  have  helped  to  make  history  for  Bade 
County  might  be  mentioned,  Herman  Haubein,  who  in  com- 
pany with  Martin  Ileiser  were  among  the  first  merchants 
in  Lockwood.  Mr.  Ileiser  afterward  was  engaged  in  the 
milling  business,  while  Mr.  Ilaubein  erected  a  creamery 
and  electric  light  plant.  Both  are  now  deceased.  Fred 
Erye  also  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  in  Lockwood 
many  years  ago,  as  also  did  Herman  Schuerman.  Both 
are  still  in  business.  It  is  needless  to  state  that  the  Ger- 
man-American population  of  Dade  County  form  a  splendid 
citizenry,  which  is  noted  for  its  industry,  frugality,  honesty 
and  sterling  integrity.  Their  farms  are  the  best  in  the 
land  and  they  are  a  happy,  contented,  home-making  people. 

—o— 
THE  DADE  COUNTY  FARMERS'  MUTUAL  FIRE 

INSURANCE  COMPANY. 

Early  in  the  spring  of  1S!)2  a  body  of  German-Amer- 
ican fanners  residing  in  the  vicinity  of  Lockwood  met  at 
the  office  of  A.  .1.  Young,  a  lawyer  of  Lockwood,  for  the 
purpose  of  organizing  a  Farmers'  Insurance  Company  to 
be  conducted  on  the  mutual  plan.  A  temporary  organiza- 


HISTORY  OF   DADE  COUNTY  AND   ITS  PEOPLE  ir,f, 


tion  was  formed  and  a  committee  appointed  to  solicit  sub- 
scriptions 1o  the  capital  stock.  This  committee  consisted 
of  Henry  l.artlin-,  H.  A.  Xicinan,  Fred  Schnelle,  F.  A.  Mc- 
(1aleb  and  .\.  ,!.  Youmr.  Ii  was  decided  to  organize  when 
.4,~)0,000  of  insurabie  capital  stock  \vas  subscribed.  About 
fifty  fanners  of  Leekwood.  Marion  and  (irant  To\vnshi])s 
became  charier  members  of  the  organization,  and  on  the 
9th  day  of  May,  IS!)L\  the  coni])any  was  incorporated.  F. 
A.  McCaleb  was  elected  president,  A.  J.  YouiiLr  vice  presi- 
dent  and  attorney,  11.  A.  Xieman  secretary  and  Fred 
Schncllc  treasurer.  rl'he  enterprise  was  a  success  from  the 
start.  Little  chaimv  xv.is  made  in  the  organization  for  foni1- 
teen  years  except  that  A.  J.  Yonnu'  was  elected  president 
after  the  first  year.  The  company  insured  houses,  barns, 
live  stock,  hay.  uram,  in  fact  all  kinds  of  farm  property 
airainst  lire  and  liuhtninu',  on  a  strictly  mutual  basis,  at  a 
rate  of  less  than  40  cents  per  ^100,  during  the  first  twenty 
years  of  its  existance,  and  paid  every  dollar  of  its  losses  in 
full,  cash  in  hand. 

Jt  has  now  irrown  until  its  membership  reaches  every 
township  in  the  county  and  its  insured  capital  is  about 
*:2,.")00,000.  It's  annual  rate1  has  decreased  as  the  volume  of 
its  business  increased.  It  maintains  a  permanent  office  in 
Lockwood  with  a  secretary  in  charire  and  is  at  present  the 
largest  financial  institution  in  the  county. 


THREE  MYSTERIOUS  MURDERS. 

Three  tragedies  which  have  baffled  the  skill  of  the 
shrewdest  detectives  and  cheated  Justice  out  of  her  lawful 
retribution  have  been  enacted  in  Dade  County  sinve  1887. 

First  of  these  was  the  mysterious  murder  of  "Luckey" 
Moriran,  a  citizen  of  Dadeville.  His  body  was  found  in  an 
old  well  at  the  rear  of  his  premises  with  every  evidence  of 
foul  play,  and  notwithstanding  a  searching  inquest  was 
held,  larii'e  rewards  offered  and  competent  detectives  em- 
ployed, the  murderer  was  never  apprehended. 

The  second  of  these  unfortunate  circumstances  was  the 
brutal  murder  of  "William  Pursel  of  South  Greenfield,  which 


166 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

occurred  about  the  year  1900.  He  was  a  barber  by  trade, 
single  and  unmarried  and  a  hopeless  cripple.  On  the  even- 
ing of  the  murder  he  was  seen  around  his  usual  haunts  in 
South  Greenfield  in  company  with  friends,  and  about  nine 
o'clock  at  night  was  heard,  in  company  with  a  companion 
on  the  railroad  track  near  the  over-head  bridge  going  in  the 
direction  of  the  lime  kiln.  His  body  was  found  the  next 
morning  on  the  railroad  track  a  short  distance  from  where 
he  was  last  heard  of,  a  train  having  passed  over  it,  but  it 
was  untouched.  An  examination  of  the  body  revealed  the 
fact  that  he  had  been  murdered  a  short  distance  from  where 
the  body  was  found  and  dragged  upon  the  railroad  track 
for  the  purpose  of  hiding  the  crime.  A  fine  gold  watch 
which  he  carried  was  missing,  also  a  large  roll  of  bills,  but 
a  purse  containing  some  $15.00  in  small  change  was  still 
on  his  person.  The  bloody  club  which  did  the  deadly  work 
was  found  near  the  scene  of  the  murder,  and  papers  which 
he  had  on  his  person  were  found  the  next  day  in  an  old 
well  in  South  Greenfield.  Suspicion  pointed  her  finger  to- 
ward a  number  of  persons  but  the  guilty  assassin  was  never 
convicted. 

The  third  and  last  of  these  tragedies  was  the  murder 
of  J.  M.  Pidcock,  a  resident  of  Greenfield,  which  occurred 
in  1003.  Mr.  Pidcock  had  been  Circuit  Clerk  of  Bade 
County  for  eight  years,  was  prominent  in  politics  and  lived 
with  his  aged  mother,  who  at  the  time  of  the  tragedy  was 
away  on  a  visit.  Mr.  Pidcock  failed  to  call  at  the  postoffice 
for  his  mail  for  a  period  of  two  or  three  days,  and  when 
his  mother  returned  home  she  was  horrified  to  find  his 
nude  body  hanging  in  the  closed  stairway  of  their  home, 
suspended  by  his  shirt  and  a  trunk  strap.  His  feet  were 
touching  the  stair  steps,  and  the  concensus  of  opinion  seemed 
to  be  that  he  was  murdered  and  placed  in  that  position  to 
indicate  suicide.  His  body  was  in  such  a  state  that  marks 
of  violence  were  undiscoverable. 

Two  inquests  were  held  over  his  body,  large  rewards 
offered  and  the  family  and  friends  employed  detectives  in 
an  effort  to  ferret  out  the  criminals  and  bring  them  to 


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157 


justice,  but  of  no  avail.  The  matter  stands  today  as  one 
of  the  unsolved  mysteries  of  the  county.  In  each  of  the 
three  cases  above  mentioned  there  were  clews  and  theories 
but  every  one  of  them  led  away  from  the  crime  instead  of 
toward  it.  Robbery  might  have  been  the  motive  in  the  first 
two,  but  in  the  case  of  Mr.  Pidcock  it  was  either  revenge  or 
suicide,  with  the  chances  ten  to  one  in  favor  of  the  former 
theory. 


Chapter  8 

RAILROAD  MATTERS. 

Railroad  Subscriptions  and  Bonds. — On  the  15th  day 
of  August,  1854,  the  county  court  of  Dade  County  sub- 
scribed $20,000  to  capital  stock  of  the  Atlantic  &  Pacific 
Railroad  Company,  upon  certain  conditions  expressed  in 
the  order.  Afterward  the  order  was  amended,  making  the 
stock  payable  in  four  equal  installments,  and  Peter  Hoyle 
was  appointed  commissioner  to  subscribe  the  stock  and 
receive  the  dividends  that  might  arise  therefrom.  After- 
wards, on  the  3d  day  of  November,  1856,  Thomas  C. 
Fletcher,  attorney  for  the  railroad  company,  appeared  and 
moved  the  court  to  issue  a  warrant  on  the  treasurer  of 
Dade  County  in  favor  of  the  company,  for  five  thousand 
dollars,  the  amount  of  the  first  installment.  The  motion 
was  sustained,  the  warrant  was  issued  accordingly,  and 
the  money  was  paid  to  Fletcher  as  the  agent  of  the  com- 
pany. No  further  amount  of  the  subscription  was  ever 
paid,  for  the  reason  that  the  railroad  company  failed  ut- 
terly to  comply  with  the  conditions  on  which  the  subscrip- 
tion was  made.  Taxes  were  levied  and  collected  only  for 
the  installment  that  was  paid. 

On  the  15th  day  of  August,  1870,  James  F.  Hardin, 
agent  of  the  Kansas  City  &  Memphis  Railroad  Company, 
appeared  before  the  county  court,  and  stated  that  his  com- 
pany would  agree  to  build  their  railroad  through  Dade 
County,  by  the  way  of  Greenfield,  provided  that  the  court 
would  subscribe  $300,000  in  bonds  to  the  capital  s(ock  of  the 
company.  At  the  same  time  several  prominent  and  in- 
fluential citizens  of  the  county  addressed  the  court  urging 
it  to  make  the  subscription.  Upon  consideration  of  the 
matter,  the  court  decided  that  upon  the  petition  of  two- 
thirds  of  the  qualified  voters  of  the  county  they  would  take 
further  action  in  the  premises  at  an  adjourned  term  to  be 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 159 

held  on  the  29th  instant  following.  Accordingly,  at  the 
appointed  time  a  petition  for  the  making  of  such  subscrip- 
tion, signed  by  nearly  1,200  voters,  and  also  a  remonstrance 
against  the  making  of  the  subscription,  signed  by  a  large 
number,  were  filed,  whereupon  the  court  proposed  to  the 
railroad  company  to  subscribe  the  amount  of  $200,000  in- 
stead of  $300,000,  upon  condition  that  the  road  should  be 
built  through  the  county  and  to  run  within  one-half  mile 
of  the  court  house  at  Greenfield,  and  upon  other  conditions 
pertaining  to  the  issue  of  the  bonds,  etc.,  and  appointed 
John  H.  Howard  to  confer  with  the  railroad  company,  and 
to  report  his  action  to  the  court  on  the  12th  of  September 
following. 

At  the  appointed  time,  Mr.  Howard  reported  that  the 
proposition  to  subscribe  $200,000  was  accepted  by  the  com- 
pany, whereupon  the  court  ordered  that  the  County  of 
Dade,  in  the  State  of  Missouri,  should  "take  two  thousand 
shares  of  the  capital  stock  of  the  Hannibal  &  St.  Joseph 
Railroad  Company,  said  shares  being  of  the  denomination 
of  one  hundred  dollars  each,  to  aid  in  the  construction  of  a 
branch  road,  the  name  of  which  was  'The  Kansas  City  & 
Memphis  Railroad,'  the  subscription  to  be  made  to,  in  aid 
of,  and  for  the  use  of  and  in  the  name  of  the  Kansas  City 
&  Memphis  Railroad,  as  provided  in  an  act  of  the  Legisla- 
ture, to  aid  in  the  building  of  the  branch  railroad  in  the 
State  of  Missouri,  approved  March  21,  1868."  The  court 
authority  and  power  to  subscribe  for  the  stock  subject  to 
the  conditions  and  stipulations  fully  set  out  in  the  order. 
Afterward,  on  the  18th  day  of  July,  1871,  the  conditions 
expressed  in  the  foregoing  order,  upon  which  the  sub- 
scription was  made,  were  modified  in  substance  as  follows: 
That  the  work  of  constructing  the  railroad  should  com- 
mence without  unnecessary  delay  at  the  town  of  Green- 
field, in  Dade  County,  and  be  continued  in  a  southerly  direc- 
tion toward  Ash  Grove,  and  that  the  road-bed  between 
Springfield,  in  Greene  County,  and  Greenfield,  in  Dade 
County,  including  bridging  and  masonry,  should  be  fully 
completed  ready  for  the  iron  and  rolling-stock,  by  the  first 


160  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

of  April  following;  that  tho  commissioner  should  at  once 
have  the  bonds  lithographed,  of  the  denomination  of  $1,000 
each,  to  he  payable  in  twenty  years  from  date,  bearing 
eight  ])(•]•  cent  interest— the  interest  to  he  payable  semi- 
annually,  and  that  1?.  S.  Jacobs  be  (and  was)  appointed 
commissioner  for  the  county  to  have  custody  of  the  bonds 
when  si.'jned  and  registered  in  sums  not  exceeding  $7.r),OC)0. 
That  \V.  (J.  McDowell,  D.  ('.  Eastin  and  W.  M.  Tairgart  be 
(and  \vere)  appointed  agents  on  the  part  of  the  county  to 
inspect  the  work  as  it  progressed,  and  to  see  that  the  funds 
were  economically  applied  toward  the  construction  of  the 
road.  That  the  commissioner  should  deliver  bonds  to  the 
fiscal  a '.rent  or  treasurer  of  the  railroad  company  for  the 
value  of  work  executed  on  the  road,  upon  monthly  estimates 
thereof,  and  as  fast  as  he  should  deliver  bonds  to  the  amount 
of  s."), (}()().  to  take  from  the  company  certificates  of  paid-up 
stock  for  the  same.  That  the  acceptance  of  these  (and 
other  minor)  conditions,  by  .John  M.  Richardson,  president 
of  the  railroad  company,  should  have  the  force  to  bind  tho 
company  to  a  faithful  compliance  therewith. 

On  the  7th  of  An  mist  following,  AY.  (I.  McDowell,  one  of 
the  county  agents,  filed  with  the  court  the  written  acceptance 
of  t'i»  modified  conditions  on  which  the  bonds  should  be 
issued,  sinned  by  the  aforesaid  James  M.  Richardson.  Sub- 
sequently, on  the  1f)th  day  of  November,  1871,  the  court 
ai:.aiM  took  action  in  the  premises,  and  ordered  that  all 
previous  orders  relative  to  the  subscription  of  stock  to 
the  Kansas  City  &  Memphis  Railroad  Company,  and  for 
the  issue  of  bonds  to  pay  for  the  stock,  be  further  modified 
so  that  the  t\vo  hundred  $1,000  bonds  provided  to  be  issued 
by  Hade  County,  should  be  issued  at  once  and  delivered  to 
the  commissioner  of  the  county,  and  that  he  should  be 
authorized  to  sell  the  bonds,  at  his  own  discretion,  and  to 
hold  the  proceeds  thereof  subject  to  the  order  of  the  court. 

The  bonds  for  the  $'J()0,0()0  were  prepared  and  executed 
,<•(•<) rdingly — twenty-live  of  them  being  dated  October  i_', 
1^71,  and  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  dated  December  1, 
1*71  ;  and  all  being  for  $1,000  each.  Judge  J.  T.  Ilembree, 


\v.   SHAI  T:K. 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 161 

having  been  appointed  commissioner  of  the  county  vice 
Howard,  resigned,  continued  the  delivery  of  the  bonds,  or 
otherwise  dispose  of  them,  from  time  to  time,  and  on  the 
29th  day  of  March,  1873,  the  court  received  and  accepted 
certificates  of  paid-up  stock  in  the  Kansas  City  &  Memphis 
Railroad  to  the  full  amount  of  the  subscription — $200,000. 
On  the  4th  day  of  May,  1873,  the  commissioner,  Judge  Hem- 
bree,  made  his  final  report,  showing  that  all  of  the  bonds 
had  been  issued  and  delivered  to  the  treasurer  of  the  Kansas 
City  &  Memphis  Railroad  Company.  Hence  the  bonds  were 
issued  and  delivered  years  before  any  part  of  the  railroad 
was  completed,  and,  when  the  interest  became  due,  the 
people  finding  themselves  without  a  railroad,  felt  greatly 
disappointed,  and  consequently  the  county  refused  or  failed 
to  pay  the  interest,  and  the  people  generally  entertained  the 
hope  that,  inasmuch  as  the  railroad  had  not  been  completed 
as  contemplated,  by  resorting  to  law7  they  might  be  wholly 
released  from  the  payment  of  the  bonds.  But  the  failure 
to  pay  the  interest  soon  caused  the  bringing  of  numerous 
suits  in  the  United  States  court  for  the  collection  of  the 
same.  The  history  of  these  suits  would  fill  a  large  volume, 
and  is  therefore  beyond  the  scope  of  this  work. 

Refunding  Bonds. — On  the  12th  day  of  December,  1881, 
the  county  court,  upon  the  petition  of  numerous  taxpayers 
of  the  county,  ordered  a  special  election  to  be  held  on  the 
24th  of  January  following,  to  submit  to  the  voters  of  the 
county  the  question  of  refunding  the  $200,000  in  bonds, 
and  the  accrued  interest  and  costs  thereon,  by  issuing  new 
bonds  for  the  amount  of  seventy  cents  on  each  dollar,  the 
refunding  bonds  to  bear  interest  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent, 
the  principal  to  run  for  twenty  years  from  date,  but  to  be 
redeemable  at  the  option  of  the  county  at  any  time  after 
the  first  five  years.  The  election  was  held  accordingly, 
and  the  proposition  was  rejected  by  a  majority  of  the  votes 
cast.  Afterward,  on  the  19th  day  of  June,  1883,  another 
petition,  signed  by  numerous  taxpayers  of  the  county,  was 
presented  to  the  court,  praying  for  measures  to  be  taken  to 
refund  the  bonded  indebtedness  of  the  county  with  six  per 


162 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

cent  twenty-year  bonds.  Whereupon  the  court  made  an 
investigation,  and  found  that  the  original  bonds  for  the 
$200,000  were  still  outstanding1,  and  that  judgments  had 
been  rendered  in  the  United  States  courts  against  the 
county  on  account  of  due  and  unpaid  interest  coupons  to 
the  amount  of  $74,522.50,  and  that  the  total  indebtedness 
was  about  $290.000.  A  special  election  was  then  ordered 
to  be  held  on  the  31st  day  of  July  following,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  submitting  the  question  of  refunding  the  indebted- 
ness to  the  voters  of  the  county.  The  election  was  held  ac 
eordin.idy,  and,  when  the  votes  were  counted,  it  was  found 
1,0.'!  1  had  been  cast  in  favor  of  refundin.fr  the  debt,  and  412 
airainst  it.  In  accordance  with  this  decision  of  the  people, 
tlie  courl  provided  for  the  issuing  of  new  bonds  to  all  bond- 
holders who  would  enter  into  the  compromise  and  surrender 
the  old  bonds.  Two  hundred  bonds  of  $1,000  each,  and 
seventy  of  $500  each,  were  then  issued,  all  bearing  date  of 
Au.u'uM  4,  1SS.'),  and  old  bonds  and  judgments  entered  into 
the  compromise  were  then  <;n!cel!ed.  Since  then  the  entire 
debt  has  been  paid. 

Railroads. — The  Kan>a-  City  »k  Memphis  Railroad, 
now  known  as  the  Kansas  Ciiy.  Fort  Scott  &  Memphis  Rail- 
road, was  completed  through  the  county  in  1HS1,  by  way  of 
the  present  towns  of  Kvorte.n,  South  (Greenfield  and  Lock- 
wood,  thus  leaving  Greenfield,  the  County  Seat,  by  way  of 
which  it  was  promised  to  be  constructed  when  the  county 
court  made  the  order  to  subscribe  stock  for  its  construc- 
tion, over  two  miles  north  of  its  line.  The  len.uth  of  this 
railroad  within  the  countv  limits  is  about  twentv-six  miles. 


Chapter  9 


Greenfield  Post  No.  75,  Department  of  Missouri,  G.  A. 
R.,  was  organized  May  12th,  1883,  with  the  following  named 
comrades  as  charter  members : 

C.  W.  Griffith.  J.  T.  Hembree. 
J.  F.  Lyngar.  Clovis  Depee. 

D.  B.  Bailey.  S.  W.  Long. 

J.  H.  Howard.  Mason  Talbutt. 

E.  K.  Shackelford.  A.   Helphenstine. 
E.  R.  Hughes.  A.  G.  Everett. 
W.  C.  Young.  A.  B.  Farmer. 
E.  T.  Kennedy.  Martin  Fiddler. 
R,  B.  Stephenson.  J.  I?.  Tarrant. 

J.  M.  Gaston.  Isaac  Bardmas. 

G.  A.  Pollard.  J.  E.  Scroggs. 

Twenty-two  (Dead). 

The  following  is  a  roster  of  the  Post  from  its  organiza- 
tion : 

C.  W.  Griffith,  1st  Lieut.  Co.  C,  127th  Ohio  Inf. 

C.  W.  Griffith,  Capt.  Co.  K,  6th  U.  S.  Cav.  troop. 
J.  F.  Lyngar,  Private  Co.  F,  15th  Mo.  Cav. 

D.  B.  Bailey,  Capt.  Co.  H,  76th  E.  M.  M. 
J.  IT.  Howard,  Capt.  Co.  I,  loth  Mo.  Cav. 

E.  K.  Shakelford,  Co.  L,  8th  M.  M.  Cav. 
E.  R.  Hughes,  Private  Co.  A,  6th  Mo.  Cav. 
W.  C.  Young,  Private  Co.  H,  77th  111.  Inft. 
E.  T.  Kennedy,  Capt.  Co.  C,  llth  X.  J.  Inft. 
R.  B.  Stephenson,  Major,  31st  AYis.  Inft. 
J.  M.  Gaston,  Private  Co.  F,  26th  111.  Inft. 
G.  H.  Pollard,  Co.  G,  9th  Term.  Cav. 

J.  T.  Hembree,  2nd  Lieut  Co.  E,  loth  Mo.  Cav. 
Clovis  Depee,  Private  Co.  K,  1st  Ark.  Inft. 
S.  W.  Long,  Private  Co.  D,  12th  111.  Inft. 


164  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Mason  Talbutt,  1st  Ser#.  Co.  I,  15th  Mo.  Cav. 
A.  Helphenstine,  Private  Co.  F,  8th  Perm.  Inft. 
A.  0.  Everett,  Private  Co.  I,  9th  Ohio  Cav. 
A.  B.  Farmer,  1st  Ser#.  Co.  L,  2nd  Wash.  Cav. 
Martin  Fiddler,  Private  Co.  B,  27th  Ind.  Inft. 
J.  R.  Tarrant,  Private  Co.  D,  (5th  Mo.  Cav. 
Isaac  Bardmass.  Ser^t.  Co.  I,  1st  M.  S.  M.  Inft. 
J.  E.  Scrog^s,  Private  Co.  L,  6th  Mo.  Cav. 
Frederick  Buser,  Co.  K,  2nd  Mo.  Inft. 
W.  II   Watson,  Private  Co.  G,  6th  M.  S.  M.  Cav. 
J.  M.  Kinney.  Private  Co.  A,  3rd  Iowa  Cav. 
Wm.  Lack,  Private  Co.  L.  8th  Mo.  Cav. 
Henry  Lawrence,  Private  Co.  E,  15th  Mo.  Cav. 
Squire  Roberts,  Private  Co.  L,  9th  M.  S.  M.  Cav, 
G.  AY.  Wells,  Capt.  Co.  F,  57th  111.  Inft. 
E.  H.  Barber,  Private  Co.  B,  29th  Mo.  Inft. 
A.  C.  Brown,  Ser.st.  Co.  A,  13()th  Lid.  Inft. 
Alexander  Foster,  Serai.  Co.  M,  Sth  Mo.  Cav. 
J.  T.  Quick,  1st  Lieut.  Co.  K,  72nd  Ind.  Mtd.  Inft. 
S.  II.  Farthing  Private  Co.  F,  63rd  111.  Lift. 
Gcorirc  Courtney,  Private  Co.  I,  15lh  Mo.  Cav. 
..I.  II.  Sterling,  Private  Co.  L,  14th  111.  Cav. 

A.  A.  Hays.  Private  Co.  1),  6th  Mo.  Cav. 

R.  C.  Divine,  Private  Co.  E,  15th  Mo.  Cav. 
T.  S.  lluirbes,  Corp.  Co.  G,  13th  Ken.  Cav. 

B.  C.  Pemherton,  Serirt.  Co.  A,  6th  Mo.  Cav. 
John  Humphrey,  Private  Co.  G,  13th  Mo.  Cav. 

C.  W.  Lowery, 'Private  Co.  E,  46th  Mo.  Inft. 
J.  L.  Brackett,  Private  Co.  M,  7th  Mo.  Cav. 
I).  R.  Miller.  Corp.  Co.  I).  14th  Mo.  Cav. 

,}.  (i.  Service,  Private  Co.  K,  72nd  Ohio  Lift. 
X.  II.  Buck,  2nd  Lieut.  Co.  II,  20th  111.  Lift. 
R.  C.  Sanfonl,  Private  Co.  A,  Sth  Mo.  Cav. 
\V.  E.  Druin,  Private  Co.  P>,  142nd  Ohio  Inft. 
Seymour  Iloyt,  Private  Co.  A,  132nd  111  Lift. 
P..  C.  Anders, MI,  (Wp.  Co.  F,  SOth  111.  Inft. 
W.  K.  Pyle,  1st  Lieut.  Co.  I,  I5th  Mo.  Cav. 
II.  W.  Francis,  Private  Co  F,  126th  Ind.  Lift. 
S.  S.  Chirk,  Capt.  on  -tall'  of  (Jen.  Holland. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  165 

J.  W.  McBride,  Private  Co.  H,  2nd  Mo.  Lt.  Art. 

A.  II.  Bowers,  Private  Co.  D,  38th  Wis.  Inft. 
M.  V.  B.  Gehon,  Sergt,  Co.  A,  6th  Mo.  Cav. 
Wick  Morgan,  Major  15th  Mo.  Cav. 

W.  B.  McQuirk,  Private  Co.  A,  1st  Inft. 
Jud  S.  King,  Private  Co.  D,  1st  Mo.  Cav. 
J.  J.  Shaw,  Private  Co.  I),  6th  Mo.  Cav. 
G.  W.  Evans,  Sergt  Co.  II,  79th  Ind.  Inft. 

F.  K.  Pearson,  Corp.  Co.  E,  2nd  Penn.  Art. 

John  A.  Divis,  1st  Lieut.  Co  F,  5th  Iowa  Cav.,  and  Co. 

E,  5th  Iowa  Inft. 

John  Bell,  Private  Co.  L,  144th  111.  Inft. 
L.  J).  Brewer,  Private  Co.  B,  51st  111.  Inft. 
N.  II.  Fell,  Corp.  Co.  I,  llth  111.  Inft. 
R.  A.  Gipson,  Private  Co.  D,  51st  Ohio  Inft. 
Mark  Stevans,  Private  Co.  A,  129th  111.  Inft. 
T.  B.  Hammond,  1st  Sergt.  Co.  F,  52nd  Ohio  Inft. 
E.  B.  Howard,  Capt.  Co.  E,  29th  Ohio  Inft. 
John  Williamson,  1st  Sergt.  Co.  F,  6th  Mo.  Inft. 
K.  S.  Allen,  Private  Co.  E,  1st  Mo.  Cav. 
J.  W.  Gilmore,  Private  Co.  C,  5th  Mo.  Inft. 

G.  W.  Freedle,  Private  Co.  D,  6th  Mo.  Cav. 
J.  F.  Harris,  Corp.  Co.  K,  16th  Kan.  Cav. 

X.  M.  Gardner,  Asst.  Surgeon  Co.  E,  6th  Mo.  Cav. 
G.  W.  Thornton,  Corp.  Co.  F,  31st  Ind.  Inft. 
T.  B.  Clark,  Private  Co.  E,  66th  111.  Inft. 
J.  R.  Lewis,  Corp.  Co.  L,  6th  Tenn.  Cav. 
R.  J.  Shipley,  Private  Co.  M,  8th  Mo.  Cav. 

B.  A.  Pylc,  Corp.  Co.  L,  6th  Mo.  Cav. 

T.  W.  Burlyson,  Private  Co.  F,  46th  Mo.  Inft. 

S.  W.  Baker,  1st  Lieut.  Co.  I,  59th  Ind.  Inft. 

J.  S.  Tapley,  Sergt.  Co.  B,  6th  111.  Cav. 

J.  S.  Bryan,  Private  Co.  A,  4th  Mo.  Cav.,  and  Co.  I), 

16th  Reserve  Corps. 

J.  M.  Marcum,  Private  Co.  A,  2nd  Tenn.  Cav. 
E.  B.  Shipley,  Private  Co.  M,  8th  Mo.  Cav. 
John  Maberry,  Private  Co.  L,  6th  Mo.  Cav. 
A.  R.  Reilev,  Private  Co.  I,  102nd  111.  Inft. 


166  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Samuel  Glcason,  Private  Co.  B,  82nd  Perm.  Inft. 

J.  W.  Eldridge,  Private  Co.  A,  71st  N.  Y.  Inft. 

John  J.  Derby,  Private  Co.  C,  72nd  Mtd.  Inft. 

Wm.  Landreth,  Corp.  Co.  K,  29th  Mo.  Inft. 

J.  L.  Brockman,  Private  Co.  F,  13th  Kan.  Cav. 

R.  A.  Bell,  Private  Co.  B,  14th  111.  Cav. 

R.  P.  Underwood,  Private  Co.  H,  2nd  Mo.  Lt.  Art. 

George  Carroll,  Private  Co.  D,  69th  Ind.  Inft. 

M.  B.  Mitchell,  Private  Co.  M,  8th  Mo.  Cav. 

Henry  Hoffman,  Private  Co.  K,  64th  111  Inft. 

H.  E."  Staten,  Private  Co.  H,  144th  Ind.  Inft. 

\V.  II.  Greer,  Private  Co.  D,  45th  Mo.  Inft. 

A.  J.  Hembree,  Private  Co.  E,  14th  Inft. 

M.  L.  Mitchell,  Private  Co.  L,  6th  Mo.  Cav. 

J.  F.  Moseley,  Corp.  Co.  D,  110th  111.  Inft. 

John  II.  Carlyle,  Private  Co.  I,  88th  Ohio  Inft. 

John  V.  Thomas,  Private  Co.  II,  48th  Iowa  Inft. 

X.  A.  Dakin,  Private  Co.  K,  6th  Calif.  Cav. 

Minor  Gentry,  Private  Co.  L,  8th  M.  S.  M.  Cav. 

V.  M.  Batts,' Private  Co.  G,  54th  111.  Inft. 

C.  Z.  Russell.  2nd  Lieut.  Co.  I,  21st  Mo.  Inft. 

AY.  J.  Sell',  Private  Co.  I,  26th  Ken.  Inft. 

J.  W.  Henry,  Private  Co.  A,  7th  111.  Cav. 

Reuben  Brown,  Private  Co.  L.  .'>rd  Iowa  Cav. 

John  Grifli n,  Corp.  Co.  I,  1st  Mo.  Inft. 

John  Spong,  Private  Co.  H,  :J9th  111.  Inft. 

G.  S.  Willson,  Musician  Co.  F,  18th  V.  S.  Inft. 

Jonathan   Mess,  Private  Co.  K,  12th  Mo.  Cav. 

W.  T.  Wright,  Private  Co.  E.  15th  Mo.  Cav. 

I).  R.  Richie,  Corporal  Co.  II,  -3rd  Mo.  Cav. 

G.  X.  Stanley. 

G.  W.  Hamic,  Private  Co.  D.  1st  Tenn.  Inft. 

Levi  Johnson,  Private  Co.  E  1st  Ark  Cav. 

J.'  I).  Andrews,  Corporal  Co.  L.  9th  M.  S.  M.  Cav. 

J.   II.  Griirgs,  Tenneys'    Independent   Battery,  Kas. 

J.  F.  Harris,  Corporal  Co.  K.  16th  Kan.  Cav. 

John    McPatterson,   Private   Cos.   E  and   F.  .'Uth    Ind. 

Inft. 
Joseph  Lanliani,  Private1  Co.  K,  8th  Ind.  Inft. 


HISTORY  OF   DA  1)1:1  COl'N'TY  AND   ITS   PEOPLE  167 


.1.  J.  Roberts,  Private  Co.  G,  35  E.  M.  M.  and  Troop  B 

1st  T.  S.  Cav. 

Hugh   Daugherly,  Private  Co.  A  '2nd  Ark.  Cav. 
\V.  F.  Cluck-.   Private  C<».  C,   12th  Ken.  Cav. 
A.  K.  Whiteman. 

,}.  W.  .McDowell,  Corj).  Co.  M.  Sth  Mo.  Cav. 
J.  M.  Morris,  Private  Co.  I    loth  Mo.  Cav. 
John  Patterson,  Private  Co.  F.  43rd  Ohio  In  ft. 
W.  A.  JIalJ,  Private  Co.  G,  Sth  lo\va  Cav. 
Nicholas  Bender,   Private-  Co.  C,  13th  F.  S.  Int't. 
Alfred  Carender,  Private  Co.  I\,  12th  Mo.  Cav. 
M.  I).  Merrick,  Private  Co.  I,  7th  Provisional  E.  M.  M. 
M.  S.  Tuttle,  2nd  Lieut.  Co.  B  1st  Col.  Cav.  (and  A  1st 

Xeb.  Cav.) 

James  Hudson,   Private  Co.  K,  52nd  Ohio  Inft. 
John  Weaver,  Private  Co.  B,  47th  ill.  Inft. 
Leander  Pyle,  Private  Co.  E,  7th  Mo.  Inft. 
William  Campbell,  Private  Co.  G,  19th  Iowa  Inft. 
T.  1).  Kirby,  Private  Co.  L.  G  Mo.  Cav. 

F.  M.  McKown,  Private  Co.  A  7  Iowa  Cav. 
David  Carson,  Serg.  Co.  G,  49th  Mo.  Inft. 

E.  P.  Taylor,  Private  Co.  H.  19th  Iowa  Inft. 

J.  M.  Travis,  1st  Sergt.  Co.  II,  2nd  Mo.  Light  Art. 

Jerome  Dano,  Private  Co.  A  127th  111.  Inft. 

E.  F.  Heed,  Private  Co.  K,  53rd  Mass.  Inft. 

Jesse  Cartwright,  Private.  Co.  II,  76th  E.  M.  M.  &  I. 

7th  Pro.  E.  M.  M. 
Francis  Lord,  Private  Co.  II  35  AVis.  Inft. 

C.  AY.  Kidgeway,  Capt.  Co.  A  116th  Ohio  Inft. 
AY.  B.  Eagles,  Private  Co.  L.  28th  Ind.  Cav. 

G.  II.  Kilgore,  Private  Co.  E.  149th  Ohio  Inft. 

J.   1).   Games,  Private  Co.  D.   54th  Ind.  Inft.  and  II 

1st.  AY.  V.  Art. 
J.  F.  Gregory,  Private  Co.  I)  80th  111.  Inft. 

D.  T.  AYilkins,  Corp.  Co.  D  136  Ohio  Inft. 
Sans  Lampheer,  Private  Co.  E  3rd  AA'is.  Cav. 
AY.  II.  Ellis,  Private  Co.  C  44th  Mo.  Inft. 
David  Evans,  Private  Co.  F  34th  Ind.  Inft. 
James  Smith,  Private  Co.  I,  111.  Inft. 


168  HidTORV  OI-'  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 


Jonathan   Montgomery,  Private  Co.  A  16th  Mo.  Cav 
John  Clipiuger,  Private  Co.  1)  23rd  U.  S.  Inft. 

I.  K.  Zook,  Private  Co.  L  7th  ind.  Cav. 
Frank   Ilallowell,  Sergt.  Co.  K,   1st  Xeb.  Inft. 
E.  C.  Culver,  Private  Co.  B  88th  Ind.  Inft. 
William  Kelley,  Private  Co.  A  16th  Mo.  Cav. 

().  E.  E.  Lindsay,  Private  Co.  E  8th  M.  S.  M.  Cav. 
\V.  C.  Cole,  Private  Co.  A,  24th  Ind.  Inft. 
X.  E.  Moore,  Corp.  Co.  1).  ;5(Jtli  Ohio  Inft. 
AYilliam  Wilson,  Private  Co.  F  6th  Mo.  Cav. 
W.  C.  Johnson,  Private  Co.  E.  loth  Mo.  Cav. 
L.  I),  liar-is,   Private  Co.  1)   Uth  Mo.  Cav. 
Thomas  Miller,  Private  Co.  II  16th  111  Cav. 
Wesley  Smith,  Private  Co.  E  7th  Mo.  Cav. 
James  Clayton,  Private  Co.  1),  46th  Mo.  Inft. 
(J.  11.  Turner,  Private  Co.  C,  115th  111.  Inft. 
C.  W.  Earraiid,  Private  Co.  E,  1st  Michigan  Inft. 
(J.  W.  Daiidi,  Private  Co.  E,  114th  111.  Inft. 
J.  M.  lloskinson,  1st  Lieut.  Co.  II.  44th  Mo.  Inft. 
J.  M.  Pickett,  Private  Co.  L  8th  M.  S.  M.  Cav. 
Patrick  Coyne,  Private  Co.  (i,  :>!)th  Jo\va  Inft. 
L  A.  Humbert,  Corp.  Co.  A,  6th  Mo.  Cav. 
J.  11.  Ihirtfrave,  Private  Co.  I),  6th  Mo.  Cav. 

II.  1).  Xoble,  Private  Co.  II,  1st   Mo.   Inft. 

J.  K.  Brewer,  Private  Co.  A,  Kttrd  Ind.  Inft. 
J.  K.  Martin,  Corp.  Co.  I,  ir>  Mo.  Cav. 
T.  J.  Lowe,  Private  Co.  C,  1st  Ken.  Cav. 
T.  II.  Rose,  Private  Co.  P>.  76th  Ohio  Inft. 
X.  A.  Carroll,  Private  Co.  II.  1st  Iowa  Cav. 
J.   W.  Tyson,   Private  Co.  (i,   1st   E.  S.   Inft. 
Albert  MeKinley,  Private  Co.  E,  26th  111.  Inft. 
L.  A.  Miller,  Private  Co.  B,  ."Uth  Iowa  Inft. 
Lewis  Redman,  Private  Co.  E,  122nd,  111.  Lift. 

I.  T.  Sloan,  Private  Co.  L.  6th  Mo.  Cav. 
S.  M.  Shaw,  Corp.  Co.   I),'  (5  Mo.  Cav. 

II.  M.  Robinson,  Private  Co.  II,  41st  111.   Inft. 
C.   II.  Martin,  Private  Co.  II,  8th  Mo.  Cav. 
J.   W.  Scott,  Private  Co.  B,   12th  Mo.  Cav. 
John  (Jet/,  Private  Co.  I.),  fAith  111.  Lift. 


<  H.\KU:S  \\.\LKKK  (;HIFFITH. 


JOHN  FLETCHER  JOHNSON. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AXD  ITS  PEOPLE  169 


E.  A.  Garrison,  2nd  Lieut.  Co.  i),  ord  Ark.  Cav. 

William  Harper,  Private  Co.  E,  8th  Wis.  I  lift. 

Thomas  Gouty,  Private  Co.  E,  Mil  Mo.  Cav. 

Jonathan   lloiiek,  Teamster  Co.  K,  4(ith  Ohio  Ini't. 

W.  W.  Siinker,  Sergt.  Co.  I,  14  ivas.  Cav. 

W.  E.  Shaw,  1st  Serg.  Co.  1),  6th  Mo.  Cav. 

J.  \V.  Wilkins,  Private  Co.  L,  Stli  M.  S.  M.  Cav. 

1).  K.  Baird,  Sergt.  (1o.  E,  soth  Oliio  Int't. 

Isom  Wilson,  Private  Co.  II,  21>t  111.  Inft. 

William  Miller,  Private  Co.  1,  45th  Mo.  Lift. 

E.  P.  Iledgelen,  Private  Co.  C,   10th  Mich.  Lift. 

E.  J.  Owens,  Private  Co.  E,  114th  111.  Inft. 

E.   E.   Scrou'ii's    Earner,   Co.    L,   6th   Mo.   Cav.   Co.   A 

Phelps  Keg-t.  Mo.  Cav. 

G.  W.  Hoover,  Private  Co.  I,  6th  Kan.  Cav. 
J.  P.  Stoltz,  Private  Co.  E,  5th   111.  Cav. 
John  Jewell,  L'nd  Lieut.  Co.  II,  1  1   Mo.  Cav. 
C.  1).  Boisseau,  Private  Co.  A,  7th  M.  S.  M.  Cav. 
J.  P.  Fanning,  Blacksmith  Co.  I)  6th  Mo.  Cav. 
B.  E.  Thomas,  Sergt.  Co.  E,  52nd,  Ohio  Inft. 
J.  M.  Sailing,  Private  Co.  M,  8th  Mo.  Cav. 
J.  E.  Smith,  Private  Co.  IF,  44th  Mo.  Inft. 
J.  W.  Davenport,  Private  Co.  M,  8th  Mo.  Cav. 
J.  C.  T.  Wood,  Private  Co.  L,  I5th  Mo.  Cav. 
T.  1).  Combs,  Searge.  Co.  L),  6th  Mo.  Cav. 
Jasper  O'Neal,  Private  Co.  I,  2nd  Mo.  Light  Art. 
W.  C.  Wood,  Private  Co.  K,  Mass  Inft.  "" 
Baptist  Ereedle,  Private  Co.  L.  6th  Mo.  Cav. 

Total     dead Ill 

Total     Xmiiber 228 

Number  remaining  in  good  standing  this  date.  ...    26 


-o- 


HISTORICAL  MEMORANDA. 

By  request  I  ^vill  give  the  object  of  the  United  Con- 
federate Veterans  association.  It  was  organized  at  Rich- 
mond, Virginia,  February  loth,  14th  and  15th,  1889.  The 
object  and  purpose  of  this  organization  was  to  be  strictly 
socially  literary,  historical  and  benevolent,  to  unite  in  our 
general  federation  all  associations  of  confederate  veterans, 


170  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

soldiers  and  sailors  who  were  then  in  existence,  to  culti- 
vate the  ties  of  friendship  that  should  exist  among  those 
who  have  shared  common  danger,  suffering  and  priva- 
tions. To  see  that  the  disabled  are  cared  for,  that  a  help- 
ing hand  is  extended  to  the  needy  confederates  widows 
and  orphans.  Xo  political  or  religious  discussion  are  per- 
mitted in  said  oranization. 


HISTORY  OF  JOHN  M.  STEMMONS  CAMP  NO.  1044, 
U.  C.  V.,  GREENFIELD,  MO. 

On  the  loth  day  of  September,  1897,  pursuant  to  a  call 
published  in  the  Dade  County  Advocate  and  the  South- 
west News,  a  number  of  Confederate  veterans  met  at  the 
Court  House  in  Greenfield  for  the  purpose  of  organizing 
a  Camj)  of  Confederate  Veterans.  Captain  B.  M.  Xeale 
was  chosen  chairman  and  Lieutenant-Colonel  ().  S.  Rag- 
land,  secretary.  Upon  taking  the  chair  Captain  Xeale  ex- 
plained the  purpose  of  the  meeting  and  the  following  Con- 
federate soldiers  present  enrolled  their  names  as  charter 
members: 

Lewis  Renfro,  Co.  A,  3rd  Mo.  Cav. 

Patrick  McLemore,  Co.  F,  3rd  Mo.  Cav. 

J.  M.  Burton,  Co.  A,  3rd  Mo.  Cav. 

J.  R.  Pointdexter,  Co.  G.,  Texas  Cav. 

J.  M.  Sturdy,  Co.  G,  4th  Mo.  Cav. 

J.  J.  Winkle,  Co.  F,  3rd  Mo.  Cav. 

R.  L.  Butterworth,  Co.A,  3rd  Mo.  Cav. 

Isaac  Preston,  Co.  C,  6th  Mo.  Inf.    - 

J.  B.  Calfee,  Co.  E.  59th  Tenn.  Inf. 

J.  M.  Carlock,  Co.  G,  16th  Mo.  Inf. 

Charles  Winkle,  Co.  G,  16th  Mo.  Inf. 

J.  R.  Finley,  Co.  G,  16th  Mo.  Inf. 

J.  P.  Duncan,  Co.  D,  63rd  Tenn.  Inf. 

T.  B.  Rountree,  Co.  G,  16th  Mo.  Inf. 

W.  A.  Dale,  Co.  G,  16th  Mo.  Inf. 

Jesse  J.  Hiatt,  Co.  K,  6th  Mo.  Cav. 

Joseph  Roseman,  Co.  E,  49th  X.  C.  Inf. 

15.  M.  Xeale,  Capt.  Co.  B,  1st  Mo.  Cav. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  171 

O.    S.   Ragland,    Lieutenant-Colonel    3rd    Bat.,    G.    M. 
Inf. 

S.  II.  Howard,  Co.  (5th  Ala.  Cav. 

On  permanent  organization  of  the  camp  the  following 
officials  were  elected: 

Commander — Lewis  Renfro. 

Lieutenant  Commander — J.  R.  Finley. 

Adjutant — O.  S.  Ragland. 

Chaplain — J.  M.  Sturdy. 

Surgeon — R.  L.  Butterworth. 

After  organization  the  name  "John  M.  Stemmons" 
was  unanimously  selected  for  the  Camp  name,  in  honor  of 
Captain  John  M.  Stemmons,  a  Greenfield  lawyer,  who  was 
afterward  Lieutenant  Colonel  of  the  IGth  Mo.  Inf. 

By-Laws  were  then  adopted  and  after  the  business 
was  finished,  Congressman  lion.  David  A.  DoArmond  of 
the  (ith  District  being  in  the  city  accepted  an  invitation 
and  addressed  the  Camp  in  his  eloquent  and  entertaining 
manner. 

The  Camj)  then  adjourned  to  meet  the  2nd  Saturday 
in  October,  1897. 

CAPTAIX  B.  M.  XEALE,  Chairman. 
0.  S.  RAGLAXD,  Secretary. 

Three  ministers  of  the  gospel  have  been  members  of 
this  camp.  Rev.  J.  B.  Fly,  Rev.  G.  W.  Oldham  and  Rev. 
L.  A.  Blevans.  Two  Captains — B.  M.  Xeale  and  J.  M. 
Wills.  One  Lieutenant  Colonel— O.  S.  Ragland.  Three 
Lieutenants — C.  J.  Stephenson,  .V.  .J.  Ross  and  Lewis 
Renfro.  One  Orderly  Sergeant— F.  A.  Wills. 

I'1*)! lowing  is  a  complete  roster  of  the  John  M.  Stem- 
mons Camp,  r.  C.  V.  of  Greenfield,  Mo.,  from  its  or- 
ganization to  the  present  time: 

Andrews,  W.  I.  (deceased)  private  Co.  E.  9th  Mo. 
Cav. 

Blevins,  E.  L.  (deceased)  private  Co.  E.  9th  Mo.  Cav. 
Burton,  J.  M.  (deceased)  private  Co.  A.  3rd  Mo.  Cav. 

Brown,  T.  L.  (deceased)  private  Co.  G.  37th  Tenn. 
Inf. 

Buck,  J.  H.  private  Co.  A.  23rd  Ark.   Inf. 


172  HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Birch,  D.  C.  Co.  K.  8th  Mo.  Inf. 
Blevens,  A.  L.  private  Co.  (1.,  Irvin's  Regiment. 
Brown,  F.  M.  (deceased)   private  Co.  3rd  Mo.  Cav. 
Blevins,  John,  (deceased)  private  Co.  E.,  9th  Mo.  Cav. 
Calfee,  J.   B.,    (deceased)   private  Co.  E.,  59th  Tenn., 

Inf. 

Carlock,  J.  M.,  private  Co.  G.,  16th  Mo.  Inf. 
Creek,  A.,  private  Co.  C.,  9th  Mo.  Cav. 
Coble,  E.  J).,  private  Co.  I,  3rd  Mo.  Cav. 
Cooper,   J.   M.,    (deceased)    private   Co.   C.,   60th    Ga., 

Inf. 

Dale,  \V.  A.,   (deceased)   private  Co.  G.,  IGth  Mo.  Inf. 
Dou.uhtery,  \Y.  T.,  (deceased)  private  Co.  G.,  IGth  Mo. 

Inf.  ' 
Duncan,  J.  P.,   (deceased)   private  Co.  D.,  63rd  Tenn. 

Inf. 
Davidson,  (!.   \V.,   (deceased)    private  Co.  E.,  3rd  Mo. 

Cav. 

Einley,  ,} .  R.  private  Co.  G.,  IGth  Mo.  Inf.,  Lieut-Corn. 
Fly,  J.  B.,  (deceased)  private  Co.  I.,  Sth  Mo.,  Inf. 
Bnttenvorth,  R.  L.,  private  Co.  A.,  3rd  Mo.  Cav. 
Hunt,  .Joel  T.,  (deceased)   private  Co.  II.,  24th  Texas 

D.  C. 
(Jamhill,   (i.    \V.,    (deceased),   }>rivate   Co.    I.,   3rd   Mo. 

Cav. 

Hoover,  S.  ,J.,  private  Co.  A.,  3rd  Mo.  Cav. 
Hiatt,  .1.  .1.,  (deceased)  private  Co.  K,  (5th  Mo.  Cav. 
Howard,   S.    II.,    (deceased)    private   Co.    A.,    6th    Ala. 

Cav. 

Haynes,  \V.  II.,  private  Co.  II.,  10th  Texas  Inf. 
Irhy,  Joseph    L.,    (dec-eased)    private   Co.   A.,   3rd   Mo. 

Cav. 

.JH'1'reys,  ,1.  R.,  private  Co.  E,  2nd  Tenn.  Cav. 
.lone-,  J.  M.,  private  Co.  A.,  3rd  Mo.  Cav. 
Literal,   James,    (deceased)    private    Co.    A.,    3rd    Mo. 

Cav. 
Maims,   E.    A.,    (deceased)    private  Co.    E.,  43rd   Tenn. 

Inf. 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  173 


Merrick,  W.  PL,    (deceased)   private  Co.  I.,  3rd   Mo. 

Cav. 

Mills,  A.  J.,  private  Co.  A.,  3rd  Mo.  Cav. 
McLemore,  Patrick,  private  Co.  F.,  3rd  Mo.  Cav. 
Means,   L.   M.,    (deceased)    private   Co.   F,   9th   Texas 

Cav. 
Me  Kinzie,  Robert,  (deceased)  private  Co.  K,  8th  Ken. 

Cav. 
Marshall,  C.  T.,  private  Co.  A.,   Freeraans  Regiment 

.    Mo.  Cav. 

Xeale,  B.  M.,  Captain,  (deceased)  Co.  B.,  1st  Mo.  Cav. 
Owens,  Oscar,   ( deceased )   private  Co.  C.,  5<)th  Tenn. 

Inf. 

Oldham,  G.  W.,  private  Co.  G.,  16th  Mo.  Inf. 
Poindexter,  J.  R.,   (deceased  Co.  G.,  5th  Texas  M.  T. 
Poindexter,  K.  F.,  private  Co.  A.,  3rd  Mo.  Cav. 
Preston,    Isaac,    (deceased)    private    Co.    A.,    (5th    Mo. 

Inf. 

Renfro,  Lewis,  Lieutenant  Co.  A.,  3rd  Mo.  Cav.,  Com. 
Roseman,  Joseph,  private  Co.  F.,  (>th  Mo.  Inf. 
Renfro,  J.  II.,  private  Co.  A.,  3rd  Mo.  Cav. 
Rauland,  O.  S..  Lieut. -Col.,   (deceased)   3rd  K.  da.  M. 

Inf. 

Sturdy,  J.  M.,  (deceased)  private  Co.  C.,  4th  Mo.  Cav. 
Sooter,  M.  J.,  private  Co.  C.,  4th  Mo.  Cav. 
Shrum,  Jacob,  private  Co.  F.,  3rd  Mo.  Cav. 
Sturdy,    Farrell,    (deceased)    private    Co.    C,    4th    Mo. 

Cav. 
Stephenson,  ( ).  J.,    (deceased)   Lieutenant  Co.  A,  31st 

I).  C. 

Spain,  Robert,  private  Co.  A.,  3rd  Mo.  Cav. 
Thomas,  II.  B.,  private  Co.  A.,  West's  Mo.  Bat.  Cav. 
Wilbuni,  T.  J..  private  Co.  A.,  ISth  X.  C.,  Inf. 
Winkle,  J.  J.,  (deceased)  private  Co.  F.,  3rd  Mo.  Cav. 
Winkle,  Charles,  private  Co.  G.,  10th  Mo.  Inf. 
Wills,  J.  M.,  Captain,  (deceased)  Co.  A.,  3rd  Mo.  Cav. 
Wills,  F.  A.,   (deceased)   1st  Ser.  Co.  A,  3rd  Mo.  Cav. 
White,  B.  F.,  private  Co.  G.,  14th  Ark.  Inf. 
Woods,  J.  C.,  (deceased)  private  Co.  G.,  1st  Mo.  Cav. 


174  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Of  the  officials,  Lewis  Renfro  has  served  continuously 
as  Commander  since  the  organization  of  the  Camp  ex- 
cepting one  year,  1900,  when  S.  II.  Howard  was  elected 
Commander.  The  Camp  has  had  four  Adjutants — ().  S. 
Ragland,  ().  J.  Stephenson,  Captain  B.  M.  Xeale  and  J.  M. 
Carlock.  It  has  had  four  Lieutenant  Commanders — J.  R. 
Finley,  Captain  J.  M.  Wills,  F.  A.  Wills  and  J.  H.  Jeffreys. 
It  lias  had  six  Chaplains — (J.  W.  Oldham,  J.  M.  Sturdy, 
J.  M.  Carlock,  Patrick  McLemore,  J.  B.  Fly  and  A.  L. 
Blcvans.  Four  surgeons — R.  L.  Butterworth,  Isaac  Prest- 
on, T.  L.  Brown  and  II.  B.  Thomas. 

The   present   membership  of  the   camp   is   as   follows: 
Le\vi<   KYiifro,  Commander. 
J.   R.  Jeffreys,    Lieutenant-Commander. 
.J.  M.  Carlock,  Adjutant. 
L.  A.  Bieavans,  Chaplain. 
11.  B.  Thomas,  Surgeon. 
F.  I).  Coble 
\V.   II.   Haynes 
K.  F.  Poindexter 
A.  J.  Mills 
J.    R.   Finley 
J.    II.    Renfro 
Patrick  McLemore 
Charles  Winkle 
Robert   Spain 
.Jacob  Shrum 
J.  M.  Sooter 
A.  J.  Olinger 

Making   17   members   left  out  of  a  total  enrollment  of 
SO. 

The    following    members    have    been    honored    by    the 
state  organization : 

Captain  B.  M.  Xeale  was  Colonel  of  the  -1th   Regiment 
<>f   the    Western    Brigade. 

Lewis   Renfro   was   his  Adjutant.     Mr.   Renfro   held   a 
U'-utenant  Colonel's  Commission  on  fieneral    Love's  Staff 
and    i>    now    Adjutant    (Jem-nil    of   the    Missouri    Division 
('.  C.  V. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  175 

J.  R.  Jeffreys  holds  a  Major's  Commission  on  General 
W.  C.  Bronough's  Staff. 

J.  II.  Renfro  holds  a  Major's  Commission  on  General 
W.  C.  Bronough's  Staff. 

Miss  Annie  G.  Xeale  was  maid  of  honor  on  General 
T.  C.  Love's  Staff. 

Misses  IJattie  Grills,  Effie  Montgomery  and  Maud 
Kvle  are  Maids  of  Honor  on  General  T.  C.  Love's  Staff. 


ODD  FELLOWSHIP  IN  GREENFIELD. 

Dade  Lodge  No.  518,  I.  O.  0.  F.  was  organized  Octo- 
ber 10th,  1895  under  a  special  dispensation  from  the 
Grand  Master.  The  Charter  was  granted  by  the  Grand 
Lodge  on  May  21st,  189G.  The  names  of  B.  B.  Crews,  AV. 
M.  Malone,  O.'j.  Stephenson,  C.  I).  Boisseau,  C.  D.  Temple- 
man,  E.  P.  Mann  and  Mack  Sailing  appear  on  the  face  of 
the  charter,  but  C.  B.  Templeton  was  never  a  member  and 
Mack  Sailing  was  borrowed  from  South  Greenfield  for 
the  purpose  of  organization.  The  first  night  was  a  big 
night  when  the  following  new  members  were  taken  in: 
I.  J.  Martin,  C.  F.  Robinson.  H.  LI.  Davis,  R.  C.  Thomas, 
J.  W.  Hull,  Uel  Murphy,  P.  S.  Griffith,  J.  L.  Rubeustein, 
Ed.  Frieze,  A.  X.  List  and  T.  S.  Brown.  The  first  organi- 
zation comprised  the  following  officials: 

().  J.   Stephenson,   P.   G. 

E.  P.  Mann,  X.  G. 

C.  Z.  Russell,  V.  G. 

W.  M.  Malone,  Rec.  Sec'y. 

C.  D.  Boisseau,  Financial  Secretary. 

T.  S.  Brown,  Chaplain. 

Fred  Grether,  Treasurer. 

Phil  S.  Griffith,  Cond. 

Uel  Murphy,  Warden. 

B.  B.  Crews,  I.  G. 
Ed.  Frieze,  0.  G. 

II.  LI.  Davis,  R.  S.  X.  G. 
I.  J.  Martin,  L.  S.  X.  G. 

C.  F.  Robinson,  R.  S.  V.  G. 


176  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

R.  C.  Thomas,  L.  S.  V.  G. 

J.  W.  Hull,  R.  8.  £. 

J.  L.  Rubenstein,  L.  S.  S. 

C.  Z.  Kusscll,  Mason  Talbutt  and  0.  J.  Stephenson, 
trustees. 

In  addition  to  the  above  the  name  of  A.  1).  States 
appears  as  a  Charter  member.  District  Deputy  G.  M. 
Major  of  Springfield  officiated  in  organizing  the  lodge. 

For  a  number  of  years  the  lodge  occupied  a  rented 
hall  over  the  hardware,  store  on  the  north  west  corner  of 
the  square  and  did  good  work.  The  membership  increased 
and  the  lodge  became  financially  strong. 

On  the  llth  day  of  April,  11)10  a  proposition  was  sub- 
mitted to  the  lodge  for  the  purchase  of  a  lot  upon  which 
to  erect  a  "Lodge  Home."  This  was  the  beginning  of 
the  move  for  the  present  Odd  Fellow  building. 

In  order  to  better  prosecute  the  work,  Dade  Lodge 
No.  518  I.  ().  ().  F.,  was  duly  incorporated  under  the  laws 
of  the  state  of  Missouri,  April  4th,  1911.  K.  C.  Divine, 
J.  AV.  Hull,  J.  L.  Rubenstein,  II.  A.  Potter  and  W.  E. 
Montgomery  were  the  incorporators  with  A.  J.  Young  act- 
ing as  attorney  for  the  corporation.  By  reason  of  a  defect 
in  the  title  to  the  lot  purchased  the  building  was  delayed 
until  a  decree  could  be  obtained  in  the  Circuit  Court  quiet- 
ing the  title. 

The  contract  for  the  building  was  let  to  W.  C.  Starr, 
and  the  work  of  excavating  begun  early  in  the  summer  of 
11)11. 

On  the  H)th  day  of  August,  11)11  the  corner  stone  was 
laid  by  Canton  Barton,  Xo.  11),  with  appropriate  cere- 
monies. The  following  articles  were  placed  in  a  metal 
casket  and  deposited  in  the  corner  stone: 

(1)  List  of  members  of  Dade  Lodge,  Xo.  f)18,  I.  0. 
O.  F. 

(2)  Xames    of    members    who    contributed    to    pur- 
chase of  lot. 

(M)      Copy  of  By  Laws  of  Lodge. 
(4)     Copy  of  constitution   of  Grand  Lodge   of  Mis- 
souri. 


ELLEN    AMANDA     (RIOALL)    JOHNSON. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 177 

(5)  History  of  Dade  Lodge  No.  518  by  A.  J.  Young. 

(6)  History  of  Rebekah  Lodge  No.  239. 

(7)  Signatures  of  officers  of  both  lodges. 

(8)  Signatures  of  original  members  who  are  still 
members. 

(9)  Purposes  for  which  building  was  erected. 

(10)  Name  of  the  President  of  if.  S.     (W.  H.  Taft). 

(11)  Name   of  Governor  of  Missouri.      (Herbert  S. 
Hadley). 

(12)  Copy  of  the  Holy  Bible. 

(13)  Copy  of  the  Greenfield  "Vedette." 

(14)  Copy  of  the  "Dade  County  Advocate." 

(15)  Names  of  officers  of  Canton  Barton,  No.  19. 

(16)  Name  of  Grand  Secretary. 

(17)  Name  of  Commander  Militant  Patriarchs. 

(18)  Copy  of  "Republican-Sentinel"  of  Lamar,  Mo. 

(19)  History  of  the  Building. 

The  new  building  was  completed  in  May,  1912  and 
was  dedicated  shortly  afterward.  The  Building  Commit- 
tee was  composed  of  J.  L.  Rubenstein,  R.  C.  Divine,  J. 
W.  Hull,  Fred  Grether  and  J.  E.  Shaw.  The  Financial 
Committee — Edwin  Harrison,  A.  B.  Wilkerson  and  F.  G. 
Van  Osdell. 

The  building  proper  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  ap- 
proximately $10,000.  The  furnishings  cost  perhaps  $500 
more.  The  building  is  a  brick  structure,  3  stories  high  and 
is  44  feet  by  98  feet  with  basement. 

The  first  floor  is  a  double  store-room  now  occupied 
by  Harrison  Bros.  Furniture  Company.  The  second  floor 
is  the  lodge  room  proper,  with  ante -rooms,  halls  and  a 
reception  room.  The  third  floor  is  a  complete  dining  room 
and  kitchen. 

When  the  building  was  completed,  Rebekah  Lodge 
No.  239  papered  the  walls,  furnished  the  dining  room  and 
kitchen,  furnished  the  reception  room  and  bought  a  fine 
piano  for  the  lodge  room. 

The  officia  chairs  cost  about  $250.00  and  were  donated 
by  the  folowing  members: 

Nobe  Grand's  chair,  J.  L.  Rubenstein. 


178 HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

B.  S.  N.  G's.  chair,  W.  0.  Underwood. 
L.  S.  N.  G's.  chair,  Phil  S.  Griffith. 
Vice  Grand's  chair,  W.  R.  Bell. 

R.  S.  V.  G's.  chair,  J.  G.  Sloan. 

L.  S.  V.  G's.  chair,  Ben  Carr  and  R.  S.  Gregory. 

Past  Grand's  chair,  A.  B.  Wilkerson. 

Chaplain's  chair,  C.  D.  Boisseau. 

Conductor's  chair,  W.  E.  Montgomery. 

Warden's  chair,  N.  B.  Weir  and  J.  T."  Willett. 

R.  S.  S's.  chair,  J.  E.  Shaw. 

L.  S.  S's.  chair,  R.  C.  Divine. 

Canopy,  W.  C.  Starr. 

Altar,  J.  L.  Rubenstein. 

Chandeler,  F.  G.  Van  Osdell. 

The  lodge  has  had  since  its  organization  253  members 
on  its  roll.  Twenty-nine  have  " crossed  over"  others  have 
taken  withdrawal  cards  while  a  few  have  dropped  for  N. 
P.  D.  The  present  active  membership  is  about  175.  Fol- 
lowing is  a  list  of  the  Past  Grands: 

E.  P.  Mann  J.  E.  Shaw 

C.  D.  Boisseau  W.  E.  Montgomerv 

ftf 

Fred  Gretcher  R.  C.  Divine 

B.  B.  Crews  R,  S.  Ramsey 
Mason  Talbutt  R.  F.  Vert 

I.  J.  Martin  R.  H.  Gregory 

J.  W.  Hull  J.  A.  Taylor 

P.  S.  Griffith  George  F.  Hull 

J.  L.  Rubenstein  T.  R.  Courtney 

J.  C.  Brown  J.  E.  Hull 

Mark  Bunker  G.  W.  Curtis 

W.  0.  Russell  B.  F.  Starr 

A.  H.  Montgomery  J.  M.  Mitchell 

E.  L.  Kell  W.  R.  Bell 

A.  B.  Wilkerson  Bert  Slirum 

W.  H.  Toler  S.  II.  Reed 

Z.  T.  Martin  F.  G.  Van  Osdell 

W.   0.   Underwood  I,.  A.  Wetzel 

C.  P.  Ellis  S.  H.  Wetzel 
J.  0.  Wasson  J.  C.  Webb 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 179 

Frank  Grider  Roy  Gregory 

H.  A.  Potter  Tim  Gallaspy 

A.  J.  Young  J.  N.  Scott 

J.  L.  Kilgore  Guy  Jones 

Frank  Hull  G.  M.  Foster 

W.  E.  Goodnight  Hade  Carr 

A.  B.  Ayers 

The  present  officials  of  the  lodge  serving  from  Jan- 
uary, 1917  are  as  follows: 

Roy  Gregory,  N.  G. 

W.  C.  Starr,  V.  G. 

William  Scroggs,  Rec.  Sec'y- 

J.  W.  Hull,  Fin.  Sec'y. 

Hade  Carr,  Treas. 

o 

GREENFIELD  REBEKAH  LODGE,  NO.  239. 

Was  organized  May  1.9th,  1898  with  the  following 
charter  members:  Mamie  Crews,  Mary  L.  Helman,  Rose 
G.  Rubenstein,  Lottie  M.  French,  Estaria  Glascoe,  J.  M. 
Pidcock,  J.  C.  Brown,  0.  J.  Stephenson,  J.  L.  Rubenstein, 
B.  B.  Crews,  S.  A.  French  and  Sam  Kellogg.  It  has  a 
present  membership  of  42  arid  is  in  fine  working  order. 
Much  of  the  success  achieved  by  Dade  Lodge  No.  518  is 
due  to  the  enlivening,  entertaining  and  enthusiastic  in- 
fluences of  its  Rebekah  Auxiliary. 

This  lodge  has  lost  but  two  members  by  death,  viz: 
0.  J.  Stephenson  and  J.  M.  Pidcock.  Its  present  officials 
are  as  follows: 

X.  G.,  Mary  Belle  Mitchell. 

V.  G.,  Mary  Belle  Weir. 

Recording  Secretary,  Kate  Miller. 

Fin.  Secretary,  Mary  McMillen. 

Treasurer,  Mary  Scroggs. 

Warden,  Emma  Young. 

Conductor,  Rose   G.  Rubenstein. 

Past  Grand,  Lizzie  Jeffreys. 

Chaplain,  Minnie  Belle  Van  Osdell. 

I.  G.,   Lizzie  Hull. 

0.  G.,  Emma  Boisseau. 


180 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

R.  S.  N.  G.,  Sarah  Brown. 
L.  S.  N.  G.,  Ruth  Carr. 
R.  S.  V.  G.,  Tessie  Carr. 
L.  S.  V.  G.,  Susie  Gillaspie. 
Musician,  Hester  Hembree. 

o 


HISTORY  OF  GARRETT  LODGE  NO.  359, 
A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  AT  ARCOLA,  MISSOURI. 

by 
Dr.  R.  M.  Crutcher. 

Master  Masons  in  the  vicinity  of  White  Hare,  Cedar 
County,  Mo.,  met  at  the  masonic  hall  in  White  Hare, 
March  22,  A.  D.  1870,  A.  L.  5870,  to  organize  a  Masonic 
lodge  under  dispensation.  Brother  H.  J.  Church,  D.  D.  G. 
M.  was  present  and  called  the  brethern  to  order  and 
opened  a  lodge  of  Master  Masons  and  called  the  appointed 
officers  to  their  stations,  viz: 

W.  C.  Montgomery,  W.  M. 

C.  G.  Snyder,  S.  W. 

S.  P.  Collins,  J.  W. 

The  following  brothers  were  present — J.  B.  Sellars, 
W.  X.  Sellars,  James  J.  Frisbie,  Jesse  Harris,  P.  R.  Dix 
and  William  T.  Shaw.  Visiting  brothers  present: 

I).  W.  Roberts,  Union  Lodge  No.  7,  Kansas. 

J.  M.  Conoway,  Stockton  Lodge,  No.  283,  Missouri. 

G.  W.  Murphy,  Washington  Lodge  No.  87,  Missouri. 

W.  A.  Ackison,  Hesperian  Lodge,  No/ 286,  Missouri. 

J.  T.  Fan-is,  Stockton  Lodge,  No.  283,  Missouri. 

The  lodge  next  elected  .1.  B.  Sellars,  treasurer  and  P. 
II.  Dix,  secretary.  The  worshipful  master  then  appointed 
W.  X.  Sellars,  s'.  I).,  J.  J.  Frisbie,  J.  D.,  1).  W.  Roberts,  S. 
S.,  Jesse  Harris,  J.  S.,  Charles  Corprell,  Tyler  and  the  fol- 
lowing committee  on  finance:  -J.  J.  Frisbie,  R.  C.  Ball  and 
Morris  W.  Mitchell. 

The  following  petitions  wen1  received  for  initiation: 
M.  F.  lland!e\-.  J.  L.  Thnrman,  A.  M.  Morrison,  after 
\vhirh  the  members  of  (iarrett  Lodge,  (".  1).,  met  in  special 
committee  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  under  a  charter 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  181 


at  Masonic  Hall,  White  Hare,  Mo.,  October  26th,  A.  D., 
1870,  A.  L.  5870.  The  charter  granted  by  the  Grand  Lodge 
of  Missouri  was  read  and  the  lodge  proceeded  to  the  elect 
the  following  officers:  W.  C.  Montgomery,  W.  M.,  C.  G. 
Snyder,  S.  W.,  S.  P.  Collins,  J.  W.,  J.  B.  Sellars,  Treasurer; 
J.  L.  Thurman,  secretary  and  the  following  officers  were 
appointed : 

P.  R.  Dix,  S.  D.;  J.  J.  Frisbie,  J.  D.;  W.  N.  Sellars, 
Tyler;  and  the  following  finance  committee:  James  J. 
Frisbie,  Morris  W.  Mitchell  and  John  Dale.  John  C.  Har- 
ris, chaplain. 

Garrett  Lodge,  No.  359  continued  at  White  Hare, 
Cedar  County  and  was  very  prosperous  both  fraternally 
and  financially,  having  money  loaned  out,  until  Jerico 
Springs  decided  to  organize  a  lodge  of  Masons,  when  a 
number  of  brethern  demitted  from  it  to  help  organize  at 
Jerico  about  April  l(Jth,  1884,  when  Washington  Lodge, 
No.  87  at  Greenfield  and  Melville  Lodge,  No.  458  at  Dade- 
ville,  were  asked  for  a  waiver  of  jurisdiction  that  Gar- 
rett Lodge  might  be  removed  from  White  Hare,  Cedar 
County,  to  Arcola,  Dade  County,  a  distance  of  five  miles. 
The  waiver  was  granted  and  the  Grand  Lodge  permitted 
the  removal. 

On  the  24th  day  of  July,  1884,  a  Special  Grand  Lodge 
of  Missouri  met  at  Arcola,  Missouri,  to  dedicate  the  new 
hall  of  Garrett  Lodge.  D.  D.  G.  M.  Seymour  Hoyt  opened 
the  Grand  Lodge  with  the  following  officers  present: 

Seymour  Hoyt,  W.  M.;  J.  F.  Boston,  Deputy;  Alfred 
Kennedy,  S.  W.;  T.  J.  Van  Osdell,  J.  W.;  J/E,  Clark, 
Secretary;  W.  Kennedy,  Treasurer;  E.  M.  Crutcher,  S. 
I).;  E.  A.  Church,  J.  I).;  T.  P.  Calfee,  Tyler,;  Thomas 
Toney,  Chaplain. 

Seymour  Hoyt  then  read  his  commission  from  Lee  A. 
Hall,  G.  M.,  and  proceeded  to  dedicate  the  hall,  after 
which  he  made  a  pleasing  address,  urging  the  brethern  to 
be  faithful  and  gave  valuable  instruction  in  Masonry.  He 
was  followed  by  Thomas  Toney,  J.  J.  Van  Osdell  and  J. 
M.  Travis.  This  part  of  the  program  was  followed  by  a 
splendid  dinner  for  everyone  present. 


182  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

The  lodge  met  the  same  night  and  initiated  two  mem- 
bers: B.  G.  Thurman  and  James  H.  Martin  with  the  fol- 
lowing officers  in  the  chairs:  Samuel  Achord,  W.  M. ;  T. 
J.  Travis,  S.  W.;  T.  J.  Pyle,  J.  W.,  A.  Harrell,  Chaplain; 
P.  H.  Hawkins,  Secretary;  R.  M.  Crutcher,  S.  D.;  R.  A. 
Church,  J.  D.;  T.  J.  Underwood,  S.  S.;  John  W.  Bray,  J. 
S.;  T.  P.  Calfee,  Tyler.  Others  present  were:  W.  N. 
Sellers,  D.  Russell,  D.  W.  Edwards,  N.  S.  Noffsinger,  J.  M. 
Travis,  J.  C.  Brickey  and  the  following  visitors:  Seymour 
Hoyt,  W.  R.  Russell,  W.  R.  Bowles  and  D.  B.  Beard/ 

During  the  intervening  years  Garrett  Lodge  has  dis- 
tributed much  charity  and  made  many  Masons  and  is  now 
in  a  prosperous  condition.  The  present  officers  are:  E.  0. 
Kelley,  W.  M.;  C.  W.  Cassell,  S.  W.;  G.  0.  Mitchell,  J.  W.; 
J.  M.  Carson,  Treasurer;  H.  W.  Kitsmiller,  Secretary;  R. 
M.  Crutcher,  S.  D.;  William  Price,  J.  D.;  C.  M.  Camp- 
bell, S.  S.;  S.  H.  McGuire,  J.  S.;  G.  H.  Maberry,  Tyler. 
Many  interesting  and  pleasing  events  have  transpired 
since  the  organization  of  this  lodge  as  well  as  many 
sad  ones.  Deaths  and  funerals  have  been  frequent,  min- 
istrations of  benevolence  and  charity  have  made  their  calls 
and  amid  these  dark  and  gloomy  days  have  been  many  of 
sunshine  and  flowers.  Upon  the  whole,  Garrett  Lodge  has 
had  its  special  mission  to  perform  in  the  making  of  Dade 
County  history  and  it  has  seemingly  performed  that  mis- 
sion well. 


Chapter  10 


THE  TELEPHONE  IN  DADE  COUNTY. 

by 

Aaron  D.  States. 

About  the  time  the  Greenfield  and  Northern  Railway 
was  constructed  between  North  Greenfield  and  South 
Greenfield  in  the  latter  part  of  the  eighties,  the  builder, 
Thomas  A.  Miller,  saw  the  importance  of  having  some 
form  of  communicating  service  between  the  two  towns, 
either  telegraph  or  telephone.  He  decided  after  some 
little  investigation  that  the  telephone  though  in  its  real  in- 
fancy would  give  the  best  service,  accordingly  a  circuit 
was  builded  between  the  two  to\vns  and  the  rude  instru- 
ments were  installed.  Everything  worked  well  until  one 
day  it  was  noised  around  that  the  Bell  Telephone  people 
had  represententatives  going  over  the  country  investigat- 
ing the  various  independent  lines  in  respect  to  infringe- 
ments on  their  rights  of  patent.  It  was  not  very  long 
thereafter  until  the  line  between  the  two  towns  was  use- 
less on  account  of  the  taking  of  parts  of  the  instrument 
upon  which  infringements  were  claimed,  therefore,  Green- 
field was  without  any  nature  of  telephone  service  for  a 
few  years  thereafter. 

The  late  Captain  W.  S.  Wheeler,  Honorable  Edgar  P. 
Mann,  et  al,  decided  that  Greenfield  and  Lockwood  should 
be  connected  by  telephone.  They  constructed  the  line  and 
bought  the  best  instruments  obtainable.  They  were  aided 
by  Lockwood  people.  Among  them  the  pioneer  telephone 
man  of  the  entire  Lockwood  district,  was  D.  C.  Clark. 
This  was  at  the  very  close  of  the  eighties  and  the  first 
year  of  the  nineties,  when  this  line  was  erected  and  put 
into  use.  The  Greenfield  telephone  was  placed  in  the 
law  office  of  Mann  &  Talbutt  and  remained  there  until 
the  line  was  purchased  by  Aaron  D.  States.  Everybody 
thought  this  line  was  a  wonder  and  it  was  surely  a  revela- 


184  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

tion  to  all  the  people.  This  was  really  the  first  long  dis- 
tance telephone  line  erected  in  the  country.  There  were 
other  lines  erected  from  Lockwood  to  Ernest,  Arcola, 
Cedarville,  Golden  City  and  Stockton  about  the  same 
years.  Lockwood  soon  became  a  telephone  center  and 
remained  so  for  a  long  time.  It  is  yet  known  for  its 
complete  exchange  under  the  control  of  that  veteran  tele- 
phone man,  Mr.  Clark,  who  has  stood  at  the  front  of  the 
telephone  development  all  these  years.  His  devotion  to 
Lockwood  and  the  Lockwood  territory  is  a  matter  of 
history. 

Late  in  the  year  1893  James  M.  Taylor  and  Isaac 
Evans  of  Aldrich  decided  to  embark  in  the  telephone 
business  to  some  extent.  They  first  built  a  line  from  their 
town  to  Fairplay.  When  this  line  was  completed  and 
tested  they  decided  to  build  another  line  to  Bona  and 
Dadeville.  When  they  completed  the  line  to  these  Bade 
County  towns,  they  made  arrangements  to  extend  the 
line  into  Greenfield.  This  was  during  the  year,  1894. 
After  the  line  was  finished  into  Greenfield,  using  common 
Series  Telephones  requiring  a  metalic  circuit,  being  some- 
time before  the  advent  of  Bridged  Telephones,  a  per- 
manent home  was  arranged  in  the  Delmonico  hotel  for 
the  Greenfield  instrument  under  the  care  of  Uel  Murphy, 
there  was  a  long  distance  instrument  placed  at  Rest-a- 
while, the  Greenfield  home  of  Mr.  States,  the  first  long 
distance  telephone  ever  installed  in  a  Dade  County  home. 

Soon  after  this  the  next  year,  Mr.  States  purchased 
the  Taylor-Evans  interests  in  Greenfield  and  Dade  County 
and  began  the  construction  of  a  line  to  South  Greenfield. 
Soon  after  tins  lie  purchased  the  Lockwood-Greenfield 
lino  and  the  line  from  Lockwood  to  Golden  City,  con- 
necting the  two  at  Lockwood  and  running  them  to  a  com- 
mon center  at  Greenfield,  thus  directly  connecting-  Golden 
City,  Lockwood,  South  Greenfield,  Dadeville  and  Bona 
with  Greenfield  central. 

Mr.  States  set  to  work  at  once  to  get  a  Sprinfield 
connection.  He  aranged  and  built  the  line  from  Everton 
to  Ash  Grove  and  from  Ash  Grove  on  to  Springfield.  The 


ABSALOM  KKXFKOW  A\D  AVIFK. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  185 


honorable  F.  M.  Stockard,  of  Republic,  the  late  Thomas 
Yakely,  of  Yakely  Chapel,  and  the  late  William  E. 
Drumm,  of  Bios  d'Arc  assisting.  It  was  completed  to 
Springfield  during  the  year  1900  and  the  first  office  in 
that  city  was  at  the  Hinton  Drug  Store  on  College  street. 
This  was  the  first  long  distance  line  from  the  west  to 
enter  Springfield.  It  preceded  the  Bell  a  little  over  a 
year.  In  the  meantime  Mr.  States  had  installed  a  cir- 
cuit in  Greenfield  that  gave  service  to  fifteen  homes  and 
business  places  in  the  town.  After  the  construction  of  so 
many  lines  with  the  Greenfield  offices,  he  decided  that  it 
was  necessary  to  install  a  switch  board. 

A  fifty-drop  capacity  board  was  ordered  and  in  due 
time  installed.  When  the  switch-board  was  installed 
there  were  about  twenty-four  Greenfield  patrons  including 
the  business  houses.  This  with  the  long  lines  made  the 
Greenfield  central  look  like  a  sure  enough  telephone  ex- 
change. Mrs.  States  was  the  first  operator  and  she  held 
that  position  for  a  number  of  years,  thoroughly  looking 
after  the  entire  home  business  while  Mr.  States  was 
building  other  lines.  Her  good  work  is  remembered  by 
every  old  telephone  user  in  Dade  county.  At  first  the  ex- 
change patrons  did  not  use  their  telephone  as  they  should, 
sometimes  they  would  walk  to  their  grocer  and  order 
their  needs,  instead  of  telephoning  him  their  wants,  but 
they  did  not  fail  to  call  up  some  friend  in  some  nearby 
town  and  have  a  friendly  chat  every  night.  And  they  did 
not  fail  to  chat  with  their  friends  and  neighbors.  The 
idea  of  using  the  telephone  for  business  was  slow  in  plac- 
ing its  forca  upon  the  people.  A  great  many  considered 
it  a  luxury  while  others  considered  it  a  sort  of  play 
thing,  just  to  amuse  and  drive  away  monotony. 

Soon  after  the  first  switchboard  was  installed  in 
Greenfield,  a  line  was  constructed  to  Corry  and  Seybert. 
The  Bridged  telephone  was  then  being  introduced  re- 
quiring only  a  single  wire  instead  of  a  circuit.  The  cir- 
cuit lines  were  soon  discarded  and  the  Bridged  telephones 
were  used  extensively.  The  first  Bridged  telephone  ever 
placed  in  Dade  county  is  still  giving  most  excellent  serv- 


186  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

ice  at  the  cabin  home  of  Mr.  States.  He  recently  stood 
in  his  home  and  talked  to  St.  Louis  and  the  patron  at  the 
other  end  asked  Mr.  States  to  not  talk  so  loud.  This  tele- 
phone has  been  in  use  twenty-one  years. 

The  telephone  business  remained  almost  exclusively 
in  the  control  of  Mr.  States  in  Greenfield  and  many  parts 
of  Dade  county  until  the  early  spring  of  1903,  at  which 
time  a  number  of  local  men  induced  him  to  form  a  tele- 
phone corporation  known  as  the  Aaron  D.  States  Tele- 
phone Company.  The  new  corporation  was  completed  in 
a  short  time.  Mr.  States  was  made  president,  he  having 
hold  the  largest  amount  of  stock.  The  new  company  as- 
sembled the  Arcola-Stockton  and  immediate  telephone  in- 
terests and  connected  them  with  the  Greenfield  central. 
A  ne\v  switchboard  was  installed,  the  lines  greatly  im- 
proved and  the  service  was  considered  most  excellent. 
The  company  purchased  a  lot  and  building  which  they 
used  to  further  their  business  interests.  This  company 
held  the  fort  for  a  little  over  a  year,  then  Mr.  States  left 
the  company  which  afterwards  sold  the  interests  to  a 
gentleman  by  the  name  of  McCombs,  who  operated  the 
exchange  in  a  very  acceptable  manner.  In  the  mean  time, 
the  long  lines  were  disposed  of,  they  being  considered 
unprofitable  and  more  attention  was  given  to  town  serv- 
ice. Only  one  or  two  of  the  original  long  lines  still  re- 
mained in  the  Greenfield  Central.  Mr.  McCombs  sold  his 
interest  to  the  present  owner,  Mr.  Watson,  who  is  giving 
the  patrons  as  good  service  as  their  patronage  demands, 
lie  is  a  very  careful  and  efficient  telephone  man  and  he  is 
building  the  Greenfield  exchange  every  day. 

During  the  first  excitement  produced  by  the  advent 
of  the  telephone  in  Dade  county,  rural  districts  and  the 
establishment  of  switch-boards  and  centrals,  the  farmers 
got  busy  in  establishing  centrals  of  their  own  and  they 
built  many  independent  lines  claiming  other  telephone 
companies  asked  too  much  toll  and  too  much  rental. 
Nothing  could  possibly  stop  their  enthusiasm  and  their 
ambition  in  building  and  operating  telephone  lines  of 
their  own.  The  country  has  many  such  lines  today  and 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 187 

the  farmers  are  sustaining  a  most  excellent  service  at 
their  switch-board  in  Greenfield,  and  in  other  towns  in 
Dade  county.  It  is  a  pity  that  Mr.  States  and  the  lead- 
ing spirits  in  the  farmer  telephone  element  in  an  early 
day,  could  not  have  agreed  on  some  plan  that  would 
have  centralized  all  the  telephones  in  the  county.  The 
business  was  then  new  and  the  outcome  could  not  be  real- 
ized. Some  day  this  great  need  will  be  accomplished  and 
then  the  people  will  be  reunited  and  the  service  will  be 
of  such  a  nature  that  no  one  would  care  to  go  back  to 
the  old  method.  There  is  great  need  of  better  construction 
in  all  the  country  districts,  great  need  of  better  care  of  all 
country  lines,  in  order  to  give  the  people  service.  The 
telephone  is  not  now  considered  a  plaything,  it  is  an  in- 
strument of  business,  and  it  thus  treated  with  the  excep- 
tion of  proper  care  for  the  polage  and  the  wire  construc- 
tion. This  needed  improvement  will  all  come  in  time, 
then  and  not  until,  then,  will  Dade  County  get  what  is 
due  her  in  the  telephone  business. 

Some  fifteen  years  ago  the  Bell  Telephone  constructed 
a  long  distance  line  into  Greenfield,  giving  Greenfield, 
Everton,  Lockwood  and  South  Greenfield,  connection  with 
all  points  their  lines  reach.  After  a  few  years  they  con- 
nected their  wire  into  the  Greenfield  local  switchboard, 
thus  giving  every  patron  an  opportunity  to  talk  to  distant 
towns  from  their  own  homes  and  places  of  business  by 
paying  the  toll.  They  do  a  good  business  in  Greenfield. 
Also  at  the  other  points  in  the  county  where  they  con- 
nect with  local  centrals.  Dade  county  stock  men  use  their 
lines  extensivelv  as  well  as  Dade  countv  merchants. 


Chapter  11 


HISTORY  OF  THE  LADIES  MAGAZINE  CLUB. 

by 
Mrs.  Ida  Gray  Young. 

The  Magazine  Club  is  the  oldest  literary  club  in 
Greenfield.  Early  in  1897  Mrs.  Jessie  Harrison  and  Mrs. 
Ida  Young  started  the  movement  to  organize  a  woman's 
literary  club,  at  the  suggestion  of  Mrs.  Harrison's  mother, 
Mrs.  Hawkins;  Mrs.  Hawkins  having  recently  visited  her 
sister's  literary  club  in  Nebraska,  which  had  a  magazine 
circle  and  she  urged  them  to  organize  a  similar  club 
here. 

They  suggested  the  idea  to  several  of  their  friends- 
Mrs.  YVilda  McBride  among  the  number — who  immediately 
offered  her  home  on  Wells  street  as  a  place  of  meeting  for 
organization. 

The  minutes  of  the  organization  read  as  follows: 

"A  few  ladies  happened  to  meet  together  at  the 
home  of  Mrs.  McBride,  Saturday,  March  13th,  1897  and 
they  decided  they  would  like  to  have  a  club.  Accordingly 
the  house  was  called  to  order  and  Mrs.  Young  made  tem- 
porary chairman.  It  was  decided  that  the  name  of  the 
club  should  be  the  Magazine  Club,  and  each  member 
should  furnish  a  magazine  to  be  circulated  among  the 
members  of  said  club.  Eight  ladies  were  enrolled  as 
charter  members,  as  follows:  Mrs.  Wetzel,  Mrs.  Eastin, 
Mrs.  Ellen  Griffith,  Mrs.  Bowles,  Mrs.  McBride,  Mrs.  Nil- 
son  (now  Mrs.  Robertson  of  Carl  Junction),  Mrs.  Har- 
rison and  Mrs.  Young. 

Mrs.  Harrison  was  elected  president;  Mrs.  Griffith, 
vice  president,  and  Mrs.  Young,  secretary. 

It  was  agreed  that  the  club  should  meet  every  two 
weeks,  on  Thursdays,  the  meetings  to  be  held  at  the 
homes  of  the  members,  taking  the  alphabet  reversed  . 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  189 

Club  adjourned  to  meet  with  Mrs.  Young,  Thursday, 
March  18th." 

At  this  first  regular  meeting  of  the  Magazine  club, 
two  members  were  added,  Mrs.  Mann  and  Mrs.  Stone. 

The  president  appointed  Mrs.  McBride,  Mrs.  Eastin 
and  Mrs.  Wetzel  to  draw  up  by-laws  for  the  new  club 
and  club  adjourned  to  meet  with  Mrs.  Wetzel,  April  1st. 

Three  more  members  were  added  that  day;  Mrs. 
Anna  Jacobs,  Mrs.  Flora  Merrill  and  Mrs.  Lori  Hall,  mak- 
ing the  membership  13.  It  was  then  decided  to  limit  the 
number  to  13.  These  thirteen  members  were  considered 
the  original  charter  members  of  the  magazine  Club. 

It  was  decided  to  have  a  paper  on  Current  Events 
at  each  meeting,  also  the  biography  of  a  poet  and  selec- 
tions from  his  writings,  after  which  refreshments  and  a 
social  good  time. 

About  the  middle  of  May,  the  Magazine  Club,  to- 
gether with  the  Clover  Leaf  and  the  P.  G.  T.  Club  (these 
two  were  the  girls  social  clubs)  gave  a  Fad  Party  at  the 
residence  of  Judge  Shafer,  which  was  a  great  success. 
At  the  end  of  the  first  year  the  club  entertained  their 
husbands  for  the  first  time  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Eastin. 

Beginning  the  second  year,  the  club  decided  to  in- 
crease the  membership  to  twenty,  and  took  in  Mesdames 
Laura  Harrison,  Jopes,  Taylor,  Edwards,  Tarr,  Minnie 
Finley,  Stringfield  and  Gass.  Mrs.  Wheeler  was  taken 
in  as  an  honorary  member  as  she  was  only  in  the  city 
temporarily.  They  adopted  club  colors,  white  and  yellow, 
a  club  flower,  the  field  daisy,  and  a  motto,  ''Literature  is 
the  thought  of  thinking  souls."  The  literary  work  was 
similar  to  that  of  the  first  year. 

The  club  celebrated  their  first  anniversary  March  13, 
1898  by  entertaining  their  husbands  at  the  home  of  Mrs. 
Minnie  Finley  on  Alain  stret.  Each  person  present  rep- 
resented a  book.  Also  gave  their  first  Xew  Year's  party 
at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Wetzel. 

The  only  shadow  that  second  year  was  the  death 
of  one  of  the  charter  members — Flora  Carlock  Merrill. 

A  new  name  appeared  on  the  1899  year  book — Kate 


190 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Shafer  Harrison,  then  a  bride,  who  was  taken  in  to  fill 
the  vacancy  in  the  club.  The  club  took  up  more  literary 
work  this  year,  also  the  study  of  parlimentary  rules.  The 
second  anniversary  party  was  given  at  the  home  of  Mrs. 
Ida  Young,  and  the  New  Year's  Eve  party  with  Mrs. 
Nilson,  at  the  Washington  Hotel. 

At  the  beginning , of  the  fourth  year  (1900)  several 
of  the  members  having  left  town,  the  club  again  took  in 
four  new  members;  Mrs.  Anna  Finley,  Mrs.  Kirby,  Mrs. 
Elliott  and  Mrs.  Flora  Van  Osdell.  Mrs.  Minnie  Finley 
again  offered  her  home  as  a  place  to  celebrate  the  anni- 
versary. In  1900  and  1901  the  club  continued  their  lit- 
erary work,  still  taking  up  miscellaneous  subjects. 

They  joined  the  State  Federation  in  1901  but  dropped 
out  in  two  or  three  years,  as  there  were  no  district  con- 
ventions at  that  time. 

They  celebrated  their  fourth  anniversary  (1901)  with 
Mrs.  Mann  and  the  New  Year's  Eve  party  at  the  home 
of  Mrs.  Jopes. 

Death  again  visited  the  Magazine  Club  the  summer 
of  1901  taking  the  youngest  member,  Flora  West  Van 
Osdell.  Since  that  date  although  the  death  angel  hovered 
alarmingly  near,  at  times,  he  has  always  passed  on,  leav- 
ing their  rank  untouched  for  nearly  sixteen  years. 

The  Club  gave  their  first  joint  party  with  the  Cen- 
tury Club  in  1902,  at  the  home  of  Mrs/  Grether.  They 
again  filled  vacancies  in  the  club  in  1902,  taking  in  Mrs. 
Dora  Mitchell,  Mrs.  Ethel  Tarr,  Mrs.  Brown  and  Mrs. 
Lena  Merrill.  They  took  up  the  Bay  View  course  of 
study  in  1902,  which  they  studied  for  four  years.  The 
course  included  American  history,  American  Literature, 
Mexican  History,  German  History  and  German  Literature, 
with  Airs.  Lena  Merrill.  They  celebrated  their  seventh 

The  Club  celebrated  their  sixth  anniversary  (in  1903) 
anniversary  in  1904  with  Mrs.  Ida  Young  by  giving  their 
husbands  a  banquet.  The  husbands  responded  with  elo- 
quent applause  to  acts. 

In  1905  the  Magazine  and  Century  clubs  organized 
themselves  into  a  Cemetery  Association  for  the  purpose 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 191 

of  beautifying  the  City  Cemetery.  This  work  was  very 
successful  and  the  cemetery  is  now  maintained  at  an  an- 
nual expenditure  of  some  three  hundred  dollars.  The 
Club  for  years  gave  an  annual  Chrysanthemum  Show  to 
raise  funds  but  the  Association  now  has  an  endowment 
fund  which  will  make  it  self-sustaining  in  the  next  three 
of  four  years. 

In  1906  the  club  began  their  Shakesperean  study  and 
for  seven  consecutive  years  they  studied  the  plays  of 
Shakespeare.  In  1906  four  more  vacancies  were  filled  by 
taking  in  Mesdames  Mary  Neale,  Carrie  Griffith,  May  Van 
Osdell  and  Leo  Engleman. 

The  club  furnished  a  Ladies'  Rest  Room  during  the 
street  fair  in  the  fall  of  1906. 

In  1907  the  club  took  up  the  work  of  improving  the 
Public  School  grounds.  They  started  the  fund  by  giving 
a  public  ice-cream  social  that  summer. 

In  1907  the  club  decided  to  entertain  the  school  fac- 
ulty which  they  did  that  fall  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Eastin 
and  since  that  time  it  has  become  an  annual  affair.  Two 
new  members  were  added  in  1907,  Mrs.  Newman  and  Mrs. 
Thweatt,  to  fill  vacancies  in  the  club.  This  year  the  club 
asked  the  Superintendent,  Prof.  McPherson,  to  assist  them 
in  their  Shakespearean  study.  Pie  favored  the  club,  during 
the  fall  of  1907  and  winter  of  1908  with  the  most  de- 
lightful and  instructive  lectures  on  the  plays  of  Shakes- 
peare that  they  studied  that  year.  Early  in  January,  1908 
Mrs.  Lucy  Jacobs  McPherson  (the  bride  of  the  superin- 
tendent) was  taken  into  the  club.  In  that  year  it  was  de- 
cided to  use  the  school  improvement  fund  (which  the  Cen- 
tury club  assisted  in  raising)  for  building  a  cement  wall 
on  the  south  side  of  the  public  school  grounds. 

In  1910  the  club  introduced  the  Flower  Mission  Penny 
seeds  into  the  homes  of  the  school  children,  in  the  fall 
holding  a  flower  and  vegetable  show  and  awarding  prizes 
for  best  display.  (This  work  has  been  repeated  with  in- 
creasing interest  and  success,  which  has  enthused  some 
of  the  neighboring  towns  to  follow  their  example.) 

In  1910  the  club  decided  to  increase  their  member- 


192  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

ship  to  twenty-five,  and  the  following  ladies  were  elected: 
Mesdames  Nettie  Shaw,  Dena  Wetzel,  Tola  Iliggins,  Ruth 
Grether,  Delia  Griffiths  and  Mabel  Engleman. 

In  1911  the  club  gave  prizes  for  the  best  kept  lawns. 
Seats  were  placed  in  the  cemetery.  Twenty-nine  dollars 
were  raised  by  selling  tags  and  the  money  sent  to  south- 
east Missouri  flood  sufferers. 

In  1912-13  the  club  began  the  study  of  Famous 
Women,  also  read  Silas  Marner.  This  year  book  was  sent 
to  the  President  of  the  General  Federation  of  Clubs.  She 
wrote  to  the  club  a  letter  complimenting  them  highly  on 
the  work  they  were  doing. 

The  club  helped  to  establish  clean-up  day  this  year. 

Tn  1913-14,  the  club  continued  the  study  of  Famous 
Women;  also  read  Vicar  of  Wakefield,  and  took  up  Study 
of  Art,  taking  the  works  of  Raphael  and  DeVince. 

Mrs.  Lillian  Wetzel  was  elected  to  fill  a  vacancy  in 
the  club.  The  club  received  a  message  from  New  York 
City.  Mrs.  Pennybacker,  the  president  of  the  General 
Federation,  wired,  sending  greetings  on  Opening  Day,  fall 
of  1914.  The  club  also  decided  at  that  meeting  to  in- 
crease their  number  to  thirty.  Mrs.  Rawhauser,  Mrs. 
Miidrcd  Hall,  Mrs.  McLemore,  Mrs.  Campbell,  and  Mrs. 
Wilson  were  elected  as  the  new  members.  Farm  Boy  Fund 
was  stalled  in  1914.  Also  again  joined  the  State  Federa- 
tion this  year,  sending  delegates  to  Pierce  City  to  the 
District  Convention. 

In  1914-15  the  club  read  Vanity  Fair  and  began  the 
History  of  Art.  In  1915  they  sent  a  delegate  to  the  State 
Convention  at  St.  Joseph. 

The  study  for  1915-16  was  Martin  Chuzzelwit  and 
Italian  Art.  Delegates  were  sent  to  Monett  to  the  District 
Convention.  The  club  assisted  in  making  the  Round-up  a 
success  and  in  securing  Miss  Alice  Curtis  Mover-Wing  to 
lecture  on  woman  suffrage. 

The  study  of  1916-17  is  Italian  Art  and  Henry  Es- 
mond. The  (.Mub  became  a  member  of  the  Associated 
Charities  of  Greenfield,  organized  by  the  Commercial  Club 
of  the  Citv. 


CAI'T.   T.    F.   HIvNFKO. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 193 

The  Magazine  Club  celebrated  their  twentieth  anni- 
versary at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Eastin  by  entertaining  their 
husbands. 

They  have  finished  twenty  years'  work  and  are  the 
oldest  and  largest  literary  club  in  Greenfield. 


THE  KENSINGTON  CLUB,  AT  GREENFIELD, 

by 
Mrs.  Walter  B.  McReynolds. 

The  Kensington  Club  of  Greenfield  first  started  as  a 
neighborhood  sewing  circle,  on  South  Main  Street.  Later 
ladies  in  the  different  parts  of  the  town  were  asked  to 
join  them.  Informal  meetings  were  held  twice  a  month, 
for  a  year  or  more.  Then  on  account  of  sickness,  warm 
weather  and  various  other  reasons,  they  discontinued 
their  meetings.  Several  months  later,  some  of  the  ladies 
decided  to  call  a  meeting,  and  make  this  an  organized 
club.  The  first  meeting  .was  held  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  H.  C. 
Hartfield.  The  following  members  present  were:  Mrs.  J.  G. 
Carr,  Mrs.  Lynville  Hig"gins/  Mrs.  Harve  Campbell,  Mrs. 
H.  C.  Hartfield,  Mrs.  Martin  Kempert,  Mrs.  W.  E.  Mont- 
gomery, Mrs.  W.  B.  McReynolds,  Mrs.  J.  L.  Rubenstein, 
Mrs.  Fred  Shafer,  Mrs.  L.  H.  Thomas,  and  Mrs.  J.  P.  Mc- 
Reynolds. Mrs.  H.  C.  Hartfield  was  elected  President, 
Mrs.  J.  G.  Carr,  Vice-President,  and  Mrs.  W.  E.  Montgom- 
ery, Secretary.  It  was  decided  that  we  should  continue 
as  a  sewing  club,  and  the  name  of  Kensington,  suggested 
by  Mrs.  Lynville  Higgins,  seemed  the  most  appropriate. 
Constitution  and  by-laws  were  drawn  and  the  member- 
ship of  the  club  was  limited  to  eighteen.  The  vacancies 
were  readily  filled  and  the  club  started  out  with  bright 
prospects.  A  more  energetic  crowd  of  women  would  be 
hard  to  find.  Delightful  meetings  were  held,  and  splendid 
ideas  in  fancy  work  were  exchanged.  About  this  time  we 
started  a  circulating  library  in  the  club,  each  member  do- 
nating a  good  book.  Later  we  decided  we  would  like  to 
do  charity  and  civic  work.  Our  charity  work  started  by 
sending  poor  children  gifts  at  Christmas.  Last  year  we 
bought  thirty  pairs  of  good  warm  stockings,  filled  them 


194 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

with  candy,  nuts,  fruit  and  toys  and  had  a  man  dressed 
as  Santa  Glaus  deliver  them  to  the  homes.  Our  work 
has  broadened  and  increased,  and  we  now  are  looking 
after  many  people  of  the  city  that  are  in  actual  need. 
We  see  that  no  children  are  forced  to  stay  out  of  school 
for  lack  of  proper  clothing.  We  have  supplied  all  the 
needy  families  we  have  heard  of,  with  things  they  need, 
for  instance,  we  have  a  young  girl  on  our  list  suffering 
from  tuberculosis,  to  whom  we  send  nourishing  food 
twice  a  week.  We  hear  of  some  that  are  destitute  at 
nearly  every  meeting,  and  each  member  is  only  too  glad 
to  do  all  they  can.  Whenever  a  new  baby  arrives  in  a 
destitute  family,  we  see  that  the  child  has  some  clothing 
and  often  supply  the  mother  with  sheets,  clean  gowns, 
and  other  necessary  articles.  Recently  a  family  was  un- 
fortunate in  loosing  everything  by  fire.  We  contributed 
canned  fruit,  groceries,  and  furnishings  to  this  family. 
The  Commercial  Club  often  asks  our  co-operation  in  sup- 
plying needy  families.  We  have  a  rule  that  in  case  of 
death  in  a  destitute  family,  the  club  sends  flowers,  and 
at  least  one  member  is  asked  to  be  present  at  the  funeral. 
We  are  now  making  a  wool  quilt  for  charitable  purposes. 

We  have  done  a  great  deal  in  civic  work,  such  as 
donating  to  the  annual  dinner  given  for  the  benefit  of  the 
cemetery  fund.  We  gave  five  dollars  to  the  Dade  County 
Scholarship  Fund.  Our  very  best  civic  work  has  been  the 
fly  campaign.  This  was  suggested  by  Mrs.  H.  C.  Hart- 
field.  The  club  was  very  enthusiastic  about  it  and  a  com- 
mittee was  at  once  appointed  to  make  plans.  The  plans 
were  adopted  and  the  Commercial  Club  agreed  to  help  us 
in  case  the  club  ran  out  of  funds.  We  first  ordered  two 
hundred  fly  swatters,  that  the  school  children  sold  for  us. 
We  then  requested  all  the  grocery  stores,  and  restaurants 
to  screen  their  doors,  and  put  fly  proof  coverings  over 
all  food  stuff  set  outside.  Next  we  offered  twenty  cents 
per  pint  for  all  flies.  A  club  member  being  at  a  specified 
place  each  Saturday  to  measure  and  pay  for  them.  We 
offered  final  prizes  to  the  children  bringing  in  the  great- 
est amount  of  flies  during  the  entire  season.  The  first 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 195 

prize,  three  dollars;  second  prize,  two  dollars,  and  third 
prize,  one  dollar.  In  order  to  instruct  children  we  gave 
away  seventy-five  fly  traps.  The  first  year  we  bought 
one  hundred  and  eighty-nine  pints  of  flies.  To  keep  up 
the  interest  we  gave  two  free  fly  shows,  illustrating  with 
slides  the  breeding  places  of  the  fly,  the  danger  of  the  fly 
and  many  suggestions  for  making  out-houses  and  barn 
lots  more  sanitary.  During  the  fly  season  once  a  week 
the  1  o'clock  whistle  blew,  and  everybody  was  requested 
to  swat  flies  for  at  least  five  minutes.  Just  after  the  4th 
of  July,  we  purchased  a  poisonous  preparation  for  flies 
and  had  refuse  sprayed.  We  have  now  completed  the 
third  year  of  our  campaign  and  the  results  are  very 
gratifying. 

The  social  side  of  our  club  is  not  neglected.  We  often 
have  picnics  in  the  woods  and  entertain  our  husbands  with 
parties.  We  remember  all  new  babies  arriving  in  the  club 
either  with  a  shower  or  some  special  remembrance.  Two 
years  ago  we  gave  Mrs.  L.  H.  Thomas  a  stork  shower. 
Last  year  we  presented  Mrs.  Carr  and  Mrs.  Wilson  ster- 
ling silver  spoons  for  their  babies.  We  also  send  flowers 
to  our  members  in  case  of  sickness  or  death  in  their  fami- 
lies. We  have  annual  dues.  We  earn  money  in  various 
ways  to  carry  on  our  work.  We  gave  a  picture  show  and 
served  ice  cream.  We  gave  an  Easter  tea.  One  of  our 
members,  Mrs.  W.  A.  Hall,  presented  the  club  with  one 
of  her  own  beautiful  paintings.  We  realized  $20  from 
this,  which  was  a  great  help  to  the  club.  In  March,  1916, 
the  club  decided  to  join  the  federation.  Last  October, 
Mrs.  W.  E.  Montgomery  and  Mrs.  Fred  Sneed  were  sent 
as  delegates  to  represent  the  club  at  the  District  Federa- 
tion at  Mt.  Vernon,  Mo.  The  report  of  the  club  was  read 
by  Mrs.  Sneed  and  received  warm  applause.  Some  of  the 
ladies  of  the  other  clubs  suggested  that  this  club  be  put 
on  the  roll  of  honor. 

The  Commercial  Club  has  been  very  generous  in  their 
assistance.  Even  with  this,  we  often  are  short  of  funds, 
and  each  member  makes  up  the  shortage  by  liberal  dona- 
tions. The  slogan  of  this  club  is  "helping  others,"  and 


196  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

we  hope  that  we  may  continue  to  improve  in  the  years 
to  come.  The  club  has  always  been  fortunate  in  having 
fine  officers.  Mrs.  H.  C.  Martfield  was  president  during 
the  years  1913  and  1914;  Mrs.  J.  G.  Carr,  during  1915.  The 
present  officers  of  the  club  are  as  follows: 

President,  Mrs.  "W.  E.  Montgomery. 

Vice-President,  Mrs.  Fred  Shafer. 
Secretary,  Mrs.  Harve  Campbell. 

Assistant  Secretary,  Mrs.  Lynville  Higgins. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  R.  P.  Murphy. 

The  present  members  of  the  club  are: 

Mrs.  H.  A.  Burkett 

Mrs.  Harve  Campbell 

Mrs.  J.  G.  Carr 

Mrs.  H.  C.  Hartfield 

Mrs.  Albert  Hall 

Mrs.    Edwin   Harrison 

Mrs.  Lynville  Higgins 

Mrs.  Martin  Kempert 

Mrs.  W.  E.  Montgomery 

Mrs.  W.  B.  McReynolds 

Mrs.  Porter  Murphy 

Mrs.  J.  L.  Rubenstein 

Mrs.  Fred  Shafer 

Mrs.  0.  E.  Sloan 

Mrs.  Fred  Sneed 

Mrs.  L.  H.  Thomas 

Mrs.   Dr.   Geo.   Weir 

Mrs.  Otto  Wilson 

Honorary  Members : 

Mrs.  F.  D.  Combs 

Mrs.  Frank  Johnson 

Mrs.  B.  F.  Melcher 

Mrs.  J.  P.  McReynolds 

Mrs.  J.  L.  Shields 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 197 

THE  NEW  CENTURY  CLUB  OF  GREENFIELD,  MO. 

by 

Harriet  Jopes,  Historian. 

At  the  suggestion  of  Mrs.  Aaron  D.  States,  the  fol- 
lowing ladies  of  Greenfield,  Mrs.  L.  W.  Shafer,  Mrs.  R.  S. 
Jacobs,  Mrs.  E.  M.  Griffith,  Mrs.  A.  D.  States,  Mrs.  Fred 
Grether,  Mrs.  Sarah  McCluer  and  Mrs.  R.  H.  Davis,  met 
at  the  residence  of  Mrs.  Jacobs,  Saturday,  March  27,  1898, 
for  the  purpose  of  organizing  a  "Literary  Society"  to  be 
known  as  The  New  Century  Club.  Mrs.  Shafer  was  elected 
President,  Mrs.  Davis  Secretary. 

The  first  regular  meeting  of  the  club  was  with  Mrs. 
E.  M.  Griffith  on  April  7,  1898,  at  which  time  a  Constitu- 
tion and  by-laws  written  by  Mrs.  Shafer,  was  read  and 
approved.  The  first  program  consisted  of  reading  news- 
paper clippings  on  various  subjects.  The  program  for  the 
year's  work  consisted  of  sketches  of  the  lives  of  different 
authors,  readings  and  papers  by  different  members  of  the 
club,  discussions  on  "Woman's  Rights,"  "Liquid  Air," 
"Does  the  Ideal  Husband  Exist?"  "The  Four  Hundred," 
etc.  A  club  motto:  "We  do  not  take  possession  of  our 
ideas — but  are  possessed  of  them,"  was  adopted.  The 
club  colors,  pale  green  and  heliotrope,  were  selected  and 
the  club  flower — chrysanthemum. 

The  club  federated  with  the  state  in  September  1898, 
and  sent  Mrs.  Grether  as  its  first  delegate  to  the  State 
Federation  meeting  at  Springfield.  The  year  closed  with 
a  Shakespeare  party,  all  members  appearing  in  costume. 

The  program  for  1899-1900  was  similar  to  the  pre- 
ceding year,  consisting  of  Current  Events,  papers,  discus- 
sions and  parliamentary  drills.  A  Christmas  Party  was 
held  at  the  home  of  the  Misses  Eastin,  arid  the  year  closed 
with  a  reception  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Elliott. 

During  1900-1901  the  study  was  on  Foreign  Coun- 
tries, and  a  number  of  letters  were  read  from  Mr.  John 
Merrill,  the  son  of  one  of  our  active  members,  who  at 
that  time  was  abroad.  A  Library  was  started  by  buying 
twelve  new  books,  and  the  year  closed  with  a  reception 
at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Johnson. 


198 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

The  club  studied  the  life  of  Julius  Caesar  during  the 
next  year. 

1902-3-4,  for  three  years,  the  club's  study  consisted 
of  the  Bay  View  Course,  and  this  was  also  the  time  when 
they  launched  into  active  civic  work,  which  has  been 
carried  on  to  such  an  extent  ever  since  that  it  would  be 
hard  to  draw  the  line  between  their  interest  in  this  and 
their  literary  work.  During  the  Street  Fair  they  gave  an 
exhibit  of  Relics,  which  proved  more  than  interesting  and 
attracted  many  spectators.  A  prize  of  $3.00  was  given  to 
Miss  Minnie  Van  Osdell  for  an  old  coin  of  the  year  323, 
and  a  second  prize  to  Mrs.  King  for  a  Bible  of  the  Seven- 
teenth Century. 

On  February  18,  1905,  the  New  Century  and  Magazine 
Clubs  met  in  joint  session  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Johnson 
to  perfect  a  plan  to  raise  money  or  the  purpose  of  clean- 
ing up  and  beautifying  the  City  Cemetery.  It  was  decided 
that  each  member  of  the  clubs  raise  five  dollars  for  this 
purpose,  and  a  permanent  organization  was  perfected  at 
that  time,  to  be  known  as  the  Greenfield  Cemetery  Asso- 
ciation. This  work  so  auspiciously  begun,  has  met  with 
the  favor  of  the  citizens  of  Greenfield  and  the  surrounding 
country,  and  the  Cemetery  is  now  maintained  at  an 
average  expenditure  of  some  three  hundred  dollars.  This 
money  is  raised  by  means  of  Annual  Memberships  of  One 
Dollar  each,  in  addition  to  a  Chrysanthemum  Show,  and 
Dinner  held  in  November  of  each  year  in  the  Court  House. 
The  Association  has  also,  through  the  liberality  of  some 
of  its  members,  both  living  and  deceased,  a  good  sized 
endowment  fund,  which  will  in  the  next  three  or  four 
years,  make  it  self-sustaining. 

During  this  period  we  lost  one  of  our  most  active 
members,  Mrs.  Anne  McBride,  on  account  of  removal  to 
Kansas  City,  and  the  club  held  a  reception  in  her  honor 
at  the  home  of  the  Misses  Eastin. 

During  1904-5  the  study  of  Shakespeare,  and  in  1905-6 
there  were  papers  and  readings  on  different  subjects.  A 
Circulating  Library  was  started,  containing  twenty-two 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 199 

books,  and  a  donation  of  ten  dollars  made  to  the  Cemetery 
Association. 

In  1905-7  the  study  was  sketches  of  noted  Authors 
and  Artists.  The  Magazine  and  Century  Clubs  improved 
the  Public  School  grounds  by  having  a  cement  retaining 
wall  built  across  the  front  of  the  yard,  at  an  expense  of 
some  ninety  dollars. 

1907-8-9.  During  these  years  the  Bay  View  Course 
was  followed,  and  the  Civic  Work  pushed  by  offering  and 
awarding  prizes  at  the  Street  Fair  and  raising  money  by 
selling  tags  to  help  defray  the  expense  incurred  for  the 
school  wall.  It  may  be  wrell  to  state  right  here  that  all 
our  Civic  work  has  been  undertaken  and  accomplished  in 
connection  with  the  Magazine  Club. 

In  1909-10-11  the  study  consisted  of  Famous  Poems 
and  Bible  Lessons,  "Cranford"  and  "A  Tale  of  Two 
Cities."  The  introduction  of  penny  packages  of  flower 
and  vegetable  seeds  to  be  sold  to  school  children  was 
hailed  with  delight  by  the  latter,  and  resulted  in  a 
Vegetable  and  Flower  Show  in  September,  at  which  time 
prizes  were  awarded.  The  clubs  also  gave  prizes  for  the 
best  kept  lawns.  Seats  were  placed  in  the  Cemetery,  and 
ten  dollars  given  to  the  Endowment  Fund.  Twenty-nine 
dollars  was  raised  by  selling  tags  and  the  money  sent  to 
the  S.  E.  Missouri  Flood  sufferers. 

The  social  features  of  these  years  consisted  of  a 
picnic  at  the  High  School  campus,  to  which  the  husbands 
were  invited,  also  the  High  School  faculty,  and  a  Tacky 
Party  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Merrill,  each  member  inviting 
a  lady  guest. 

The  study  for  1912-13  was  the  "Blue  Bird"  and  the 
"House  of  Seven  Gables."  Clean-up  Day  was  proposed, 
and  the  city  was  put  in  first-class  sanitary  condition,  and 
this  has  since  become  an  annual  event  in  Greenfield.  At 
the  suggestion  of  the  clubs  an  electric  light  was  placed 
at  the  entrance  to  the  Cemetery  and  the  Curfew  rung  at 
nine  o'clock. 

State  President,  Mrs.  E.  M.  Shepherd,  and  Mrs.  Miller, 
President  of  the  Sixth  District  of  the  Federation,  were 


200 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

visitors  to  our  club,  and  were  entertained  with  a  luncheon 
at  the  home  of  Mrs.  Grether. 

During  1913-14  each  hostess  made  out  her  own  pro- 
gram, which  made  it  a  most  enjoyable  year.  In  connec- 
tion with  the  Magazine  Club,  the  Court  Yard  seats  were 
painted,  penny  seed  packages  were  sold,  and  premiums 
for  best  flower  gardens  and  most  novel  bird  houses  were 
given. 

The  social  features  of  the  year  consisted  of  a  picnic 
on  Mrs.  Shafer's  lawn,  with  an  invited  guest  for  each 
member,  and  the  club  entertained  the  Sixth  District  Fed- 
eration meeting  at  the  Presbyterian  Church,  during  the 
course  of  which  a  banquet  was  given  in  the  Odd  Fellows' 
hall,  with  the  Magazine  Club  as  invited  guests. 

During  the  year  1914  Dade  County  started  its  Farm 
Boy  Fund,  to  which  the  club  contributed  five  dollars. 

At  this  period  of  our  history  we  lost  two  of  our  most 
valued  members,  viz:  Mrs.  Hattie  V.  Merrill,  by  death, 
and  Mrs.  Charles  F.  Newman,  by  removal  to  Kansas  City. 
A  farewell  party  for  Mrs.  Newman  was  given  at  the 
home  of  Mrs.  Carr,  to  which  the  Magazine  Club  ladies 
were  invited.  Those  present  pieced  a  quilt  for  Mrs.  New- 
man in  the  club  colors. 

In  1914-15  the  Club's  study  consisted  of  a  ''Trip 
Through  Europe,"  and  the  civic  work  consisted  in  help- 
ing to  secure  Dr.  Pearse  of  Kansas  City  to  lecture  on 
Preventive  Sickness. 

The  club  was  entertained  by  the  Magazine  Club  at  the 
home  of  Mrs.  Jopes  in  honor  of  Mrs.  A.  C.  Thweatt's  de- 
parture from  the  city. 

During  1915-16  the  club  study  consisted  of  "South 
America,"  and  the  civic  work,  in  having  the  weeds  cut;  a 
sanitary  display  of  groceries  and  meats  made,  and  a  fly 
crusade,  and  another  donation  made  to  the  Farm  Boy 
Fund.  Mrs.  J.  F.  McComb,  another  of  our  members, 
moved  away  and  the  club  had  a  picnic  in  her  honor. 

1916-17.  Study-Romance  of  American  Cities.  A  lec- 
ture course  of  five  numbers  was  held  in  Greenfield,  en- 
tirely under  the  management  of  the  Magazine  and  Cen- 


DR.    J.    C.    13.    KENFKO. 


K.\LKK;H   j.   SHIPLEY   AND   FAMILY. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 201 

tury  Clubs  and  brought  to  a  successful  close.  A  small 
balance  after  all  expenses  were  paid  being  added  to  our 
growing  Farm  Boy  Fund,  which  at  the  present  time 
amounts  to  $81.  In  November  of  1915  Dade  County,  al- 
ways in  the  front  rank  of  progressive  communities,  held 
a  three  days'  Round-Up.  The  Women's  Clubs  had  a 
prominent  place  on  the  program,  and  in  addition  to  a  fine 
Home  Economics  and  Fancy  Work  Display,  were  instru- 
mental in  bringing  to  Greenfield  Mrs.  Alice  Curtis  Mover 
Wing,  Field  Secretary  of  the  Missouri  Women's  Equal 
Suffrage  League,  who  gave  two  splendid  lectures — one 
at  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  the  afternoon  and  one  to  a 
capacity  house  at  8  o'clock  p.  m.,  at  the  Opera  House. 

This  Club  is  also  a  member  of  the  Associated  Chari- 
ties of  Greenfield  organized  by  the  Commercial  Club  of  the 
City  for  the  purpose  of  dispensing  well  directed  charity 
for  the  needy  of  our  community. 

The  club  also  has  one  or  more  deleagtes  at  Federa- 
tion meetings.  Among  those  wrho  have  represented  the 
club  in  the  past  are:  Mrs.  F.  Grether,  Mrs.  E.  M.  Griffiith, 
Mrs.  I.  J.  Martin,  Mrs.  Anne  McBride,  Mrs.  P.  S.  Griffith, 
Mrs.  Hugh  Harrison,  Miss  Birdie  Wetzel,  Mrs..  J.  Gv  Carr, 
Mrs.  C.  E.  Bell,  Miss  Marie  Grether,  Mrs.  E.  M,  Kimber, 
Miss  Frank  Eastin  and  Mrs.  J.  M.  Mitchell. 

Club  membership  is  limited  to  twenty-five  ande meets 
fortnightly  on  Thursday  afternoons. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  present  activeJmembens : 
Mrs.  W.  T.  Allen  Mrs.  H.  C.  H^tfield 

Mrs.  C.  E.  Bell  Mrs.  T.  X.  Jacobs 

Mrs.  J.  G.  Carr  Miss  Harriet  Jopes 

Miss  Ollie  Eastin  Mrs.  E.  M.  Kirgter 

Miss  Frank  Eastin  Mrs.  I.  J.Martin 

Mrs.  W.  P.  Finley  Mrs.  J.  M.  Mitchell 

Mrs.  W.  L.  Ferguson.  Mrs.  L.  W  Sh&fer 

Mrs.  F.  Grether  Mrs.  A/D.  States 

Miss  Marie  Grether  Mrs.  H.  D.  Sloan 

Mrs.  E.  M.   Griffith  Mrs.  F.  G.  Van  Osdell 

Mrs.  P.  S.  Griffith  Miss  Bertha  Wetzel 

Mrs.   Hugh  Harrison  Mrs.  S.  H.  Wetzel 

Mrs.  Edwin  Harrison 


202 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

THE  MAGAZINE  CLUB. 

by 

Mrs.  A.  C.  Duvall. 

A  number  of  Lockwood  ladies  met  at  the  home  of 
Mrs.  H.  A.  Cunningham,  February,  1905,  for  the  purpose 
of  organizing  a  club. 

Mrs.  T.  J.  Peterson  acted  as  chairman  of  the  meeting. 
The  following  names  were  enrolled:  Mrs.  T.  0.  Barker, 
Mrs.  C.  S.  Crow,  Mrs.  Wm.  Cunningham,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Cun- 
ningham, Mrs.  J.  T.  Dunning,  Mrs.  L.  F.  Evans,  Mrs.  F.  H. 
Farris,  Mrs.  C.  W.  Gilman,  Mrs.  Geo.  Oilman,  Mrs.  John 
McDermott,  Mrs.  R.  E.  Morris,  Mrs.  C.  F.  Newman,  Mrs. 
T.  J.  Peterson,  Mrs.  C.  D.  Pyle,  Mrs.  M.  B.  Pyle,  Mrs.  A. 
C.  Thweatt,  Mrs.  E.  E.  Williams,  Mrs.  E.  S.  White,  and 
Mrs.  Walter  West. 

The  next  thing  was  a  name  for  the  club.  Several 
names  were  proposed  but  the  one  chosen  was,  "The  Maga- 
zine Club." 

The  following  officers  were  elected: 

Secretary,  Mrs.  T.  0.  Barker. 

Vice-  President,  Mrs.  T.  J.  Peterson. 

President,  Mrs.  C.  W.  Oilman. 

Treasurer,  Mrs.  A.  C.  Thweatt. 

A  committee  to  draw  up  the  Constitution  and  By- 
laws was  appointed.  The  club  membership  was  limited 
to  twenty  members.  The  initiation  fee  was  a  dollar  maga- 
zine. Each  member  was  to  subscribe  for  a  dollar  maga- 
zine to  be  used  in  the  club. 

Having  no  club  study  at  the  beginning,  different  sub- 
jects were  taken  up  and  discussed  at  the  meetings. 

For  the  year  1906  Mrs.  John  McDermott  was  elected 
president;  Mrs.  C.  S.  Crow,  secretary.  In  1907  the  club 
bought  Stoddard's  Lectures,  consisting  of  ten  volumes,  to 
be  used  as  a  club  study.  The  club  joined  the  State  Fed- 
oration  December  16,  1907.  In  1908  the  club  membership 
was  limited  to  fifteen  members  instead  of  twenty. 

A  program  committee  consisting  of  Mrs.  John  Mc- 
Dcrrnott,  Mrs.  T.  J.  Peterson,  and  Mrs.  M.  B.  Pyle  was 
appointed  to  plan  a  study  and  make  a  year  book,  using 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  203 

Stoddard's  Lectures.    This  was  the  first  year  book.    Con- 
tinued the  study  of  Stoddard's  Lectures  during  the  year 

1909.  In  1910  the  lessons  were  on  Missouri  Laws. 

In  May,  1910,  The  Magazine  Club  invited  the  L.  D. 
Club  to  join  with  it  and  organize  a  Cemetery  Association, 
for  the  purpose  of  improving  the  Lockwood  Cemetery. 
A  joint  meeting  was  held  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  C.  S.  Crow 
and  the  Cemetery  Association  organized.  The  town  was 
canvassed  and  membership  solicited.  Years  1911  and  1912 
were  given  to  the  study  of  Stoddard's  Lectures  again. 
The  History  of  Missouri  was  taken  as  a  study  in  1913. 
The  Club  gave  a  donation  for  a  block  in  the  concrete  walk 
at  the  school  house  that  year.  Our  Own  Country  was 
the  study  in  1914. 

Through  the  efforts  of  the  Magazine  Club  the  Public 
Park  was  lighted  and  seated. 

The  Club  study  for  the  year  1915  was  Fine  Arts  and 
Noted  Men  and  Women.  The  study  for  1916  was  miscel- 
laneous; for  1917,  South  America. 

The  officers  for  1917:  President,  Mrs.  A.  C.  Duvall; 
Vice  President,  Mrs.  W.  F.  Knox;  Secretary,  Mrs.  John 
McDermott;  Treasurer,  Mrs.  F.  II.  Farris. 

The  remaining  charter  members  at  the  present  time 
are:  Mrs.  C.  S.  Crow,  Mrs.  Wm.  Cunningham,  Mrs.  F.  H. 
Farris,  Mrs.  John  McDermott.  There  is  now  a  member- 
ship of  14. 

o 

THE  MERRY  MAKER'S  CLUB. 

by 

Miss  Myrtle  Workman,  President. 
The  Merry  Maker's  Club  was  organized  October  18, 

1910,  at  the  home  of  Miss  Rose  Perlatti.    As  its  name  im- 
plies, it  is  purely  a  social  club.     No  line  of  work  being 
followed. 

The  charter  members  are:  Misses  Mertie  Mayberry, 
Helen  Mayberry,  Rose  Perlatti,  Margaret  Lindsey  and 
Myrtle  Workman. 

The  members  at  present  are:  Misses  Mertie  May- 
berry,  Helen  Mayberry,  Margaret  Lindsey,  Myrtle  Work- 


204 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

man,  Ella  Russel,  Fannie  Puckett,  and  Mesdames  Sidney 
Burger,  Grover  Weiland  and  W.  E.  Evans. 

The  officers  of  the  Merry  Maker 's  are  as  follows : 

Myrtle  Workman,  President. 

Helen  Mayberry,  Vice  President. 

Ella  Russell,  Secretary. 

Margaret  Lindsey,  Treasurer. 


THE  WEDNESDAY  AFTERNOON  CLUB. 
Lockwood,  Missouri, 

by 

Mrs.  Lou  Grubert. 

The  Wednesday  Afternoon  Club  was  oranized  at  the 
home  of  Mrs.  W.  E.  Evans,  November  1,  1916.  The  object 
of  the  club  being  to  follow  some  line  of  study  selected  by 
the  members  at  present.  The  club  study  is  "Famous 
Women." 

The  Charter  Members  are:  Mesdames  T.  0.  Barker, 
Emma  Daugherty,  L.  F.  Evans,  W.  E.  Evans,  C.  W.  Gill- 
man,  G.  A.  Gillman,  W.  F.  Grubert,  J.  F.  Horn,  C.  D.  Pyle, 
Joe  Temple,  and  Misses  Helen  Mayberry,  Myrtle  Work- 
man, Tillie  Pearson  and  Margaret  Lindsey. 

Since  the  organization  of  the  club  the  following 
members  have  been  added: 

Mesdames  Ira  Abrogast,  I.  G.  Hines,  U.  S.  Keran  and 
M.  B.  Pyle. 

The  officers  for  1916-17  are  as  follows: 

President,  Mrs.  W.  F.  Grubert. 

Vice  President,  Mrs.  Emma  Daugherty. 

Secretary,  Myrtle  E.  Workman. 

Assistant  Secretary,  Helen  Mayberry. 

Treasurer,  Tillie  Pearson. 

Musical  Directress,  Mrs.  W.  E.  Evans. 

Club  Colors,  Yellow,  Green  and  White. 

Flower,  Carnation. 

Motto:   "Excellence  is  the  Reward  of  Labor." 

Club  Meetings,  First  and  Third  Wednesdays  at 
2:30  p.  m. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 205 

THE  ALL  SEW  CLUB. 
Lockwood,  Missouri, 

by 

Mrs.  W.  M.  Hoel,  President. 

The  All  Sew  Club  was  organized  August  26,   1913, 
with  the  following  officers  and  members: 

Mrs.  J.  L.  Shields,  President. 

Mrs.  I.  G.  Hines,  Vice  President. 

Mrs.  W.  M.  Hoel,  Secretary. 

Mrs.  U.  S.  Keran. 

Mrs.  J.  F.  Horn. 

Mrs.  M.  B.  Pyle. 

Mrs.  G.  W.  Smith. 

Mrs.  Chas.  Orr. 

Mrs.  S.  D.  McMillan. 

Mrs.  P.  E.  Stewart. 

The  Ail  Sew  Club  was  formed  to  promote  the  Social, 
Civic  and  Education  welfare  of  the  City  of  Lockwood. 

Program  of  the  Club  consists  of  the  following: 
Social — 

Monthly  entertainments. 
Civic — 

Securing  seats  for  the  City  Park. 

Assisted  in  securing  lights  for  the  park. 

Members  made  public  talks  on  Civic  Welfare. 
Educational — 

Studied  Preventive  Medicine  one  and  one-half  years. 

Studied  Laws  for  Women  and  Children  in  Missouri 
one  year. 

Studied  Suffrage. 

PROGRAM  FOR   1917. 
Members  and  Officers  for  1917— 

Mrs.  W.  M.  Hoel,  President. 

Mrs.  M.  B.  Pyle,  Vice  President. 

Mrs.  I.  G.  Hines,  Vice  President. 

Mrs.  U.  S.  Keran,  Press  Correspondent. 

Mrs.  C.  D.  Pyle. 

Mrs.  W.  F.  Grubert. 

Mrs.  J.  F.  Horn. 


206 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Honorary  Members — 
Mrs.  Otlio  Keran. 
Mrs.  Fred  Kellar. 
Miss  Marguerite  Hines. 
Miss  Rosamond  Horn. 
Miss  Lois  Grubert. 

THE  COUNTRY  WOMAN. 

At  the  call  of  the  Mrs.  States  and  Mrs.  Ayers  some  of 
the  women  of  Limestone  community  met  at  the  home  of 
Mrs.  A.  0.  Litchfield  and  Mrs.  C.  H.  Ayres  Thursday, 
September  2nd,  1915,  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  a  club, 
with  the  following  members  present:  Mrs.  DeWitt,  Mrs. 
Jeffreys,  Mrs.  Hopkins,  Mrs.  Arthur  Poe,  Mrs.  States,  Mrs. 
Pertle,  Mrs.  Hurt,  Mrs.  Litchfield,  and  Mrs.  Ayers. 

In  the  afternoon  the  house  was  called  to  order  by 
the  president  protem,  Mrs.  States.  They  then  proceeded 
to  organize  a  club  to  be  called  "The  Country  Women."  To 
Mrs.  Vida  Poe  belongs  the  honor  of  suggesting  the  name 
for  the  club.  The  election  of  officers  was  then  in  order. 
Betty  Ayers  was  elected  Secretary.  Did  not  elect  a  treas- 
urer at  this  meeting  as  did  not  think  we  were  going  to 
need  money.  It  was  decided  each  member  should  bring 
her  own  plate,  cup,  knife,  fork  and  spoon  and  be  as- 
signed a  certain  dish  of  eatables  at  each  meeting,  and 
the  hostess  should  furnish  coffee;  also  music;  also,  each 
one  take  some  work  if  they  chose.  Also  if  any  member  is 
sick,  all  go  in  and  help  her.  After  each  dinner,  make  up 
boxes  for  sick  or  absent  ones.  They  then  made  a  program 
for  the  next  meeting.  All  members  should  respond  to 
roll  call  with  a  humorous  story.  The  meeting  then  ad- 
journed to  meet  at  Mrs.  Hade  Carr's  September  22nd, 
1915. 

On.  September  22nd,  1915,  the  club  met  with  Mrs. 
Tessie  Carr,  who  asked  Mrs.  States  to  act  as  President  at 
tliis  meeting.  Several  new  members  were  added,  namely: 
Mrs.  Nellie  Sailor,  Mrs.  Sallie  Tucker,  Mrs.  Anna  Marks, 
Mrs.  Mattie  Glazes,  Mrs.  Sarah  Poe  and  Mrs.  Tessie 
Carr.  Members  present  at  this  meeting,  fifteen;  visitors, 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 207 

one.  All  responded  to  roll  call  with  a  story,  and  this  was 
decided  to  be  continued  for  the  present.  When  some 
suitable  subject  would  be  taken  up  later  and  discussed. 
Also  decided  if  any  member  had  a  friend  visiting  them,  it 
would  be  all  right  to  take  them.  Also,  the  hostess  could 
invite  anyone  she  wished  to  help  her  entertain.  This 
being  the  first  regular  meeting  the  program  was  short. 
No  further  business.  The  club  then  adjourned  to  meet 
with  Mrs.  Rachel  Hurt  October  13th,  1915. 

The  club  being  well  started  they  decided  to  elect  offi- 
cers to  hold  their  offices  for  six  months.  Mrs.  Nelie  Tay- 
lor, President;  Mrs.  Bettie  Ayers,  Secretary;  Mrs.  Hopkins, 
Treasurer;  Mrs.  Blanch  Gregory,  Press  Correspondent  and 
Chaplin.  The  Club  holds  their  meetings  on  Wednesdays, 
every  three  weeks,  with  different  members,  until  they 
have  met  with  all  of  them,  when  they  commence  over 
again.  The  club  has  had  new  members  added  until  they 
now  number  17. 

On  extra  occasions  such  as  Thanksgiving,  Christmas, 
Fourth  of  July,  etc.,  the  husbands  are  invited,  who  gen- 
erally attend,  and  sometimes  give  interesting  talks.  Rev. 
States  always  gave  us  good  talks  when  he  was  among  us, 
which  we  now  miss  very  much.  The  club  is  now  one 
year  and  a  half  old  and  in  a  flourishing  condition. 

Each  member  must  pay  a  small  tax  to  keep  money  in 
the  treasury  for  the  expenses  of  the  club.  The  motto  of 
the  Country  Woman  is:  "I  will  speak  evil  of  no  one. 
I  will  excuse  the  faults  of  others.  I  will  tell  all  the  good 
I  know  of  every  one." 

Our  opening  song  is  "Brighten  the  Corner  Where 
You  Are,"  and  the  closing  song  is,  "God  Be  With  You 
Till  We  Meet  Again."  Our  club  colors  are  red  and  white. 

We  all  realize  that  this  order  has  helped  us  in  many 
ways  as  we  discuss  questions  on  subjects  of  interest  to  all. 

Present  Members: 

Mrs.  Litchfield.  Mrs.  Jaunita  Mead. 

Mrs.   Nellie   Taylor.  Mrs.  Mattie  Glaze. 

Mrs.   Sarah  Poe.  Mrs.  Jessie  Gregory. 

Mrs.  Blanche  Gregory.  Mrs.  Minnie  Logan. 


208 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Mrs.  Mollie  Pirtle.  Miss  Lucy  Hall. 

Mrs.  Rachel  Hurt.  Miss  Guss  Hudspeth. 

Mrs.  Vida  Poe.  Mrs.  Josephine  States. 

Mrs.  Bettie  Ayers.  Mrs.  Jefferies. 

Mrs.  Tessie  Carr. 

Honorary  Members:  Mrs.  Dewitt,  Mrs.  States,  Mrs. 
Hopkins,  Mrs.  Fern  Poe  and  Mrs.  Marks. 

(Written  by  Blanche  Gregory.) 

o 

THE  HOME-MAKERS  CLUB. 

The  Home  Makers  Club  was  organized  by  Miss  Bab 
Bell,  a  representative  of  the  State  University,  Oct.  27,  1913. 
Mrs.  F.  J.  McComb  was  elected  president,  Miss  Gladys 
Lowe,  secretary.  Nothing  further  was  done  until  March 
20,  1914,  when  at  the  suggestion  of  Mr.  Rodekohr,  Dade 
County's  farm  adviser,  Mrs.  McComb  called  a  meeting 
at  her  home  inviting  35  women  to  enroll  as  members  of 
the  new  club.  At  that  meeting  it  was  decided  to  limit 
the  number  to  thirty-five,  to  meet  the  second  Friday  in 
each  month  with  the  members  of  the  club,  taking  their 
names  alphabetically.  The  programs  were  to  consist  of 
music,  response  to  roll  call  by  household  hints,  and  papers 
written  on  various  subjects  pertaining  to  the  home. 
Through  the  efforts  of  the  farm  adviser,  Miss  Mae  McDon- 
ald, from  the  State  University,  was  secured  for  lecture, 
after  which  she  established  a  cooking  school,  which  lasted 
one  week  with  half-day  sessions,  conducted  by  Miss  Se- 
bastion.  This  school  proved  very  instructive  to  more 
than  fifty  ladies  who  attended  the  session  and  after  paying 
the  regular  expense  for  such  schools,  twenty-five  dollars, 
put  a  balance  of  seven  dollars  and  fifty  cents  in  the 
treasury. 

At  this  time  the  club  broadened  its  vision,  having 
among  its  membership  several  ladies  who  felt  that 
woman 's  place  is  primarily  in  the  home,  yet  she  has  the 
mental  capacity  as  well  as  physical  strength  to  do  some- 
thing outside  of  just  four  walls,  and  so  become  interested 
in  civic  work  such  as  trying  to  eradicate  the  dandelion 
from  the  cemetery.  At  Christmas  magazines,  rag  rugs, 


RALEIGH   J.   SHIPLEY    AM)   WIFE. 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 209 

clothes  and  other  useful  presents  were  given  to  the  county 
farm  inmates. 

The  next  year's  work  followed  along  the  same  lines, 
the  programs  being  printed  for  the  whole  year  made  from 
bulletins  sent  by  the  university. 

The  cooking  school  conducted  this  year  by  Miss  Nay- 
lor  was  quite  a  success.  More  civic  work  was  done  by 
co-operating  with  other  clubs  of  the  town,  such  as  swat- 
ting the  fly,  observing  clean-up  day  and  so  forth.  The 
club's  special  charity  work  consisted  in  remembering  at 
Christmas  the  county  farm  inmates  with  fruit,  candy  and 
nuts.  During  baby  week  a  lecturer  from  the  State  Uni- 
versity for  one  afternoon,  was  secured  and  for  the  Round- 
up a  display  of  fancy  work  was  given. 

For  the  year  1916  the  work  was  of  the  same  nature, 
but  there  was  no  summer  school.  Social  life  in  the  club 
was  developed,  beginning  with  a  very  enjoyable  party  at 
the  home  of  Miss  Marie  Grether,  and  later  on,  a  picnic  din- 
ner at  the  same  place.  The  Home  Makers  Club  was  asked 
to  unite  with  other  clubs  in  Greenfield's  greatest  civic 
work — raising  money  for  the  Cemetery — for  which  it 
pledged  five  dollars  to  be  given  to  same.  The  programs 
are  always  interesting  and  instructive  and  the  club 
through  its  connection  with  "The  Greenfield  Associated 
Charities"  is  an  uplift  to  the  community.  At  the  begin- 
ning of  the  year  1917  thirty-four  members  are  enrolled,  as 
follows : 

Miss  Helen  Brownlee.  Mrs.  J.  W.  McLemore. 

Mrs.   Charles  Bell.  Miss  Zetta  McLemore. 

Mrs.  Harve  Campbell.  Mrs.  J.  M.  Mitchell. 

Miss  Ruth  Carr.  Mrs.  R.  P.  Murphy. 

Mrs.  Mary  Davis.  Mrs.  Lit.  Roper. 

Mrs.  F.  C.  Eastin.  Mrs.  F.  L.  Shafer. 

Mrs.  F.  P.  Engleman.  Mrs.  H.  D.  Sloan. 

Mrs.  Bess  Erisman.  Mrs.  R.  M.  Sloan. 

Mrs.  W.  P.  Finley.  Mrs.  0.  E.  Sloan. 

Mrs.  Ralph  Furby.  Mrs.  R.  S.  Sneed. 

Miss  Marie  Grether.  Mrs.  Henry  Talbutt. 

Mrs.  P.  S.  Griffith.  Mrs.  D.  E.  Tarr. 


210  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

Mrs.  A.  C.  Hall.  Mrs.  L.  A.  Wetzel. 

Mrs.  F.  H.  Holland.  Mrs.  W.  C.  Whaley. 

Mrs.  S.  W.  Jopes.  Mrs.  0.  J.  Wilson. 

Miss  Harriet  Jopes.  Mrs.  L.  J.  Weir. 

Mrs.  Eli  Kimber.  Harriet  Jopes,  Historian 
Mrs.  S.  G.  Manlove. 


GREENFIELD, 
"THE  GATE  CITY  OF  THE  GROTTO," 

by 
A.  J.  Young. 

Greenfield,  the  seat  of  Justice  of  Bade  County,  was 
located  in  the  spring  of  1841.  A  detailed  account  of  this 
event  being  given  in  connection  with  the  sketch  entitled 
"The  Organization  of  the  County." 

The  city  is  very  pleasantly  located  near  the  center 
of  the  county,  upon  what  was  originally  wooded  hills  and 
sylvan  glades  in  the  immediate  vicinity  of  a  gigantic 
spring.  It  occupies  a  commanding  eminence  about  200 
feet  in  elevation  above  the  valley  of  Turnback,  which 
lies  two  miles  eastward,  and  practically  the  same  above 
South  Greenfield,  which  lies  three  miles  south  on  the 
Kansas  City,  Fort  Scott  &  Memphis  railway.  Looking 
eastward  from  Greenfield  one  gets  a  delightful  view  of  the 
"Grotto,"  a  veritable  paradise  of  undulating  hills  and 
fertile  valleys,  bubbling  springs,  racing  rivulets  and  a 
riotous  profusion  of  cloudland  and  woodland  blending  into 
a  grand  panorama  of  Nature's  own  storehouse  of  richest 
pastorial  gems.  To  the  west  lie  the  broad,  rolling-  prai- 
ries, unrivaled  for  richness  of  soil  and  clasping  in  their 
fond  embrace  a  never  ending  succession  of  verdant  pas- 
tures and  waving  fields  of  golden  grain. 

Greenfield  is  indeed  set  as  a  choice  gem  in  the  very 
"Crown  of  the  Hills,"  and  imparts  a  radiant  glow  to  an 
atmosphere  bristling  with  ozone  and  filled  with  the 
fragrance,1  of  the  forest.  Greenfield  of  today,  however, 
differs  widely  from  the  Greenfield  of  more  than  half  a 
century  ago. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 211 

Aside  from  the  original  court  house  the  first  business 
building  in  the  town  was  erected  in  1841,  at  the  north- 
east corner  of  the  public  square,  where  the  Dade  County 
Bank  is  now  located.  It  was  erected  by  Madison  Camp- 
bell, of  Polk  County,  and  Caleb  Jones  &  Co.,  also  of  Polk 
County,  put  in  a  stock  of  goods,  which  was  managed  and 
sold  by  John  W.  Wilson.  The  next  merchants  of  the  town 
were  John  Wells  and  Rufus  Gates,  each  of  whom  opened 
stores.  Then  followed  W.  K.  Latham,  and  a  Mr.  Lindsey 
as  merchants.  The  postoffice  was  established  in  1841  or 
1842,  and  W.  K.  Latham  was  the  first  postmaster. 

Developments — In  1847,  when  William  L.  Scroggs 
came  to  Greenfield,  there  were  four  little  stores  in  the 
town,  the  combined  stock  of  which  would  not  equal  that 
of  one  such  as  the  town  now  affords.  One  of  these 
stores  was  kept  by  W.  K.  Latham,  at  the  southwest  cor- 
ner of  the  public  square,  where  Dr.  Lyngar's  drug  store 
now  stands  on  the  corner  south:  another,  where  the  Dade 
County  Bank  is  located,  by  Mr.  Lindsey,  and  the  other  by 
John  Wells,  on  the  corner  east  of  the  Delmonico  Hotel. 
The  town  grew  but  slowly,  so  that,  at  the  beginning  of 
the  Civil  War,  it  contained  only  eleven  small  business 
houses;  and  all,  except  one  in  the  Delmonico  building, 
were  in  small  wooden  houses.  Of  these,  only  one — that 
of  Mr.  Jacobs — survived  the  war,  and  at  one  time  the 
goods  of  his  store  were  taken  by  Confederate  raiders. 
The  other  merchants  all  went  out  of  business  on  account 
of  the  ravages  of  the  war.  Mr.  Jacobs,  however,  man- 
aged to  keep  a  small  amount  of  goods  during  nearly  all 
of  the  war  period.  At  the  beginning  of  the  war,  Green- 
field contained  about  300  inhabitants,  and  at  its  close,  had 
still  a  less  number.  Its  population  is  now  estimated  at 
1,500. 

Then  business  soon  revived — the  old  wooden  shanties 
that  remained  began  to  be  replaced  with  better  buildings. 
Business  men  with  moterate  capital  and  much  enterprise 
came  in  from  abroad,  and  they  and  the  old  resident  sur- 
vivors of  the  town  and  surrounding  country  have  built 
the  town  almost  entirely  anew  since  the  war  closed. 


212 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

There  are  now  surrounding  and  facing  the  public  square 
twelve  brick  blocks,  containing  altogether  nineteen  or 
twenty  business  rooms  on  the  first  floors,  and  prepara- 
tions are  being  made  for  the  construction  of  more  brick 
blocks  during  the  coming  season.  In  addition  to  these 
are  the  Delmonico  and  Washington  Hotels — both  large 
brick  houses.  The  town  also  contains  the  Ozark  College 
and  a  large  two-story  public  school  house — both  brick 
structures;  two  brick  and  three  frame  church  edifices; 
several  fine  brick  residences,  a  large  number  of  com- 
modious frames  and  many  neat  and  beautiful  cottage 
residences,  all  comparatively  new,  and  generally  of  mod- 
ern architectural  style.  The  old  dilapidated  wooden 
building  standing  on  the  commons  on  the  west  side  of 
the  street  leading  south  from  the  southeast  corner  of  the 
square,  in  which  the  noted  lawyer  and  Southern  sympa- 
thizer, John  T.  Coffee,  once  resided,  is  the  only  house  that 
existed  in  the  town  in  1847,  that  has  not  been  torn  down. 

The  Modern  City. — Greenfield  makes  no  pretention 
of  commercial  greatness.  It  is  a  city  of  schools  and 
churches,  clubs,  lodges,  societies  and  ideal  homes.  Its 
financial  institutions  and  commercial  establishments  com- 
pare favorably  with  those  of  cities  twice  its  size.  The 
city  owns  a  municipal  water  plant  constructed  at  a  cost 
of  $17,000.00,  supplying  water  from  a  well  drilled  to  a 
depth  of  1,000  feet  into  a  bed  of  white  sand.  The  entire 
city  is  well  lighted  by  an  incorporated  Light  &  Power 
company,  which  also  operates  an  Ice  Plant.  Two  tele- 
phone systems  with  large  country  connections  and  long- 
distance service  are  well  established  and  capably  man- 
aged. The  streets  of  the  city  are  graded,  graveled  and 
oiled,  and  miles  of  cement  sidewalks  connect  every  por- 
tion of  the  municipality.  Forest  trees  augmented  by 
those  of  more  convenient  setting  protect  the  streets  and 
lawns  from  the  rays  of  the. summer  sun  and  cast  a  cooling 
shade  across  the  parks  and  commons. 

Greenfield  is  justly  proud  of  her  two  banks,  the  R.  8. 
Jacobs  Banking  Company  and  the  Dade  County  Bank, 
each  with  a  footing  of  more  than  $250,000,  and  extending 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  213 


a  line  of  credit  sufficient  to  accommodate  every  legitimate 
enterprise  of  the  city.  Greenfield  High  School  is  known 
throughout  the  state  for  its  efficiency  and  excellency. 
Dade  County's  Greatest  Store,  owned  and  conducted  by 
J.  L.  Rubenstein,  and  The  Day  Light  Store,  owned  and 
managed  by  Fred  C.  Eastin,  are  to  Greenfield  what  the 
great  department  stores  are  to  the  large  cities.  Every  line 
of  business  and  enterprise  is  well  represented  and  they 
work  in  perfect  harmony.  The  Commercial  Club  and 
Young  Men's  Business  Club  are  organizations  which  have 
for  their  purpose  the  betterment  of  business  conditions 
in  Greenfield  and  the  welfare  of  the  surrounding  com- 
munity. 

The  pride  and  the  boast  of  the  city  is  that  for  more 
than  thirty  years  no  saloon  has  existed  within  its  borders. 

The  various  Societies,  Lodges,  Newspapers,  Clubs, 
Civic  bodies  and  Associations  will  be  mentioned  in  their 
order  under  appropriate  headings  in  this  volume. 

While  Greenfield  is  a  splendid  place  in  which  to  live 
it  is  also  a  good  place  in  which  to  die.  It  has  one  of  the 
most  beautiful  and  well  kept  cemeteries  to  be  found  in 
Southwest  Missouri.  It  is  owned  by  the  city  and  man- 
aged by  a  Cemetery  Association.  It  occupies  a  highly  im- 
proved plat  of  ground  in  the  northeast  quarter  of  the  city 
and  commands  a  splendid  view  of  the  surrounding  coun- 
try. In  its  confines  are  sleeping  many  of  the  Fathers  of 
the  City.  Rude  monuments  of  pioneer  days  and  costly 
piles  of  carved  marble  unite  in  this  democracy  of  the  dead. 
Interments  d#te  from  the  year  1837.  Scarcely  a  family  in 
the  entire  community  but  what  has  some  loved-one,  some 
relative,  neighbor  or  friend  sleeping  in  this  quiet  city  of 
the  dead.  It  is  the  one  sacred  spot  above  all  others  which 
Greenfield  has  dedicated  to  the  memory  of  her  lamented 
dead. 

The  present  city  government  is  as  follows: 

Mayor— Phil  S.  Griffith. 

City  Attorney — A.  J.  Young. 

City  Clerk— Fred  L.  Shafer. 

Police  Judge — John  E.  Scroggs. 


214  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

City  Marshall — Houston  Duncan. 
Street  Commissioner — M.  H.  Campbell. 
Water  Commissioner — C.  E.  Bell. 
Aldermen : 

First  Ward— Mason  Talbutt  and  R.  C.  Divine. 
Second  Ward— R.  H.  Merrill  and  R,  M.  Sloan. 
The  following  list  of  business  men  of  Greenfield  is 
taken  from  the  Merchant's  Assessment  of  1916: 
J.  R.  Brewer,  Second  Hand  Goods. 
Carr  &  Son,  Meat  Market. 
Fred  Eastin,  Dry  Goods. 

F.  Grether  &  Son,  Hardware  and  Implements. 
Carl  Guenther,  Restaurant  and  Bakery. 
Charles  Harrison,  Harness  Maker. 

Harrison  Brothers,  Furniture  and  Undertaking. 

John  Harris,  Postoffice,  Book  Store. 

H.  C.  Hartfield,  Hay,  Grain  and  Produce. 

G.  C.  Holman,  Watches  and  Clocks. 
Hull  &  Worthy,  Flour  and  Feed. 
Kempert  &  Furby,  Restaurant  and  Bakery. 

E.  M.  Kimber,  Automobiles  and  Accessories. 
D.  E.  Lafoon,  Restaurant. 

H.  A.  Long,  Grill  Room. 

T.  A.  Miller  Lumber  Co.,  Lumber. 

Mitchell  &  Sloan,  Groceries. 

Morris  &  White,  Hardware  and  Implements. 

W.  B.  McReynolds,  Millinery. 

Lit  H.  Roper,  Drugs. 

J.  L.  Rubenstein,  General  Dry  Goods  and  Furnishings. 

W.  L.  Scroggs,  Groceries,  Automobiles  and  Oil. 

J.  E.  Shaw,  Pumps,  Tanks   and  Builders  Hardware 

and  Automobiles. 
L.  M.  Shaw,  Farmers  Restaurant. 
Sloan  Bros.,  Hardware  and  Implements. 
0.  P.  Sloan,  Groceries  and  Produce. 

F.  M.  Sneed,  Drugs,  Paints,  Etc. 
Springfield  &  Co.,  Ice. 

P.  D.  StringnVld,  Buggies. 

L.  B.  Tarr,  Groceries,  Wholesale  &  Retail. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 215 

S.  H.  Wetzel,  Shoes  and  Gent's.  Furnishings. 

T.   E.    Whaley,   Notions,    Sewing   Machines,   Musical 
Instruments. 

D.  R.  White,  Buggies  and  Automobiles. 

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GREENFIELD  COMMERCIAL  CLUB. 

The  City  of  Greenfield  has  had  a  Commercial  Club 
for  many  years.  It  was  however,  reorganized  in  1911  and 
has  been  a  powerful  exponent  in  the  development  of  the 
resources  of  the  city.  It  has  donated  largely  to  good 
roads,  bridges,  public  improvements  and  charity.  Its 
officers  and  members  at  present  are  as  follows: 

President — B.  H.  Merrill,  Assistant  Cashier,  B.  S. 
Jacobs  Bank. 

Vice  President — Dr.  J.  L.  Bawhauser,  Physician  and 
Surgeon. 

Treasurer — J.  L.  Wetzel,  Cashier  B.  S.  Jacobs  Bank- 
ing Company. 

Secretary — F.  G.  Van  Osdell,  Assistant  Cashier,  Dade 
County  Bank. 

J.  L.  Bubenstein,  Proprietor  "Dade  County's  Great- 
est Store." 

S.  H.  Wetzel,  Shoes  and  Gents.  Furnishings. 

Dr.  T.  B.  Kyle,  Physician  and  Surgeon. 

Dade  County  Bank. 

J.  M.  Mitchell,  Groceries. 

P.  P..  Bower,  Monuments. 

F.  Grether,  Hardware  and  Implements. 

D.  E.  Lafoon,  Bestaurant  and  Soft  Drinks. 

String-field  Ice  Company. 

J.  C.  Shouse,  Betired  Capitalist. 

L.  D.  Beitz,  Blacksmith. 

J.  L.  Horton,  Pantitorium. 

McConnell  &  Wasson,  Groceries. 

Crews  &  Son,  Barbers. 

A.  J.  Young,  Lawyer,  Abstracter  and  Land  Titles. 

G.  C.  Holman,  Jeweler  and  Optician. 
L.  A.  Wetzel,  Lawyer. 

W.  B.  Bell,  Frisco  Station  Agent. 


216  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

Grand  Barber  Shop. 

J.  W.  Hull,  Flour  and  Feed. 

Benton  Wilson,  Capitalist  and  Farmer. 

Cagle  &  Son,  Blacksmiths,  Horse-shoeing  Experts. 

J.  E.  Scroggs,  Police  Judge. 

F.  L.  Shafer,  Lawyer  and  Abstracter,  City  Clerk. 

L.  B.  Tarr,  Groceries,  Wholesale  and  Retail. 

L.  H.  Roper,  Drugs. 

Dr.  G.  E.  Thweatt,  Dentist. 

Edwin  Harrison,  Cashier  Dade  County  Bank. 

Harrison  Bros.,  Furniture  and  Undertaking. 

R.  S.  Jacobs  Banking  Company. 

Uel  Murphy,  Constable  and  Deputy  Sheriff. 

Dr.  0.  E.  Sloan,  Dentist. 

C.  H.  Headlee,  Groceries. 

Greenfield  Electric  Light  &  Power  Company. 

R.  D.  Payne,  Prosecuting  Attorney,  Farm  Loans. 

W.  B.  Hobbs,  Real  Estate. 

J.  W.  Ward,  General  Repair  Shop. 

Harry  A.  Long,  Washington  Grill  Room. 

W.  L.  Scroggs,  Automobiles  and  Oil. 

Mason  Talbutt,  Attorney  at  Law. 

D.  R.  White,  Garage,  Livery,  Buggies  and  Automob- 

iles. 

W.  B.  McReynolds,  Millinery  and  Ladies'  Furnish- 
ings. 

H.  C.  Hartfield,  Hay,  Grain,  Poultry  &  Produce. 

B.  W.  Smith,  Sheriff. 

F.  M.  Sneed,  Druggist  and  Drug  Sundries. 

H.  A.  Lilly,  Garage,  Automobiles. 

Dade  County  Advocate,  "Everything  That's  News." 

J.  C.  Webb,  County  Clerk. 

Morris  &  White,  Hardware,  Implements  &  Auto- 
mobiles. 

J.  G.  Carr,  Live  Stock  and  Meat  Market. 

S.  A.  Payne,  Lawyer. 

P.  S.  Griffith,  Mayor  and  Editor  of  "Vedette." 

Frank  Slawson,  Poultry,  Cream  &  Produce. 

J.  E.  Shaw,  Pumps,  Tanks,  Garage  and  Automobiles, 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 217 

Carl  Guenther,  Restaurant  &  Bakery,  Wholesale  Ice 
Cream. 

Kempert  &  Furby,  Restaurant,  Bakery,  Soft  Drinks, 
etc. 

Miller  Lumber  Company,  Lumber,  Cement  and  Build- 
ers Material. 

F.  C.  Eastin,  Dry  Goods,  Proprietor  "Daylight  Store." 

Ben  M.  Neale,  Lawyer. 

Dr.  G.  L.  Weir,  Physician  &  Surgeon. 

T.  E.  Whaley,  Musical  Instruments,  Notions  and 
Sewing  Machines. 

Sloan  Bros.,  Hardware  and  Implements. 

J.  L.  Wetzel,  Cashier  R.  S.  Jacobs  Banking  Company. 

Chas.  Harrison,  Harness  and  Horse  Furnishings. 

W.  R.  Bowles,  Postmaster,  Proprietor  Dade  County 
Advocate. 

Dr.  0.  R.  Lee,  Dentist  and  Dental  Surgeon. 

A.  E.  Watson,  Mutual  Telephone  Company. 

John  Harris,  Postoffice  Book  Store. 

W.  0.  Underwood,  Auto  Livery,  Garage  and  Auto 
Supplies. 

W.  0.  Russell,  Abstracts,  Insurance  and  Farm  Loans. 

R.  W.  Grether,  Hardware,  Traveling  Salesman. 

F.  M.  Renfro,  General  Shoe  Repair  Shop. 

W.  D.  Brown,  Circuit  Clerk. 

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SOUTH  GREENFIELD. 

Prior  to  the  year  1881  there  were  no  railroads  in  Dade 
County.  In  that  early  day  Greenfield  was  the  metropolis 
of  the  county  and  all  the  horsetracks  in  the  road  pointed 
in  that  direction.  The  old  railroad  survey  to  which  Dade 
County  had  subscribed  bonds  in  the  sum  of  $250,000 
touched  the  townsite  of  Greenfield  on  the  southwest  but 
when  the  Kansas  City,  Fort  Scott  and  Gulf  Railroad  was 
built  in  1881  it  missed  the  town  three  miles.  It  followed 
a  natural  depression  out  of  the  Turnback  and  Limestone 
hills  to  the  prairie  leaving  the  county  seat  stranded  on 
high  and  dry  ground. 


218  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

People  in  their  enthusiasm  and  speculation  expected 
to  see  Greenfield  with  her  business  interests  and  county 
offices  move  bodily  to  the  railroad  point.  To  facilitate 
this  enterprise  Levin  W.  Shafer,  in  company  with  John 
A.  Ready,  two  Greenfield  lawyers  and  real  estate  dealers 
having  financial  relations  with  the  Dade  County  Bank, 
purchased  a  40  acre  tract  of  land  and  laid  out  the  pre- 
tentious city  of  South  Greenfield,  with  its  spacious  Pub- 
lic Square  upon  which  a  Court  House  was  to  be  erected 
when  the  county  seat  was  removed  to  that  point. 

John  A.  Myers  immediately  platted  an  Addition  on 
the  northwest,  G.  "W.  Yeager  an  Addition  on  the  southwest, 
Jacob  Cox  sold  lots  by  metes  and  bounds  on  the  south  and 
L.  J.  Griggs  platted  Grigg's  Addition  on  the  north,  but 
this  plat  was  never  recorded.  Many  business  men  from 
Greenfield  became  interested  in  South  Greenfield  enter- 
prises. Horace  Howard  embarked  in  the  livery  business, 
J  L.  Wetzel  sold  general  merchandise  and  many  other 
lines  were  represented  so  that  in  a  few  years  the  new  city 
attained  a  population  of  about  600. 

At  this  juncture  the  unexpected  happened.  T.  A. 
Miller,  a  man  of  action  and  great  business  sagacity  con- 
ceived the  idea  of  building  a  branch  railroad  from  Green- 
field to  South  Greenfield  by  popular  subscription.  Green- 
field business  men  took  kindly  to  the  idea  and  in  a  short 
time  the  Greenfield  &  Northern  railroad  was  a  reality. 
Its  original  promoters  expected  to  extend  this  line  to 
Stockton  and  on  to  some  Missouri  River  point,  but  the 
north  corporate  limits  of  Greenfield  became  and  remained 
its  northern  terminus.  The  rolling  stock  of  this  road  con- 
sisted of  one  little  wheezy,  jerky  engine,  one  box  car  and 
one  combination  express-baggage-passenger  coach,  one 
hand-car  with  tools  and  equipment  sufficient  for  the  sec- 
tion foreman  and  one  hand.  Later  on  this  road  was  ex- 
tended southward  thirty  miles  to  Aurora  and  was  sold  to 
the  Frisco  system  and  is  now  one  of  its  important 
branches. 

With  the  building  of  this  railroad  the  county  seat 
hopes  of  South  Greenfield  gradually  faded  and  finally 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  219 

vanished  in  thin  air.  The*  boom  proclivities  of  the  town 
subsided  and  its  population  gradually  diminished  until 
now  it  has  something  like  o()0  people  within  its  corporate 
limits.  Having  Lockwood  on  the  west,  Kverton  on  the 
east,  Greenfield  on  the  north  and  Pennsboro  on  the  south 
its  trade  territory  is  restricted  and  yet,  notwithstanding  all 
this  South  Greenfield  has  made  a  substantial  little  city,  a 
junction  railroad  point  and  is  the  center  of  a  rock-road 
district  with  about  20  miles  of  permanently  improved 
highways.  It  has  privately  owned  electric  light  and 
water-works  systems,  a  beautiful  public  park,  is  the  home 
of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  Camp  Grounds  and  is  in 
every  way  a  very  desirable  place  in  which  to  live. 

The  prominent  business  men  of  South  Greenfield  at 
present  are: 

J.  H.  Fuqua,  dealer  in  hardware,  furniture,  agricul- 
tural implements,  automobiles,  undertaking  and  fertilizers, 
is  one  of  the  best  known  business  men  in  Dade  county.  He 
has  resided  in  South  Greenfield  practically  all  his  life,  his 
father  having  been  engaged  in  the  livery  business  there 
over  25  years  ago. 

Willard  Daughtrey,  another  native  son,  engaged  in 
the  grocery  business  with  a  large  anel  ever  increasing 
trade. 

J.  L.  Gilliland,  groceries,  flour  and  feed,  is  one  of  the 
permanent  fixtures  of  the  town.  He  has  been  in  busi- 
ness many  years  and  enjoys  the  supreme  confidence  of  his 
patrons. 

L.  S.  Couplin,  drugs  and  medicines.  Dr.  Couplin  is 
also  a  regular  practicing  physician  and  is  one  of  the  val- 
uable men  of  the  community. 

The  T.  A.  Miller  Lumber  Company,  is  one  of  the  old- 
est established  firms  of  the  city,  this  being  one  of  a  line  of 
lumber  yards  extending  over  a  part  of  Missouri  and 
Arkansas.  It  has  been  in  business  at  South  Greenfield 
since  the  starting  of  the  town. 

The  Farmers'  State  Bank  is  one  of  the  sound  finan- 
cial institutions  of  the  country  and  ably  managed  by 
W.  L.  Ferguson,  cashier.  It  is  comfortably  housed  in  its 


220 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

own  brick  building  on  the  west  side  of  the  square  and  is 
equipped  with  all  the  up-to-date  appliances  for  modern 
banking. 

South  Greenfield  has  always  been  an  extensive  ship- 
ping point  for  poultry,  produce  and  grain.  The  original 
Frisco  depot  which  was  destroyed  by  fire  some  two  years 
ago  has  been  replaced  with  a  commodious  station  house 
with  convenient  offices,  freight  room  and  passenger  wait- 
ing room. 

South  Greenfield  has  suffered  two  commercial  mis- 
fortunes. A  number  of  years  ago  an  extensive  lime  and 
building-stone  works  were  established  on  its  western  sub- 
urb which  employed  a  large  number  of  laborers  and  an- 
nually shipped  many  car  loads  of  lime  and  building  stone. 
Those  quarries  are  among  the  best  in  the  state.  The  build- 
ings were  destroyed  by  fire  and  were  never  re-built.  About 
the  same  time  the  large  200  barrel  flouring  mill  was  also 
destroyed  by  fire  and  has  not  since  been  re-established. 

South  Greenfield  has  long  been  known  as  a  religious 
and  Fraternal  center.  For  more  than  fifty  years  a  camp 
ground  for  religious  services  has  been  maintained  in  a 
beautiful  grove  adjoining  the  city  on  the  northwest.  It  is 
shaded  with  native  forest  trees  of  oak,  a  bright,  sparkling, 
bubbling  spring  furnishes  a  never  failing  supply  of  pure 
water  and  a  suitable  church  building,  tabernacle,  restaurant 
and  other  conveniences  have  been  erected.  The  grounds 
are  lighted  with  a  modern  ascetylene  plant  and  thousands  of 
people  visit  this  place  annually.  It  is  now  the  property  of 
the  Cumberland  Presbyterians. 

The  Odd  Fellows  some  years  ago  erected  a  large,  two- 
story  frame  business  house  with  lodge  rooms  above,  and 
for  many  years  South  Greenfield  has  had  one  of  the  most 
prosperous  Odd  Fellow  and  Rebekah  lodges  in  the  country. 

South  Greenfield  is  incorporated  as  a  village  by  the 
County  Court  under  the  laws  of  the  state  of  Missouri  and  is 
governed  by  a  Board  of  five  trustees,  viz : 

AV.  L.  Miller,  Chairman. 

W.  L.  Ferguson,  Treasurer. 

F.  J.  McMillen,  Clerk  and  Collector. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 221 

J.  H.  Fuqua. 

J.  L.  Gilliland. 

J.  N.  Godfrey. 

H.  0.  Woy,  City  Attorney. 

Lockwood. — "The  Queen  City  of  the  Prairie"  claims 
the  distinction  of  being  the  commercial  metropolis  of  Dade 
County.  Delightfully  situated  in  the  heart  of  a  fertile 
prairie  with  a  broad  reach  of  territory  lying  both  to  its 
north  and  south  without  railroad  facilities,  gives  Lockwood 
a  decided  advantage  as  a  shipping  point.  It  is  indeed  one  of 
the  best  shipping  points  on  the  entire  Frisco  system. 

The  early  history  of  Lockwood  is  one  of  contest,  con- 
tention and  quarrel,  there  having  been  three  rival  towns 
laid  out  in  1881  when  the  Kansas  City,  Fort  Scott  and  Gulf 
Railroad  was  first  built.  William  M.  Taggart,  a  capitalist 
with  large  real  estate  holdings  in  the  vicinity,  Titus  B. 
Eldridge,  a  lawyer  of  New  York  City  owning  a  large  tract  of 
land  with  Joseph  B.  Lindsey,  as  his  local  agent  and  W.  J. 
Davis,  a  farmer  and  early  pioneer  of  the  county  were  mili- 
tant rivals  in  the  matter  of  townsite  promotion.  W.  J. 
Davis  gained  the  "first  blood"  in  the  battle  by  having  the 
railroad  adopt  his  selection  of  a  name  for  the  place  called 
Lockwood  in  honor  of  the  general  passenger  agent  of  the 
road  at  that  time.  He  also  secured  the  postoffice  which  was 
another  powerful  lever  in  his  favor.  After  months  of  bit- 
ter struggle  a  compromise  was  effected  and  Mission  Street 
was  agreed  upon  as  the  business  center  of  the  place  and 
practically  all  the  business  houses  from  the  various  sections 
of  the  city  were  moved  to  the  common  center.  From  this 
time  on  the  future  of  Lockwood  was  assured.  The  rival 
factions  became  harmonious  and  an  era  of  good  feeling  pre- 
vailed. During  the  first  ten  years  of  the  city's  history  many 
thrilling  events  are  to  be  recorded.  The  fire  fiend  visited 
the  place  and  swept  away  almost  every  original  frame  busi- 
ness house  but  they  were  speedily  replaced  with  substantial 
brick.  New  capital  was  attracted  to  the  city,  new  faces  ap- 
peared upon  the  scene  and  new  enterprises  were  launched. 


222 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

At  the  close  of  the  first  decade  of  its  history  Lockwood 
was  a  city  of  the  4th  class  with  a  population  of  abouu  800. 
Among  its  distinguished  business  men  at  that  time,  many 
of  whom  are  now  sleeping  in  the  quiet  "City  of  the  Dead" 
but  who  in  their  lifetime  contributed  largely  to  the  growth 
and  prosperity  of  the  city  of  the  living  may  be  mentioned: 

Captain  W.  S.  Wheeler,  a  lawyer,  business  man  and 
banker  who  represented  the  Eldridge  interests  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  and  who  was  the  first  mayor  of  the  city  after 
its  organization  as  a  city  of  the  4th  class. 

Haubein  &  Heiser,  a  firm  composed  of  Herman  Hau- 
bein  and  Martin  Heiser,  general  merchants.  Mr.  Heiser 
was  one  of  the  builders  of  the  first  flouring  mill  in  the  city 
and  was  also  largely  interested  in  farming  enterprises.  Mr. 
Haubein  later  established  the  Lockwood  Creamery  and  feed 
mill  and  in  connection  with  it  erected  the  light  plant. 

Cunningham  &  Finley,  a  general  merchandise  firm  com- 
posed of  II.  A.  Cunningham  and  A.  II.  Finley.  Mr.  Cun- 
ningham was  also  a  stock  buyer  and  shipper,  Mr.  Finley  a 
stock  feeder  and  both  interested  in  the  Bank  of  Lockwood. 

E.  C.  Gillett,  buyer  and  shipper  of  live-stock,  produce 
and  poultry  in  whose  employ  was  Frank  Farris  now  vice 
president  of  the  Bank  at  Lockwood  and  who  for  years  oper- 
ated a  grain  elevator  east  of  the  railroad  station. 

Waterman  &  Sons,  hardware  merchants  and  dealer  in 
farm  implements,  succeeded  by  Workman  Brothers. 

W.  R.  Eaton,  dealer  in  lumber,  hay,  grain,  threshing 
machines  and  farm  implements. 

Hunt  Bros.,  dealers  in  lumber  and  kindred  products. 

(iillman  &  Son,  private  bankers.  C.  W.  Gillman,  the 
junior  member  of  the  firm  being  an  extensive  buyer  and 
.shipper  of  livestock. 

Sandmeyer  &  Bartling,  manufacturers  of  harness  and 
dealers  in  all  kinds  of  horse  furnishings. 

Fred  Frye,  merchant,  leading  citizen  and  afterwards 
Judge  of  the  County  Court. 

McDermid  &  Thumser,  hardware  and  seed  merchants. 

Herman  Schuerman,  dealer  in  general  merchandise. 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  223 

Dr.  F.  P.  Adams,  drugs  and  medicines. 

J.  L.  Alverson,  shoes  and  gents,  furnishings. 

S.  C.  Provin,  exclusive  groceries. 

J.  A.  Renck,  bakery  and  confectionary. 

Dr.  William  Terry,  physician  and  surgeon. 

A.  J.  Young,  lawyer,  editor  and  general  promoter. 
Hi  Curry,  lawyer,  now  located  at  Webb  City. 

J.  H.  Harris,  liverman  and  buyer  of  horses  and  mules. 

D.  C.  Clark,  watchmaker  and  jeweler. 

Hoel  Brothers,  a  firm  composed  of  W.  B.  Hoel  and  C. 

E.  Hoel,  real  estate,  loans  and  insurance. 

Prof.  W.  H.  H.  Peirce,  editor  of  the  "Times"  and  gen- 
eral savant  of  the  city. 

C.  S.  Ring,  buyer  and  shipper  of  grain. 

William  Beisner,  real  estate,  loans  and  justice  of  the 
peace. 

William  Crow,  veteran  Constable,  City  Marshal  and 
general  conservator  of  the  peace. 

Heisey  &  Caldwell,  furniture  and  undertaking.  Mr. 
Heisey  was  afterward  mayor  of  the  city. 

J.  D.  Yoder,  drayman  and  transfer. 

B.  F.  Whitlock,  blacksmith. 

J.  N.  Burns,  associated  with  W.  R.  Eaton  in  the  lumber 
business  and  also  connected  with  the  bank  of  Gillman, 
Burns  &  Company. 

The  above  is  not  by  any  means  a  complete  list  of  the 
Lockwood  business  men  in  1891,  but  it  gives  a  fair  idea  of 
the  business  interests  as  represented  at  that  time. 

About  the  year  1894  W.  A.  Rice,  a  cigar  maker  by  occu- 
pation and  a  musician  by  profession,  located  in  Lockwood 
and  became  connected  with  the  Cornet  Band,  as  leader. 
Under  his  direction  it  became  one  of  the  most  proficient 
musical  organizations  in  Southwest  Missouri. 

Lockwood  has  always  taken  special  pride  in  her  schools 
and  churches.  Of  the  boys  who  grew  up  and  were  educated 
in  Lockwood  and  afterward  entered  business  on  their  own 
account  may  be  mentioned : 

Dr.  John  McDermid,  Physician  and  Surgeon. 


224  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

C.  F.  Newman,  Lawyer. 

Dr.  John  Buser,  Physician  and  Surgeon. 

Dr.  W.  M.  Hoel,  Physician  and  Surgeon. 

Dr.  John  Newman,  Physician  and  Surgeon. 

Cortis  Pyle,  banker. 

Perry  Pyle,  banker. 

Oliver  Smith,  banker. 

Otho  Reran,  banker. 

C.  S.  Crow,  banker. 

And  a  score  or  more  of  others  who  have  made  their 
mark  in  the  business  world. 

Lockwood  today  is  a  flourishing  little  city  of  more 
than  1,000  population,  with  well  improved  streets,  elegant 
homes  and  modern  conveniences.  The  city  is  lighted  by 
electricity,  the  streets  well  oiled,  all  lines  of  business 
well  represented  and  the  people  well  governed. 

The  following  list   of  merchants   is   taken  from   the 
Merchants'  Assessment  Book  of  Dade  County  for  1916: 
J.  L.  Alverson,  Groceries. 
Wm.  A,  Bowers,  Restaurant. 
H.  G.  Caldwell,  Furniture  and  Undertaking. 
E.  M.  Carr,  Meat  Market  and  Grocery. 

D.  C.  Clark,  Jewelry. 

R.  T.  Clements  &  Son,  Dry  Goods  and  Furnishings. 

D.  &  S.  Drolesbaugh,  Millinery. 

Duckett  Sisters,  Millinery. 

A.  C.  Duvall,  Groceries. 

W.  R.  Eaton  Lumber  Co.,  Lumber. 

Frye  &  Bartling,  General  Merchandise. 

C.  N.  Gilfert,  Meat  Market. 

Ilaubein  &  Newcomb,  Hardware. 

Hauridschild  &  Horstman,  Shoes. 

Horn  &   Algeo,  Hardware  and  Implements. 

Hunt  Bros.,  Lumber. 

Lockwood  Furniture   (Peer  Bros),  Furniture. 

Massey  &  Smith,  Drugs. 

A.  F.  Meisner,  Bakery. 

0.  E.  McCall,  Groceries. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 225 

McDermid  &  Peterson,  Seeds  and  Grain,  Flour  and 
Feed. 

Charles  Orr,  Restaurant  and  Groceries. 

W.  H  Salow,  Harness. 

H.  Schuerman  &  Co.,  General  Merchandise. 

J.  H.  Sutter,  Groceries. 

Sam  W.  Temple  &  Co.,  Shoes  and  Furnishings. 

G.  J.  Thumser,  Pumps,  Windmills,  Engines,  Etc. 

J.   Q.    Workman,   Automobiles. 

J.  D.  Yoder,  Groceries. 

The  present  City  Government  is  composed  of  the  fol- 
lowing  officials : 

Mayor,  R.  A.  Frye. 

City  Clerk,  Calvin  S.  Crow. 

City  Collector,  H.  C.  Bird. 

City  Treasurer,  W.  E.  Evans. 

City  Attorney,  E.  R.  Hightower. 

City  Marshal,  W.  E.  James. 

Street  Commissioner,  W.  E.  James. 

Aldermen: 

H.  Schuerman. 
A.  M.  Smith. 
S.  M.  Bishop. 
A.  J.  Wolf. 

Police  Judge,  Captain  Meyer. 

Health  Officer,  Dr.  Wm.  M.  Hoel. 

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EVERTON. 

The  Southeastern  Metropolis  of  Dade  County  is 
located  on  the  Frisco  railroad  twelve  miles  southeast  of 
Greenfield,  in  the  midst  of  a  populous  and  highly  produc- 
tive agricultural  section.  It  has  a  population  of  about 
1,000  people,  and  all  lines  of  business  are  well  represented. 
Everton  is  comparatively  a  new  city,  dating  its  birth 
from  the  building  of  the  K.  C.  F.  S.  &  G.  railroad  in  1881. 
Prior  to  that  time,  however,  Rock  Prairie  Township  had 
its  trading  point.  As  far  back  as  1850  the  postoffice  of 
Rock  Prairie  was  established,  and  Thomas  Grisham  was 
the  first  postmaster,  and  later  on,  John  Dunkle.  The 


226 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

postoffice,  however,  was  moved  from  house  to  house  and 
accommodated  only  a  sparsely  settled  community. 

Some  time  along  in  the  50 's  Sammy  Jones  had  a 
little  store  at  Cross  Roads,  about  one  mile  Northeast  of  the 
present  site  of  Everton,  at  a  point  where  the  Springfield 
and  Ft.  Scott  wagon  road  was  crossed  by  the  Booneville 
&  Sarcoxie  wagon  road.  This  was  in  the  good  old  freight- 
ing days  when  produce  and  supplies  were  hauled  long 
distances  by  ox  and  mule  teams.  The  war  for  a  time  de- 
stroyed the  aspirations  of  Cross  Roads  ever  becoming  a 
city.  At  the  close  of  hostilities  Calvin  Wheeler  peti- 
tioned Congress  for  a  re-establishment  of  the  Rock  Prairie 
postomcc'  which  had  been  discontinued  during  the  war,  and 
he  was  appointed  postmaster  in  1868,  and  located  the 
office  at  Cross  Roads,  at  which  point  he  was  conducting  a 
small  country  store.  His  son,  Martin  Wheeler,  was  deputy 
postmaster  and  managed  the  office.  James  Bell  and  James 
Byles  were  the  village  blacksmiths,  Elias  Bennett  con- 
ducted a  drug  store  and  officiated  as  Justice  of  the  Peace, 
Eli  Reich  "cobbled"  shoes,  George  Laughingburg  estab- 
lished a  brewery  and  manufactured  old-fashioned  lager 
beer  from  hops  and  barley  with  W.  L.  Grotzman,  who 
ran  a  pottery  as  his  chief  customer. 

This  was  about  1871.  During  this  year  W.  T.  Hast- 
ings and  Joe  Irby  established  a  blacksmith  and  wagon 
shop,  Dr.  Appleby  also  located  at  Cross  Roads  as  a  regu- 
lar practicing  physician,  and  afterwards  engaged  in  mer- 
chandising in  the  partnership  firm  of  Appleby  &  Wheeler. 
It  was  in  the  midst  of  these  activities  that  the  Kansas 
City  &  Memphis  railroad  was  graded  from  Greenfield  to 
Ash  Grove,  right  through  the  heart  of  Cross  Roads.  With 
these  brilliant  prospects  in  view  G.  W.  Wilson  erected  a 
box  store  building  on  one  of  the  principal  corners  and  put 
in  a  stock  of  general  merchandise,  and  took  into  his  em- 
ploy his  brother-in-law,  W.  Y.  McLemore,  who  in  1878 
became  his  partner  in  the  business. 

The  building  of  the  Kansas  City,  Ft.  Scott  &  Gulf 
railroad  in  1881,  through  Dade  County,  blasted  the  hopes 
of  the  Cross  Roads  city,  for  the  main  line  missed  the  place 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  227 

just  one  mile.  At  this  juncture,  Judge  Ralph  Walker  of 
Springfield  purchased  a  tract  of  land  in  the  northeast 
quarter  of  Section  17-30-25,  and  laid  out  the  present  City 
of  Everton.  The  plat  was  surveyed  February  9th,  1881, 
and  on  the  25th  day  of  July,  1881,  G.  W.  Wilson  and  W. 
Y.  McLemore  moved  their  general  merchandise  store  from 
Cross  Roads  to  Everton,  becoming  the  first  business  firm 
in  the  new  city.  William  Maunger,  who  had  originally 
entered  the  land  from  the  Government,  had  lived  for 
years  near  the  Reich  spring  in  the  northeastern  part  of 
the  city.  John  Stephenson,  the  proprietor  of  a  hotel  in 
Corry,  moved  his  building  overland  to  the  Everton  town- 
site  and  became  the  first  landlord  in  the  new  city.  During 
the  year  1882  Ed.  Coker  established  a  restaurant  and 
grocery  business,  and  about  the  same  time  Ed.  Clark  and 
E.  R.  Hughes  engaged  in  the  general  merchandise  busi- 
ness. 

J.  C.  Kennedy  established  the  first  lumber  yard  in 
Everton  in  1881,  but  soon  sold  out  to  the  T.  A.  Miller 
Lumber  Co.,  the  present  proprietors  of  the  business. 
About  the  year  1883  Galbraith  &  Tarrant  built  an  old- 
fashioned  stone-burr  flouring  mill  and  run  it  till  about 
1887,  when  they  sold  out  to  Wash  Likins,  who  converted 
it  into  an  up-to-date  roller  mill  with  modern  equipment 
and  electric  lights,  and  then  disposed  of  the  property  to  its 
present  owner,  William  Raubinger,  who  has  made  many 
improvements.  It  is  now  a  standard  100-barrel  mill,  doing 
a  flourishing  business.  The  original  townsite  of  Everton 
soon  became  too  small  to  accommodate  the  needs  of  the 
growing  town, -so  that  numerous  additions  were  platted. 
Burleyson's  First  Addition  was  laid  out  August  25th,  1881, 
and  his  Second  Addition,  July  20th,  1883.  G.  W.  Wilson 
platted  his  First  Addition  November  19th,  1884,  and  his 
Second  Addition  November  8th,  1887.  John  Dimkle  con- 
tributed an  addition  to  Everton  on  June  loth,  1881,  while 
Wilson  extended  Block  "C"  with  an  addition  August 
17th,  1888.  Jacob  Green  platted  his  addition  November 
21st,  1890,  and  J.  G.  Wilson  placed  his  lots  on  the  market 
June  9th,  1890.  In  addition  to  these  numerous  additions 


228  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

to  the  city  many  lots  were  sold  by  metes  and  bonds  and 
are  so  conveyed  at  this  time.  Among  the  original  business 
men  to  the  town  but  few  remain  to  this  day.  G.  W.  Wil- 
son, W.  Y.  McLemore  and  Dr.  W.  I.  Oarlock  have  been 
the  land  marks  in  business  in  Everton  during  all  the 
years  of  her  career.  Aaron  Burleyson  was  a  farmer  and 
cultivated  the  land  in  corn  for  many  years  where  his 
additions  were  located.  He  was  a  native  of  Alabama,  com- 
ing from  there  to  Arkansas  and  to  Bade  County  in  1862. 
T.  W.  Burleyson,  his  son  was  a  regular  practicing  phy- 
sician in  Everton,  and  his  two  sons,  T.  J.  and  Dave  Bur- 
leyson, are  still  engaged  in  the  drug  business  there. 

In  addition  to  its  other  business  enterprises  Everton 
also  had  two  saloons  in  an  early  day.  Andy  Jack  Barker 
conducted  an  ''irrigation  parlor"  for  a  number  of  years 
on  the  corner  near  where  his  good  wife,  "Mother"  Bar- 
ker, presided  over  a  pioneer  hotel,  the  "Everton  House." 
Andy  Baker  also  conducted  a  saloon  for  a  short  time,  Jake 
Samples  was  the  pioneer  produce  dealer  in  Everton,  enter- 
ing business  as  early  as  1885,  and  in  1895,  W.  D.  Brown, 
present  Circuit  Court  Clerk,  entered  the  produce  business 
on  a  large  scale. 

On  the  12th  day  of  September,  1882,  W.  Y.  McLemore 
sold  his  interest  in  the  firm  of  Wilson  &  McLemore  to 
his  partner  and  the  firm  continued  as  Wilson  Bros.  In 
1884  he  again  entered  the  general  merchandise  business 
in  partnership  with  his  brother,  J.  M.  McLemore,  and  in 
1888  his  brother,  Robert  F.,  came  into  the  firm,  after 
which  they  moved  into  the  two-story  brick  building  on 
the  corner  and  continued  business  till  1896. 

G.  W.  Wilson  erected  the  first  brick  building  in  the 
city  in  1889.  The  first  bank  in  Everton  was  established 
by  G.  W.  Wilson  as  a  private  bank,  and  for  a  number  of 
years  was  one  of  the  largest  private  banks  in  Southwest 
Missouri.  On  the  1st  day  of  June,  1914,  it  was  incor- 
porated as  "The  Bank  of  Everton"  with  a  capital  stock 
of  $25,000.  G.  W.  Wilson  was  elected  President,  W.  Y. 
McLemore,  Vice  President;  Monte  Poindexter,  Cashier: 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 223 

Clarence  McLemore,  Assistant  Cashier,  and  W.  0.  Wilson, 
Director. 

In  1889  W.  C.  Holman  started  the  first  livery  business 
in  Everton.  He  was  succeeded  in  1894  by  Monte  Wheeler, 
who  continued  in  the  business  till  1904,  when  he  sold  out 
to  Cunningham.  The  original  building  was  destroyed  by 
fire.  Monte  Wheeler,  in  the  year  1904  engaged  in  the 
hardware  business  and  continued  in  the  same  till  January 
1st,  1915. 

W.  Y.  McLemore  sold  out  of  the  general  merchandise 
business  in  1898  and  entered  politics,  being  elected  Re- 
corder of  Deeds  of  Bade  County  on  the  Republican  ticket 
in  1902,  whereupon  he  moved  to  Greenfield  and  spent  four 
years  in  that  office.  In  1908  he  moved  to  Porum,  Okla- 
homa, and  engaged  in  business  with  success,  but  the  ties 
of  Dade  County  were  too  strong  for  him  to  remain  away 
very  long.  He  returned  to  Everton  June  1st,  1914,  and  re- 
entered  business.  After  the  capitalization  of  the  Bank 
of  Everton  he  organized  the  Everton  Hardware  Company 
with  a  capital  stock  of  $10,000,  of  which  G.  W.  Wilson 
was  elected  President ;  W.  Y.  McLemore,  Vice  President 
and  Secretary,  with  Monte  Wheeler,  W.  S.  Wilson,  W.  0. 
Wilson  and  John  Bell  as  Directors.  This  Corporation 
purchased  the  hardware  business  of  Monte  Wheeler,  and 
also  that  of  Goforth  &  Hankins.  They  are  now  located  in 
business  in  a  brick  block  on  the  East  side  of  the  street 
running  North  and  South  through  the  business  section 
of  the  city. 

B.  F.  Johnson  was  one  of  the  early  merchants  of 
Everton,  succeeding  Hughes  &  Clark  in  the  general  mer- 
chandise business.  Dr.  T.  W.  Burleyson  established  the 
first  drug  store  in  the  place  in  1883,  Dr.  W.  I.  Carlock 
begun  the  general  practice  of  medicine  in  Everton  in  1882. 

The  three  McLemore  boys,  W.  Y.,  Robert  F.,  and  J. 
M.,  were  sons  of  Archibald  McLemore,  a  Dade  County 
pioneer,  \vlio  came  from  Tennessee  and  settled  on  Sac 
River,  five  miles  Northeast  of  Greenfield,  in  1849.  He 
raised  a  family  of  six  children,  three  boys  and  three 
girls,  Mrs.  G.  W.  Wilson  being  one  of  the  girls.  This 


230  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

family  has  contributed  largely  to  every  business  enter- 
prise in  Everton. 

One  of  the  largest  industries  ever  started  in  Everton 
was  the  Ash  Grove  White  Lime  Association,  which  pur- 
chased a  large  tract  of  land  adjoining  the  city  and  erected 
a  lime  works  plan.  The  quarries  were  among  the  finest 
in  the  state  and  for  a  number  of  years  this  industry  pros- 
pered. It  purchased  annually  about  3,000  cords  of  wood 
and  employed  about  sixty  men,  and  shipped  many  car- 
loads of  its  product  to  all  parts  of  the  United  States.  A 
few  years  ago  the  kilns  were  destroyed  by  fire.  The  As- 
sociation still  owns  the  land  and  may  again  rebuild. 

Smith  &  Likens  were  merchants  in  Everton  about  the 
year  1894.  and  in  1896  the  firm  was  Smith  Bros.  They 
were  succeeded  by  McLemore  Bros. 

Parker,  Dye  &  Small  was  another  prominent  firm, 
consisting  of  J.  C.  Parker,  AY.  R.  Dye  and  T.  W.  Small. 
The  business  still  continues  as  W.  R.  Dye  &  Son.  It  is  a 
general  merchandise  establishment. 

James  A.  Mason  has  for  many  years  been  identified 
with  the  business  interests  of  Everton.  He  came  to  the 
city  as  a  teacher  in  the  public  schools,  after  which  he 
was  manager  of  the  T.  A.  Miller  Lumber  yard.  After 
remaining  in  this  position  about  ten  years,  in  company 
with  his  father-in-law,  A.  Dickinson,  he  established  a 
Furniture  and  Undertaking  business,  which  after  a  number 
of  years  they  sold  out  to  A.  W.  Poindexter.  Mr.  Poin- 
dexter  has  been  engaged  in  many  business  enterprises  in 
the  city,  the  largest  being  the  erection  of  the  magnifi- 
cent New  Crescent  Hotel,  a  two-story  brick  structure,  lo- 
cated on  a  beautiful  site  overlooking  the  Frisco  depot  and 
yards  and  surrounded  by  attractive  shade  trees.  It  repre- 
sents an  expenditure  of  something  like  $10,000,  and  is  a 
credit  to  the  city.  It  is  no\v  owned  and  operated  by  R. 
Fowler. 

Everton  lias  always  been  wide-awake  on  the  question 
of  schools.  Seeing  the  needs  of  higher  education  in  the 
year  1892,  a  number  of  public-spirited  citizens  organized 
the  Everton  High  School  as  a  private  enterprise  for  pub- 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  231 

lie  use.  The  loading  spirits  in  this  enterprise  were  James 
A.  Mason,  G.  W.  Wilson,  W.  C.  Holman,  W.  T.  Hudson, 
W.  11.  Mitchell,  W.  Y.  McLemore  and  many  others.  They 
employed  George  Melcher,  one  of  the  leading  educators 
of  the  State,  as  Superintendent,  in  which  position  he  con- 
tinued for  four  years.  The  city  now  has  an  elegant  school 
building,  costing  approximately  $10,000,  and  is  modern  in 
every  respect. 

The  legal  profession  has  been  represented  in  Everton 
by  one  illustrious  citizen,,  Howard  Ragsdale,  who  was  a 
soldier,  politician  and  practitioner.  He  is  now  a  resident 
of  Ash  Grove,  "just  over  the  line,"  but  still  retains  a 
large  share  of  the  legal  practice  in  Everton. 

pjverton  has  not  been  without  church  interests.  As 
early  as  1883  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  church  was 
organized  by  Rev.  W.  J.  Garrett,  who  was  its  first  pastor, 
and  held  their  meetings  in  the  school  house  till  1887.  when 
they  erected  a  nice  frame  church  building.  It  is  now  a 
Presbyterian  U.  S.  A.  church  with  Rev.  W.  R.  Russell  as 
pastor,  a  position  which  he  has  held  for  more  than  twenty 
years. 

The  Missionary  Baptist  church  was  organized  in  1888 
with  Rev.  W.  F.  Parker  as  first  pastor.  They  have  a 
church  building  and  Rev.  Calton  is  their  present  pastor. 

The  Christian  organization  was  effected  in  1909. 
They  have  a  good  building  and  Rev.  A.  J.  Bloomer  is  their 
present  minister.  Each  of  these  churches  have  a  flourish- 
ing Ladies'  Auxiliary. 

Fraternally,  Everton  is  represented  by  the  Masonic, 
Odd  Fellows  and  W.  0.  W.  lodges. 

In  1910  a  second  bank  was  organized  in  Everton  UTI- 
der  the  name  of  "The  Citizens'  Bank."  It  was  capital- 
ized at  $10,000,  with  Cyrus  Yoakum  as  President,  and  Don 
Adamson  as  Cashier.  It  is  comfortably  located  in  its  own 
brick  building  in  the  very  heart  of  the  city  and  is  doing 
a  good  business. 

The  City  of  Everton  was  incorporated  as  a  city  of  the 
fourth  class  in  1892,  with  AY.  C.  Holman  as  its  first  Mayor. 
At  the  present  time  John  Adamson  is  Mayor;  Don  Adam- 


232  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

son,  City  Clerk,  and  M.  F.  Stamate,  L.  E.  Cantrell  and  C. 
W.  Edwards  as  Aldermen. 

Everton  has  no  electric  lighting  system.  There  are 
two  private  systems  being  operated,  one  at  the  Raubinger 
Mill  and  one  by  Mr.  Riddle.  Several  private  residences 
are,  however,  brilliantly  lighted  with  ascetylene  lighting 
plants,  among  them  being  the  residences  of  G.  W.  Wilson, 
L.  E.  Cantrell,  J.  F.  Carlock,  H.  A.  Carlock  and  perhaps 
others. 

As  a  shipping  point  Everton  compares  favorably  with 
any  city  of  its  size  on  the  entire  Frisco  system.  As  an 
apple  shipping  point  it  holds  the  record  for  the  entire 
Ozark  region. 

The  publicity  department  of  Everton  has  been  repre- 
sented by  the  Everton  Journal,  a  local  newspaper,  inde- 
pendent of  politics  and  owned  by  E.  H.  Carender  and 
Howard  Ragsdale. 

This  sketch  is  not  a  complete  history  of  the  growth 
and  development  of  the  city  of  Everton,  nor  does  it  make 
mention  of  all  the  prominent  citizens  who  have  contrib- 
uted to  its  success.  It  is  written  from  facts  gathered 
from  talking  to  various  persons  and  then  related  in  a  hap- 
hazard sort  of  way,  but  taking  all  in  all,  Everton,  past, 
present  and  future  is  just  about  as  good  a  little  city  as 
one  will  find  in  a  month's  travel  any  place  in  the  Ozark 
region. 

Others  who  have  contributed  to  the  growth  and  gen- 
eral welfare  of  Everton  are  W.  T.  Hastings,  who  was  a 
pioneer  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  Notary  Public.  Wash 
Hankins  was  also  a  J.  P.  as  early  as  1885.  J.  C.  Tomson 
first  became  prominent  as  a  J.  P.  about  1886,  served  as 
postmaster  two  terms,  from  1888  to  1892,  and  from  1896 
to  1900.  S.  II.  Wheeler  was  another  veteran  J.  P. 

A.  F.  Nixon  was  a  prominent  hardware  dealer  in  an 
early  day,  and  as  a  Notary  Public  drew  and  took  the  ac- 
knowledgement of  many  deeds. 

Dr.  W.  J.  Rabinau  was  a  prominent  physician  a 
number  of  years  ago.  Dr.  W.  R.  Beattie  came  to  Everton 
about  1897,  and  remained  till  1909.  Dr.  Box  also  prac- 


J.   S.    EXGLEMAN. 


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ticed  in  Everton,  from  1910  to  1913.  Dr.  W.  R.  Riley  was 
formerly  Station  Agent  at  Emmet,  married  there  and 
came  to  Everton  about  1896.  In  partnership  with  his  son, 
he  conducts  an  up-to-date  pharmacy,  ice  cream  stand  and 
soda  fountain. 

Following  W.  C.  Holman  as  first  Mayor  of  the  city, 
W.  D.  Brown  held  that  office  two  terms;  J.  W.  Stockwell, 
Howard  Ragsdale,  James  A.  Mason,  and  Taylor  Hughes 
also  officiated  as  Chief  Executive  of  the  city.  John  H. 
Estes  was  elected  to  the  office,  qualified  and  served  four 
days,  and  then  resigned. 

Charioy  Barker  was  the  first  City  Marshal  and  served 
six  years,  he  was  succeeded  by  James  Clark.  John  H. 
Estes  held  the  office  of  Constable  and  City  Marshal  for  a 
number  of  terms. 

Following  are  the  names  of  the  merchants  now  doing 
business  in  Everton,  taken  from  the  Merchants  Tax-Books 
of  1917: 

W.  E.  Ballenger,  Restaurant. 

T.  J.  Burleyson,  Drugs,  Notions  and  Druggists'  Sun- 
dries. 

Dr.  W.  I.  Carlock,  Drugs,  Paints,  Oils,  etc. 

J.  Frank  Carlock,  General  Merchandise. 

H.  W.  Crofford,  Produce  and  Grocery. 

L.  A.  Cunningham,  Grocery. 

Dunn  &  Taylor,  Grocery. 

Everton  Hardware  Co.,  Hardware,  Machinery,  Paints, 
etc. 

R.  L.  Farthing,  5  and  10-cent  Store. 

M.  Funk,  Restaurant. 

W.  H.  Grace,  Jeweler. 

Earl  Linderman,  Grocery  and  Produce. 

B.  F.  Meek,  General  Merchandise. 

T.  A.  Miller  Lumber  Co.,  Lumber  and  Builders'  Sup- 
plies. 

Poindexter  Furniture  Co.,  Furniture  and  Undertak- 
ing. 

W.  R.  Riley  &  Son,  Drugs,  Ice  Cream  and  Soda 
Fountain. 


234  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

H.  H.  Sclnnickle,  Produce  and  Groceries. 
J.  C.  Snoddy,  Restaurant. 
G.  A.  Thorpe,  Groceries  and  meat  market. 
Zimmerman  &  Mallory. 
AV.  R.  Dye  &  Son,  General  Merchandise. 
o 

DADEVILLE. 

by 
Sheridan  B.  Pyle. 

In  the  year  of  our  Lord,  A.  1).  1840  there  was  a  cabin 
of  native  hewed  logs  erected  in  the  northeast  corner  of  a 
little  prairie  called  Crisp  Prairie,  in  honor  of  one  of  the 
early  pioneers  of  the  county,  John  Crisp.  The  cabin  was 
built  by  a  man  named  Johnson,  who  occupied  it  for  five 
long  years  before  he  had  a  neighbor.  Then  in  1845 
Thomas  A.  Dale,  a  Tennesseean,  settled  here  and  built  a 
frame  house  near  Mr.  Johnson's,  beside  the  wagon  road 
that  had  been  trodden  out  by  ox-teams.  A  Mr.  Theodore 
Switzler,  from  Virginia,  moved  to  Missouri  and  also 
stopped  beside  the  road.  Mr.  Dale  and  Mr.  Switzler 
formed  a  partnership  and  entered  the  mercantile  business. 
A  postoffi'.v  was  established  and  named  Crisp  Prairie,  and 
Mr.  Dale  was  appointed  the  first  postmaster.  A  Doctor 
from  Tennessee,  about  this  time  settled  here  by  the  name 
of  Dr.  Bender.  He  immediately  engaged  in  the  active 
practice  of  his  profession,  and  his  fame  as  a  physician 
and  surgeon  went  out  over  the  land,  and  the  sick  and 
ailing  from  a  distance  flocked  to  him  for  treatment.  A 
blacksmith  shop  was  built  and  operated  beside  the  wagon 
road  by  Mr.  William  Davidson  along  about  1855  or  1856. 
Feeling  t!i*'  necessity  of  a  mill,  Messrs  Gaunt  and  Berry 
were  induced  to  build  and  operate  a  grist  and  saw  mill. 
Tin-  po\ver  used  to  make  the  wheels  go  'round  and  'round 
and  the  upright  saw  to  go  up  and  down  was  a  yoke  of 
oxen  and  ,ni  endless-chain  tread-wheel.  The  people  came 
for  miles  to  patronize  and  view  in  wonder  the  modern 
machinery  of  breadstuff  and  lumber.  This  history  would 
not  be  complete  unless  we  mentioned  that  Thomas  A.  Dale 
induced  a  young  Doctor  Hampton  from  Dale's  native 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 235 

state  and  old  home,  to  imigrate  to  this  section  of  the 
country.  The  young  doctor,  after  his  arrival,  engaged  in 
teaching  school,  and  soon  afterward  married  Miss  Sarah 
Carmack,  a  sister  of  J.  W.  Carmack,  one  of  Dade  County's 
prominent  citizens.  Dr.  Hampton  soon  became  a  very 
noted  character  in  the  neighborhood.  For  some  reason 
or  another  it  became  desirable  to  change  the  name  of  the 
postcfiice.  Three  prominent  citizens  were  selected  as  a 
committee  to  decide  upon  an  appropriate  name.  Dr. 
Bender,  Dr.  Hampton  and  Mr.  Dale  were  chosen  for  this 
honorous  duty.  Three  straws  of  different  lengths  were 
placed  in  a  hat  and  drawn.  Dr.  Hampton  drew  the  lucky 
straw  and  selected  the  name  of  "Melville,"  and  Melville  it 
remained  until  about  ISO.j,  when  the  Government  discov- 
ered that  the  mail  was  being  confused  with  Millville,  an- 
other Missouri  postoffice,  so  the  name  was  changed  to 
jJadeville,  in  honor  of  Colonel  Dade  of  Mexican  war  fame. 

As  time  passed  on,  other  energetic,  enthusiastic  young 
men  were  attracted  by  the  agricultural  richness  of  the 
soil  and  the  possibilities  for  mercantile  success  in  Dade- 
ville,  so  that  the  population  increased  to  that  of  a  village 
in  a  short  time.  Bob  and  Dave  Long  were  among  the 
first  merchants.  Robert  A.  Clark  soon  began  selling  goods 
rid  continued  throughout  the  Civil  War  and  up  till 
;  bout  1879,  when  he  sold  out  to  J.  W.  Withrow  and 
>i  oved  to  Springfield,  Mo. 

This  thriving  little  town  was  supported  by  the  sturdy 
settlers  and  pioneers  from  Kentucky  and  Tennessee  who 
had  found  an  ideal  home  on  Crisp  Prairie.  The  entire 
landscape  was  carpeted  with  blue-grass,  with  here  and 
there  along  the  branches  dense  copses  of  underbrush  and 
splendid  walnut  timber.  There  was  an  abundance  of 
water  for  their  stock,  that  roamed  at  will  over  the  prairie. 
West  of  Dadeville  was  heavy  oak  timber  and  numerous 
bubbling  springs  of  as  fine,  clear,  cool  water  as  ever 
quenched  the  thirst  of  man. 

Dadeville  has  an  altitude  of  1155  feet  and  the  drain- 
age is  divided  between  Sac  River,  three  miles  south,  and 
Little  Sac  River,  six  miles  north. 


236  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

The  early  pioneer,  who  was  a  sportsman  as  well  as 
a  farmer,  was  well  supplied  writh  fish  from  these  streams, 
while  deer  and  wild  turkey  from  the  prairie  and  barren 
woods  wero  abundant. 

Along  in  the  early  50 's  an  academy  consisting  of  two 
rooms  was  established  by  private  capital,  and  Nathan 
Dinwiddie  conducted  the  school  for  the  benefit  of  the 
rising  generation. 

Following  are  the  names  of  a  few  of  the  prominent 
families  who  were  residents  of  Dadeville  vicinity:  Tar- 
rants,  Potters,  Lindleys,  Haileys,  Mazes,  Divines,  Kirbys, 
Carmacks,  Dunways,  McMasters,  Hembrees,  McPeaks, 
Freezes,  Smiths,  Longs,  Pylands,  Pyles,  Maxwells,  Tun- 
nells,  Haywards,  Hobbs,  Oarlocks,  Pembertons,  Wheelers, 
Grishams,  Morgans,  Fisks,  McGees,  Berrys,  Gaunts  and 
Cowans. 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War  most  all  of  the 
inhabitants  of  Dadeville  and  vicinity  were  loyal  to  the 
United  States  Government.  In  1860,  however,  there  was 
but  one  Republican  vote  cast  at  this  precinct,  and  that 
was  a  written  ballot,  since  only  democratic  tickets  were 
printed  in  the  county.  A  few  years  ago,  Allan  McDowell, 
the  grand  lecturer  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  for  Missouri, 
visited  his  old  birthplace,  about  four  miles  northeast  from 
Dadeville.  I  had  the  pleasure  as  well  as  the  honor  of 
accompanying  the  distinguished  gentleman  while  hunting 
for  land-marks.  He  mentioned  the  fact  that  while  his 
father  lived  here  that  their  children  were  born  in  three 
comities,  although  all  in  the  same  house.  The  explana- 
tion was  that  Polk,  Dade  and  Cedar  counties  had  all  for- 
merly comprised  territory  which  belonged  to  Barry  County, 
and  changes  in  the  county  boundaries  had  placed  this 
house  in  three  successive  counties. 

W.  K.  Pyle,  the  father  of  Sheridan  B.  Pyle,  moved  his 
family  from  Dadeville  to  Greenfield  in  1848,  as  a  County 
Official.  In  18(51  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  War,  he 
enlisted  in  the  Union  army.  On  the  4th  day  of  July, 
1JSG1,  there  were  200  men  from  Dade,  Cedar,  Polk  and 
Greene  counties  responded  to  the  call  at  Dadeville,  and 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 237 

enlisted  in  the  Sixth  Missouri  cavalry,  volunteers,  organ- 
izing Companies  "L"  and  "D"  and  also  Company  "E." 

On  the  14th  of  June,  1864,  the  Guerillas  burned  the 
town  of  Dadeville,  leaving  but  a  few  houses  standing,  and 
killed  a  number  of  citizens.  Among  them  were  Lieutenant 
Jesse  Kirby  of  Company  A,  Sixth  Missouri  cavalry;  John 
Cantrell,  Shed  Berry,  a  blind  negro.  William  Bradford, 
who  was  wounded,  died  shortly  afterward.  Sam  Landers, 
now  of  Webb  City,  was  also  wounded.  The  town  was 
soon  rebuilt. 

About  the  year  1892,  Prof.  George  Melcher,  one  of  the 
leading  school  men  of  the  state,  induced  some  of  the 
enterprising  citizens  of  the  town  and  surrounding  coun- 
try to  build  an  academy.  The  enterprise  proved  a  suc- 
cess and  for  several  years  it  was  one  of  the  leading  High 
Schools  of  Southwest  Missouri.  Other  neighboring  towns 
being  inspired  by  the  success  of  Dadeville,  began  to  im- 
prove their  graded  schools  and  to  establish  High  Schools, 
so  that  much  of  the  patronage  was  withdrawn  and  the 
Academy  went  down,  but  soon  afterward  eight  school 
districts  organized  a  consolidated  school  district.  It  is 
said  to  be  one  of  the  largest  and  wealthiest  consolidated 
districts  in  the  state.  With  just  a  little  "kick"  it  is 
possible  to  establish  at  Dadeville  one  of  the  leading  High 
Schools  of  the  state. 

Dadeville  today  is  an  incorporated  city  of  500  people. 
It  has  three  churches,  nine  stores,  two  blacksmith  shops, 
one  shoe  shop,  garage,  a  fine  flouring  mill  of  fifty  barrels 
daily  capacity,  and  a  flourishing  bank. 

S.  B.  PYLE. 


Sheridan  Byron  Pyle — Says  of  himself:  That  he  was 
born  Sepcember  21st,  1856,  in  Dado  County,  Missouri. 
His  parents  were  W.  K.  and  Artimissa  Pyle.  His  mother 
died  in  1861,  leaving  three  children,  Lisyra  and  Rosalia, 
his  two  sisters.  His  father  enlisted  in  the  Union  army  in 
1862.  Indulgent  grandparents  cared  for  the  homeless 
children  until  1866,  when  his  father  married  Mollie  Finley 
and  made  a  home  for  them  on  a  farm.  Rosalia  died  when 


238 HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

17  years  of  age.  S.  B.  attended  the  country  schools,  and 
had  two  years  at  Morrisville  Academy  in  Polk  County, 
working  for  his  board  and  tuition.  He  married  Matie 
Underwood  March  31st,  1877.  To  them  have  been  born 
four  children,  Lewis  K.  Thomas,  Roscoe  G.  and  Leslie  C., 
only  one  still  living,  Roscoe  G.  Mrs.  Pyle's  father  and 
mother,  L.  M.  and  N.  J.  Underwood,  moved  from  Minne- 
sota to  Missouri  soon  after  the  war. 

Sheridan  B.  Pyle  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business 
in  Dadeville  in  1880.  While  not  a  very  successful  mer- 
chant, still  continues  to  do  business.  He  votes  the  Re- 
publican ticket,  having  but  once  departed  from  the  faith 
of  his  fathers,  being  in  1912,  when  he  voted  for  Theodore 
Roosevelt  for  President  on  the  Progressive  ticket.  He 
was  a  candidate  for  Representative  once  but  wras  defeated 
by  a  good,  round  majority. 

Editorial  Note. — It  will  be  seen  by  the  above  that 
Sherman  B.  Pyle  is  a  man  of  extreme  modesty,  but  I  know 
from  personal  acquaintance  that  his  attainments  far  out- 
weigh those  of  men  who  are  given  to  vain  boasting.  Mr. 
Pyle  has  for  years  been  one  of  the  leading  citizens  of 
Dadeville,  identified  with  every  public  movement,  given 
of  his  means  freely  to  the  support  of  church  and  schools, 
invested  in  speculative  mining  enterprises  ''for  the  good 
of  the  community,"  always  at  the  bat  in  every  political 
campaign  to  help  boost  the  other  fellow  into  office,  a  man 
of  wisdom,  poise  and  discretion,  being  the  soul  of  honor 
and  a  perfect  Chesterfield  in  demeanor.  Dadeville  can 
well  be  proud  of  Sherman  B.  Pyle  when"  the  entire  com- 
munity proclaims  him  as  her  First  Citizen.  A.  J.  Young. 

o 

CORRY. 

A  cloud  of  uncertainty  rests  over  the  first  discovery 
of  mineral  at  Corry.  Tradition  says  that  prior  to  the  com- 
ing of  the  pioneer,  the  dusky  red  man  dug  lead  from  those 
native  hills  and  smelted  it  in  the  crude  furnaces  along 
the  banks  of  Sac  River,  but  that  is  only  tradition. 

Shallow  mineral,  mostly  silicate,  was  known  to  exist 
in  the  vicinity  of  the  Pernberton  Mill  many  years  ago,  but 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 233 

its  value  to  the  pioneer  was  unknown.  About  the  year 
1874  the  mining  industry  in  Dade  county  took  a  boom,  and 
its  activity  spread  over  a  large  scope  of  territory,  but 
finally  settled  in  a  camp  at  Corry.  The  diggings  were 
for  lead  at  first,  but  later  on  the  silicate  was  also  mined. 
Very  little  machinery  was  used.  A  pick,  shovel,  wheel- 
barrow, windlass  and  rope  was  considered  a  complete 
mining  outfit.  Wash  places  were  erected  along  the  spring 
branch  east  of  the  town  and  smelters  were  built  for  reduc- 
tion of  the  lead  ores. 

On  the  27th  day  of  March,  1875,  J.  M.  Blakemore,  J. 
M.  Alexander  and  Sylvinia  Alexander,  his  wife,  owners  of 
the  land  upon  which  Corry  is  located,  caused  a  plat  to  be 
made  and  the  land  surveyed  into  streets,  alleys  and  town 
lots.  No  name  as  yet  had  ben  selected  for  the  new  vil- 
lage. Tradition  again  says  that  the  Alexanders  had  a 
daughter  by  the  name  of  Cora,  and  suggested  to  the  sur- 
veyor who  made  the  plat  that  the  town  be  called  Cora. 
Either  by  reason  of  illiteracy  or  dullness  of  hearing  the 
name  "Coiry"  was  attached  to  the  plat  and  so  remains  to 
this  day.  At  this  time  from  500  to  1,000  people  were 
camped  at  or  in  the  vicinity  of  the  mining  camp.  The 
place  boasted  of  hotels,  general  stores,  saloons,  livery 
stables,  restaurants  and  other  business  enterprises  be- 
longing to  a  booming  mining  camp. 

On  the  20th  day  of  April,  1876,  eighty-five  citizens  of 
the  place  presented  to  the  County  Court  of  Dade  County 
a  petition  praying  to  be  incorporated  under  the  laws  of 
the  state  of  Missouri  as  a  village.  The  petition  was  grant- 
ed and  W.  M.  Taggart,  Z.  Xorris,  A.  H.  Snyder,  W.  K. 
Pyle,  J.  C.  Babb  and  J.  M.  Stookey  were  appointed  the 
first  Board  of  Trustees.  Most  of  the  petitioners  as  well  as 
the  trustees  are  either  dead  or  removed  from  the  county. 
W.  M.  Taggart  afterward  located  at  Lockwood  in  the  real 
estate  and  banking  business,  J.  M.  Stookey  was  at  the 
time  Judge  of  the  Probate  Court  and  AY.  K.  Pyle  after- 
ward filled  the  same  office. 

The  Corry  boom  was  short  lived.  In  a  few  years  the 
price  of  mineral  declined,  transportation  to  the  railroad 


240 HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

was  difficult  and  expensive,  the  deep  shafts  proved  a 
failure,  and  finally  when  silicate  was  quoted  at  $6  per  ton 
f.  o.  b.  the  bubble  collapsed.  Levin  W.  Shafer  had  been 
the  moving  spirit  of  the  town  and  through  his  efforts  for- 
eign capital  was  interested.  .DeArmond,  Shoemaker  and 
others  were  associated  with  him  in  these  ventures.  F.  D. 
W.  Arnold,  owner  of  the  Pickwick  Hotel  at  Lamar,  was  a 
prosperous  liveryman  of  the  boom  days,  while  "Dad"  Sul- 
livan, "Dutch"  Kimber,  J.  A.  Thurman,  Alex  Foster  and 
other  residents  of  Greenfield  each  survived  a  severe  attack 
of  Corry  fever. 

Corry  is  now  little  more  than  a  wide  place  in  the 
road.  A  store  or  two,  a  blacksmith  shop,  a  Holiness 
church,  a  dozen  or  more  isolated  dwellings,  a  few  shallow 
diggings  and  a  day-dream  of  former  greatness  is  all  that 
remains  to  mark  the  place  of  Dade  County's  "Deserted 
Village." 

o 

ARCOLA. 

by 
Dr.  R.  M.  Crutcher. 

For  a  number  of  years  after  the  pioneer  from  Tennes- 
see had  erected  his  cabin  near  the  spring  and  cleared  out 
a  few  acres  of  choice  branch  bottom  for  cultivation,  in 
the  wooded  sections  of  Dade  County,  the  deer  roamed  at 
will  during  the  daytime  and  the  coyote  made  night  hideous 
on  the  broad  rolling  prairies  of  northern  Dade. 

On  the  4th  day  of  May,  1860,  George  W.  White  en- 
tered the  northwest  quarter  of  the  northwest  quarter  of 
Section  2  -32-27,  and  sold  the  same  to  Isaac  Killingsworth 
on  the  3d  day  of  April,  1861.  On  the  20th  day  of  January, 
1872,  Cyrus  C.  Bean  appeared  upon  the  scene  and  for  a 
consideration  of  $14.00  purchased  two  acres  of  land  in  the 
northwest  corner  of  Section  2,  upon  which  he  erected  a 
combined  residence  and  store  building  and  began  selling 
Koods  that  spring.  Application  was  made  for  a  postoffice, 
which  was  granted,  C.  C.  Bean  appointed  postmaster,  and 
the  location  named  "Arcola"  in  honor  of  the  ancient  city 


I»H()K.    K.    H.    (  AliK.NDKR. 
County     Superintendent     Schools. 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 241 

of  Arcola  in  Northwest  Italy,  where  Bonaparte  in  1796 
gained  a  decisive  victory  over  the  Austrian  troops. 

Other  parties  had  been  engaged  in  business  before  the 
advent  of  the  writer  in  1876,  but  at  that  time  Bean's  store 
was  running  in  full  blast.  Charles  Rosenhauer  conducted 
a  booze  drug  store,  and  a  man  by  the  name  of  Anderson 
was  the  blacksmith.  He  was  afterward  succeeded  by  J. 
P.  Cagle,  who  conducted  a  shop  for  many  years.  He  in 
turn  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  W.  B.  Cagle.  As  late  as 
1876  prairie  chickens  were  plentiful  and  were  shipped 
by  Mr.  Bean  in  larger  quantities  than  live  poultry.  Eggs 
and  in  fact  all  kinds  of  produce  was  plentiful  in  those 
days  and  very  cheap.  Many  wagon  loads  were  sent  to 
market,  usually  Ash  Grove  or  Springfield. 

Arcola,  however,  was  destined  to  be  something  more 
than  a  wide  place  in  the  road.  It  was  a  cross-roads  point, 
and  early  .bad  aspirations  of  becoming  a  city.  On  the  27th 
day  of  July,  1880,  C.  C.  Bean  platted  four  blocks  in  the 
northwest  corner  of  Section  2,  on  the  13th  day  of  Decem- 
ber, 1880,  E.  E.  and  C.  F.  White  laid  out  thirty-three  lots 
in  the  southwest  corner  of  Section  35,  calling  it  White's 
Addition  to  Arcola.  On  the  14th  day  of  December,  1883, 
J.  M.  Travis  laid  out  six  blocks  in  the  southeast  corner  of 
Section  34,  calling  it  Travis'  Addition,  and  finally  on  the 
21st  day  of  March,  1884,  S.  H.  Bales  had  surveyed  and 
placed  upon  the  market  three  blocks  in  the  northeast  cor- 
ner of  Section  3,  which  he  called  Bales'  Addition.  Arcola 
was  now  a  city  with  streets,  alleys,  public  parks  and 
boulevards. 

About  the  year  1877,  D.  Underwood  engaged  in  the 
mercantile  business  and  continued  in  it  till  his  death,  at 
which  time  the  firm  was  Underwood  &  Son,  being  com- 
posed of  Decatur  Underwood  and  T.  J.  Underwood,  the 
latter  still  being  one  of  the  leading  merchants  of  the  place. 
Mr.  Bean  finally  sold  his  business  to  J.  M.  Travis  and  R. 
M.  Crutcher,  and  they  continued  the  business  for  seven 
years,  when  they  sold  out  to  Stewart  &  Hawkins,  the 
junior  member  of  the  firm,  P.  H.  Hawkins,  having"  clerked 
for  Travis  &  Crutcher  a  number  of  years  and  being  fully 


242 HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

equipped  for  the  business.  After  about  six  months  J.  M. 
Travis  again  became  a  member  of  the  firm,  in  which  he 
continued  until  the  death  of  J.  T.  Stewart.  Since  then 
the  firm  has  changed  hands  many  times.  C.  F.  White, 
Clyde  C.  White  and  J.  R.  Daugherty  were  early  merchants 
of  the  place.  The  hardware  business  was  started  by  S.  H. 
Bales,  who  was  succeeded  by  Porter  &  Harber,  M.  Pyle, 
M.  Small,  W.  H.  Watson,  John  0.  Mitchell  and  I.  A.  Young 
&  Co.,  this  last  named  firm  being  the  present  owners.  It  is 
today  one  of  the  leading  hardware,  implement  and  farm 
supply  houses  in  Southwest  Missouri.  From  time  to  time 
many  other  merchants  have  been  engaged  in  business  at 
Arcola,  among  them  W.  P.  Murphy,  C.  A.  Wilson,  Win. 
Meek,  Uel  Murphy,  Ben  Appleby,  Murphy,  Russell  & 
Whittaker,  L.  M.  Duncan,  0.  C.  Whitley,  L.  Killingsworth, 
J.  G.  Sloan  &  Sons.  At  the  present  time  H.  W.  Kitsmiller, 
W.  T.  Underwood  &  Bro.,  Achord  Bros.,  J.  W.  Griffin,  I. 
A.  Young  &  Co.,  and  possibly  others  whose  names  I  do 
not  recall  are  actively  engaged  in  mercantile  enterprises 
at  this  place.  For  a  number  of  years  C.  F.  White  had  a 
store  in  Arcola  and  his  son,  C.  C.  White,  in  company  witli 
J.  N.  Preston  and  J.  R.  Daugherty,  succeeded  him.  Dr.  A. 
Higgins  came  to  Arcola  in  1904  and  opened  up  a  phar- 
macy, also  entered  the  general  practice  of  medicine,  in 
which  he  has  been  successful. 

For  a  number  of  years,  Arcola  suffered  great  incon- 
venience for  want  of  proper  banking  facilities.  Finally 
on  the  17th  day  of  October,  1910,  The  Bank  of  Arcola  was 
organized  with  A.  Higgins,  President;  C.  W.  Cassell,  Vice 
President;  W.  D.  Brickey,  Cashier,  and  W.  E.  Petty,  As- 
sistant Cashier.  It  was*  capitalized  at  $10,000.  In  1912 
W.  E.  Petty  was  made  cashier  and  served  till  1914,  when 
lie  was  succeeded  by  J.  W.  Mayfield,  who  served  six 
7iionths,  when  on  the  4th  day  of  January,  1915,  C.  C.  Dun- 
ran  was  elected  to  that  position  and  is  still  serving.  The 
Directors  of  this  Bank  are  W.  U.  Brooks,  C.  W.  Cassoll, 
S.  P.  Guinn,  A.  Higgins,  C.  A.  Jordan,  W.  C.  Noffsincrer 
and  W.  D.  Brickey.  It  is  one  of  the  sound  financial  in- 
stitutions of  the  county. 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  243 

Arcola  has  always  been  proud  of  her  schools  and 
churches.  Both  the  Methodist  and  Christian  people  have 
church  buildings  and  consistent  membership.  Upon  the 
adoption  of  the  school  law  authorizing  consolidated  dis- 
tricts, Arcola  immediately  organized  Consolidated  District 
No.  1,  composed  of  several  country  districts,  and  erected 
a  modern,  up-to-date  High  School  building.  The  present 
management  is:  J.  T.  Wilkins,  President;  C.  C.  Duncan, 
Secretary;  A.  D.  Hughes,  Vice  President;  C.  C.  Duncan, 
Treasurer.  W.  II.  Eiley,  Principal;  Miss  Dobbs,  Katie 
Brand,  R.  M.  Owens,  Cecil  Old  ham  and  F.  L.  Twaddell, 
teachers. 

Arcola,  has  always  enjoyed  a  good  trade  and  boasts 
of  her  splendid  citizens. 


Chapter  13 


ABOUT  BADE  COUNTY  BRIDGES. 

by 
Aaron  D.  States. 

Soon  after  the  Civil  War  the  people  of  Dade  County 
began  to  discuss  the  importance  of  bridging  the  streams. 
They  were  much  in  favor  of  building  a  bridge  across  Turn- 
back, "out  on  the  Springfield  stage  road,"  and  another  at 
the  point  where  the  Sac  and  Turnback  rivers  conjoin.  Soon 
after  the  late  Charles  W.  Griffith  bought  the  old  "Vidette" 
from  Mason  Talbutt  and  0.  H.  Barker  and  changed  the 
name  to  "Vedette,"  the  first  of  the  seventies,  there  ap- 
peared several  bridge  editorials,  at  intervals,  and  to  show 
the  spirit  of  the  press  at  that  time  the  following  editorial, 
from  the  Vedette,  dated  March  21,  1871,  gives  a  pretty  good 
idea  that  the  people  of  those  early  days  were  thinking  along 
right  lines  of  public  improvement.  It  took  a  little  over 
twenty  years  of  this  sort  of  agitation  before  the  first  bridge 
was  built.  It  was  built  across  Sac  a  little  below  the  junc- 
tion of  the  Sac  and  Turnback  rivers,  at  the  very  point  where 
the  Vedette  said  it  should  lie  built.  This  occurred  about 
the  year  1892,  just  about  the  time  Mr.  Griffith,  the  writer  of 
this  editorial,  was  stricken  with  his  fatal  illness.  lie  lived 
to  know  that  the  bridge  was  constructed,  yet  he  never  saw 
it.  Here  is  the  editorial: 

"The  frequency  of  high  waters  during  winter,  and  the 
consequent  detention  of  mails  and  delay  of  passengers  and 
freight  in  transit  from  the  railroad,  together  with  several 
fatal  accidents  that  have  occurred  very  recently  in  this 
part  of  the  State  as  a  result  of  attempting  to  ford  the 
swollen  streams,  have  set  the  people  thinking  pretty  seri- 
ously on  the  subject  of  bridges.  Bridges  are  undoubtedly 
needed  over  the  principal  streams  throughout  the  South- 
west and  ought  to  be  built  as  soon  as  possible.  In  this  con- 


HISTORY  OP  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  245 

nection  we  are  happy  to  state  that  Mr.  W.  J.  Hobson  of 
the  firm  of  0.  Raker  &  Co.,  patentees  and  builders  of  Bak- 
er's National  Truss  Bridge,  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  visited  our 
town  this  week  and  exhibited  to  our  citizens  the  model  and 
plans  of  a  cheap,  substantial  and  durable  bridge,  a  large 
number  of  which  have  been  built  by  his  company  in  this 
State  within  the  last  two  years.  This  late  improvement  in 
the  construction  of  bridges  would  seem  to  be  a  timely  relief 
in  these  days  of  hard  times  and  high  taxes.  This  company 
warrants  their  bridge  to  be  as  good  as  the  old  standard 
'Howe  Truss,'  and  are  prepared  to  furnish  them  at  little 
more  than  half  of  Howe's. 

''It  will  be  admitted  that  this  county  is  very  much  in 
want  of  at  least  two  bridges — one  over  Turnback  on  the 
stage  road  to  Springfield,  and  the  other  over  Big  Sac  below 
the  junction.  And  we  believe  the  County  Court  would  be 
fully  sustained  by  the  people,  should  they  decide  to  take 
immediate  steps  in  the  direction  of  supplying  the  people 
with  good,  safe  crossings  at  the  points  above  indicated.  It 
may  be  objected  that  the  county  will  have  sufficient  taxes 
to  raise  in  payment  of  the  interest  on  her  bonds  voted  in 
aid  of  the  construction  of  the  K.  C.  &  M.  railroad.  It  is 
true  that,  if  the  road  is  built,  as  we  hope,  the  accruing  in- 
terest will  have  to  be  paid  on  the  bonds.  But  it  does  not 
appear  probable  that  that  work  will  be  pushed  so  rapidly  as 
that  any  bonds  will  be  issued  in  time  for  the  interest  to  fall 
clue  within  a  year  from  this  time.  So  that  it  seems  the  need- 
ed bridges  might  be  built  and  paid  for  before  any  tax  is 
assessed  to  pay  the  accrued  interest  on  the  railroad  bonds. 
We  think  no  reflecting  mind  will  doubt  that  good  bridges 
across  the  principal  streams  in  this  county  would  pay  more 
than  their  cost  every  year,  in  the  increased  facilities  they 
would  afford  to  travel  and  trade.  There  is  no  reason  why 
Dade  County  should  be  at  all  behind  her  neighbors  in  the 
building  of  necessary  improvements.  We  learn  that  Jas- 
per County  has  recently  built  several  bridges,  and  Vernon 
County  several,  while  Barton  County  is  reported  to  have 
bridged  nearly  every  stream  within  her  borders. 


246 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

"In  conclusion  we  are  happy  to  be  able  to  say  that  we 
learn  a  petition  is  being  circulated  asking  for  the  building 
of  these  bridges.  We  hope  it  will  be  numerously  signed 
and  meet  with  a  favorable  reception  at  the  hands  of  the 
County  Court." 

The  second  bridge  built  in  Bade  County  was  constructed 
about  one  year  after  the  first  was  completed.  This  bridge 
is  across  Turnback  out  on  the  Springfield  way,  at  or  near 
a  point  that  was  suggested  by  the  Vedette  some  twenty 
years  before  its  construction.  At  this  late  date,  the  time 
these  bridges  were  constructed,  there  were  many  people 
who  did  not  like  the  idea  of  giving  up  the  old  ford,  thinking 
it  good  enough  and  also  believing  the  bridge  was  too  ex- 
pensive. In  order  to  please  those  who  objected  to  the  pass- 
ing of  the  old  ford,  the  court  decreed  that  all  fords  could  be 
left  intact,  thus  giving  the  traveler  an  opportunity  to  water 
his  horses  as  theretofore. 

These  two  bridges  seemed  to  encourage  the  progressive 
citizens,  and  they  at  once  began  the  agitation  of  building 
other  bridges  and  making  public  improvements  of  various 
kinds.  It  was  about  this  time  the  people  began  to  get  inter- 
ested in  the  good  roads  movement,  and  it  took  nearly  twenty 
years  of  good  roads  agitation  before  there  was  any  notice- 
able result. 


COURT  HOUSE. 

The  first  court  house  in  Bade  County  was  built  imme- 
diately after  the  site  for  the  seat  of  justice  was  selected 
and  laid  out  as  a  town,  and  named  Greenfield.  It  was  a 
temporary  one-and-a-half-story  frame  building,  with  the 
court  room  below  and  office  rooms  above,  and  was  built  by 
R.  S.  Jacobs  arid  Joseph  Griggs.  It  stood  on  lot  5  in  block 
5,  in  the  town  of  Greenfield,  and  was  used  as  a  court  house 
until  about  the  year  1850,  when  a  brick  court  house,  about 
the  same  size  as  the  present  one,  was  erected  on  the  public 
square  where  the  one  now  in  use  stands.  It  had  two  halls 
on  the  first  floor — one  passing  north  and  south,  and  the 
other  east  and  west,  through  the  center  of  the  building. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  247 

There  were  four  office  rooms  on  the  first  floor,  and  the 
stairs  to  the  second  story  at  the  west  end  of  the  east-and- 
west  hall.  The  second  story  contained  the  court  room,  and 
some  small  rooms  adjoining-  it  on  the  west  side — the  judges' 
seat  being-  on  the  east.  The  contractor  who  built  this  house 
was  Dozier  C.  Gill. 

During  the  Civil  TVar  the  court  house  was  used  a  por- 
tion of  the  time  by  the  Union  troops  as  a  fortification,  and 
was  so  occupied  on  the  6th  day  of  October,  1863,  when  the 
town  was  captured  by  Confederate  troops  under  Gen.  Joe 
Shelby,  on  which  occasion  his  soldiers  carried  the  public 
records  (except  certain  ones  which  some  of  the  rebel  sol- 
diers wished  to  have  destroyed)  out  of  the  court  house,  and 
deposited  them  with  Judge  Nelson  McDowell,  at  his  resi- 
dence, and  then  set  the  building  on  fire  and  burned  it  down. 

In  July,  1867,  the  County  Court,  being  in  special  ses- 
sion, appropriated  $10,000  for  the  building  of  a  court  house 
and  jail  combined.  Subsequently  the  contract  for  the  erec- 
tion of  the  building  was  awarded  to  Francis  M.  Wilson,  who, 
according  to  the  report  of  TV.  L.  Scroggs,  superintendent 
of  public  buildings,  dated  December  21,  1868,  had  completed 
the  building  according  to  contract.  It  is  a  large  and  sub- 
stantial two-story  brick  structure  on  a  rock  foundation,  with 
a  hall  running  east  and  west  through  the  center  of  the 
lower  story,  on  the  north  of  which  are  three  offices,  and  on 
the  south  three  offices.  The  upper  story  contains  the  court 
and  jury  rooms. 

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JAIL. 

The  first  jail  in  Dade  County  was  built  soon  after  the 
county  was  organized.  It  was  made  of  hewn  timbers  eight 
inches  square,  the  walls  consisting  of  three  thicknesses. 
The  timbers  of  the  middle  wall  stood  in  a  perpendicular 
position,  while  the  timbers  of  the  outer  and  inner  walls 
occupied  a  horizontal  position.  It  was  a  two-story  build- 
ing, and  was  about  sixteen  feet  square  in  size.  The  floors 
were  also  made  of  timbers,  and  the  walls  of  the  lower  story 
were  lined  on  the  inside  with  oak  lumber  one  inch  in  thick- 


248 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

ness,  and  into  every  square  inch  of  surface  a  ten-penny  nail 
was  driven.  For  the  keeping  of  prisoners,  this  jail  was  as 
safe  as  any  of  the  modern  iron-celled  jails.  This  building 
was  erected  by  Joseph  Griggs,  and  cost  the  county  about 
$700.  It  stood  in  the  hollow  on  the  east  side  of  Greenfield, 
about  a  square  in  distance  from  the  southeast  corner  of  the 
public  square,  and  was  used  as  a  jail  until  the  war  period. 
In  1862  or  1863  the  officers  of  the  Fourth  Missouri  State 
Militia,  then  stationed  at  Greenfield,  concluded  to  use  it  as 
a  guard  house,  and  the  first  night  after  the  order  was  issued 
to  that  effect  it  was  set  on  fire  and  burned  down. 

During  the  year  1897  the  County  Court  made  an  appro- 
priation of  several  thousand  dollars  for  the  purpose  of 
building  a  modern  sheriff's  resident  and  jail  combined  on 
the  county  lot  one  block  east  of  the  southeast  corner  of  the 
square.  This  structure  was  of  brick,  two  stories  high,  the 
sheriff's  residence  consisting  of  eight  nicely  furnished 
rooms,  and  the  jail  proper  being  an  addition  of  brick  on  the 
north  equipped  with  modern  steel  cells,  corridors  and  other 
up-to-date  appliances  for  the  safe-keeping  of  prisoners. 
U.  S.  Keran  was  the  first  sheriff  to  occupy  this  building. 

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THE  COUNTY  FARM. 

In  keeping  with  the  progress  of  the  age,  Dade  County 
as  early  as  1890  abandoned  the  semi-barbarous  custom  of 
letting  out  the  paupers  of  the  county  by  public  outcry  to  the 
lowest  bidder,  and  adopted  the  more  humane  plan  of  a 
County  Home.  One  hundred  and  twenty  acres  were  pur- 
chased, located  upon  the  Lockwood-Greenfield  public  road 
and  about  half  way  distant  between  the  two  cities.  At  the 
time  of  the  purchase  there  was  a  two-story  frame  dwelling 
upon  this  land,  but  during  the  last  ten  years  there  has  been 
added  three  additional  structures  of  brick,  with  concrete 
floors  and  sanitary  equipment,  one  for  the  women,  one  for 
the  men,  and  the  third  a  general  dining  hall.  In  addition 
to  this  there  is  the  laundry,  a  water  system,  and  other  im- 
provements, making  it  possible  to  care  for  these  unfor- 
tunate people,  giving  them  many  of  the  comforts  of  a  real 


JOHEPH  H.  RENFRO  AND  WIFE. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  249 

home.  The  farm  is  well  supplied  with  live  stock,  farm  im- 
plements and  garden  accessories.  The  Superintendent  is 
employed  annually  by  the  County  Court  and  no  expense  is 
spared  and  no  false  economy  practiced  when  the  interest 
of  the  wards  is  at  stake. 


COUNTY  OFFICERS. 

County  Court  Justices  and  Judges — Nelson  McDowell, 
1841-45 ;  William  Penn  and  David  Hunter,  1841-42 :  Eshan 
A.  Brown,  1842-44;  P.  T.  Andrews,  1844-45;  Isaac  Routh 
and  D.  S.  Clarkson,  1844.  There  are  no  records  to  show 
how  long  the  latter  two  served,  nor  who  were  their  imme- 
diate successors,  but  records  do  show  that  Peter  Hoyle, 
Edward  L.  Matlock  and  Lemuel  L.  Carlock  were  serving 
in  1852,  and  continued  to  serve  until  1854,  after  which  the 
complete  list,  except  for  the  war  period,  is  as  follows,  viz: 
Newell  Gates,  Samuel  N.  King  and  C.  F.  Hardwick,  1854- 
58 ;  John  C.  Wetsel  and  Britian  Finley,  1858  to  war  period ; 
Daniel  W.  Scott,  1858-60;  James  R.  Witt,  1860  to  war 
period.  Mark  A.  Garrison,  Joseph  V.  Grisham  and  Willis 
G.  Dodson,  serving  at  end  of  war  period,  held  their  last 
session  in  October,  1866 ;  E.  H.  Travis,  1866-72 ;  S.  A.  Harsh- 
barger,  1866-68 ;  J.  T.  Hembree,  1866-72 ;  S.  S.  Butterneld, 
1869-73;  Robert  Cowan,  Samuel  E.  Shaw,  Thomas  J.  Car- 
son and  A.  D.  Hudspeth,  judges,  representing,  respectively, 
the  First,  Second,  Third  and  Fourth  Judicial  Districts  of 
the  county,  and  R.  A.  Clark,  presiding  judge  at  large,  from 
1873  to  1875 ;  J.  M.  Stookey,  sole  judge  from  1875  to  1876 ; 
John  N.  Landers,  sole  judge  from  1876  to  1878 ;  Samuel  E. 
Shaw,  presiding  justice,  1878-82;  James  McClelland  and 
George  AY.  Whitesides,  associate  justices,  1878-80;  T.  W. 
Davenport  and  George  W.  Wells,  associate  judges,  1880-82 ; 
George  W.  Wells,  presiding  judge,  1882-86;  E.  C.  Gillett, 
presiding  judge,  1886,  term  expires  1890 ;  T.  T.  Ellis  and 
S.  L.  Collins,  associate  judges,  1882-84 ;  T.  T.  Ellis  and  W. 
M.  Brown,  associate  judges,  1884-86;  S.  H.  Wheeler  and 
Fred  A.  Pierson,  associate  judges,  1886-88 ;  W.  N.  Poe  and 
Fred  Schnelle,  associate  judges,  1888  to  1890. 


250  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

O.  H.  Barker,  Presiding  Judge,  1890  to  1894. 

A.  G.  Udell,  Associate  Judge,  1890  to  1892. 

W.  X.  Poe,  Associate  Judge,  1890  to  1892. 

G.  W.  Evans,  Associate  Judge,  1892  to  1894. 

T.  T.  Ellis,  Associate  Judge,  1892— Died  in  office. 

W.   C.    llolman(    Associate   Judge,    appointed    to   fill 
vacancy. 

J/X.  Landers,  Presiding  Judge,  1894  to  1898. 

W.  K.  Dye,  Associate  Judge,  1894  to  189G. 

J.  C.  Wood,  Associate  Judge,  1894  to  1896. 

John  X.  Scott,  Associate  Judge,  1896  to  1898. 

Walter  Builing'ton,  Associate  Judge,  1896  to  1898. 

John  X.  Landers,  Presiding  Judge,  1898  to  1902. 

S.  M.  Shaw,  Associate  Judge,  1898  to  1900. 

J.  M.  Brickey,  Associate  Judge,  1898  to  1900. 

S.  M.  Shaw,  Associate  Judge,  19UC)  to  1902. 

J.  M.  Brickey,  Associate  Judge,  1900  to  1902. 

J.  L.  King,  Presiding  Judge,  1902  to  1906. 

\V.  X.  Poe,  Associate  Judge,  1902  to  1904. 

J.  W.  Davenport,  Associate  Judge,  1902  to  1904. 

J.  L.  Glass,  Associate  Judge,  1904  to  1906. 

G.  AY.  Hamic,  Associate  Judge,  1904  to  1906. 

J.  F.  Johnson,  Presiding  Judge,  1906  to  1910. 

J.  X.  Scott,  Associate  Judge,  1906  to  1908. 

Frank  E.  Chatam,  Associate  Judge,  1906  to  1908. 

\V.  C.  Ilolman,  Associate  Judge,  1908. — Died  in  office. 

S.  M.  Shaw  appointed  to  fill  unexpired  term. 

Thomas  McArthur,  Associate  Judge,  1908  to  1910. 

J.  L.  King,  Presiding  Judge,  1910  to  1914. 

Elwood  Hush,  Associate  Judge,  1910  to  1912. 

T.  P.  Stockton,  Associate  Judge,  1910  to  1912. 

J.  B.  McLemore,  Associate  Judge,  1912  to  1914. 

1).  C.   Hook,  Associate  Judge,   1912  to  1914. 

T.  M.  Walker,  Presiding  Judge,  1914  to  1918. 

l-'red   Frye,  Associate  Judge,  1914  to  1916. 

John  <'.  McComiell,  Associate  Judge,  1914  to  1916. 

L.  F.  Evans,  Associate  Judge,  1916  to  1918. 

J.   \V.  Waddle,  Associate  Judge,  1916  to  1918. 
Circuit  Court  Judges.— C.  S.  Yancey,  1856;  William  C. 
Price,   I,s0ij-fj7;   John   H.   Chenault,    1857    to   war   period; 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 251 

John  C.  Price,  1863-69;  Benjamin  L.  Hendricks,  1869-72; 
John  D.  Parkinson,  1872-80;'  Charles  G.  Burton,  1880-86; 
D.  P.  Stratton,  1886-92;  D.  P.  Stratton,  1892-98;  H.  C. 
Tiinmons,  1898-1904;  Levin  W.  Shafer,  1904-05— deceased 
in  office,  J.  B.  Johnson  appointed  till  next  general  elec- 
tion, 1906;  B.  G.  Thurman,  1906-10,  nnexpired  term;  B.  G. 
Thurman,  3910-16;  B.  G.  Thurman,  1916. 

County  Court  Clerks — Joseph  Allen,  1841-45;  Nelson 
McDowell,  1845-60;  D.  C.  Eastin,  I860  to  spring  of  1861; 
Nelson  McDowell,  1863-66;  N.  K.  Moore,  1866-68;  N.  B. 
McDowell,  1868-74;  J.  R.  Tarrant,  1874-86;  C.  Z.  Russell, 
1886-94;  C.  W.  Montgomery,  1894-1902;  A.  H.  Montgomery, 
1902-06;  J.  W.  Bell,  1906-10;  0.  H.  Divine,  1910-14;  J.  C. 
AVebb,  1914. 

Circuit  Court  Clerks — Prior  to  the  spring  of  1861,  the 
clerk  of  the  county  court  was  also  clerk  of  the  circuit 
court.  D.  C.  Eastin,  who  was  serving  as  clerk  when  the 
Civil  War  began,  refused  to  take  the  oath  of  allegiance 
to  the  United  States,  as  required  by  the  State  Conven- 
tion, which  met  in  February,  1861,  to  consider  the  question 
of  secession,  and  thereby  vacated  the  office,  and  after 
that — some  time  during  the  war  period  and  also  during  a 
period  for  which  the  records  have  been  destroyed — the 
office  of  the  clerk  of  the  county  court  and  clerk  of  the 
circuit  court  were  separated,  and  W.  K.  Lathim  became 
clerk  of  the  circuit  court,  and  served  until  1865,  after 
which  the  list  of  circuit  court  clerks  have  been  as  follows, 
viz:  Benjamin  Appleby,  1856-66;  Arch  M.  Long,  1866-74; 
D.  G.  Young,  1874-82;  E.  T.  Kennedy,  1882-86;  John  A. 
Davis,  1886-90;  W.  C.  Young,  1890-94 ;'j.  M.  Pidcock,  1894- 
1902;  C.  A.  Ketclmm,  1902-10;  T.  A.  Scott,  1910-14;  W.  D. 
Brown,  1914. 

Sheriffs.— Asa  G.  Smith,  1841-42;  William  G.  Blake, 
1842,  six  months;  M.  H.  Allison,  1842-43;  F.  R.  McFall, 
1843-45;  A.  D.  Hudspeth,  1845-48;  James  J.  Tucker, 
1848-52;  A.  D.  Hudspeth,  1852-54;  John  M.  Tarrant, 
1854-56;  John  S.  Pemberton,  1856-58;  John  M.  Tarrant, 
1858-60;  F.  M.  Hastings,  1860  to  some  time  during  the 
Civil  War.  E.  Sha\v  was  sheriff  at  the  close  of  the  Civil 


252 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

War,  and  served  until  1866;  B.  R.  Ragsdale,  1866-68; 
Alfred  Kennedy,  1868-72:  John  E.  Garrett,  1872-74;  T. 
J.  Carter,  1874-76;  J.  R.  J.  Appleby,  1876-78;  James  C. 
Dunaway,  "1878-80;  George  W.  Whitesides,  1880-82;  Enoch 
K.  Shae'k'/iford,  1882-86;  J.  M.  Divine,  1886-88;  J.  M. 
Divine,  18S8-1890;  T.  A.  McConnell,  1890-94;  Morris  Mil- 
ler, 1S94-1S96;  Frank  Hudson,  1896-1898;  U.  S.  Keran, 
1*98-1902;  Isaac  Horton,  1902-1904;  Tel  Murphy,  1904- 
11)00;  W.  R.  Farmer,  1906-1908;  T.  B.  McGuire,  1908- 
1912;  I.  A.  Hall,  1912-1916;  B.  W.  Smith,  1916. 

Prosecuting  Attorneys  Since  1872.— David  A.  De  Ar- 
mond,  1872-73;  Henry  Merrill,  1873-74;  B.  G.  Thurman, 
1874-76;  J.  F.  Duckwall,  1876-80;  W.  K.  Pyle,  1880-86;  S. 
A.  Payne,  1*86-88;  S.  A.  Payne,  1888-1890;  Seymour  Hoyt, 
1890-1892;  Seymour  Iloyt-i  892-1 894;  S.  A.  Payne,  1894- 
1S96;  Mason  Talbutt,  i896-1898;  Mason  Talbutt,  1898- 
1900;  R.  D.  Payne,  1900-1902;  A.  J.  Young,  1902-1904;  C. 
F.  Xewman,  1904-1906;  Howard  Ragsdale,  1906-1908;  Ed. 
Frieze,  1908-1910;  Ed.  Frieze,  1910-1912;  L.  A.  Wetzel, 
1912-1914,  L.  A.  Wetzel,  1914-1916;  R.  D.  Payne,  1916—. 

Collectors. — Prior  to  1872,  the  sheriff  of  the  county 
was,  by  virtue  of  his  office,  collector  of  the  revenues.  The 
office  of  collector  was  established  in  1872,  and  R.  B. 
Stephenson  was  elected,  as  collector,  and  served  until 
1*74,  after  which  the  revenues  were  collected  by  township 
collectors,  under  the  township  organization  system,  until 
July,  1S77,  when  Alfred  Kennedy  was  appointed  county 
collector,  1o  serve  until  the  next  general  election  in  1878, 
and  since  that  date  the  collectors  have  been  as  follows, 
viz.:  W.  R.  Carlock,  1878-80;  E.  R.  Hughes,  1880-86;  (). 
\l.  Ilembree,  l8*(j-SS;  Edgar  Clark,  1888-90;  Edgar  Clark, 
1890-1X92;  R.  C.  Pyle,  1S92-1896;  W.  F.  Bryant,  1896- 
1*9S;  .1.  F.  Stockton,  1898-1902;  T.  A.  Davis,'  1902-1904; 
A.  F.  Sandemeyer,  1904-1907. 

County    voted    in    Township    Organization    law    under 

which    the   County    Treasurer    became   ex-officio   Collector: 

M.  Oui.'k   being  County  Treasurer  at  the  time  filled  the 

unexpired    term    of    A.    F.    Sandmeyer    until    the    general 


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election  of  1908  when  he  was  elected  for  two  successive 
terms,  1908-1916;  J.  B.  Lorah,  1916—. 

Treasurers.— A.  H.  Allison,  1854-56;  D.  L.  McMillen, 
1856-60;  W.  W.  Holland,  1860-61;  R.  S.  Jacobs,  -  -; 

John  H,  Howard,  1866-72;  Alfred  Kennedy,  1872-74; 
Lewis  M.  Murphy,  1874,  July  to  December;  W.  R,  Russell, 
1874-76;  L.  M.  Murphy,  1876-78;  T.  J.  VanOsdell,  1878- 
80;  C.  W.  Griffith,  1880-84;  James  L.  Wetzel,  1884-86;  R. 
S.  Jacobs,  1886-88;  S.  W.  Baker,  1888  to  1890 :  John  W. 
McDowell,  1890  to  1892;  John  Y\r.  McDowell,  1892  to 
1894;  S.  L.  Collins,  1894  to  1896;  D.  W.  Edwards,  1896 
to  1898;  P.  D.  Stringfellow,  1898  to  1900;  Harry  H.  Davis, 
1900,  died  in  office;  I.  N.  Hoi-ton,  1904  to  1908;  S.  M. 
Quick,  1908  to  1916;  J.  B.  Lorah,  1916. 

Recorders. — Prior  to  January  1,  1883,  the  clerk  of  the 
circuit  court  had,  from  the  organization  of  the  county, 
been  ex-officio  recorder,  and  ,prior  to  the  election  of  a 
circuit  court  clerk,  separate  from  the  office  of  clerk  of  the 
county  court,  the  county  clerk  was  clerk  of  both  courts, 
and  also  recorder.  Since  a  separate  office  has  been  es- 
tablished for  the  recorder,  the  officials  have  been  O.  S. 
Rag-land,  from  1882  to  1886;  W.  E.  Shaw,  1886-1890;  J.  T. 
Cantrell,  1890-1894;  T.  D.  Kirby,  1894-1898;  I.  T.  Sloan, 
1898-1902;  AV.  Y.  McLemore,  1902-1906;  John  R.  Clopton, 
1906-1910;  H.  H.  Finley,  1910-1914;  H.  H.  Finlcy,  1914—. 

Judges  of  the  Probate  Court. — Peter  Hoyle,  1845-47; 
Matthias  H.  Allison,  1847-50;  Andres  D.  Hudspeth,  1850- 
52:  Matthias  H.  Allison,  1852-56:  D.  C.  Eastin,  1856-59; 
Benjamin  Applefey,  1859-60;  Nelson  McDowell,  1860-61; 
-Columbus  Talbutt,  1863-64;  Nelson  Mc- 
Dowell, 1864-66;  Benjamin  Appleby,  1866-68;  Nelson  Mc- 
Dowell, 1868-70;  Levin  W.  Shafer,  1870-72;  Orlando  H. 
Baker,  1872-74;  L.  P.  Downing,  1874-75;  James  M.  Stook- 
ey,  sole  judge  of  county  court,  1875-76;  John  N.  Landers, 
sole  judge  of  county  court,  1876-78;  Seymour  Ployt,  1878- 
82;  Mason  Talbutt,  1882-86;  W.  K.  Pyle,  1886-1890;  Al- 
fred Kennedy,  1890-1894;  Alfred  Kennedy,  1894-1898;  C. 
L.  Pyle,  1898-1902;  W.  M.  Holland,  1902-1906;  W.  M.  Hoi- 


254  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

land,   1906-1910;    C.  W.  Montgomery,   1910-1914;    C.   W. 

Montgomery,  1914 — . 

Surveyors. — B.  F.  Walker,  1841-46;  William  Ander- 
son, 1846-50;  X.  H.  Hampton,  1850-55;  R.  L.  McGuire, 
1855-60;  T.  A.  Switzler,  1860-61;  E.  S.  Rook,  1861-68; 
James  M.  Travis,  1868-72;  A.  H.  McPherson,  1872-74; 
Arcli  M.  Long,  1875,  April  to  November;  James  M.  Travis, 
1875-84;  Charles  E.  Woody,  1884-88;  Arch  M.  Long,  1888- 
1892;  Benjamin  Freedle,  1892  to  1896;  J.  C.  Hedgecock, 
1896  to  1900;  W.  H.  Vanhooser,  1900  to  1904;  Ward  Mc- 
Connell,  1904  to  1908;  John  W.  Scott,  1908  to  1912;  T.  K. 
McComiell,  1912  to  1916:  M.  W.  Allison,  1916—. 


Chapter  14 


JUDICIAL  AND  OFFICIAL  HISTORY. 

Courts. 

County  Court. — The  formation  of  this  court  has  been 
mentioned  in  connection  with  the  organization  of  the 
county.  It  was  originally  composed  of  three  county 
justices,  the  first  three  being  appointed  by  the  governor 
of  the  state,  and  their  successors  elected  by  the  people, 
and  continued  to  be  thus  formed  until  1873.  In  May,  1872, 
five  petitions,  containing  in  the  aggregate  the  signatures 
of  three  hundred  citizens  of  the  county,  were  presented  to 
the  county  court.  The  petitions  read,  in  substance,  as  fol- 
lows: 

To  the  Honorable  County  Court  of  Dade  County,  Mis- 
souri: Your  petitioners  ask  that  your  honorable  body 
submit  to  the  voters  of  Dade  County,  the  question  of  or- 
ganizing the  county  under  the  new  law  for  township  or- 
ganization, by  which  the  present  county  court  shall  be 
abolished  and  a  new  court  organized  under  the  law. 

In  compliance  with  the  prayer  of  the  petition,  the 
court  ordered  ''that  the  question  of  township  organization, 
under  the  act  approved  March  18,  1872,  be  submitted  to 
the  qualified  voters  at  the  general  election  in  1872,  by  bal- 
lot to  be  written  or  printed,  'For  Township  Organiza- 
tion,' or,  'Against  Township  Organization,'  to  be  can- 
vassed and  returned  in  like  manner  as  votes  for  state 
and  county  officers." 

On  awaiting  the  votes  after  the  election,  it  was  found 
that  886  votes  were  cast  in  favor  of  township  organization, 
and  439  against  it;  the  votes  by  municipal  township 
being- : 

Township  Organization. 

For  Against 

Center    148  129 

Morgan 216  19 

Sac  .   47  54 


256  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

North    114  11 

South    18  57 

Polk    77  53 

Cedar — North  Division    73  5 

Cedar — South  Division    45  4 

Marion   58  2 

Grant    63 

Rock   Prairie    6  86 

Smith    21  20 

In  May,  1873,  the  county,  court,  under  the  provisions 
of  the  township  organization  law,  divided  the  county  into 
four  districts,  composed  of  the  several  townships,  as  fol- 
lows: 

District  No.  1  to  contain  Morgan,  Polk  and  Rock 
Prairie  Townships;  District  No.  2  to  contain  Sac  and 
Center  townships;  District  No.  3  to  contain  North,  Cedar 
and  Marion  Townships;  District  No.  4  to  contain  South, 
Smith  and  Grant  Townships.  An  election  was  then 
ordered  to  be  held  on  the  6th  day  of  June  following,  for 
the  purpose  of  electing,  as  provided  by  the  new  law,  a 
county  court  judge  in  each  district,  and  one  for  the  county 
at  large.  The  election  being  held,  it  was  found  that  R.  A. 
Clark  was  elected  at  large  as  presiding  judge  of  the 
county,  and  that  Robert  Cowan,  Samuel  B.  Shaw,  Thomas 
J.  Carson  and  A.  D.  Hudspeth  were  elected  judges,  re- 
spectively, of  the  First,  Second,  Third  and  Fourth  dis- 
tricts. Thus  the  county  court  continued  to  be  organized 
until  1875,  when  township  organization  was  abolished,  and 
the  court,  under  a  new  law,  was  made  to  consist  of  one 
judge  only,  together  with  the  other  usual  attendant  of- 
ficers, clerk  and  sheriff.  J.  M.  Stookey  was  the  first  sole 
judge  serving  from  1875  to  1876.  He  was  succeeded  by 
John  X.  Landers,  who  served  until  1876,  when  another 
change  \vas  made  in  the  formation  of  the  court,  it  going 
b;ick  to  the  old  system  of  three  county  court  justices, 
under  which  it  continued  to  be  composed  until  it  was  re- 
organized under  the  new  law  of  1877.  This  law,  en- 
lit  led,  "An  act  to  provide  for  a  uniform  system  of  county 
courts,"  approved  April  27,  1887,  provided  that  each 


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HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  257 

county  should  be  divided  into  two  districts  as  nearly  equal 
in  population  as  possible  without  dividing  municipal 
townships,  and,  at  the  general  election  in  1880,  and  every 
two  years  thereafter,  there  should  be  elected  in  each  dis- 
trict an  associate  judge  of  the  county  court,  and,  at  the 
general  election  in  1882,  and  every  four  years  thereafter, 
a  presiding  judge  of  the  court  should  be  elected  at  large. 

In  compliance  with  this  law,  the  county  court  divided 
the  county  into  two  districts — the  Eastern  to  be  composed 
of  the  municipal  townships  of  South,  Rock  Prairie,  Polk, 
Morgan  and  Sac,  and  the  Western,  of  the  municipal  town- 
ships of  Cedar,  Marion,  Grant,  Smith,  Center  and  North. 
In  accordance  with  the  law  last  recited,  and  the  com- 
pliance with  it,  the  county  court  has  ever  been,  and  still 
continues  to  be  composed.  Under  the  head  of  "  County 
Officers,"  a  list  of  all  the  county  court  justices  and  judges, 
as  shown  by  the  records,  may  be  seen. 

In  December,  1856,  the  county  court  of  Bade  County, 
appointed  Arch  M.  Long,  as  agent  to  select  the  swamp 
lands  of  the  county,  under  the  act  of  Congress  donating 
these  lands  to  the  state.  The  lands  were  selected  by  Mr. 
Long,  but  the  county  failed  to  obtain  a  title  thereto,  hence 
the  school  fund  of  the  county  was  never  increased  from 
the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  any  swamp  lands. 

Probate  Court. — The  county  court  exercised  jurisdic- 
tion over  all  probate  business  until  the  probate  court  was 
established  in  1845.  This  court  held  a  special  session  at 
the  house  of  William  Penn,  beginning,  on  the  15th  day  of 
March,  1841,  for  the  transaction  of  the  first  probate  busi- 
ness after  the  county  was  organized.  The  first  admin- 
istrator was  William  C.  Campbell,  who  was  appointed  to 
administer  on  the  estate  of  Robert  Alexander,  deceased. 
He  filed  a  bond  in  the  sum  of  $3,500,  with  Peter  Tloyle  as 
surety,  conditioned  for  the  faithful  performance  of  his 
duties.  Robert  Graham  and  John  Edsall  were  appointed 
witnesses  to  assist  him  in  examining  the  books,  papers  and 
accounts  of  the  decedent,  and  perfecting  an  invoice  of  the 
property.  Redden  Crisp,  the  second  administrator,  was 
appointed  to  administer  on  the  estate  of  John  Bostick,  de- 


268 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

ceased.  As  such,  he  gave  bond  in  the  sum  of  $800,  with 
William  Lewis  and  Bartholomew  Millholland  as  sureties. 
Zepheniah  Lacy  and  William  Lewis  were  appointed  wit- 
nesses to  assist  him,  etc.  The  first  will  probated  in  the 
county  was  that  of  Thomas  Bowles,  deceased.  It  was 
presented  by  Sarah  Bowles,  the  executrix,  and  proved  by 
John  H.  Praddy,  Marietta  Praddy  and  John  P.  W.  Bowles, 
the  three  subscribing  witnesses  thereto.  In  November, 
1841,  James  Ventioner  was  appointed  guardian  of  George 
W.  Bearden,  infant  heir  of  Lambert  S.  Bearden,  deceased. 
These  were  the  first  guardian  and  ward  in  the  county. 
The  first  public  administrator  was  John  C.  Wetzel. 

The  first  judge  of  the  Probate  court  was  Peter  Hoyle, 
who  received  his  commission  as  such  from  Gov.  John  C. 
Edwards,  the  instrument  being  dated  August  15,  1845. 
Hoyle  qualified  as  probate  judge,  August  26,  1845,  and 
made  his  first  entry  of  business  on  the  record,  Feb- 
ruary 9,  1846.  A  separate  judge  continued  to  be  elected 
for  the  probate  court  until  1875,  at  which  time  the  juris- 
diction of  this  court  was  assumed,  under  the  law,  by  the 
sole  judge  of  the  county  court,  and  exercised  by  him  until 
the  office  of  a  sole  county  court  judge  was  abolished,  after 
which  separate  judges  were  elected,  and  still  continue  to 
be  elected,  for  the  probate  court.  (See  "County  Of- 
ficers.") 

Circuit  Court. — The  first  record  of  the  proceedings  of 
this  court  has  been  destroyed,  consequently  a  few  items, 
such  as  the  first  grand  and  petit  juries,  the  first  business 
transacted,  and  trials  had,  cannot  be  given.  The  first  rec- 
ord of  the  circuit  court  preserved  is  that  of  the  October 
term,  1845,  when  C.  S.  Yancey  was  judge.  When  the  court 
house  was  burned,  in  1863,  a  certain  individual,  against 
whom  stood  a  record  of  criminal  charges,  cut  out  from 
one  of  the  books  the  pages  containing  the  record  of 
proceedings  from  October  1860  to  October,  1863.  This 
court,  as  well  as  the  others,  was  somewhat  interrupted  in 
holding  its  sessions  during  the  war  period. 

The  Bade  County  Bar.— The  legal  bar  of  Dade  County 
has  for  many  years  been  noted  for  its  brilliant  attorneys. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 269 

Many  of  them  have  gained  distinction,  not  only  in  the 
local  courts  but  in  the  higher  tribunals  of  the  state.  Others 
have  gained  a  statewide  reputation  as  public  speakers  and 
politicians.  The  Dade  County  Bar  as  it  is  now  constituted 
is  composed  of  the  following  local  attorneys: 

Mason  Talbutt,  S.  A.  Payne,  A.  J.  Young,  Ben  M. 
Neale,  Fred  L.  Shafer,  R.  D.  Payne,  Elmer  E.  Pyle,  Ed- 
win Frieze,  Will  R.  Bowles,  all  of  Greenfield  and  E.  R. 
Hightower  and  S.  A.  McMillen  of  Lockwood. 

Criminal  Record. — The  county  of  Dade  has  not  been 
as  extensively  cursed  with  crime  as  many  of  the  older 
counties  of  the  state,  though  her  record  in  that  respect  is 
sufficiently  appalling.  Only  two  executions  for  the  crime 
of  murder  have  taken  place  in  the  county,  and  only  one  of 
these  for  a  murder  committed  within  its  limits.  This  one 
was  the  execution  of  Peter  Douglas,  a  slave,  who,  about 
the  year  1848,  killed  his  wife  and  two  or  three  of  his 
children,  and  then  attempted  to  kill  himself.  He  was 
tried  for  the  offense,  found  guilty,  and,  in  accordance 
with  the  sentence  of  the  court,  was  executed  on  the  gal- 
lows in  the  town  of  Greenfield.  During  the  war  period,  a 
number  of  murders  were  committed  in  the  county,  and  at 
the  close  thereof  a  number  of  persons  were  indicted  and 
arrested  for  the  offense,  but  before  trial,  the  cases  against 
them  were  nolle  prosequied  under  proclamation  of  the 
president. 

In  December,  1873,  a  colored  man  named  Monroe 
Richardson  was  indicted  for  the  murder  of  another  colored 
man  named  William  Miller.  He  was  arrested,  placed  in 
jail,  made  his  escape  therefrom,  ran  away,  and  has  never 
been  re-arrested.  At  the  October  term,  1879,  of  the  Dade 
Circuit  Court,  Thomas  B.  Hopper  was  tried  on  change  of 
venue  from  Cedar  County,  for  the  murder  in  that  county 
of  Samuel  C.  Ham.  He  was  found  guilty  of  murder  in 
the  first  degree  and  was  sentenced  to  be  hanged.  He  then 
took  an  appeal  to  the  Supreme  Court,  where  the  sentence 
was  confirmed,  and,  in  accordance  therewith,  he  was,  on 
the  25th  day  of  June,  1880,  executed  upon  the  gallows,  at 
Greenfield. 


260  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

Early  in  1881,  Donald  McElrath,  an  officer,  was 
killed  in  the  town  of  Greenfield  by  Taylor  Underwood, 
while  attempting  to  arrest  him  on  a  charge  of  crime. 
Underwood  was  indicted  for  the  murder  of  McElrath  at 
the  April  term  of  the  court  in  that  year  and,  on  being  ar- 
rainged  for  trial,  was  granted  a  change  of  venue  to  Barton 
County,  where  he  was  afterwards  tried  and  found  guilty  of 
murder  in  the  first  degree,  and  was  sentenced  to  be  hanged. 
He  then  took  an  appeal  to  the  supreme  court,  where  the 
judgment  was  reversed,  and  he  remanded  for  new  trial. 
On  being  arrainged  for  the  second  trial,  he  plead  guilty  to 
man-slaughter,  and  was  sentenced  to  the  penitentiary  for 
life. 

In  1885  there  was  considerable  petty  thieving  carried 
on  in  and  about  the  town  of  Everton,  and  George  Burlis 
was  suspected  of  being  engaged  in  the  business;  where- 
upon a  mob  assembled  and  captured  Burlis,  took  him  out 
in  the  woods,  and  tried  to  make  him  confess.  Failing  in 
this,  they  told  him  to  run,  and  when  he  ran,  some  one  or 
more  of  them  shot  at  and  killed  him.  Afterward  Jesse  P. 
Small,  Jacob  Sample,  S.  IT.  Wilson,  Jr.,  and  G.  R.  Gar- 
rison were  severally  indicted  for  the  murder  of  Burlis. 
Small  was  tried  for  the  offense  at  the  April  term  of  court 
in  1887,  and  acquitted;  whereupon  the  case  against  the 
other  defendants  were  nolle  prosequied.  Prior  to  the  kill- 
ing of  Burlis,  a  man,  in  attempting  to  perpetrate  a  theft, 
had  been  wounded  by  a  shot  from  a  revolver  or  gun,  and  it 
was  supposed  Burlis  was  the  man,  but  it  was  found,  after 
he  was  killed,  that  his  body  had  not  received  the  wound. 
After  the  death  of  another  individual  in  the  place,  his 
body  was  discovered  to  have  been  wounded,  which  led  to 
the  suspicion  that  he,  instead  of  Burlis,  was  the  guilty 
one. 

In  November,  1887,  Daniel  Pippinger  was  indicted  for 
the  murder  of  Ephriam  Walker,  and,  upon  entering  a  plea 
of  guilty  of  manslaughter  at  the  November  term,  1888,  he 
was  sentenced  to  serve  a  term  of  two  years  in  the  peniten- 
tiary. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 261 

On  the  night  of  July  3,  1881,  a  band  of  disguised  in- 
dividuals went  to  the  jail  in  Greenfield,  and  took  William 
Underwood,  James  Butler,  Jr.,  and  Frank  Craft,  who  were 
confined  therein  on  a  charge  of  horse  stealing,  and  hanged 
them  until  they  were  dead,  and  left  their  bodies  suspended 
from  the  limbs  of  the  trees  on  the  west  side  of  the  court 
house,  where  they  were  discovered  the  next  morning  by 
the  citizens  of  the  town.  These  unfortunate  men  were 
supposed  to  belong  to  a  regularly  organized  gang  of  horse- 
thieves.  Though  this  was  an  unlawful  and  summary  way 
of  inflicting  punishment,  it  is  said  that  it  had  the  effect  of 
breaking  up  the  horse  stealing  business  in  Dade  county. 


Chapter  15 

GENERAL  RESOURCES  AND  STATISTICS. 

Mineral  Resources.  —  The  mineral  deposits  of  the 
county  consists  of  coal,  iron,  zinc  and  fire-clay.  Coal  has 
been  discovered  in  several  places  in  the  northwestern 
part,  and  the  McCluey  Mines,  owned  by  Robert  McCluey; 
the  McGarvey  Mines,  owned  by  Samuel  McGarvey;  the 
Star  Banks,  owned  by  W.  L.  Burnett,  Jr.;  the  Seaton 
Banks,  owned  by  J.  R.  Seaton,  and  many  others,  have 
been  opened  and  operated  by  their  respective  owners.  The 
eastern  limits  of  the  coal  beds,  so  far  as  prospected,  extend 
to  Cedar  Creek,  and  as  far  south  as  its  head.  There  are 
three  distinct  strata,  the  first,  or  surface  stratum,  rang- 
ing from  one  and  a  half  to  three  feet  in  thickness.  Lower 
strata  run  from  two  to  five  feet  in  thickness.  The  upper 
or  surface  stratum  crops  out  in  many  places  along  the 
valleys  and  streams.  As  far  as  prospected  all  the  strata 
are  soft  bituminous  coal.  It  usually  sells  at  about  $1.75 
per  ton  at  the  banks.  Estimated  products  for  the  winter 
months  of  1886-87  were  Robert  McCluey  Mines  60,000 
bushels;  twelve  other  mines,  135,000  bushels.  Number 
of  men  employed,  75  to  90;  distance  from  railroad,  eight 
miles. 

The  iron  deposits  exist  mostly  in  the  northeastern 
portion  of  the  county — in  Morgan  township.  Solid  masses 
of  iron  ore  have  been  discovered  on  the  surface  in  many 
localities.  At  an  early  date  in  the  settlement  of  the 
county,  a  small  forge  was  erected  on  Sac  River,  where  the 
ore  from  this  region  was  smelted  and  manufactured  into 
iron.  For  the  want  of  transportation  the  work  was 
abandoned,  and  no  further  developments  of  the  iron  re- 
sources in  that  region  have  been  made. 

Zinc  was  discovered  in  Dade  County  in  1874,  at  Corry, 
ten  miles  northeast  of  Greenfield;  at  Pemberton,  two  inilcs 
further  south  on  Sac  river,  and  at  the  McGee  diggings,  a 
short  distance  farther  up  the  river,  and  nearly  due  east  of 


263 


Greenfield.  These  deposits  consist  of  carbonites,  silicate 
and  blende,  in  almost  unlimited  and  apparently  inexhaust- 
ible bodies,  from  which,  since  1784,  thousands  of  tons  of 
raw  ores  have  been  shipped  annually  to  zinc  furnaces  at 
La  Salle,  Illinois;  Cherokee,  Kansas;  Joplin,  Missouri  and 
other  points.  Lead  mining,  however,  is  the  over-topping 
mining  industry  of  Bade  County.  In  the  spring  of  1875, 
some  miners,  while  mining  for  zinc,  about  ten  miles  north- 
east of  Greenfield,  and  east  of  Sac  river  about  two  miles, 
and  near  where  the  mining  town  of  Corry  is  now  situated, 
struck  a  boulder  of  lead  weighing  50,000  pounds  only  a 
few  feet  below  the  surface.  The  excitement  grew  intense. 
Hundreds  of  miners,  prospectors  and  capitalists  flocked  to 
the  spot.  Other  rich  discoveries  of  lead  rapidly  followed. 
The  Dade  County  Mining  and  Smelting  Company  was  or- 
ganized by  the  citizens  of  Dade  county.  Furnaces  were 
erected,  and  the  town  of  Corry  laid  out.  At  the  close  of 
the  year,  1875,  over  half  a  million  pounds  of  lead  had  been 
mined  and  smelted. 

This  company  still  continues  the  business,  and  the 
amount  of  lead  mined  and  smelted  in  the  county  since  the 
ore  was  first  discovered  and  the  mines  opened  amounts  to 
several  million  of  pounds,  while  the  amount  of  zinc  that 
has  been  mined  and  shipped  from  the  county  reaches 
many  thousands  of  tons.  Large  deposits  of  fire-clay  of 
superior  quality  exists  in  the  southeastern  portion  of  the 
county — near  Rock  Prairie,  about  twelve  miles  southeast 
of  Greenfield — on  the  line  of  the  Kansas  City  &  Mem- 
phis Railroad.  A  pottery  has  been  established  at  this 
place,  and  a  large  quantity  of  earthenware  and  tiling  has 
been  manufactured. 

Manufacturing. — Dade  County  contains  all  the  ele- 
ments which  go  to  make  up  a  good  manufacturing  center; 
coal,  iron,  zinc,  lead,  fire-clay,  and  the  best  building  stone 
in  the  west.  The  stone  for  the  United  States  building  at 
Fort  Smith  was  taken  from  the  stone  quarries  in  Dade 
county,  which  are  said  to  be  superior  in  quality  to  any 
building  stone  in  this  part  of  the  country.  Lime  is  also 
manufactured  in  this  county.  Some  of  the  foregoing  has 


264  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 


been  compiled  or  quoted  from  a  carefully  prepared  article 
by  a  well-posted  citizen  of  Dade  County,  the  same  being 
verified  by  existing  facts. 

Dade  County  is  abundantly  supplied  with  water 
power,  and  several  flouring  mills  and  saw-mills  have  been 
erected  on  her  principal  water-courses.  On  the  Sac  River 
are  two  flouring  mills  with  the  full  roller  process  for  the 
manufacture  of  flour;  and  there  are  several  grist-mills  on 
Turnback  and  Limestone  Creeks.  There  are  also  a  number 
of  waterpower  saw  mills  in  the  county. 

Agriculture,  Stock  Raising  and  Horticulture. — Dade 
County  is  well  adapted  to  general  agricultural  pursuits, 
and,  on  account  of  its  mild  climate  and  excellent  supply 
of  water,  it  is  especially  well  suited  to  the  raising  of  stock. 
The  mild  climate  also  renders  the  growing  of  fruits  a 
profitable  undertaking.  Wheat  growing  has  risen  from 
an  experimental  branch  of  farming  to  one  of  the  leading 
crops.  The  early  settlers  of  the  county,  coming  mostly 
from  Kentucky  and  Tennessee,  introduced  the  wooden 
mold-board  and  bull  tongue,  with  which  the  farming  was 
principally  done  prior  to  the  Civil  Wai.  After  the  close 
of  that  struggle,  with  the  coming  of  settlers  from  more 
northern  portions  of  the  United  States  came  the  modern 
implements  of  the  country,  as  well  as  better  methods  of 
farming,  and  the  result  has  been  a  very  great  improve- 
ment in  farming,  but  yet  the  room  for  improvements  has 
by  no  means  been  fully  occupied. 

Owing  to  the  mild  temperature,  high  altitude,  and 
slight  trouble  from  insects,  fruit  has  always  done  well  in 
Dade  County.  Before  the  county  was  connected  by  rail 
with  Kansas,  thousands  of  wagons  came  annually  from 
that  state  to  this  part  of  Missouri  for  apples.  Kansas 
is  still  supplied  with  fruit  from  this  part  of  Missouri,  but 
mostly  now  by  rail  instead  of  by  wagons.  Apples,  peaches, 
pears,  plums,  especially  wild  plums,  and  all  the  smaller 
fruits  common  to  this  latitude,  grow  here  in  great  abund- 
ance and  mature  to  great  perfection.  Grapes,  both  culti- 
vated and  wild,  produce  abundantly.  Great  quantities 
of  wine  are  made  from  the  native  grapes.  Fruit  raising 


THK  P.  M.  SXEKI)  DRUG   STOKK, 
Greenfield. 


DR.   T.   R.   KYLE. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  265 

for  the  market  is  still  in  its  infancy,  but  farmers  are 
planting  extensive  orchards  and  preparing  for  the  future. 
The  Ben  Davis  apple  is  the  variety  mostly  cultivated  for 
the  market.  A  large  orchard  of  trees  loaded  with  this 
beautiful  variety  of  apple  is  one  of  the  most  attractive 
natural  scenes  ever  beheld. 

Statistics. — To  show  agricultural  and  stock-raising 
resources  of  the  county,  the  following  statistics  are  taken 
from  the  U.  S.  census  reports  for  1880:  Number  of  farms, 
1756;  improved  lands,  98,290  acres;  value  of  farms  and 
improvements,  $1,915,817;  value  of  farm  implements, 
$103,229;  value  of  live  stock,  $702,328;  estimated  value  of 
all  farm  productions  for  1879,  $554,972.  The  same  report 
gives  the  amount  of  vegetable  productions  for  the  year 
1879,  as  follows;  buckwheat  465  bushels;  Indian  corn, 
1,373,896  bushels;  oats,  178,978  bushels;  wheat,  110,157 
bushels;  rye,  1,905  bushels;  hay,  2,602  tons;  Irish  pota- 
toes, 16,860  bushels;  sweet  potatoes,  4,980  bushels;  to- 
bacco, 5,442  pounds.  The  reader  should  bear  in  mind 
that  all  these  productions  did  not  come  from  the  whole 
area  of  the  county,  but  only  from  the  acres  under  cultiva- 
tion of  the  98,280  acres  of  improved  lands,  the  latter  being 
only  about  three-tenths  of  the  whole  area  of  the  country. 

The  amount  of  live  stock  in  the  county,  as  shown  by 
the  report,  was  as  follows:  horses,  5,332;  mules  and  asses, 
1,368;  meat  cattle,  21,159;  sheep,  12,019;  swine,  31,432; 
pounds  of  wool,  46,354.  To  show  the  increase,  or  decrease 
in  the  number  of  head  of  live  stock  from  1880  to  1888, 
the  following  statement  of  the  number  of  animals  in  the 
county  as  returned  by  the  assessor  for  the  purpose  of 
taxation  for  the  latter  year,  is  given;  horses,  7,928; 
mules  and  asses,  2,280;  meat  cattle,  26,244;  sheep,  5,923; 
swine,  26,426.  A  comparison  of  these  figures  shows  a  large 
increase  in  the  number  of  horses,  mules  and  asses  and 
meat  cattle,  and  a  large  decrease  in  the  number  of  sheep 
and  hogs.  The  decrease  in  number  of  sheep  for  the  eight 
years  was  6,069,  being  more  than  half  the  number  in  the 
county  in  1880.  This  rate  of  decrease  if  continued,  will 
soon  drive  the  industry  of  raising  sheep  from  the  county. 


266  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

The  cause  for  it  must  be  the  decrease  in  the  price  of 
wool,  and  what  caused  the  decrease  in  the  price  of  wool 
cannot  be  discussed  here.  The  decrease  in  the  number  of 
hogs,  as  shown  for  the  same  time,  amounts  to  5,006,  but 
this  can  be  accounted  for  by  the  fact  that  the  census  re- 
port shows  the  number  of  hogs  raised  during  the  pre- 
ceeding  year,  including  those  sold  and  slaughtered,  while 
the  assessor's  report  shows  only  the  number  on  hand  at  a 
certain  time — when  taxes  accrue.  This,  to  a  very  limited 
extent,  is  also  true  with  reference  to  the  sheep,  but  only 
so,  as  sheep  are  raised  almostly  entirely  for  the  wool  pro- 
duct, only  a  few  being  sold  or  slaughtered.  In  all  prob- 
ability, the  number  of  hogs  now  raised  in  the  county  is 
much  greater  than  in  1880.  Stock  raising,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  sheep,  is  very  profitable  in  Dade  county,  and  the 
farmers  have  introduced  the  best  and  finest  kinds  of 
animals. 

Population. — The  population  of  Dade  County  was,  in 
1850,  4,246;  in  1860,  7,072;  in  1870,  8,683;  in  1880,  12,- 
557.  The  colored  poulation,  including  the  foregoing,  was 
in  1860,  351;  in  1870,  204;  in  1880,  248.  Nearly  all  the 
colored  people  enumerated  in  1860  were  slaves,  that  being 
before  the  abolition  of  the  institution  of  slavery.  The 
census  of  1890  will  show  a  marked  increase  in  the  entire 
population  of  the  county,  as  it  is  increasing  considerably 
by  immigration.  The  population  of  the  e.ounty  in  1880,  by 
municipal  townships,  was  as  follows;  Cedar,  1,161;  Center, 
including  Greenfield,  1,968;  Grant,  628,  Marion,  594; 
Morgan,  1,679;  North,  1,200;  Polk,  1,117;  Rock  Prairie, 
1,097;  Sac,  1,200;  Smith,  741;  South,  1143. 

Taxable  Wealth  and  Taxation. — As  a  matter  of  course, 
the  taxable  wealth  of  the  county  at  its  organization  was 
but  meagre,  consisting  only  of  the  limited  amount  of 
property  owned  by  the  few  pioneer  settlers.  The  following 
table  shows  the  amount  of  taxable  wealth  accumulated 
from  the  settlement  of  the  territory  composing  the  county, 
u p  to  the  year,  1880,  and  increase  thereon  from  that  time 
up  to  1888: 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 267 

Real  Estate $  904,563    $1,537,046  $    632,483 

Personal  property 776,757       1,210,710  433,953 

Merchants'  property....  64,432          104,407  39,975 

Railroad   property 338,055  338,055 

Telegraph  property 3,838  3,838 


Total   $1,745,752     $3,194,056    $1,448,304 


POPULATION  STATISTICS,  DADE  COUNTY. 

Poulation  last  Federal  Census;  color,  sex  and  nativity 
of  inhabitants  and  birthplace  of  foreigners;    other  facts: 

Total  population 15,613  Denmark   1 

Rural    population.  . .  .15,613  England 25 

White  population 15,378  France    1 

Negro  population ....      235  Germany    149 


Native   white  : 

L5,149  Holland    

1 

Foreign  born  

229  Ireland  

2 

Male  inhabitants  ..... 

7,960  Italy   

8 

Female    inhabitants.  . 

7,653  Russia    

2 

Dwellings,  number.  .  . 

3,530  Scotland  

2 

Males  of  voting  age.  . 

4,080  Sweden    

1 

Families,   number.... 

3,571   Switzerland 

22 

Foreign  Nationalities: 

Wales  , 

2 

4 

Belgium  

1           Total    

.  .  .  .      229 

Canada  

8 

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SURPLUS  SHIPMENTS,  DADE  COUNTY,  1912. 

The  folowing  table  gives  the  commodities  shipped 
from  the  county  in  1912,  as  supplied  by  the  railroad  and 
express  agents  on  whose  accuracy  and  care  it  depends  how 
complete  they  are.  Nothing  sold  and  consumed  locally 
is  included: 
Live  Stock —  Farm  Crops — 

Cattle,  head 7,517  Wheat,  bu 173,588 

Hogs,  head. 27,894  Corn,  bu 1,244 

Horses  and  mules .  . .        905  Oats,  bu 178 

Sheep,  head 5,283  Timothy  seed,  bu.  . .     1,005 


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Millet  seed,  bu 477 

Hay,   tons 1,497 

Broom  corn,  Ibs 9,500 

Pop  Corn,  Ibs 120 

Blue  grass  seed,  Ibs.     6,900 

Cowpeas,  bu 556 

Nuts,  pounds 998 

Mill  Products — 

Flour,  bbls 10,211 

Corn  meal,  Ibs 47,269 

Bran,  shipstuff,  Ibs..   62,600 

Feed,  chops,  Ibs 2,352 

Mine  and  Quarry 

Products — 

Coal,  tons 200 

Zinc  ore,  tons 93 

Forest  Products — 
Walnut  logs,  feet . .  . 
Fence  and  mine  posts 
Cord  wood,  cords .  .  . 
Farmyard  Products — 
Poultry,  live,  Ibs.  . .  .634,792 
Poultry,  dressed,  Ibs.  19,153 

Eggs,   dozen 906,240 

Feathers,  Ibs 2,830 

Stone  and  Clay 

Products — 

Lime,  tons 864 

Packing  House 

Products — 

Hides  and  pelts,  Ibs  36,233 
Dressed  meats,  Ibs.. .     1,107 

Tallow,  Ibs 1,220 

Lard,  Ibs 120 


Flowers  and  Nursery 
Products — 

Nursery  stock,  Ibs. . 
Dairy  Products — 

Butter,  Ibs 

Ice  cream,  gallons . . 
Milk  and  Cream,  gal. 
Wool  and  Mohair — 

Wool,  pounds 

Liquid  Products — 
Vinegar,  galons   .... 
Fish  and  Game 

Products — 

Game,  Ibs 

Fish,  Ibs 

Medicinal  Products — 
Roots  and  herbs,  Ibs. 

Ginseng,  Ibs 

Vegetables — 

Potatoes,  bu 

Sweet  potatoes,  bu. . 
Canned  vegetables 

and  fruit,  Ibs 

Fruits — 
Miscellaneous  fresh, . 

Apples,    bbls 

Pears,  baskets   

Apiary  and  Cane 

Products — 

Honey,  Ibs 

Sorghum  molasses, 

gallons   

Unclassified 

Products — 
Junk,  cars 


25 


63,122 
3,535 

92 
30 

53 
6 

810 

2,385 

3,137 

9 


224 
2,375 


STATISTICS,   PUBLIC   SCHOOLS,   DADE   COUNTY, 

1913-14. 


No.  of  districts. 
No.  of  teachers. 


82  Enumeration  of  Co         4,672 
114  Teachers'  salaries  $35,166.81 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  269 

Incidental  exps...     8,035.08  Allotment  of  State 
Permanent    school  school   funds...   13,114.32 

fund 40,020.55 

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OUR  PUBLIC  SCHOOL  SYSTEM. 
(A  Panoramic  View  of  the  Schools  of  Dade  County  as  They 

Are  Today.) 
(By  E.  H.  Carender,  County  Superintendent.) 

In  this  chapter  we  shall  discuss  the  conditions  of  the 
schools  of  Dade  county  under  three  divisions,  viz.:  The 
Teaching  Force,  The  Buildings  and  Equipment  and  The 
Community  Spirit: 

The  Teaching  Force. — During  the  year  1915-16  there 
were  employed  in  all  of  the  schools  of  the  county  117 
teachers,  32  of  whom  were  male,  and  85  female.  Of  this 
number  74  were  teaching  in  one-room  country  schools, 
eight  in  two-room  country  schools;  21  were  grade  teach- 
ers in  town,  or  village  schools  and  14  were  teachers  in  high 
schools. 

Certification. — Twenty-five  of  the  teachers  of  this 
county  during  the  year  just  past  hold  state  certificates; 
nine,  life;  one  5-year;  ten  high  school  teachers  training 
certificates;  four  normal  rural:  and  one  special.  Fifteen 
hold  certificates  granted  by  the  normal  schools,  nine  of 
which  are  diplomas  of  life  tenure,  and  six  elementary. 
Seventy-seven  are  county  certificates  classified  as  follows: 
first  grade,  eleven;  second  grade,  thirty-one;  third  grade, 
thirty-three;  special,  two. 

Training. — All  have  had  some  normal,  or  high  school, 
training.  Eleven  have  had  only  one  year  of  high  school 
training-,  twenty-four  have  had  two  years,  eleven  have  had 
three  years,  and  sixty-five  have  had  a  full  four -year  high 
school  course.  Seventy-nine  have  had  eight  weeks,  or 
more,  of  normal  school  training,  preparatory  for  teaching, 
twenty-three  of  whom  have  had  two  years,  or  more,  of  such 
training. 

Experience. — Twenty-four  teachers  began  the  year 
without  any  previous  experience,  while  forty  had  five,  or 
more  years  experience. 


270 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

Salaries. — The  lowest  salary  paid  to  country  school 
teachers  was  $35  per  month;  the  highest,  $65;  town  grade 
teachers  averaged  a  little  more  than  $40;  the  highest 
annual  salary  paid  in  the  county  was  $1350,  for  town 
school  superintendency;  the  annual  salary  of  20  teachers 
was  less  than  $300  each,  while  three  received  $1,000,  or 
more.  The  average  salary  of  teachers  for  the  year  was: 
Male,  $62.40;  female,  $46.67;  general  average,  $50.80. 

There  are  some  things  that  should  be  recorded  about 
the  present  corps  of  Dade  county  teachers  that  statistics 
do  not  reach.  They  are  as  a  class  very  progressive. 
Almost  without  exception  the  interest  seems  to  be  centered 
in  improving  the  conditions.  They  solicit  the  criticism  and 
co-operation  of  the  superintendent,  and  they  are  con- 
stantly striving  to  reach  the  goal  of  the  present  standard 
school — the  certificate  of  approval  which  is  granted  only 
to  schools  that  attain  an  efficiency  of  80%  of  the  modern 
standard,  which  is  based  upon  an  adequate  building  with 
proper  seating,  heating,  lighting,  library,  and  other  neces- 
sary equipment,  and  good  professional  standards,  and 
community  spirit.  The  general  spirit  of  the  teacher  ap- 
pears to  be  not,  "How  can  I  manage  to  get  'by'  the  in- 
spection?" but,  "How  high  is  it  possible  for  me  to  raise 
the  standard  of  my  school?"  Cases  of  non-co-operation 
are  so  rare  as  to  be  a  negligible  quantity. 

Building  and  Equipment. — A  very  conservative  esti- 
mate places  the  value  of  our  schood  sites  and  buildings  at 
$113,000,  with  equipment  valued  at  $25,000.  In  buildings 
recently  erected,  attention  has  been  given  to  proper  light- 
ing, heating  and  ventilating;  the  lighting  being  flush, 
on  only  one  side,  heating  by  jacketed  stove,  and  ventila- 
tion by  fresh  air  pipe  and  foul  air  outlet.  The  style  of 
building  has  evolved  from  the  uniform  box-car  type  to 
the  more  artistic,  home-like'  structure,  ordinarily  with 
cloak  rooms  and  neat  porticos.  The  latest  buildings  ap- 
proaching the  modern  idea  are  those  of  Lotus,  Union 
Chapel,  Stockton,  Meek,  Liberty  and  Pleasant  Valley.  The 
best  model  in  the  county,  considered  from  every  stand- 
point, is  the  new  high  school  building  Consolidated  Dis- 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 271 

trict,  No.  1,  at  Arcola.  This  building  very  closely  ap- 
proaches the  ideal  for  a  country  school  building.  It  is 
lighted  by  windows  close  together  on  the  west  side,  seated 
with  single  desks,  heated  by  basement  furnace,  ventilated 
by  gravity  draft  pipes,  has  a  beautiful  frontage  with  halls 
and  cloak-rooms,  a  work  room,  or  laboratory,  a  stage  and 
an  assembly  hall  which  is  separated  from  the  study  hall 
by  a  rolling  partition,  making  it  easy  to  connect  the  two 
rooms  for  community  meetings.  Other  districts,  too  num- 
erous to  mention,  have  broken  away  from  the  old  unitype 
schoolhouse  in  one  or  more  essential  points,  and  school- 
boards  are  getting  the  habit  of  investigating  expert  plans 
before  remodelling  or  building. 

Schools  without  good  working  libraries  are  becoming 
very  scarce.  Three-fourths  of  them  report  more  than  100 
board  bound  volumes  each  in  their  libraries.  All  have 
some  sort  of  library,  and  practically  all  of  the  books  are 
those  recommended  by  the  state  superintendent  for  ref- 
erence, or  for  supplementary  use  in  class  work  in  the 
schools.  The  total  number  of  volumes  in  the  school 
libraries  of  the  county  is  about  15,000  or  an  average  of 
three  to  each  child  enumerated. 

Seven  districts  have  voted  free  textbooks.  They  are: 
Gentry,  Rock  Dale,  Higgins,  Pickett,  Flint  Hill,  Bryant  and 
Cedarville. 

Practically  all  schools  have  an  adequate  supply  of 
maps;  most  of  them  possess  a  globe,  charts,  and  other 
minor  equipment;  many  have  an  organ,  a  sand  table,  an 
elegant  teacher's  desk,  and  sanitary  drinking  fountains. 

Community  Spirit. — By  community  spirit  we  mean 
the  active  inclination  of  the  people  to  establish  social 
centers  at  home  as  will  lead  to  a  fully  developed,  well 
rounded  citizenship — an  educational  center,  if  you  please 
to  call  it  such,  that  will  furnish  an  elevated  type  of  enter- 
tainment and  instruction  for  old  as  well  as  young,  making 
the  school  house,  or  the  community  church,  the  center  of 
attraction  for  the  whole  people. 

The  two  best  types  of  such  centers  in  Dado  county  are 
Consolidated  Districts  Nos.  1  and  2.  In  the  former,  the 


272 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

activities  thus  far  have  been  predominantly  of  an  educa- 
tional nature.  Last  year  a  lecture  course  including  some 
of  the  best  talent  that  was  on  the  circuit  in  Southwest 
Missouri,  was  supported  by  these  progressive  people.  In 
addition,  several  home  talent  entertainments  were  given 
by  Prof.  Roy  Evans'  high  school  pupils,  assisted  by  the 
grades.  A  Homemakers'  Club  and  a  poultry  association 
rounded  out  the  course  for  the  housewives  and  the 
farmers.  The  spirit  of  loyalty,  harmony  and  progress 
that  is  manifest  in  this  community  is  undoubtedly  not  sur- 
passed by  any  other  locality  in  the  state  of  Missouri. 

The  organization  for  community  work  in  Consolidated 
District  No.  2,  surrounding  Dadeville,  is  apparently  just 
beginning  to  be  thoroughly  effective.  Prof.  Homer  Gar- 
land, principal  of  the  high  school,  has  enlisted  the  sup- 
port of  the  teachers  and  patrons  in  a  Parent-Teacher  As- 
sociation, which  will  meet  at  the  different  schoolhouses  in 
the  district — eight  in  number — for  monthly  sessions.  One 
of  the  best  meetings  of  this  kind  that  I  have  ever  attended 
in  the  county,  was  recently  held  at  Dadeville.  This  com- 
munity also  has  a  wide-awake  Homemakers'  Club,  and  the 
progressive  farmers  of  Northeastern  Dade  county  always 
take  an  active  interest  in  agricultural  meetings.  Wonder- 
ful opportunities  await  them. 

Dade  county's  community  school  fairs  which  have 
been  held  in  most  of  the  townships  for  the  past  few  years, 
have  attracted  statewide  attention,  as  have  also  her  an- 
nual education  exhibits  and  various  intellectual  contests. 
She  has  never  refused  to  fall  into  line  in  progressive 
movements  that  tend  toward  the  improvement  of  educa- 
tional conditions.  Last  year  500  of  her  boys  and  girls  were 
enrolled  in  farm  club  work  under  the  university  extension 
service  made  possible  by  the  passage  of  the  Smith-Lever 
act  by  a  recent  congress. 

Many  other  communities  have  made  commendable 
progress  in  social  center  activities.  Among  them  are: 
Blackberry  Flat,  a  school  taught  for  the  past  five  years 
by  Bert  Shaffer,  a  model  young  man  who  grew  up  among 
the  people  he  is  serving,  and  who  obtained  his  education 


WILLIAM    K.    PYLE. 


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in  the  country  school  at  Davenport,  Gloden  City  High 
School  and  Springfield  Normal.  The  splendid  citizens  of 
this  community  wanted  a  really  educational  literary 
society.  Mr.  Shaffer  was  the  logical  leader,  and  with  the 
co-operation  of  his  people  he  has  developed  a  weekly 
meeting  of  this  kind  that  is  a  distinctive  type — one 
founded  upon  lofty  moral  and  educational  principles;  and 
it  is  needless  to  say  that  it  is  the  center  of  attraction  for 
miles  around. 

Crisp  community  has  a  Hoinemakers'  Club  that  has 
exercised  much  good  influence  upon  the  community  life. 
A  ladies'  club  at  Rock  Dale  has  been  an  educational 
factor  in  that  locality.  Several  other  communities  have 
promoted  and  are  now  promoting  effective  organizations 
for  general  advancement. 

The  general  school  spirit  throughout  the  county  is 
very  encouraging,  although  I  would  not  be  understood  as 
representing  it  as  ideal.  We  still  have  many  poorly  con- 
structed school  buildings,  poorly  lighted  and  poorly  heated. 
The  source  of  water  supply  in  too  many  instances  is  bad, 
grounds  and  outbuildings  are  not  cared  for  in  a  large 
majority  of  the  districts  as  they  should  be,  and  there  are 
yet  to  be  found  in  every  district  too  large  a  percentage  of 
patrons  who  give  little  attention  to  school  progress,  too 
many  of  whom  are  more  interested  in  keeping  the  school 
tax  rate  down  than  they  are  in  giving  the  children  the 
best  advantages  of  modern  education.  But  compulsory 
education,  though  feebly  enforced,  is  having  a  good  effect; 
state  aid  for  both  rural  and  high  school  is  lengthening  the 
average  school  term  and  furnishing  an  incentive  for  more 
regular  attendance1  and  better  school  opportunities.  Three 
schools  of  the  county  offer  first  class,  four-year  high  school 
advantages,  and  three  others  offer  approved  work  in  a 
two-year  high  school  course.  Last  year  347  students  were 
enrolled  in  our  high  schools,  not  including  many  Dade 
county  boys  and  girls  who  were  enrolled  in  border  high 
schools  outside  of  Dade  county  and  in  other  schools  doing 
work  of  secondary  rank.  There  were  63  high  school  grad- 


274  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

nates  this  year.  We  also  have  an  unprecedented  number 
of  students  in  the  state  university  and  in  colleges. 

The  average  length  of  the  school  term  in  the  county 
is  just  6.7  days  short  of  eight  months.  Forty-two  of  our 
72  districts  had  eight  months  or  more  of  school  last  year. 

Elementary  agriculture  is  taught  in  each  of  the  com- 
mon schools  of  the  county,  without  a  single  exception,  and 
an  advanced  course  in  the  subject  is  offered  in  each  high 
school.  In  practically  every  school  the  official  state  course 
of  study  is  followed  very  closely. 

The  total  expenses  of  conducting  the  schools  of  Dade 
county  last  year  were  $66,428.24.  About  $50,000  of  this 
was  paid  for  teachers'  salaries,  the  remainder  being  spent 
for  repairs,  equipment,  and  the  ordinary  incidentals.  The 
balance  on  hand  in  teachers'  incidental  and  building  funds, 
is  $15,656.06.  The  permanent  funds  of  the  county  now 
amount  to  a  little  more  than  $40,000,  the  interest  from 
which  is  used  for  the  maintenance  of  our  schools.  The 
average  levy  for  all  purposes  last  year  was  73  cents  on  the 
one  hundred  dollars  assessed  valuation. 

School  District  Officers  and  Teachers — Dade  County  Mo. 

1917. 

The  first  name  given  is  that  of  the  Clerk;  the  second, 
President  of  the  Board;  the  first  address  given  is  that  of 
all  the  Officers  preceding  where  no  address  is  given : 

Consolidated  District  No.  1. — C.  C.  Duncan,  secretary; 
J.  T.  Wilkins,  president;  A.  D.  Hughes,  Vice-President;  C. 
C.  Duncan,  treasurer,  Arcola,  Mo.  Teachers:  W.  H.  Riley, 
principal;  Miss  Dobbs,  Katie  Brand,  R.  M.  Owens,  Cecil 
Oldham,  F.  L.  Twaddell. 

Consolidated  District  No.  2.— Secretary,  T.  II.  Ped- 
dicord;  president,  J.  E.  Maze;  treasurer,  L.  T.  Dunaway, 
Dadeville,  Mo.  Teachers:  Robert  L.  Meyers,  principal; 
Paul  Stockton,  John  Birch,  Norma  Quarles,  Nettie  Renner, 
Dwight  Holman,  Noel  Kirby,  Will  Dodson,  Dadeville  Mo., 
Tina  Tygart,  Aldrich,  R,  1;  Tommy  Holman,  Lucile  Mor- 
ris, Dadeville. 

Consolidated  District  No.  3.— Clerk,  W.  N.  Allison, 
Pennsboro,  Mo.;  president,  C.  R.  Allison;  J.  F.  Godfrey, 


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J.  N.  Snadon,  E.  A.  Newkirk,  C.  C.  Sexton,  South  Green- 
field, R.  1.  Teachers:  T.  A.  Scott,  Pearl  Harris,  Goldia 
Warren,  Geneva  Stapp,  South  Greenfield,  Mo.,  E.  1. 

Greenfield. — Secretary,  R.  W.  Grether;  president, 
Mason  Talbutt;  vice-president,  F.  G.  Van  Osdell;  treas- 
urer, R.  M.  Sloan;  Phil  S.  Griffith,  R,  P.  Duffy,  Fred 
Grether.  Teachers:  Grade,  Hattie  Griggs,  Effie  Mont- 
gomery, Mary  "VVetzel,  Dorothy  Stringfield,  Neva  Sloan- 
High  School,  Roy  R.  Evans,  mathematics;  Annie  G.  Neale, 
history  and  domestic  science;  Margaret  Jane  Snider,  Ger- 
man and  Latin;  Inez  Aadams,  English;  L.  E.  Pummill, 
education,  Superintendent. 

Lockwood. — Secretary,  W.  H.  Rice;  president,  Dr.  W. 
M.  Hoel;  vice-president,  J.  F.  West;  treasurer,  U.  S.  Ker- 
an.  Teachers:  Grade — Mrs.  J.  H.  Thomas,  Edna  Bartling, 
Stella  Stogsdill,  Jennie  Messick;  High  School — Mary  Gilli- 
land,  mathematics  and  science;  Helen  L.  Gorton,  English 
and  domestic  science;  Zoda  Lee  Gilliland,  Latin  and  Ger- 
man; W.  F.  Knox,  superintendent. 

Everton. — Fred  Schmickle,  secretary;  Wm.  Raubin- 
ger  president;  W.  Y.  McLemore,  vice-president;  Dr.  "W. 
R.  Riley,  treasurer.  Teachers:  Grade — Mae  Trailer,  Beryl 
Jones,  Zepha  Riley,  Miss  Wilkerson;  High  School — Guy 
A.  Cowden,  A.  B.  Dishman,  superintendent. 

South  Greenfield. — Secretary,  E.  A.  Wray;  president, 
F.  J.  McMillen;  vice-president,  T.  A.  Cox;  W.  L.  Ferguson, 
treasurer.  Teachers:  0.  S.  Bradshaw,  principal;  Ruth 
Warren,  Miss  Goodwin. 

Henry,  No.  1. — M.  A.  Burney,  J.  C.  Grisham,  Fred 
Edington,  Ed.  Jerome,  Everton,  Mo.  Leon  Small,  teacher. 

Scott,  No."  2.— R,  P.  Daniel,  Everton,  R.  1,  C.  W.  Fort- 
ner,  Asti  Grove,  R4;  B.  J.  Delk,  H.  T.  Hailey,  Everton, 
Rl.  Louis  Grantham,  teacher,  Ash  Grove. 

Ray  Spring,  No.  3.— J.  H.  Wright,  M.  C.  Riggs,  Dell 
Dunn,  W.  B.  Mills.  Teacher,  E.  M.  Grant,  Everton,  Rl. 

Grove,  No.  4. — Palmer  T.  Hudson,  G.  A.  Hudson,  Tay- 
lor Phillips,  Boyd  Hays.  Teacher,  Gladys  Manka,  Everton. 

Silver  Star,  No.  5.— Edward  Moore,  S.  H.  Watts,  D. 
E.  Burney,  Ash  Grove. 


276  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

Hampton,  No.  8.— W.  S.  Terrell,  Everton,  R2;  Wm. 
Carlock  and  A.  L.  Ritchey,  Everton,  R3.  Teachers:  Laur- 
ence T.  Evans  and  Miss  Roark. 

Pleasant  Hill,  No.  9.— W.  J.  Hendrex,  Homer  Cantrell, 
J.  W.  Zongker,  Everton,  Mo.  Teachers:  Mabel  Harpe 
and  Miss  Darby,  Everton. 

Flint  HiU,  No.  16.— W.  L.  Todd,  S.  B.  Langford,  R. 
C.  Todd,  Roy  King,  Dadeville.  Miss  Carrie  Mote,  teacher. 

Lindley,  No.  18.— Chas.  Mote,  J.  H.  Ritchey,  R.  A. 
Lindley,  John  Long,  Aldrich,  Rl.  Teacher:  Miss  Madge 
Pyle. 

Meek,  No.  20.— J.  L.  Jones,  U.  J.  Irby,  Walter  Mai- 
lory,  Everton,  R5.  Luther  Dewberry,  teacher. 

Pilgrim,  No.  21. — C.  A.  Patterson,  Richard  Jones,  John 
Stanley,  Everton,  R5.  Mrs.  Lela  Fortner,  teacher. 

Pickett,  No.  24. — R.  W.  Burton,  J.  N.  Jones,  James 
Clayton,  Wm.  Friar,  Everton,  R5.  Rice  Gates,  teacher. 

Stockton,  No.  27.— V.  H.  Pemberton,  T.  M.  Wright, 
H.  P.  Huges,  A.  J.  Stockton,  Everton,  Mo.,  R2.  J.  0. 
Stewart,  teacher. 

Cave,  No.  28.— S.  P.  Davis,  John  Rutherford,  II.  W. 
Lee,  Lester  E.  Scott,  Greenfield,  R3.  Harrison  Jopes, 
teacher. 

Fairview,  No.  29.— J.  F.  Kilgore,  Charley  White,  Mar- 
shall Courtney,  Greenfield.  Minnie  Carroll,  teacher. 

Lotus,  No.  30.— G.  W.  Franklin,  L.  A.  Litle,  S.  M. 
Stock  well,  Everton.  Amy  Hartfield,  teacher. 

Shady  Grove,  No.  31.— E.  T.  Blevins,  Guy  Jones,  Sid- 
ney Hudspeth,  Delbert  Shrum,  Greenfield.  Mrs.  Bessie 
Curtis,  teacher. 

Sand  Mountain,  No.  32.— Frank  S.  Newell,  ().  M.  Di- 
vine, Vernie  Divine,  Greenfield.  Clara  Marcum,  teacher. 

Shaw,  No.  33. — Mrs.  John  Divine,  W.  H.  Montgomery, 
II.  E.  Grisham,  E.  B.  Johnson,  Greenfield,  Rl.  Ora  V. 
Mayes,  teacher. 

Mt.  Zion,  No.  34.— Aimer  Montgomery,  T.  B.  Mont- 
gomery, Seybert;  C.  D.  King,  Alfred  Friend,  Dadeville. 
Alma  King,  teacher. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 277 

Cave  Spring,  No.  35.— B.  F.  Ellis,  I.  E.  Murdock,  J. 
A.  Martin,  Arcola;  J.  K.  Ayers,  Crisp.  A.  Elmer  Lang- 
ford,  teacher. 

White  Oak,  No.  36.— W.  H.  Toler,  J.  F.  Montgomery, 
S.  L.  Grisham,  E.  0.  Ball,  Seybert.  Ira  0.  Dill,  teacher. 

Lone  Jack,  No.  37. — Mrs.  Georgia  Beach,  Neola; 
G.  B.  Manis,  Greenfield;  H.  T.  Beach,  Neola;  Sherman  Har- 
per, Greenfield.  Vida  Hughes,  teacher,  Neola. 

Crisp,  No.  38.— J.  P.  Willett,  A.  L.  Lantrip,  E.  B.  Mor- 
rison, W.  A.  Price,  Crisp.  Mrs.  Guy  McConnell,  teacher, 
Seybert. 

Limestone,  No.  39. — L.  L.  Stark,  Fred  Hulston,  E.  A. 
Morris,  J.  L.  Stapp,  South  Greenfield.  Cleo  Holman, 
teacher. 

Higgins,  No.  40. — G.  H.  Maxwell,  R.  L.  Spain,  George 
Parker,  Lockwood.  Ethel  Higgins,  teacher. 

Kings  Point,  No.  41.— C.  B.  Shiner,  C.  R.  Heiskell, 
W.  AY.  Gipson,  Lockwood.  Mildred  Shouse,  teacher. 

Mt.  Zion,  No.  42.— J.  L.  Glass,  R.  H.  Spain,  A.  W. 
Read,  Bailey  Morris,  South  Greenfield,  R2.  Lyda  Hol- 
man, teacher. 

Freedom,  No.  44.— G.  V.  Chappell,  Richard  Smith,  R. 
A.  Lamb,  Lockwood;  A.  N.  Wasson,  South  Greenfield. 
Mittie  AVard,  teacher,  Lockwood. 

Oak  Grove,  No.  45. — Ben  Franklin,  J.  0.  Vincent,  C. 
II.  Morrison,  Landon  Wilson.  C.  C.  Pyle,  teacher,  Green- 
field. 

Rocky  Hill,  No.  46. — John  Bush,  Lockwood;  Ammon 
Mitchell,  James  Daniels,  Greenfield.  Elizabeth  Meng, 
teacher. 

Franklin,  No.  47.— E.  G.  Evans,  L.  A.  Renfro,  Lath 
Lack,  Greenfield;  I).  L.  Poe,  South  Greenfield.  Mrs.  Ida 
Prouse,  teacher. 

Oak  Dale,  No.  48.— T.  H.  Finley,  W.  J.  Armstrong, 
Theodore  Calmer,  Roy  Davidson.  Phyllis  Freedle,  teacher, 
Lockwood. 

Elm  Limb,  No.  50.— Elza  Dodd,  Neola;  G.  H.  May- 
berry,  Greenfield,  R2;  Dan  Kreighbaum,  Tom  McGuire, 
Neola.  C.  P.  Hawks,  teacher,  Arcola. 


278 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

Gentry,  No.  52.— W.  C.  Hail,  T.  R.  Courtney,  J.  W. 
Bowman.  Ruth  Hughes,  teacher,  Greenfield,  R2. 

Boggy  Springs,  No.  54. — E.  0.  Collier,  A.  A.  Collier, 
C.  C.  McGee,  Greenfield;  L.  C.  Kellar,  Lockwood.  Minnie 
Mitchell,  teacher,  Greenfield,  R2. 

Fairview,  No.  58. — M.  M.  Hunt,  Golden  City;  Theo 
Kaelke,  W.  C.  Hamm,  Chas.  Phillipson,  Lockwood.  Anna 
McCune,  teacher,  Golden  City. 

Monitor,  No.  59. — Lula  Kollmeier,  E.  L.  Vaile,  Wm. 
Cromer,  Lum  Finley,  Lockwood.  Mrs.  A.  M.  Turk, 
teacher. 

Cherry  Grove,  No.  60. — F.  W.  Krietemeier,  Dick  Moh- 
winkle,  Fred  Pieppenbrink,  Lockwood.  Mabel  Effie, 
teacher. 

Bowman,  No.  61. — C.  Swarens,  H.  T.  Finke,  Wm.  Gar- 
ber.  J.  P.  McNeill,  teacher,  Lockwood,  R3. 

Sunnyside,  No.  62. — Louis  Haubein,  Ben  H.  Lammers, 
C.  H.  Kelley,  John  Kirkhart,  Lockwood. 

Victory,  No.  63.— H.  S.  Townley,  E.  S.  John,  H.  I. 
McCune.  Miss  Mae  Walton,  teacher,  Golden  City,  R2. 

Ackley,  No.  64.— Ed  J.  Garber,  R.  A.  McDonald,  D.  L. 
Stiles.  Gladys  Effie,  teacher,  Golden  City. 

Davenport,  No.  65. — F.  Driscoll,  Lockwood,  Rl;  J.  R. 
Eidson,  G.  Hauffler,  Golden  City,  R4. 

Blackberry  Flat,  No.  66. — Mrs.  Annie  Harper,  Grant 
Harper,  Robert  Windes,  J.  H.  Gillman,  Lockwood.  Bert 
Shaffer,  teacher,  Golden  City. 

Chalk  Level,  No.  67.— Mrs.  Fred  Thurer,  Fred  Thurer, 
I.  L.  Hodson,  T.  C.  Finley.  Golda  Rogers,  teacher,  Lock- 
wood. 

Smith,  No.  68.— J.  A.  Shank,  A.  T.  Finley.  Lettie 
Houdyshell,  teacher,  Golden  City,  Mo. 

Pleasant  Valley,  No.  39. — C.  E.  Lyons,  Lockwood; 
John  Mammen,  Golden  City;  August  Koelliker,  Golden 
City.  Flossie  Mitchell,  teacher,  Golden  City. 

Tabernacle,  No.  70. — Mabel  Hollingshead,  Chas.  En- 
gelage,  Arthur  Weissenflush,  Henry  Von  Strohe.  Linna 
Stogsdill,  teacher,  Lockwood. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  279 

Central,  No.  71.— L.  J.  Sawyer,  W.  A.  Butcher,  W.  A. 
Farmer,  0.  Montgomery.  Dorcas  Robinson,  teacher,  Lock- 
wood,  R5. 

Banner,  No.  72.— F.  F.  Conn,  Jericho  Springs,  R2;  R. 
M.  Coyne,  Lockwood,  R2;  C.  E.  Rector.  Jessie  L.  Berry, 
teacher,  Jericho  Springs,  R2. 

Stony  Point,  No.  73.— Alex  Trimble,  L.  V.  Davis,  W. 
R.  Divine,  J.  W.  Bohon.  Mrs.  Hattie  Bishop,  teacher, 
Milford. 

Star,  No.  74.— J.  K.  Armstrong,  W.  H.  Windes,  J.  C. 
Skaggs,  C.  0.  Hagins.  0.  H.  Divine,  teacher,  Lockwood, 
R2. 

Stone,  No.  75.— Lina  Dalton,  J.  N.  Dalton,  W.  A. 
Stout,  Perry  Jones.  Roscoe  Divine,  teacher,  Lockwood, 
Rl. 

Old  Sylvania,  No.  76.— Ed  Sporman,  Will  Cole,  Adam 
Greer,  W.  F.  Pickett.  Nellie  E.  Mitchell,  teacher,  Lock- 
wood,  R2. 

Shannon  Valley,  No.  77.— Ora  Fitchpatrick,  D.  C. 
Rook,  J.  H.  Fitchpatrick,  Will  Van  Buskirk.  Opha  Kel- 
ley,  teacher,  Lockwood. 

Sunshine,  No.  78. — J.  B.  Stevenson,  P.  F.  March,  A. 
D.  Taylor.  Mittie  McManas,  teacher,  Lockwood,  R2. 

Paragon,  No.  80. — L.  B.  Sikes,  R.  R.  Conn,  John  Bays. 
Lessie  Davidson,  teacher,  Jerico  Springs. 

Rock  Dale,  No.  81.— L.  B.  Higgins,  Milford;  0.  L. 
Diefenderfer,  £!.  C.  Ripple,  Jerico  Springs;  Ashel  Smith, 
Milford,  Rl.  Edna  Ray  Conn,  teacher. 

Cedarville,  No.  82. — S.  W.  Evans,  Jerico  Springs;  E. 
R.  Everett,  Lockwood;  F.  H.  Whitley,  Jerico  Springs. 
Howard  Butcher,  teacher,  Lockwood. 

Liberty,  No.  84.— Mrs.  John  Polston,  C.  M.  Tindill,  J. 
M.  Polston,  H.  C.  Vanbebber.  Anna  E.  Algeo,  teacher, 
Lockwood. 

Jewell,  No.  85. — Pricie  Carlock,  Lee  Rountree,  W.  A. 
Long,  M.  A.  Young.  Tom  Fitzpatrick,  teacher,  Greenfield. 


280 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

LIST  OF  RURAL  GRADUATES— DADE  COUNTY,  1917. 

Following  is  a  list  of  pupils  completing  the  work  of 
the  common  schools  in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  as  deter- 
mined by  the  final  examinations  of  1917: 

Cedar  Township. — Sunshine  School — Minerva  Finney, 
Lockwood,  Mo.,  R2.  Old  Sylvania — Ruth  Heiskell,  Lock- 
wood,  R2;  Roy  Heiskell,  Lockwood,  R2;  Ettis  Welch, 
Jerico  Springs,  R2. 

Center  Township. — Cave  School — Lola  Stockton, 
Greenfield,  Rl;  Lillie  Davis,  Grenfield,  Rl;  James 
Stump,  Greenfield,  R3;  Albert  Stump,  Greenfield,  R3; 
Otis  Freedle,  Greenfield,  R3.  Oak  Grove — John  Shouse, 
Greenfield,  R2.  Rocky  Hill— Nellie  and  Zora  Mitchell, 
Greenfield;  Auda  Lasater,  Lockwood,  R5. 

Ernest  Township. — Boggy  Springs — Truman  McGee, 
Jewell  Purdy,  Greenfield,  R2.  Gentry — Vance  McMahan, 
Greenfield,  R2. 

Grant  Township. — Fairview — Louise  Phillipson,  Gold- 
en City,  Abner  Hamm,  Lockwood,  Sunnyside — Charles 
Kirkhart,  Lilly  Kirkhart  and  Ruby  Kelley,  Lockwood. 
Ackelley — Hattie  John,  Golden  City. 

Lockwood. — Iva  Spain,  Lula  Spain,  Elbert  Spain, 
Henry  Wehrman,  Eva  Parker,  Ruth  Snadon,  and  Bessie 
Hodgson,  Lockwood.  Chalk  Level — Winnie  Hodson  and 
Golden  Little,  Lockwood. 

Marion  Township. — Tabernacle — Edna  Brinkhoff  and 
Linda  Engleage,  Lockwood.  Pleasant  Valley — Amy  With- 
ers, Jean  Erne,  Erma  Wright,  Marie  Mammen,  Joseph 
Koelliker,  Bernice  Lyons,  Golden  City. 

Morgan. — Bunker  Hill — Larue  Harpe,  Bernice  Hoi- 
man,  Walnut  Grove.  Prairie — Seth  Landers,  Golden  Tar- 
rant,  Glenn  Patterson,  Alice  Cassada,  Dadeville.  Cave- 
Helen  Kirby,  Dadeville.  Dadeville  School — Marjorie  Hick- 
man,  Laurel  Glenn,  Nancy  Morgan,  Dadeville.  Carlock 
School — Joe  Wheeler,  Nellie  Patton,  Warren  Cantrell, 
Forrest  Speight,  Everton.  Jones  School — Leona  McPeak, 
Dadeville.  McConnell  School — Paul  Cowan,  Aldrich,  Rl. 
Spreight  School — Maud  Rector  and  Bessie  Renner,  Dade- 
ville. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 281 

North  Township. — Hickory  Grove — Lester  McGuire, 
Kathryn  Twaddell,  Edna  Everett,  Arcola.  Dead  Elm— 
Lena  Wilkins,  Inia  Burnett,  Arcola.  Lake  School — Ecla 
Jordan,  Arcola.  Arcola  School- — Bertha  Higgins,  Agnes 
Holman,  Russell  Charles,  Mabel  Thomas,  Walker  Under- 
wood, Theodore  Achord,  Alice  Whitley,  Gladys  Hoffman, 
Arcola,  Fontella  Stamps,  Jerico  Springs,  Mo. 

Pilgrim  Township. — Pilgrim  School — Lloyd  Jones, 
Leo  Jones,  Durward  Stanley,  Elmer  Brown,  May  Horton, 
Georgia  Trimble,  Pearl  Smith,  Hugh  Poindexter,  Everton, 
R5.  Lotus  School — AVillie  Ward,  Tressa  Huston,  Clarence 
Litle,  Everton,  Mo. 

Polk  Township. — Hampton  School — Walter  Bowman, 
Blanche  Bowman,  Corda  Hoover,  Everton.  Pleasant  Hill 
School — Dean  Rowden,  Alvin  Haggerman,  George  Zong- 
ker,  Everton,  R3. 

Rock  Prairie. — Ray  Spring  School — Yelma  Tipton, 
Clema  Dilday,  Everton,'  R4. 

Sac  Township. — White  Oak — Susie  Shaw,  Lucy  Mont- 
gomery, Seybert.  Shaw  School — Ruth  Duncan,  Greenfield. 

South  Township. — Meek  School — Ray  Poindexter, 
Flossie  Xorris,  Alma  Jones,  Gladys  Irby,  Everton,  R5. 
Bryant  School — Jesse  Scott,  Xina  Terrell,  South  Green- 
field, Rl.  Mound  School — Lucy  Bishop,  Erma  Fortner, 
Jesse  X'ewkirk,  Ruby  Poindexter,  South  Greenfield,  Rl. 
Pickett  School — Gilbert  Manka,  Lelah  Friar,  Xannie  Friar, 
Everton,  R5. 

Smith  Township. — Kings  Point  School — Wilfred  H. 
Allison,  Lockwood.  Mt.  Zion  School — Corda  Morris, 
Vernia  Modrall,"  South  Greenfield,  R2. 

Washington  Township. — Honey  Creek  School — Bert 
Sexton,  South  Greenfield,  Rl. 

E.   H.   CAREXDER, 

County  Superintendent  of  Schools,  Dade  County, 
Greenfield,  Missouri. 

o 

RATE  OF  TAXATION,  DADE  COUNTY,  1913-1914. 

The  following  table  shows  the  rate  of  taxation  on 
each  $100  of  assessed  valuation.  Property  is  assessed, 


282 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

generally,  from  one-half  to  one-fifth  of  its  actual  worth, 
depending  upon  the  extent  of  the  returns  made;  the  char- 
acter of  the  property;  its  location  and  whether  the  hold- 
ing is  bringing  in  an  income,  and  the  amount  of  the  same: 

County  levy $0.40  Total    amt.    of    county 

Good  roads 25       indebtedness  

County   school 69  Municipal    or   twp.   in- 

School    tax    in    largest  debtedness    . . .  .$47,000.00 

city   1.50  *None  reported. 

Municipal    tax $1.00 


ASSESSED  VALUATION  OF  DADE  COUNTY,  1913. 

Real  Estate. 

No.  Assessed      Average 

Land,   acres 310,758         $2,609,217         $     8.39 

Town    lots 1,841  399,944  217.24 


Total  assessed  valuation 

of  real   estate 3,009,161 

Personal  Property. 

Horses   7,148  228,963            32.03 

Mules 2,790  103,856             37.22 

Asses  and  jennets 145  6,899            47.58 

Cattle     12,349  139,111             10.42 

Sheep     6,017  6,570               1.09 

Hogs    20,890  47,515              2.23 

All  other  live  stock 1,933  7,374              3.81 

Money,   notes,   bonds,   etc.  261,866 

Bank*  Stock 78,983 

All  other  personal  prop'ty  168,507 


Total  personal  property  $1,049,664 


Total   taxable   wealth..  $4,058,825 


Chapter  16 


A  DADE  COUNTY  AUTUMN. 

by 
Aaron  D.  States. 

All  nature  seems  to  vie  in  common  consent,  to  make 
one  month  of  the  year  the  most  lovely  and  beautiful  in 
all  the  Dade  county  territory — it  is  the  month  of  October. 
All  other  months  have  their  charm  yet  it  remains  for  the 
tenth  month  of  the  year  to  assemble  these  charms  and 
present  them  in  one  lovely  panarama. 

The  choicest  colorings  are  found  in  every  nature  pic- 
ture. They  can  be  found  by  every  roadside,  in  every 
woodland  and  on  every  hill  top  and  hill  slope.  The  sumac 
and  the  maple  trees  give  the  most  charming  color  while 
vine  and  tangled  wildwood  afford  beauty  that  cannot  be 
portrayed  either  by  tongue  or  pen.  Then,  there  are  many 
of  the  wild  flowers  that  continue  to  bloom  throughout  the 
autumn  months,  flowers  as  rich  and  pleasing  as  the  flow- 
ers of  spring  and  they  are  used  by  many  in  the  fall  decora- 
tions, of  fraternal,  home  and  church  functions.  These 
flowers  when  assembled  with  clumps  of  painted  leaves, 
painted  by  the  unseen  artists,  form  a  decoration  fitted  for 
the  nuptial  of  kings,  or  the  entertainment  of  potentate. 

These  autumn  flowers  possess  as  rich  colorings  as  do 
the  flowers  of  June  and  they  retain  their  comliness  until 
freezing  weather.  The  golden  rod  seems  to  have  selected 
Dade  County  for  its  permanent  home,  the  same  as  the 
wild  rose  has  taken  up  its  habitation  for  the  month  of 
June.  Many  of  the  cultivated  flowers  of  the  garden  first 
bloomed  in  the  byways  and  valleys.  The  streams  seem 
to  enter  the  classic  circle  during  the  month  of  October. 
They  seem  to  sing  sweeter  and  they  talk  louder  when  ex- 
cellent beauty  meets  them  at  every  curve.  The  willow 
twigs  seem  to  quaver  with  more  grace  in  their  bosom,  in 
October  than  they  do  in  June.  This  may  be  on  account 
of  October  being  the  harvest  month,  the  month  of  gather- 


284 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

ing,  storing,  getting  ready  for  the  hibernal  months  when 
there  will  be  snows,  sleets  and  rains.  Yes,  October  is  a 
rich  month  and  its  annual  return  cheers  the  husbandmen 
of  Dade  County  as  much  now  as  it  did  the  primitive  fath- 
ers. This  is  doubly  true  to  the  husbandman  who  seeks  to 
understand  nature  and  can  read  from  its  pages  at  least  a 
portion  of  the  great  truths  they  possess. 

Lewis  Kenfro  states  that  when  he  was  a  boy  out  on 
Pennsylvania  prairie,  there  were  but  few  trees  in  all  that 
country  consisting  of  several  oak  trees  scattered  over  the 
prairie.  After  the  prairie  fires  were  abandoned  the  acorns 
were  given  a  chance  to  grow  and  it  was  but  a  few  years 
until  the  country  along  the  streams  and  a  part  of  the  up- 
lands were  dotted  with  young  timber. 

Mr.  Renfro  relates  that  in  an  early  day  his  father 
used  to  shoot  deer  from  the  veranda  roof  and  that  he 
would  get  on  his  horse  and  go  after  the  deer  and  bring 
him  to  the  home. 

Mason  Talbutt  also  says  that  when  he  was  a  boy  the 
most  of  the  timber  land  around  Greenfield  was  then  prairie. 
There  were  several  oak  trees  here  and  there  that  soon 
planted  the  acorn  and  when  the  prairie  fires  were  aban- 
doned it  did  not  take  many  years  for  the  young  timber 
to  get  a  start.  This  seems  almost  incredible  yet  there  is 
no  question  as  to  the  truth  of  the  statement. 


FROM  AN  OLD  TIMER. 

In  answer  to  Brother  States'  request  three  weeks  ago, 
to  hear  from  the  older  born  citizens  of  Dade  county,  and 
seeing  no  reply  as  yet,  thinking  that  one  was  waiting  for 
another  to  give  their  history,  I  thought  I  would  start  the 
pleasing  task.  I  am  nearly  as  old  as  Dade  county.  The 
county  was  organized  in  1841,  and  I  was  born  out  on  the 
Pennsylvania  Prairie,  March  16th,  1843 — making  me  72 
years  old  next  month. 

1  have  lived  continually  in  Dade  county  all  these 
years,  save  the  four  years  I  was  in  the  Civil  war.  I  cast 
my  lot  with  the  South  and  during  the  four  years  I  lived 
in  a  tent  home  on  the  fields  of  battle  mv  heart  was  still 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 285 

with  my  old  home.  In  fact,  Bade  county  had  been  my 
home  all  the  days  of  my  life.  When  the  war  was  over  I 
came  back  and  was  indeed  glad  to  find  my  old  home 
waiting  for  me.  It  is  my  intention  to  live  here  and  enjoy 
the  companionship  of  my  life  long  friends  until  I  am 
called  hence.  I  have  travelled  over  many  states,  but  I 
can  sincerely  say  there  is  no  country  that  appeals  to  me  as 
does  the  county  in  which  I  live,  arid  in  my  opinion  there 
is  no  better  country. 

I  received  my  education  at  Honey  Creek  schoolhouse, 
near  where  the  new  schoolhouse  now  stands;  but  it  was 
quite  a  differently  constructed  schoolhouse.  I  believe  it 
will  be  interesting  to  many  to  give  a  description  of  that 
building:  It  was  built  in  1837  or  1838  of  round  logs  with 
the  bark  on  them;  was  18  feet  square  and  the  walls  were  7 
feet  high.  In  place  of  rafters  it  was  ribbed  over  with  the 
same  kind  of  material  the  walls  were  made  of  and  the  ribs 
were  far  enough  apart  to  suit  the  clab  boards  that  were 
used  to  cover  it.  These  clab  boards  were  three  feet  long  and 
were  manufactured  out  of  large  timbers.  The  roof  was 
weighed  down  with  poles;  there  were  no  nails.  The  end 
rib,  the  one  the  roof  was  started  on,  was  a  little  longer  and 
a  hole  was  bored  in  it  to  hold  the  first  rib  and  a  pole  was 
laid  lengthwise  to  hold  the  first  course  of  boards  and  the 
pole  that  weighed  down  the  first  course  answered  for  the 
second  course  and  so  on  until  the  top  was  reached,  and 
there  were  two  poles  lashed  together  that  answered  for 
the  saddle  boards.  The  sleepers  were  round  logs  straight- 
ened on  the  top  and  puncheons  with  the  top  made  smooth, 
made  the  floor.  The  seats  were  made  of  the  same  material 
with  legs  made  of  small  sapplings,  and  I  remember  some 
of  the  seats  were  very  twisting  and  uncomfortable.  There 
was  a  log  cut  out  on  either  side  about  10  feet  and  these 
places  answered  for  the  windows.  When  it  was  cold  a 
strip  of  cloth  was  placed  over  these  primitive  windows  to 
keep  out  the  cold  and  to  emit  a  little  light.  The  fire- 
place covered  the  most  of  the  north  end.  The  writing 
desks  were  made  by  boring  holes  up  in  the  walls  the  de- 
sired distance,  with  pegs  in  the  holes,  and  a  clab  board 


286 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

placed  on  them  for  the  desk.     I  do  not  think  there  was 
a  nail  in  the  entire  building. 

There  were  pieces  of  timber  split  wedge  fashion  and 
drove  between  the  cracks  in  the  logs  and  then  plastered 
over  with  mud.  There  was  neither  joist  or  loft  in  the 
building,  and  when  it  snowed,  the  snow  was  about  as  deep 
on  the  inside  of  the  building  as  it  was  out  of  doors.  Not- 
withstanding the  rude  structure,  it  turned  out  some  teach- 
ers— both  men  and  women — and,  by  the  way  some  preach- 
ers, and  at  some  future  time  I  may  have  something  to 
say  about  the  teachers  and  students  that  congregated  in 
this  rude  structure.  The  text  books  and  the  method  of 
teaching  will  make  mighty  interesting  reading  to  many  of 
the  present  day  youngsters.  Then  many  can  see  what 
progress  has  been  made  along  educational  lines  and  all 
other  lines  during  the  years  of  the  mighty  past.  In  con- 
clusion I  will  say  I  would  be  pleased  to  hear  from  others 
on  the  same  subject. 

Sincerely, 

LEWIS  RENFRO. 


HISTORICAL. 

In  my  article  of  two  weeks  ago  I  promised  to  have 
something  about  the  teachers,  the  pupils  and  the  text 
books  used  in  the  old  Honey  Creek  school  house,  also  the 
method  of  teaching.  I  will  now  attempt  to  redeem  that 
promise.  In  those  days  there  were  no  silent  schools, 
everyone  studied  aloud  and  some  would  get  very  loud  and 
the  teacher  would  have  to  call  them  dt>wn.  We  spelled 
every  evening  for  head  marks  and  when  the  teacher  would 
announce  the  spelling  lesson,  which  he  always  did  a  few 
minutes  before  time  to  spell,  you  could  hardly  hear  it 
thunder  for  everyone  would  try  to  make  louder  noise  than 
the  other.  We  would  spell  for  head  marks  and  the  one 
that  was  head  at  the  close  of-the  spelling  contest  would  go 
to  the  foot  the  next  day  and  at  the  close  of  the  term  the 
one  that  got  the  most  head  marks  would  be  remembered 
with  a  prize,  generally  a  book  of  some  kind  that  would  not 
amount  to  very  much  now  but  was  much  appreciated  then, 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 2*T7 

books,  magazines  and  newspapers  were  scarce  then,  they 
came  so  crowded  at  times  that  some  of  the  larger  scholars 
were  allowed  to  go  out-of-doors  to  study  in  order  to  give 
room  for  the  smaller  ones. 

The  length  of  the  term  was  generally  three  months 
and  they  were  all  subscription  schools.  There  was  not  an 
organized  school  district  in  the  county — Greenfield  prob- 
ably excepted.  There  was  none  such  in  all  the  county. 
There  were  only  three  school  houses  in  what  was  then 
known  as  South  township  which  covered  a  great  deal 
more  territory  then  than  now  for  it  has  been  sub-divided 
many  times.  The  youngsters  wonld  come  from  several 
miles  around  to  attend  school  and  all  went  afoot  for  it 
was  considered  a  small  job  to  walk  four  and  five  miles  to 
attend  school  or  church.  I  will  try  and  give  you  the  text 
books  that  were  used.  First  we  had  Webster's  elementary 
spelling  book,  I  have  one  in  my  possession  now,  it  com- 
mences with  A.  B.  C.  and  generally  becomes  a  little  harder 
as  the  scholar  advances,  and,  to  my  mind  they  have  never 
made  any  improvements  of  the  spellers  from  that  day  to 
this.  The  next  highest  study  was  McGuffey's  readers, 
then  came  United  States  history.  I  cannot  call  to  mind  the 
history  used.  Old  Dad  Kirkham  furnished  the  grammar. 
Our  first  arithmetic  was  Pike's  but  later  we  used  Ray  and 
we  thought  it  an  excellent  improvement.  No  higher  math- 
ematics was  used  in  the  school.  I  never  heard  of  algebra 
during  my  school  days.  These  books,  along  with  Webster's 
unabridged  dictionary,  constituted  the  text  books  of  those 
good  old  days. 

I  will  now  give  the  names  of  the  patrons  of  this  school 
up  to  the  war:  The  Snadons,  the  Scotts,  Rutledges,  Bowles, 
Hopkins,  two  families  of  Millers,  two  families  of  Sailings, 
Bogart,  Edington,  Bicknell,  Clouts,  Oldham,  Sater,  Ren- 
fro,  Rooks,  Chappel,  Rutledge,  McGuire  and  Holder. 
There  are  many  others  I  have  forgotten.  We  used  quill 
pens  and  we  made  our  own  ink  out  of  oak  bark  and 
coperas  and  sometimes  log  wood  and  polk  berries.  We 
had  no  lead  pencils  and  we  made  our  slate  pencils  out  of 
slate.  I  can  still  make  a  pen  out  of  a  goose  quill  and  can 


288 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

still  write  with  it.  I  believe  I  could  give  the  names  of  the 
scholars  who  attended  this  school  but  space  forbids. 
When  I  get  to  writing  along  this  line  there  are  so  many 
things  that  crowd  my  mind  I  hardly  know  when  to  stop, 
but  I  will  try  and  give  a  more  completed  account  in  my 
next  letter  which  will  be  the  last.  We  had  some  rude 
scholars  at  that  school  as  well  as  now  and  I  have  known 
teachers  to  make  board  paddles  with  a  handle  at  the  bot- 
tom and  paste  A.  B.  C.  on  them  and  make  those  boys 
learn  their  letters  from  their  paddles.  Of  course  they 
were  all  boys  and  girls  in  those  days,  like  the  girls  of 
today,  they  were  not  very  rude.  They  raised  large  fam- 
ilies then,  all  the  way  from  six  to  twelve  children.  I  be- 
lieve my  parents  had  the  largest  family,  it  consisted  of 
eight  boys  and  four  girls.  The  children  of  these  families 
were  all  educated  at  this  school.  My  father  boarded  the 
teachers  of  this  school  gratis  though  he  received  enough 
of  benefit  to  more  than  compensate  him  for  his  trouble,  for 
we  often  studied  until  a  late  hour  and  I  often  thought  we 
received  more  instruction  at  night  than  we  did  during  the 
day.  Tuition  was  from  one  dollar  to  $1.25  a  month 
and  when  board  was  charged  it  was  about  that  much  per 
week.  In  my  next  article  I  will  have  something  to  say 
about  the  teachers  and  students  of  this  school. 

Sincerely, 

LEWIS  RENFRO. 


As  I  promised  in  my  article  to  have  something  to  say 
about  the  teachers  and  pupils  of  this  school  I  will  now  pro- 
ceed to  do  so.  I  cannot  call  to  mind  in  rotation  as  they 
taught  but  can  remember  very  well  all  the  teachers  I 
went  to  school  to.  So  I  will  proceed  to  name  them.  About 
the  first  was  Miss  Amanda  Scott  now  Mrs.  Amanda  Payne 
whom  all  tin?  people  know,  she  is  now  in  her  eighty-sixth 
year.  Xo  wonder  her  children  were  all  teachers  for 
they  inherited  it  from  their  mother  who  was  one  of  the 
most  successful  teachers  in  the  county.  The  next  teacher 
was  (jfeorgo  Foster  who  was  killed  accidently  in  the  time 
of  the  war.  He  was  an  uncle  to  Mrs.  Belle  Mitchell  of 


RESIDENCES    OF    F.    G.    VAX    OSDELL    AM)    EDWIX    HARRISON. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 289 

Greenfield.  The  next  as  I  remember  was  a  Mrs.  Perry, 
don't  know  what  became  of  her.  Then  comes  a  man  by 
the  name  of  Davis  and  one  by  the  name  of  Spillman,  one 
by  the  name  Gregg.  I  had  two  brothers  who  were  teach- 
ers, T.  F.  Rcnfro  and  J.  C.  B.  Renfro.  Martha  Bozart, 
Bridge  Bozart,  Alexander  Rut  ledge,  Jesse  Guinn,  this  was 
an  old  crusty  bachelor  and  the  puncheon  floor  made  so 
much  racket  that  he  had  them  and  the  sleepers  taken  out 
and  the  trash  removed.  The  ground  was  packed  down 
with  a  maul.  I  was  informed  by  Mrs.  David  Higgins 
who  went  there  to  school  after  the  war  that  the  sleepers 
and  the  floor  were  never  put  back.  Her  father,  Xewell 
Cates,  moved  out  there  just  after  the  war  and  she  went 
one  term  at  this  school  house  to  Leander  McLemore. 

There  was  one  other  who  taught  here,  his  name  was 
Dollbier.  He  taught  elocution,  or  pretended  to.  He  would 
rave  and  bellow  at  the  top  of  his  voice  and  then  lie  would 
lower  his  voice  until  you  could  hardly  hear  him.  He  came 
hero  from  the  east,  I  think  Massachusetts.  He  thought 
that  he  was  a  stemwinder,  and  we  thought  so  too  for  we 
had  never  been  taught  anything  along  this  line.  In  those 
days  they  generally  inflicted  the  punishment  with  switches. 
I  remember  a  circumstance  which  occurred  when  I  was 
quite  small.  One  of  our  teachers,  Mr.  Gregg  had  a  very 
weak  way  of  inflicting  punishment.  He  would  have  one 
to  carry  the  other  around  on  his  hacK  and  every  round  he 
would  lash,  the  one  who  was  being  carried  and  would  tell 
each  how  many  lashes  lie  was  going  to  inflict.  I  had  a 
brother,  J.  C.  B.  Renfro,  who  was  very  mischievous  and 
he  and  Andrew  Ragsdalo,  an  uncle  of  Hon.  Howard  Rags- 
dale,  of  Asli  Grove.  They  had  done  something  that  they 
needed  punishment  for  and  my  brother  was  to  carry  Andy 
first  and  just  before  lie  got  around  where  the  teacher  was 
he  pretended  to  catch  his  toe  uud^r  a  puncheon  and  fell 
and  it  created  a  terrible  lauii'h.  The  same  thing  occurred 
the  second  time,  the  teacher  seeing  that  it  was  done  on 
purpose  let  them  have  it  right  and  left  there  on  tin-  floor 
until  his  switch  gave  out.  I  don't  remember  that  they 
ever  tried  it  again. 


290 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

There  are  only  two  teachers  living  who  taught  at 
this  school,  Aunt  Amanda  Payne,  who  is  eighty-six  and 
my  brother,  Thomas  who  lives  in  Downey,  California,  who 
was  eighty-one  the  fifth  of  the  present  month.  This  school 
turned  out  four  preachers — J.  C.  B.  Renfro,  S.  H.  Benfro, 
J.  K.  Speer  and  G.  W.  Oldham.  J.  C.  B.  Renfro  died  sev- 
eral years  ago  in  Houston,  Texas.  S.  H.  Renfro  is  a  dis- 
trict evangelist  in  northeast  Texas.  J.  K.  Speer  belongs 
to  the  Springfield  conference.  The  first  three  were  south- 
ern Methodists,  the  latter,  G.  W.  Oldham,  was  a  missionary 
Baptist  and  is  chaplain  of  the  house  of  representatives  of 
Oklahoma,  so  I  am  informed  by  his  daughter,  Mrs.  William 
Greer.  This  is  the  second  time  he  has  filled  this  position 
which  speaks  well  for  one  who  was  educated  way  back 
sixty  years  ago  in  a  little  log  school  house  and,  by  the  way, 
he  was  one  of  my  schoolmates.  There  is  but  one  other  I 
know  of  who  is  living  and  that  is  J.  N.  Bowles  of  San 
Antonio,  Texas.  I  will  name  the  teachers  who  were  edu- 
cated at  this  school — W.  R.  Snadon,  John  Moore,  Mary 
Moore,  Martha  Bozart,  T.  F.  Renfro,  J.  C.  B.  Renfro, 
Amanda  Scott,  now  Amanda  Payne,  Bridge  Bozart,  Julia 
Willis,  Rufus  Hudspeth  and  afterwards  he  taught  at  this 
school  house.  We  had  a  writing  school  just  prior  to  the 
war  by  X.  R.  Berry.  This  old  historic  school  house  was 
destroyed  by  fire  in  1867  by  some  unknown  cause.  It  was 
a  rendezvous  for  campers  and  tramps  and  I  think  it  caught 
fire  in  that  way.  It  may  be  that  some  one  wanted  a  more 
modern  house.  I  am  sure  there  are  others  that  could  do 
the  subject  justice  better  than  I  can. 
Sincerely, 

LEWIS  BENFRO. 


OF  INTEREST  TO  STOCKMEN  AND  BREEDERS 

ONLY. 

One  of  the  most  remarkable  pioneers  who  ever  lived 
in  Dado  County,  and  by  reason  of  his  wide  experience,  one 
of  tlio  most  intelligent  is  W.  J.  Davis  of  Lockwood,  whoso 
porsoiial  sketch  appears  in  another  part  of  this  history. 
Whon  Mr.  Davis  sold  his  "Evergreen  Stock  Farm"  and 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 291 

moved  to  Lockwood  ho  purchased  oight  acres  of  raw 
prairie  land  adjoining  the  city.  He  moved  cedar  and 
pine  trees  to  this  place  from  the  farm  and  in  six  months 
from  the  time  he  bought  this  tract  he  had  it  photographed 
and  the  cut  is  idven  herein.  He  had  the  same  place  again 
photographed  two  years  later  and  that  cut  is  also  given. 

Mr.  Davis  not  only  experimented  with  shrubs,  plants 
and  flowers,  but  also  with  livestock.  Having  read  the 
,'>0th  chapter  of  Genesis  and  of  Jacob's  remarkable  suc- 
cess in  breeding  ringstraked,  speckled  and  spotted  goats, 
he  tried  the  experiment  in  breeding  mules  and  found  to 
his  wonder  and  surprise  that  he  was  able  to  produce  large, 
black,  mealy  nosed,  big-boned  mules  from  little  gray  jacks 
and  maltose  jennets.  He  also  claims  to  have  produced  a 
spotted  colt  in  like  manner  by  the  use  of  a  spotted  blanket 
as  an  object  of  attention  to  the  dam. 

Mr.  Davis  made  specialty  of  surgical  operations  and 
while  his  theories  were  directly  opposed  by  most  surgeons, 
his  common  sense  methods  were  eminently  successful.  In 
cases  of  rupture  his  plan  was  to  bring  the  broken  tissues 
together  so  that  they  might  heal  rather  than  to  spread 
them  apart  with  a  truss.  This  plan,  Mr.  Davis  says,  will 
work  a  permanent  cure  on  both  man  and  beast,  for  the 
reason  that  he  speaks  from  experience  in  both  instances, 
and  knows  whereof  he  speaks.  It  is  to  be  regretted  that 
lack  of  space  forbids  lengthy  mention  of  all  of  Mr.  Davis' 
interesting  experiments,  but  they  are  varied  and  remark- 
able to  sav  the  least. 


THE  GREENFIELD  CEMETERY. 

The  nucleus  around  which  the  Greenfield  Cemetery 
was  formed  was  deeded  in  1850  by  Ezekiel  M.  Campbell,  to 
James  Allison,  I).  C.  Gill  and  G.  W.  Oldham  as  Trustees  of 
the  United  Baptist  church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Greenfield. 
There  was  one  acre  in  the  tract  shown  on  the  map  as  the 
unplatted  portion  of  the  cemetery.  The  deed  was  made 
to  the  Trustees  for  a  burial  ground  or  whatever  use  said 
church  may  think  proper.  It  is  certain  however  that  there 
were  graves  on  the  tract  at  the  time  the  deed  was  made. 


292  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

Eighteen  years  later  it  became  apparent  that  this  one  acre 
tract  would  be  inadequate  and  E.  S.  Jacobs,  Arch  M.  Long 
and  Wm.  G.  McDowell  purchased  two  acres  adjoining  the 
original  tract  on  the  south  and  east  for  the  use  of  the  in- 
habitants of  the  town  of  Greenfield  for  a  grave  yard. 
These  men  to  hold  the  title  in  trust  until  proper  officers 
should  be  elected.  In  1880  the  town  of  Greenfield  was  in- 
corporated as  a  city  of  the  4th  class  and  the  trustees  con- 
veyed the  land  to  the  city.  Later  the  city,  by  its  board 
of  Aldermen  purchased  all  the  land  between  the  then  east 
line  of  the  cemetery  and  the  North  and  South  Quarter  Sec- 
tion Line  of  section  19.  It  was  found  that  a  large  part  of 
this  was  unsuitable  on  account  of  the  shallow  depth  at 
which  the  solid  limestone  was  encountered  and  all  of  this 
tract  lying  East  of  the  present  east  line  of  the  cemetery 
was  sold.  The  first  added  tract  comprises  blocks  one  to 
thirty-six  and  the  portion  used  of  the  second  comprises 
blocks  thirty-seven  to  sixty-three.  In  1899  practically  all 
of  this  ground  was  sold  and  there  seemed  to  be  no  direc- 
tion in  which  there  could  be  expansion.  The  city  bought 
20  acres  lying  south  of  the  city  and  began  the  improve- 
ment of  it  as  Greenfield  Cemetery.  The  ground  was  very 
unsatisfactory,  was  little  used  and  in  1907  was  sold.  A 
tract  of  more  than  five  acres  having  been  bought  adjoining 
the  old  cemetery  on  the  north  in  1906.  This  squared  out 
the  cemetery  to  its  present  size  of  more  than  ten  acres. 
The  last  tract  bought  was  platted  as  Association  Addition 
to  the  Greenfield  Cemetery.  It  comprises  blocks  64  to  172. 
Recently  when  the  whole  cemetery  was  to  be  replatted 
some  ground  was  discovered  unplatted  and  unsold.  This 
has  been  platted  and  appears  on  the  map  as  tracts  lettered 
with  "A"  and  running  to  "U." 

The  first  movement  looking  toward  beautifying  the 
cemetery  was  made  in  1881.  It  then  covered  but  3  acres 
and  was  a  veritable  jungle.  The  Ladies  Aid  Societies  (this 
was  before  the  day  of  the  Woman's  Club)  asked  the  men 
of  the  city  to  volunteer  on  a  certain  day  to  assist  in  the 
work  of  cleaning  up  the  cemetery  and  announced  that  the 
workers  would  be  provided  with  a  picnic  dinner.  The 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 293 

male  population  of  the  city  of  every  age,  color  and  con- 
dition turned  out  with  axes,  hoes  and  scythes  and  cleared 
and  cleaned  up  the  cemetery  in  fairly  good  shape.  Disul- 
tory  attempts  to  keep  it  in  condition  were  made  along  till 
1903  when  the  work  of  beautifying  the  cemetery  was  begun 
in  earnest  by  the  Ladies  Magazine  Club  and  the  Century 
Club  which  clubs  took  up  the  burden  of  raising  money  and 
improving  the  cemetery  in  a  business  like  way.  This 
movement  crystalized  into  the  Greenfield  Cemetery  Asso- 
ciation which  was  incorporated  in  1913.  This  Association 
has  a  growing  list  of  members  and  enjoys  a  present  endow- 
ment fund  of  $3,500.  No  part  of  this  can  be  used  till  the 
fund  reaches  $4,500,  at  which  time  the  income  will  be  de- 
voted to  the  care  and  maintenance  of  the  cemetery.  The 
Association  now  has  300  members  who  pay  an  annual  dues 
of  $1.00  and  are  pledged  for  five  years.  It  is  to  the  ladies 
of  these  clubs  and  to  their  treasurer  under  whose  direc- 
tion their  funds  have  been  expended  that  we  owe  it  that 
the  Greenfield  Cemetery  is  one  of  the  beauty  spots  of 
west  Missouri. 

The  present  trustees  are: 

Ben  M.  Neale,  R.  H.  Merrill,  S.  A.  Payne,  F.  C.  Eastin, 
P.  D.  Stringfield,  F.  S.  Van  Osdell  and  P.  S.  Griffith.  Ben 
M.  Neale,  president;  F.  G.  Van  Osdell,  treasurer  and  man- 
ager. 

o 

WASHINGTON  LODGE  NO.  87,  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 

Nestor  of  Southwest  Missouri  Lodges  and  Mother  of 
Free  Masonry  in  this  section,  was  organized  under  charter 
October  12th,  1847  after  working  under  dispensation  for 
more  than  a  year  previous.  James  S.  Clarkson  was  the 
Master  under  dispensation  but  before  the  organization 
under  charter,  he  enlisted  in  the  U.  S.  army  and  went  to 
the  front  in  the  Mexican  War,  becoming-  Master  of  a 
Military  Lodge  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  conducted  for  the  benefit  of 
the  soldiers. 

In  October,  1847  the  organization  of  the  lodge  under 
charter  was  perfected  with  Win.  H.  Lathiin,  W.  M.,  Valen- 
tine Penzer,  Sr.,  W.  and  Archibold  M.  Long,  J.  W. 


294  HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

The  early  meetings  of  the  lodge  developed  that  the 
organization  was  to  be  a  pioneer  in  education  as  well  as  in 
Freemasonry  for  when  its  first  hall  was  constructed,  a 
frame  structure  which  stood  just  north  of  the  present 
grade  school  building  on  the  same  lot,  it  was  constructed 
two  stories  in  height,  the  ground  floor  being  used  for  an 
academy.  It  was  several  years  prior  to  the  civil  war  that 
this  building  became  inadequate  both  for  the  use  of  the 
lodge  and  for  an  academy  and  a  larger  and  more  pre- 
tentious brick  building  was  erected  on  the  site  of  the  pres- 
ent grades  school  building.  For  its  day  and  time  this  lat- 
ter was  a  great  credit  to  the  little  hamlet  of  Greenfield. 
In  fact  there  was  doubtless  none  other  so  good  owned  by 
the  Masonic  order  in  all  of  Southwest  Missouri,  not  except- 
ing the  larger  towns.  In  this  building  the  lodge  and  the 
academy  flourished  until  the  disturbances  of  the  civil  war 
made  the  maintenance  of  the  school  impracticable  and 
forced  the  lodge  to  seek  more  central  and  less  conspicuous 
quarters. 

At  the  close  of  the  war,  Washington  was  the  only 
chartered  lodge  in  all  Southwest  Missouri.  The  inability 
to  continue  their  meetings  and  preserve  their  records, 
caused  the  forfeiture  of  the  charters  of  all  others,  but  a 
valliant  little  band  of  heroic  Masters,  among  whom  were 
Dr.  S.  B.  Bowles,  W.  K.  Lathim,  Arch  M.  Long,  Nelson 
McDowell,  Columbus  Talbutt,  John  C.  Wetzol,  R.  S.  Jacobs 
and  John  Howard,  held  their  meetings  sometimes  on 
"high  hills"  or  on  "low  vales"  but  generally  in  the  old 
court  house  which  was  burned  by  Shelby's  brigade  in  1863, 
after  which  the  meetings  were  held  in  the  Lathim  building 
on  the  southwest  corner  of  the  square  (when  they  were 
held  in  doors),  until  the  close  of  the  war,  and  their  own 
building  on  the  hill  could  be  repaired  and  made  use  of. 
It  is  said  by  the  older  Masons  that  Dr.  Bowles  carried  the 
charter  of  Washington  Lodge  in  his  pocket  during  most  of 
the  war  period. 

The  Academy  building,  as  it  was  most  generally 
termed,  suffered  in  turn  with  most  everything  else  in  this 
troublous  war  period,  but  very  early  after  the  war  closed 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 295 

it  was  repaired  not  only  as  a  Masonic  Hall  but  fitted  also 
for  an  academy.  This  was  the  place  of  meeting  thence- 
forth up  to  the  building  of  the  R.  S.  Jacobs  block  on  the 
northeast  corner  of  the  square  when  a  third  story  was 
added  for  the  Masonic  orders.  A  chapter,  Greenfield  Xo. 
28,  having  been  organized  in  the  interim.  This  later  hall 
was  used  by  the  Masonic  bodies  a  Commandery,  Constan- 
tine  No.  27,  K.  T.  having  been  subsequently  chartered  in 
the  same  hall,  and  all  bodies  occupied  it  up  to  the  time 
the  building  burned,  December  29,  1914. 

After  removing  to  the  Jacobs  building,  the  lodge  sold 
their  property  on  the  hill  to  the  school  district.  With  the 
proceeds  of  this  sale  and  some  other  resources,  the  lodge 
built  the  Washington  Hotel  building  which  is  still  occu- 
pied as  a  hotel  and  under  the  original  name  of  the  Wash- 
ington. The  property  was  sold  some  years  ago  and  a 
portion  of  the  proceeds  invested  in  a  splendid  building 
site  on  the  west  side  of  the  square  where  the  construction 
of  a  strictly  modern  building  is  contemplated. 

On  the  occasion  of  both  the  fires  mentioned  all  her 
records  were  burned,  and  all  lodge  paraphanalia  but  un- 
dismayed her  communications  are  held  now  in  the  I.  0.  0. 
F.  lodge  rooms  and  should  she  never  accomplish  anything 
more  it  is  a  proud  record  to  look  back  upon — the  achieve- 
ments of  Washington  Lodge. 

She  gave  to  Missouri  her  greatest  Grand  Masonic  lec- 
turer, the  late  L.  Allan  McDowell,  who  received  his  first 
three  degrees  in  Greenfield. 


BIOGRAPHIES 

-OF- 

Prominent  Persons  and  Families 


MATHIAS  W.  ALLISON. 

Was  born  in  North  Missouri,  February  18th,  1859,  son 
of  C.  C.  and  Mary  (Williams)  Allison.  His  father  was  a 
native  of  Tennessee  and  his  mother  a  native  of  Missouri. 
His  grandfather,  Joseph  Allison,  settled  in  Dade  County  in 
the  early  30 's  in  Center  Township.  Both  his  parents  and 
grandparents  died  in  Ray  County,  Missouri,  and  are  buried 
there. 

Mathias  W.  Allison  remained  at  home  until  21  years 
of  age.  He  received  a  common  school  and  High  School 
education  and  entered  the  teachers'  profession,  which  he 
followed  for  23  years,  mostly  in  Dade  County.  He  also  did 
some  farming  in  the  meantime.  In  1890  he  bought  a  lot 
and  erected  a  residence  thereon  in  Greenfield,  where  he 
lived  for  11  years.  In  1901  he  moved  to  a  120-acre  farm 
belonging  to  his  wife  some  four  miles  northwest  of  Green- 
field. 

He  was  married  on  the  24th  day  of  December,  1884, 
to  Mary  V.  Hampton,  who  was  born  February  16th,  1865, 
daughter  of  James  and  Fmily  (Kjrkwood)  Hampton. 
Emily  Kirk  wood  came  to  Dade  County  at  the  age  of  15 
years  with  her  parents.  Her  mother  died,  and  was  the 
first  person  buried  in  the  \Yetzel  cemetery  near  Greenfield. 
After  the  death  of  her  mother,  her  father  returned  to  Ken- 
tucky, but  Fmily  remained  with  her  uncle,  John  Wetzel, 
and  here  she  married  James  Hampton.  Mrs.  Allison  was 
the  eighth  in  the  order  of  birth  of  a  family  of  11  children. 
Five  of  these  were  boys  and  six  girls.  Two  died  in  infancy 
and  two  daughters  and  one  son  died  after  they  were 
grown.  Their  mother,  Fmily  (Kirkwood)  Hampton,  died 
April  2Sth,  111]::,  at  the  age  of  S4  years,  8  months  and  17 
days.  She  was  born  in  Hopkins  County,  Kentucky,  August 
31st,  1*29,  and  was  married  to  James  Hampton  July  25th, 


D.XDi:     (OlMY     BANK.        K.     S.     JACOBS     BANKING     ((). 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE  297 

1847.  The  children  who  were  present  at  her  funeral  were 
Mrs.  Cerilla  Anderson,  Mrs.  M.  W.  Allison  and  her  four 
sons,  Albert,  Hugh,  Charley  and  Frank. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Allison  are  each  members  of  the  M.  E. 
church,  and  are  the  parents  of  seven  children,  all  living: 

(1)  Nora,   born   March   17th,    1886,    married   August 
3d,  1916,  to  Prof.  W.  S.  Smith  of  Lebanon,  Mo. 

(2)  Bert,  born  January  14th,  1888,  at  home  fanning 
with  his  father. 

(3)  Maud,  born  December  20th,   1890,  is  now  a  ste- 
nographer in  a  prominent  law  office  in  Oklahoma  City. 

(4)  Lenore,    born    January    31st,    1896,    engaged    in 
teaching. 

(5)  Finis,  born  July  15th,  1899,  is  at  home. 

(6)  Ada  Bell,  born 'December  30th,  1901. 

(7)  Virginia,  born  March  17th,  1908. 

Mr.  Allison  is  an  active  Republican  and  is  the  present 
County  Surveyor  of  Dade  County,  lie  is  a  member  of  the 
I.  0.  0.  F.  of  Greenfield.  His  father  was  a  member  of  the 
Missouri  State  Militia  during  the  war.  Mr.  Allison  was 
the  seventh  in  order  of  birth  of  a  family  of  12  children,  all 
but  two  of  which  grew  to  maturity.  Mr.  Allison  is  a  man 
of  culture  and  refinement  and  has  raised  a  splendid  family. 
He  has  always  been  deeply  interested  in  school  work,  hav- 
ing attended  Ozark  College  in  its  palmy  days,  and  has  suc- 
ceeded in  giving  his  children,  when  they  arrived  at  the 
proper  age,  the  advantage  of  a  higher  education. 

C.  R.  ALLISON. 

Born  in  the  State  of  Ohio  on  the  23rd  day  of  June, 
1867.  He  is  a  younger  brother  of  AVesley  X.  Allison,  and, 
by  reference  to  the  sketch  under  that  caption,  a  history 
of  his  parentage  may  be  found.  At  the  age  of  14  years  he 
came  to  Missouri  with  his  father,  lived  on  a  farm,  attended 
the  common  schools  of  the  county  and  spent  one  year  in 
Ozark  College  in  Greenfield.  After  this  limited  college 
career,  he  entered  the  profession  of  teaching,  and  for  five 
years  "handled  the  hickory'-  in  the  district  schools  of 
Dade  County.  At  the  mature  age  of  25  years  he  met,  ad- 
mired and  married  Fannie  Moore  on  the  9th  day  of  March, 
1892.  Fannie  was  the  only  daughter  of  Frank  Moore  and 


298 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

Mary  (Caldwell)  Moore,  the  former  being  a  native  of  Ken- 
tucky, while  the  latter  hailed  from  Tennessee.  They  were, 
however,  married  in  Dade  County,  and  were  farmers  and 
prosperous  people.  Mr.  Moore  died  March  5th,  1896,  and 
Mrs.  Moore  survived  him  but  four  years,  departing  this 
life  in  1900.  Mrs.  Moore  had  been  previously  married  to 
Thomas  Davis  (deceased),  who  at  his  death  left  surviving 
him  one  daughter,  who  is  now  Mrs.  George  Finley,  of 
Greenfield,  Mo. 

Mr.  Allison  entered  upon  his  agricultural  career  as  a 
tenant-farmer,  renting  the  Moore  homestead,  which  em- 
braced 200  acres  of  choice  Dade  County  dirt,  and  con- 
tinued to  cultivate  the  same  up  to  the  time  of  Mr.  Moore's 
<]<-ath,  at  which  time  he  had  accumulated  enough  of  this 
world's  goods  to  purchase  an  interest  therein,  subject  to 
the  widow's  dower,  and  as  the  years  went  by  his  pros- 
perity continued  to  such  an  extent  that  by  judicious  buy- 
ing and  selling,  planning  and  purchasing,  he  is  now  the 
proud  possessor  of  (540  acres  of  fertile  soil  in  South  air! 
adjoining  Townships.  In  keeping  with  the  splendid 
quality  of  his  farm,  Mr.  Allison  is  also  the  keeper  of  regis- 
tered Shorthorn  cattle,  and  annually  feeds  for  the  market 
a  car-load  or  more  of  hogs,  while  sheep  are  kept  in  suffi- 
cient numbers  to  discourage  the  growth  of  weeds  and  buck- 
brush  about  the  premises. 

Seven  children  have  come  to  bring  sunshine  into  the 
home  of  Mr.  Allison  and  his  good  wife: 

David  F.,  "born  September  21st,  1893. 

John  Ernest,  born  November  16th,  1898. 

Mary,  born  May  25th,  1901. 

Hoyt  Ross,  born  April  18th,  1905. 

William  Ralph,  born  October  l.'Jth,  1907. 

James  Wesley,  born  April  3rd,  1911. 

Harry   Watts*   born  July  22,  1914. 

David  F.,  the  elder  son,  has  been  given  a  good  educa- 
tion, being  a  student  first  at  Morrisville  Academy  and  later 
graduating  from  Marionville  College. 

Religiously,  Mr.  Allison  and  his  wife  are  members  of 
the  M.  F.  Church,  but  broad  enough  denominationally  to 
worship  with  God's  people  by  whatever  name. 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE  299 


Aside  from  his  farming1  enterprises,  Mr.  Allison  was 
one  of  the  original  organizers  of  the  Bank  of  Pennsboro, 
and  is  now  its  Assistant  Cashier. 

The  most  generous  impulse  in  the  heart  of  Mr.  Allison 
is  a  desire  to  be  a  home  builder  lie  has  remodeled  the 
old  Moore  homestead  so  that  it  is  now  one  of  the  most 
attractive  farm  homes  to  be  found  in  th  *  country.  In 
addition  to  the  residence,  he  has  erected  a  mammoth  barn 
and  many  convenient  outhouses.  His  farm  has  the  general 
appearance  of  thrift,  industry  and  prosperity. 

In  politics,  Mr.  Allison  is  a  Republican.  He  has  given 
many  years  of  service  on  the  school  board,  and  is  now 
president  of  the  Pennsboro  Consolidated  school  district. 

Just  a  word  here  concerning  the  Moore  family  might 
not  be  out  of  order.  Mrs.  Allison's  grandparents  came  to 
Dade  County  from  Kentucky  about  the  year  1837.  This 
was  David  Moore  and  Nancy  (Thompson)  Moore.  They 
entered  and  improved  400  acres  of  land,  living  in  a  double 
log  hoube,  and  reared  a  family  of  six  children,  four  boys 
and  two  girls,  all  of  whom  are  dead  except  Miss  Moore 
of  Pennsboro. 

Mr.  Moore,  the  father-in-law  of  Mr.  Allison,  was  a 
forty-niner,  and  made  four  trips  to  the  Golden  State  in 
the  quest  of  the  precious  metal,  in  which  adventure  he  was 
most  successful,  and  on  one  of  the  return  trips  enjoyed 
the  unusual  pleasure  of  a  trip  around  Cape  Horn  and  home 
via  New  York. 

A  union  between  scions  of  parent  pioneer  stock  which 
possessed  the  hardihood  to  brave  the  threatened  death  of 
the  desert  and  the  dangers  of  the  deep,  a  heart  to  subdue 
the  forest  and  conquer  the  wights  of  the  wilderness,  will 
bear  its  fruit  in  the  commoner  walks  of  life,  where  a 
heritage  of  courage  and  conviction  is  bequeathed  to  a 
family  of  cherished  children. 


WESLEY  N.  ALLISON. 

Entered  upon  the  activities  of  this  life  in  the  State  of 
Ohio  on  the  3rd  day  of  April,  1863.  His  father,  David  J. 
Allison,  was  born  in  the  State  of  Ohio  August  7th,  1828, 


300 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  settled  in  Jasper  County, 
Missouri,  in  1881,  but  in  the  year  1883  concluded  that 
Dade  County  offered  better  opportunities,  and,  in  keeping 
with  that  conviction,  purchased  92  acres  of  land  in  South 
Township,  about  five  miles  from  the  present  site  of  Penns- 
boro.  He  was  a  good  man,  a  member  of  the  M.  E.  church, 
and  died  during  the  year  1900,  and  was  buried  at  Penns- 
boro. 

David  J.  Allison  was  married  to  Mary  Jane  Williams, 
a  native  of  Ohio,  about  the  year  1848.  She  was  born  in 
1831,  and  after  her  marriage  she  shared  the  joys  and  sor- 
rows of  her  life  with  her  husband  until  the  year  1875, 
when  she  was  called  home.  They  raised  a  family  of  ten 
children,  all  of  whom  are  now  living  but  four,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch  being  eighth  in  order  of  birth.  David  J. 
Allison  remarried,  his  second  wife  being  Lucinda  Weed, 
also  a  native  of  Ohio,  this  event  taking  place  in  1876. 
To  this  union  were  born  two  children.  Lucinda  (Weed) 
Allison  still  resides  in  Pennsboro,  and  her  two  children, 
Virgil  D.  and  Lawson  Stapp,  both  live  in  Dade  County. 

Wesley  X.  Allison  in  boyhood  was  a  good  student,  and 
early  graduated  from  the  common  schools  of  his  neigh- 
borhood in  Ohio,  after  which  he  attended  Rio  Grande  Col- 
lege in  Gallia  County,  Ohio,  and  some  years  later  attended 
Ozark  College  in  Greenfield  for  two  years.  He  remained 
at  home  until  the  year  1892,  when,  on  the  27th  day  of  July 
of  that  year,  he  married  Louann  Speer,  a  native  of  Dade 
County  and  a  daughter  of  Mathias  Speer,  one  of  the  early 
settlers  of  the  county.  Her  mother  was  formerly  Mary 
Hudspeth,  a  member  of  another  of  the  pioneer  families  of 
the  county. 

Mrs.  Louann  Allison  died  September  9th,  1900,  leav- 
ing surviving  her  three  children,  two  of  whom  are  now 
living,  viz.:  Myrtle  V.,  born  November  4th,  1893,  now  Mrs. 
Homer  Batten  of  Carthage.  She  graduated  from  Marion- 
ville  College  in  1915.  Truman  S.  Allison  was  born  March 
5th,  1898,  and  graduated  from  Marionville  College  in  1915, 
and  is  now  at  home,  engaged  in  farming.  Both  he  and  his 
sister  are  promising  young  people,  Myrtle  being  an  accom- 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 301 

plishod  musician,  while  her  brother  bears  the  distinction 
of  being  a  college-bred  young  man  without  the  snobbish- 
ness which  usually  accompanies  that  attainment.  Each 
member  of  this  family  have  membership  in  the  M.  E. 
Church,  while  Mr.  Allison  also  has  fraternal  instincts, 
being  an  Odd  Fellow,  a  W.  0.  W.  and  a  Mason,  and  a 
prominent  member  in  each  of  the  three  lodges. 

After  his  marriage,  Mr.  Allison  taught  school  for  17 
years,  two  years  having  been  spent  in  Jasper  County  and 
the  remaining  15  years  in  the  schools  of  Dade  County. 
Mr.  Allison  also  found  time  during  those  years  to  do  a 
little  farming,  but  on  January  5th,  1915,  helped  to  organize 
the  Bank  of  Pennsboro,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $10,000, 
and  a  modern  bank  home  of  brick  was  built,  equipped 
with  up-to-date  appliances  in  the  way  of  vault,  safe  and 
furniture.  Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  this  bank  was 
organized  largely  for  the  accommodation  of  local  farmers 
and  business  men,  its  deposits  have  steadily  increased 
and  are  now  well  above  the  $15,000  mark. 

The  officers  of  this  bank  are  as  follows: 

President,  James  N.  Snaden. 

Vice  President,  G.  W.  Snaden. 

Cashier,  W.  N.  Allison. 

Assistant  Cashier,  C.  R.  Allison. 

Director,  C.  P.  Collins. 

Director,  J.  L.  Stapp. 

Director,  James  Copeland. 

All  of  whom  constitute  the  board  of  directors. 

As  might  well  be  expected,  the  parent  stock  being 
firmly  grounded  in  the  soil  of  Ohio,  the  offspring  would 
of  necessity  be  Republican,  but  contrary  to  the  traditions 
and  practices  of  his  party,  Mr.  Allison  was  never  an  office- 
seeker.  Besides  being  a  banker,  Mr.  Allison  is  a  farmer. 
He  is  the  owner  of  one  of  the  splendid  farms  of  Pennsyl- 
vania Prairie,  consisting  of  480  broad  acres,  practically 
in  one  body,  near  Pennsboro.  His  residence  is  a  modern 
structure  of  eight  well-furnished  rooms,  and  pleasant  sur- 
roundings. It  was  built  in  1904  and  is  just  such  a  home 
as  any  Dade  County  farmer  might  well  be  proud. 


302  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

The  community  in  general,  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Pennsboro,  when  speaking  of  their  prominent  citizens  and 
of  the  men  who  have  contributed  most  to  the  general  wel- 
fare of  the  public,  always  include  Mr.  Allison  in  that  list. 
He  has  achieved  success,  both  socially,  intellectually  and 
financially,  and  richly  merits  the  good-will  of  his  neigh- 
bors and  the  admiration  of  his  friends. 


JOSEPH  M.  ALEXANDER. 

Deceased. 

Among  the  old  soldier  records  of  the  Civil  war  from 
Dade  County,  none  deserves  more  extended  mention  than 
['rich'  Joe  Alexander,  late  of  Dadeville.  He  was  born  in 
Henry  County,  Iowa,  June  llth,  1843,  a  son  of  Daniel  and 
Lettie  (Rogers)  Alexander,  both  natives  of  Tennessee, 
where  they  were  married,  and  emigrated  to  Iowa  as  young 
people,  and  where  they  remained  and  farmed  up  to  the 
year  1  s.~>(5,  when  they  moved  to  Dade  County  and  settled 
about  one  mile  from  Greenfield.  Here  they  stayed  until 
the  Civil  war  broke  out,  and,  being  favorable  to  the  South 
in  this  trouble,  they  moved  to  Texas,  and  he  served  in  the 
Confederate  army  as  a  lieutenant.  After  the  war  they 
both  remained  in  Texas,  where  they  passed  away.  Joseph 
was  for  the  Tnion  and  remained  in  Dade.  He  was  mar- 
ried Sept.  20th,  18(50,  to  Miss  Adaline  Morris,  who  was 
horn  July  Mrd  1^4.'],  a  daughter  of  George  and  Patsey 
Morris.  In  18(51  Joseph  Alexander  enlisted  in  Company 
C.  Sixth  Missouri  Volunteer  Cavalry,  under  Capt.  Mont- 
gomery, and  served  in  all,  three  years  and  twenty  days. 
-aw  much  active  service,  but  was  never  wounded  or 

T,  At  Little  Rock,  Ark.,  he  was  transferred 
inois  Cavalry,  and  marched  with  Gen.  Sher- 

-ea.  He  was  in  active  service  before  Vicks- 
the  battle  of  Chicamauga.  Discharged  at 

,  La.,  returning  home  he  rented  land  for  one 
north  of  Dadeville,  then  moved  to  Petis  County, 
Mi.-Mniri,  where  he  farmed  for  four  years  But  he  could 
not  stay  away  from  good  old  Dade  County,  so  he  returned 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 303 

and  took  up  40  acres  of  government  land  in  Morgan  Town- 
ship, subsequently  selling  this  to  a  mining  company,  when 
he  bought  40  acres  just  south  of  Dadeville,  improved  it, 
prospered,  and  added  to  his  holdings  until  he  had  160 
acres  in  a  body  of  the  best  land  to  be  had  in  the  county. 
In  1900  he  decided  to  take  life  more  easy,  and  bought  a 
nice  little  place  containing  two  acres  right  in  Dadeville 
and  only  a  short  distance  from  his  fine  farm,  which  he 
turned  over  to  his  son,  Ulysses,  who  now  resides  on  the 
home  place  and  has  made  a  decided  success  as  a  farmer 
and  stockman.  To  Uncle  Joe  and  his  wife  were  born 
three  children,  who  grew  to  maturity.  They  are,  Mordica, 
a  farmer  of  Texas;  Corry,  now  Mrs.  Ad  Wrightman  of 
Springfield,  Mo.,  and  Ulysses  of  Dade.  There  are  fifteen 
grandchildren.  Uncle  Joe  passed  to  "the  great  beyond" 
Dec.  15th,  1916,  mourned  by  a  host  of  warm  friends  and 
relatives,  lie  was  of  the  grand  old  stock  that  the  true 
pioneer  is  made  of,  and  has  left  a  memory  behind  him  of 
duty  well  and  faithfully  performed;  lie  was  a  kindly,  love- 
able  gentleman,  and  we  of  the  younger  generation  arf 
proud  to  honor  his  memory. 

o 

JOHN  E.  ADAMSON. 

Among  the  highly  successful  bankers  and  business 
men,  we  could  not  fail  to  mention  J.  E.  Adamson  of  Ever- 
ton.  Air.  Adamson  was  born  in  Lawrence  County,  Mis- 
souri, a  son  of  Edward  J.  and  Elender  (Smith)  Adamson, 
natives  of  Tennessee  and  Missouri,  respectively.  He  was 
of  Irish  ancestry  and  settled  in  Lawrence  County  Missouri, 
in  the  early  days,  where  he  became  a  successful  fanner. 
He  owned  some  800  acres  of  fine  laud  located  on  Turn- 
back. He  moved  to  Evcrton  in  1889,  where  he  passed 
away  in  1901.  He  was  a  veteran  of  the  Mexican  war  and 
served  in  the  Home  Guards  during  the  Civil  war.  He  was 
a  fine  citizen  and  a  Christian  gentleman,  and  died  in  the 
faith  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  South. 

John  E.  Adamson  was  raised  on  the  farm  and  received 
a  good  education,  attending  the  country  schools  and  col- 
lege, both  at  Marionville  and  Morrisville.  For  some  year& 


304 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  IT8  PEOPLE 

Mr.  Adamson  was  in  the  mercantile  business  at  Lawrence- 
burg,  in  Lawrence  County,  and  also  ran  a  flouring  mill  at 
Miller,  Mo.  In  1898  he  was  elected  as  County  Clerk  of 
Lawrence  County,  where  he  served  four  years.  In  1903 
he  organized  the  Bank  of  Miller,  serving  as  president  and 
as  cashier  for  one  year,  and,  selling  out  the  bank  in  1907, 
he  moved  to  Springfield  for  the  benefit  of  the  schools  for 
his  children.  In  1910  he  organized  the  Citizens'  Bank  of 
Everton,  and  has  served  as  its  cashier  ever  since. 

Mr.  Adamson  married  Margaret  Burk  in  1887,  whc 
was  born  in  Texas,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  Burk, 
who  came  to  Lawrence  County  about  1872.  Mr.  Burk  is 
now  deceased  and  his  widow  lives  with  a  daughter  in 
Green  County.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Adamson  have  been  born 
seven  children,  as  follows:  Luther  W.,  who  is  a  prominent 
attorney  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.;  Don  0.  is  assistant  cashier 
of  the  Citizen's  Bank  of  Everton ;  Hutton  L.  is  a  farmer 
and  miner  of  Lawrence  County;  Harlan  C.,  Annie  Helen, 
Vincil  T.  and  Robert  T.  are  at  home,  and  receiving  the 
best  of  educational  advantages.  Mr.  Adamson  is  a  Demo- 
crat in  politics  and  fraternally  is  a  member  of  the  A.  F. 
A.  M.  and  I.  O.  0.  F.  Mr.  Adamson  is  considered  one  of 
our  most  progressive  and  best-educated  business  men.  He 
has  the  natural  instinct  of  the  successful  banker,  he  is 
kindly  and  courteous  in  all  his  business  dealings,  and  this, 
with  the  deserved  reputation  as  to  honorale  methods  in 
all  things,  has  earned  for  him  his  well-deserved  business 
success. 


JUDGE  WALTER  BUFFINGTON. 

Deceased. 

The  late  Judge  Walter  Buffington  was  born  in  Ohio 
March  f.th,  isf)f),  the  son  of  Elisha  and  Ruth  (Smart)  Buf- 
fin.irton,  both  of  whom  were  born  in  West  Virginia  and 
emigrated  to  Ohio  in  the  early  40s.  Elisha  Buffington 
followed  river  boatin.tr,  and  followed  this  business  until  he 
came  to  Dade  County,  just  prior  to  the  Civil  war.  He 
bought  land  here  and  began  farming  on  a  half  section  of 
trood  hind.  lie  brought  with  him  a  family  of  six  children, 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 305 

and  had  just  begun  to  get  along  nicely  when  the  war  broke 
out,  with  all  its  dangers  to  settlers  in  this  section,  and  he 
decided  to  return  to  Ohio,  which  he  did,  taking  his  family 
with  him. 

His  sentiments  were  with  the  Union,  and  he  enlisted 
in  the  Union  army  and  served  with  credit  to  himself.  He 
subsequently  returned  to  Missouri  and  purchased  a  half 
section  of  land  in  Green  County,  near  Lawrenceburg, 
where  he  passed  away. 

Judge  Walter  Buffington  started  in  life  for  himself 
with  little  else  than  a  stout  heart  and  a  determination 
to  make  his  mark  in  the  world.  At  the  age  of  16  years 
he  started  working  out  on  farms,  and  continued  until  his 
marriage.  He  had  purchased  40  acres  of  land  in  Dado 
County,  near  Lockwood,  and  here  his  widow  now  lives. 
On  December  31st,  1874,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Josephine 
Gentry,  who  was  born  in  Kentucky  January  20th,  1855, 
a  daughter  of  William  E.  and  Maria  (Miller)  Gentry,  both 
natives  of  Kentucky.  William  Gentry  and  his  wife  came 
to  Dade  County  in  1872,  and  settled  near  Lockwood,  to 
the  west,  but  in  later  years  lived  just  north  of  Lockwood, 
where  they  both  passed  away.  Mr.  Gentry  died  January 
23rd,  1890,  and  his  wife  followed  him  very  shortly,  on  May 
18th,  1890. 

When  Judge  Buffington  first  went  to  work  on  his 
little  farm  his  nearest  market  was  at  Nevada,  30  miles 
to  the  north  and  west,  and  Lockwood  was  a  little  city  of 
the  future.  This  good  man  and  his  wife  prospered  and 
added  to  their  earthly  goods  until  they  had  160  acres  of 
good  Dade  County  land,  but,  best  of  all,  they  raised  a  fine 
family  of  nine  children,  all  of  whom  are  decidedly  worthy 
of  mention.  The  oldest,  Miller  G.,  was  born  May  26th, 
1876,  married  Miss  Alpha  Mitzell,  and  they  live  in  Okla- 
homa City,  where  he  is  following  the  railroad  business. 
They  have  one  child,  Dorothy.  Lula  R.  was  born  Decem- 
ber llth,  1878,  and  married  Dee  Pipkin,  a  successful  farmer 
of  Kansas,  and  they  have  a  family  of  two  children,  Paul 
and  Josephine.  William  E.  was  born  June  8th,  1882,  and 
is  one  of  Dade  County's  prominent  farmers,  having  charge 


306  HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

of  the  home  place,  with  his  mother.  Josephine  was  born 
July  20th,  1884,  and  married  Dr.  John  E.  Newman,  who 
is  a  prominent  professional  man  of  Fort  Scott,  Kas.,  where 
he  owns  and  operates  a  hospital.  They  have  two  children, 
John  and  Catherine.  Maggie  was  born  Oct.  29th,  1887, 
and  married  J.  P.  Mason,  and  she  is  a  competent  stenog- 
rapher and  at  present  living  in  Oklahoma,  while  her  little 
daughter,  Elizabeth,  is  with  her  Grandmother  Buffington. 
Montie  Ruth  was  born  April  27th,  1890,  and  married  Jesse 
Douthart,  who  is  a  merchant  of  Cullison,  Kas.  Walter, 
born  May  24th,  1892,  is  now  teaching  in  Kansas.  Clara, 
born  June  24th,  1895,  is  clerking  in  Pratt,  Kas.  Frances, 
born  February  24th,  1898,  is  clerking  in  Cullison,  Kas.  Of 
this  fine  family,  all  have  received  good  educations,  and  it 
is  a  remarkable  fact  that  six  of  them  have  been  teachers. 

Judge  Buffington  was  a  Democrat  and  prominent  in 
his  party  councils,  and  was  elected  judge  of  the  western 
district,  in  which  position  he  served  with  entire  satisfac- 
tion to  all;  he  also  took  the  census  of  1890.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  I  0.  0.  F.  and  the  I.  0.  U.  W.  Mr.  Buffington 
died  Sept.  28th,  1891, and  his  demise  was  a  distinct  loss  to 
the  entire  county.  He  was  a  remarkable  man,  thoughtful, 
earnest  and  honorable,  loved  by  all;  a  great  lover  of  home 
and  family,  and,  it  was  said  by  the  late  Aaron  D.  States, 
that  lie  was  one  of  the  very  best-educated  men  in  Dade 
County. 


SILAS  BELL. 

Silas  Bell  was  born  in  Tenn,  Monroe  County,  May 
12th,  1848,  and  is  the  son  of  Rev.  John  W.  Bell  and  Eliza 
.Jane  Allen,  his  wife.  The  wife  died  in  Tenn,  leaving  four 
children,  of  whom  Silas  was  the  first  son  and  the  second 
in  ordor  of  birth.  The  others,  Mary  Ellen,  married  Mark 
Oil  more,  and  is  deceased,  after  raising  a  family  of  six  chil- 
dren; Anna  R.  married  W.  A.  Morris,  and  they  reside  in 
Texas,  and  Thos.  J.  is  deceased.  John  W.  Bell  married 
as  his  second  wife  Malinda  Wilson,  who  was  a  native  of 
Tenn,  and  there  they  were  married  and  came  to  Dade 
County  in  1856,  traveling  overland  by  ox  and  mule  teams. 


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They  bought  land  in  Polk  Township  and  farmed,  adding 
to  their  original  purchase  until  they  had  240  acres,  living 
there  until  1872,  when  he  traded  his  place  for  200  acres 
in  Lawrence  County,  Missouri,  where  he  resided  until  his 
wife  died,  and  then  he  divided  his  land  among  his  chil- 
dren and  came  to  live  with  his  son,  Silas.  During  all  this 
time,  John  W.  Bell  was  a  very  prominent  preacher  in  the 
Presbyterian  Church.  He  passed  to  his  heavenly  reward 
April  24th,  1914,  at  the  venerable  age  of  89  years,  and 
after  a  long  life  of  doing  good  to  his  fellow-man.  He 
was  loved  by  all  who  knew  him,  and  his  memory  will  never 
die.  To  his  second  wife  were  born  six  children,  as  follows: 
John,  now  of  Oklahoma;  Bettie  is  deceased;  Joe,  of  Law- 
rence County;  Tennessee  married  Phil  Carter  and  is  living 
in  Lawrence  County,  Missouri;  America,  now  Mrs.  Perve 
Carter  of  Lawrence  County,  Missouri;  Charles  P.  of  Okla- 
homa. Silas  Bell  started  out  in  life  for  himself  at  the  age 
of  21  on  a  farm  in  Rock  Prairie  Township,  just  east  of 
Everton.  This  consisted  of  84  acres,  and  this  he  improved 
and  lived  there  four  years,  at  which  time  he  traded  for 
100  acres  of  the  old  Bell  homestead  in  Dade  County,  keep- 
ing this  for  six  years,  when  he  sold  and  farmed  rented 
land  for  some  ten  years,  finally  buying  115  acres  in  Rock 
Prairie  Township,  and  after  greatly  improving  this  and 
also  adding  to  the  acreage  until  he  had  155  acres,  sold  out 
in  1914  and  went  to  live  with  his  son,  James  A.  Bell  of 
Polk  Township.  Silas  Bell  was  married  July  30th,  1868, 
to  Elizabeth  Grisham,  born  in  Dade  County  in  1849.  They 
were  the  parents  of  eight  children,  as  follows:  John  T. 
married  Laura  Jerome,  and  both  died,  leaving  one  son, 
Leonard  Paul,  who  was  raised  by  his  grandparents,  Silas 
Bell  and  wife,  and  is  now  living  in  Ash  Grove,  Green 
County;  Samuel  "VV.  married  Nellie  Jerome,  and  is  de- 
ceased, and  his  widow  now  lives  in  Idaho  and  has  one 
son,  named  Wayne  Bell;  James  A.,  of  whom  a  sketch  may 
be  found  elsewhere;  Michael  M.  married  Pina  Woods,  and 
is  living  in  Hickory  County,  Missouri,  his  family  consist- 
ing of  two  children,  Louis  and  James  Silas '•  Henry  S. 
married  Hettie  Dawson,  and  they  live  near  Ash  Grove, 


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Mo.,  and  have  one  child,  Harold  Bell;  William  A.  married 
Elsie  Burne,  and  lives  in  Idaho,  having  two  children,  Her- 
bert and  Lorine;  Silas  D.  married  Inez  Thompson,  and  also 
lives  in  Idaho,  and  has  one  child,  Oral;  Lizzie  married 
Boyd  Hayes,  and  they  live  south  of  Emmet,  Dade  County, 
and  their  two  children  are  named  Elwin  and  Virginia. 
Mrs.  Bell,  the  mother  of  this  family,  died  Feb.  6th,  1908, 
after  a  life  well  spent,  and  leaving  a  host  of  warm  friends. 
Silas  Bell  is  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  Church.  He  is  one  of  our  most  honored  citizens. 
His  word  is  as  good  as  his  bond.  May  he  live  long  and  his 
declining  years  be  full  of  happiness  and  contentment,  is 
the  earnest  wish  of  his  many,  many  friends  and  neighbors. 


JAMES  A.  BELL. 

James  A.  Bell,  prominent  farmer  and  stockman  of 
Polk  Township,  Dade  County,  was  born  March  28th,  1874, 
a  son  of  Silas  Bell  and  wife,  a  sketch  of  whom  will  be 
found  on  another  page  of  this  work.  James  Bell  had  the 
usual  farmer  boy  experiences  up  to  the  time  of  his  mar- 
riage, and  then  life  began  in  earnest,  he  first  operating  a 
120-acre  farm  in  Dade  County,  where  he  stayed  for  six 
years,  when  lie  sold  this  and  moved  to  Hickory  County, 
buying  200  acres,  and  stayed  six  years  and  returned  and 
bought  335  acres  in  Rock  Prairie  Township,  which  lie 
farmed  for  four  years  and  then  traded  for  the  old  Comp- 
ton  homestead  in  Polk  Township,  where  he  now  lives. 
This  fine  place  consists  of  492  acres  of  as  fine  land  as  can 
be  found  in  Dade  County.  This  place  includes  the  old 
Nancy  McGee  farm,  on  which  zinc  ore  was  first  discovered 
in  Dade  County,  and  Mr.  Boll  is  now  carrying  on  mining 
to  some  extent.  On  this  fine  tract  of  land  are  two  sets  of 
frame  buildings  and  two  silos  with  170  tons  capacity  each; 
also  very  large  and  commodious  stock  barns  and  sheds. 
This  place  is  exceptionally  well-watered  with  river,  spring 
branches  and  springs.  Truly,  this  is  one  of  the  very  best 
stock  ranches  in  the  entire  county,  and  here  one  may  see 
irreat  herds  of  cattle  and  hogs  of  good  breeds.  Mr.  Bell 
keeps  a  throughbred  Hereford  bull,  and  is  a  decided  sue- 


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cess  as  a  stockman,  always  keeping  his  herds  headed  with 
good  blood.  He  raises  mules  to  advantage.  He  carries  on 
general  farming  in  the  most  approved  and  up-to-date  man- 
ner, and  to  say  that  he  is  a  success  as  a  farmer  and  stock- 
man is  putting  it  mildly,  indeed.  Everything  around  this 
large  ranch  shows  that  Mr.  Bell  knows  his  business,  and 
it  is  to  be  mentioned  that,  in  addition  to  these  large  farm- 
ing and  stock  operations,  Mr.  Bell  and  his  father,  Silas 
Bell,  do  a  large  part  of  the  thrashing  for  that  section  of 
the  country,  as  they  own  a  complete  thrashing  outfit.  Mr. 
Bell  was  married  Nov.  27th,  1898,  to  Miss  Amanda  E. 
Hurst,  who  was  born  in  Dade  County  Feb.  20th,  1879,  a 
daughter  of  J.  T.  and  Emily  Bell  (Hayes)  Hurst.  The 
father  died  in  1910,  while  his  wife  is  now  living  in  Ever- 
ton,  Mo.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bell  have  a  fine  family  of  seven 
children.  They  are  all  at  home  and  named  as  follows: 
Olive,  born  Sept.  15th,  1899;  Marvin,  born  Feb.  13th,  1902; 
Hugh,  born  Feb.  16th,  1904;  John,  born  April  8th,  1906; 
Howard,  born  July  13th,  1908;  Emily,  born  Aug.  30th, 
1910,  and  Silas,  born  June  21st,  1915.  Truly,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Bell  may  well  be  proud  of  this  fine  family,  all  of  whom  are 
receiving  the  best  of  school  advantages,  and  will  surely 
grow  up  to  become  good  citizens.  In  politics,  Mr.  Bell  is 
a  Democrat,  and  he  and  his  family  are  members  of  the 
Baptist  Church.  This  fine,  industrious  gentleman  we  are 
proud  to  own  as  a  leading  citizen  of  our  county. 


GEORGE  THOMAS  BARKER. 

George  Thomas  Barker  was  born  in  Henry  County, 
Missouri,  November  28th,  1872.  His  father,  Shell  Barker, 
was  born  in  Kentucky,  and  came  to  Henry  County,  Mis- 
souri, at  an  early  date,  where  he  carried  on  farming  and 
stock  raising  to  a  large  extent.  His  wife  was  Mary  Spence, 
who  was  a  native  of  Missouri.  They  had  six  children, 
as  follows:  Nealie,  William,  Robert  and  Mary,  all  de- 
ceased. Nannie  is  now  Mrs.  Henry  Barker  of  Kentucky, 
and  George  Barker,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

Mr.  Barker  lived  on  the  farm  until  he  was  11  years 
of  age,  when  he  came  to  Dade  County  with  an  uncle,  Wil- 


310 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

liam  C.  Barker,  who  run  the  Everton  hotel  for  many  years, 
in  fact,  up  to  the  time  of  his  death.  Mr.  Barker  attended 
the  Everton  schools,  after  which  he  went  into  the  grain 
business,  working  for  J.  E.  Gyles.  He  followed  this  for 
11  years,  and  in  1896  bought  out  Gyles  and  conducted  the 
business  under  the  firm  name  of  Barker  &  Poindexter, 
his  partner  being  William  B.  Poindexter.  They  run  the 
business  under  this  name  for  about  two  years,  when  Mr. 
Barker  bought  out  Mr.  Poindexter  and  continued  in  the 
grain  business  for  another  two  years  on  his  own  account, 
then  selling  one-half  to  A.  W.  Poindexter,  and  continued 
again  under  the  firm  name  of  Barker  &  Poindexter  for 
the  following  two  years,  when  his  partner  sold  out  to 
C.  W.  Barker,  and  they  run  the  business  under  the  firm 
name  of  C.  W.  Barker  &  Company.  This  partnership  con- 
tinued until  the  death  of  C.  W.  Barker,  in  1912.  The  ele- 
vator is  run  under  the  name  of  John  F.  Myers  &  Son  of 
Springfield  and  St.  Louis,  but  Mr.  Barker  retains  one- 
quarter  interest.  This  firm  owns  elevators  at  Everton 
Ash  Grove  and  Bois  d'Arc. 

Gn  October  14,  1903,  George  T.  Barker  married  Miss 
Mary  A.  Mason,  a  native  of  Missouri,  who  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 12,  1873,  and  to  them  have  been  born  two  children, 
Helen,  born  July  7,  1898,  employed  in  the  postoffice  at 
Everton,  and  Ruth,  born  July  19,  1902,  is  at  home. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Barker  are  members  of  the  Baptist 
Church,  in  which  they  are  both  prominent.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  Lodge  No.  405,  also  of  the  Macca- 
bees and  Modern  Brotherhood  of  America.  In  politics, 
he  is  a  Democrat,  serving  on  the  Township  Democratic 
Committee  for  13  years  and  was  appointed  Deputy  State 
Fish  Commissioner,  but  resigned  this  latter  position  to 
take  charge  of  the  postoffice  at  Everton,  when  he  was  ap- 
pointed February  25,  1915,  which  office  he  now  holds,  to 
the  entire  satisfaction  of  the  citizens  of  Everton.  Mr. 
Barker  is  a  clean-cut  business  man,  and  is  considered  one 
of  the  foremost  citizens  of  Everton  and  Dade  County.  He 
is  a  courteous  Christian  gentleman  and  deserves  the  high 
esteem  in  which  he  is  held  by  all  who  know  him. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  311 

HENRY  BARTLING. 

One  of  the  prosperous  German-Americans  who  has 
made  good  in  Dade  County.  He  was  born  in  Washington 
County,  Illinois,  January  10th,  1855,  son  of  Fred  and 
Frederica  (Sundermyer)  Bartling,  both  now  deceased. 
His  parents  were  each  born  in  Germany,  Prussia,  and 
came  to  America  in  1854,  locating  in  Washington  County, 
Illinois,  and  engaged  in  farming. 

Fred  Bartling  took  regular  military  training  while 
in  Germany  and  was  an  officer  in  the  Franco-Prussian  war, 
receiving  two  medals  for  conspicuous  service  and  bravery 
in  battle.  During  the  Civil  war  he  was  chief  officer  of  the 
Home  Guards  at  Minden,  Ills. 

Henry  was  the  third  of  a  family  of  seven  children. 
He  received  his  education  at  Minden,  111.,  is  a  member  of 
the  Missouri  Synod  of  the  German  Evangelical  Lutheran 
Church,  and  is  a  Democrat  in  politics. 

On  the  16th  day  of  February,  1877,  he  was  married  to 
Minnie  Winter,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Caroline  (Hake) 
Winter.  Her  father  and  mother  were  each  born  in  Han- 
over, Germany.  Henry  Winter  was  a  carpenter  by  trade, 
but  came  to  Illinois  at  an  early  day  and  settled  at  Okaw- 
ville,  Washington  County.  He  enlisted  in  the  Civil  war, 
but  was  discharged  on  account  of  ill  health. 

Mrs.  Bartling  is  the  oldest  of  a  family  of  five  chil- 
dren. She  was  educated  at  Okawville,  Ills. 

Mr.  Bartling  lived  at  home  until  his  father's  death, 
which  occurred  when  Henry  was  about  13  years  of  age. 
He  then  hired  out  to  work  on  a  farm  by  the  year,  and  re- 
ceived $65.00  per  year  for  the  first  year,  staying  seven 
years.  His  employer  was  so  well  pleased  with  his  services 
that  he  gave  him  an  additional  $20.00  each  year  during 
the  service. 

After  that  he  worked  at  different  places  for  two  years, 
when  he  was  able  to  buy  a  farm  of  100  acres,  got  married, 
and  began  farming  for  himself.  At  the  end  of  three  years 
he  sold  out  at  a  good  figure  and  came  to  Dade  County, 
bought  320  acres  of  raw  prairie  five  miles  northwest  of 
Lockwood.  This  land  Mr.  Bartling  cultivated  and  im- 


312 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

proved  until  in  a  few  years  it  was  one  of  the  best  farms 
in  the  neighborhood.  In  addition  to  general  farming,  Mr. 
Bartling  raised  a  large  number  of  cattle,  hogs  and  sheep, 
especially  the  latter. 

In  1909  he  sold  his  farm  and  retired  to  Lockwood, 
buying  a  fine  residence  property  and  28  acres  of  land  ad- 
joining the  city  limits  on  the  southwest.  The  residue  of 
his  savings  he  very  wisely  invested  in  a  splendid  Grant 
Township  farm  of  400  acres. 

Aside  from  farming  and  stock  raising,  Mr.  Bartling 
has  been  and  is  now  an  auctioneer,  conducting  many  large 
sales  in  Dade  and  adjoining  counties.  He  is  a  splendid 
judge  of  live  stock  values,  and  has  a  wide  acquaintance 
among  the  leading  farmers,  which  makes  his  services  as 
an  auctioneer  especially  attractive. 

Two  public  enterprises  have  received  Mr.  Bartling 's 
undivided  support — The  Dade  County  Fair  Association 
and  the  Farmers'  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company.  Of 
the  latter,  Mr.  Bartling  was  the  principal  organizer. 

He  has  never  aspired  to  be  an  officeholder,  but  has 
devoted  considerable  energy  in  the  good-roads  movement, 
and  at  present  is  President  of  the  Inter-County  Seat  High- 
way Commission  of  Dade  County. 

Mr.  Bartling  personally  conducts  the  farming  opera- 
tions on  his  28  acres,  and  raises  some  live  stock  and  nu- 
merous chickens.  He  owns  and  drives  a  Ford  automobile. 
He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Farmers'  State  Bank  of  Lock- 
wood. 

Mr.  Bartling  and  wife  are  the  parents  of  seven  chil- 
dren: 

(1)  August  C.  lives  at  Aurora,  Mo.,  and  is  engaged 
in  the  drug  business.     Married  Alice  Dunning,  a  native 
of  Nebraska.     Of  their  two  children,  Marlin  died  in  in- 
fancy.    Geraldine  is  still  living. 

(2)  Freda  married  to  F!  A.  Bohne,  an  employee  of 
the  Frisco  railroad  as  carpenter.     They  have  one  child, 
Ruth. 

(3)  Martin  L.  lives  at  Carleton,  Mo.,  and  is  engaged 
in  the  clothing  business.     Married  to  Frances  Louis   of 


s 


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Kansas  City.    They  have  two  children,  Betty  and  Martin  J. 

(4)  Millie    married    to    Albert    Frye    January    3rd, 
1916.     They  are  living  in  Detroit,  Mich. 

(5)  Minnie  living  at  home. 

(6)  Alfred,  a  student  at  Vanderbilt  College,  Nash- 
ville, Tenn.    Studying  dentistry,  class  of  1918. 

(7)  Arthur,  at  home.     Graduate  of  Lockwood  High 
School    Took  special  course  at  State  University  at  Colum- 
bia in  Agriculture.     Is  much  interested  in  farming  enter- 
prises and  is  a  fancier  of  pure-bred  fowls.    He  assists  his 
father  in  looking  after  their  farming  interests  and  is  an 
active  poultry  breeder. 


THOMAS  H.  BERRY. 

There  is  probably  no  better-known  and  more-loved 
man  in  North  Bade  County  than  Uncle  Tom  Berry,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch.  He  was  born  in  this  county  on 
the  fine  farm  he  now  owns  June  17th,  1841,  over  three- 
quarters  of  a  century  ago,  and  is  proud  to  be  a  citizen  of 
good  old  Bade  County.  His  father,  James  G.  Berry,  was 
a  native  of  Kentucky,  where  he  early  married  Miss  Mary 
Finley,  who  was  born  in  South  Carolina.  Together  this 
couple  came  to  Dade  County  in  1836,  bringing  a  family  of 
six  children.  They  made  the  trip  overland  with  horse  and 
wagon.  This  family  were  pioneers  in  every  sense  of  the 
word.  They  first  bought  out  a  homesteader  on  an  80-acre 
tract  and  went  to  farming  in  the  most  approved  manner 
of  the  times,  which  was  primitive  in  those  early  days. 
There  were  no  mills  to  grind  what  crops  were  raised,  so 
each  farmer  had  to  prepare  his  meal  as  best  he  could  de- 
vise. Mr.  Berry  constructed  different  devices  for  this  pur- 
pose, the  most  prominent  of  them  being  a  stone  grinding 
affair  called  a  ''Thumping  Dick." 

James  G.  Berry  was  successful  in  his  farming  opera- 
tion and  accumulated  much  good  land,  owning  at  one  time 
over  400  acres.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812,  and 
served  with  valor  under  Col.  Samuel  Caldwell  in  the 
Eleventh  United  States  Volunteers,  and  was  discharged 
in  1813.  He  was  a  Whig  and  later  a  Republican  in  poli- 


314  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

tics.  James  G.  Berry  was  born  Dec.  7th,  1792,  and  died  in 
Dade  County  on  the  place  now  owned  and  occupied  by 
his  son,  Thomas,  in  1875,  while  his  wife,  who  was  born 
Aug.  19,  1798,  lived  to  be  94  years  of  age,  dying  March 
21st,  1892. 

Thomas  H.  Berry  was  given  160  acres  of  good  land 
by  his  father  and  took  care  of  both  his  parents  in  their 
declining  years.  He  was  married  Oct.  28th,  1883,  to  Miss 
Birdit  Samantha  Smith,  a  native  of  Cass  County,  Mis- 
souri, and  born  Dec.  4th,  1850,  a  daughter  of  James  Mon- 
roe and  Cynthia  Ann  (Morris)  Smith,  natives  of  Tennnes- 
see  and  Kentucky,  respectively.  They  were  early  farmers 
of  Dade  County,  having  emigrated  here  in  1853,  and  set- 
tled north  of  Dadeville.  They  accumulated  310  acres  of 
good  land.  Mr.  Smith  was  born  April  6th,  1827,  and  died 
in  Polk  County  at  Morrisville  Aug.  20th,  1910,  while  his 
wife  was  born  Oct.  10th,  1829,  and  passed  away  in  Dade 
County  Oct.  15th,  1890. 

Thomas  H.  Berry  has  one  of  the  very  best  farms  in 
South  Morgan  Township.  He  has  greatly  improved  it 
with  good  fences  and  fine  buildings,  and  is  now  living 
practically  retired,  enjoying  the  fruits  of  his  past  well- 
directed  efforts. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Berry  havj  been  born  three  chil- 
dren, namely,  Howard  H.,  born  Sept.  29th,  1884,  and  mar- 
ried Miss  Elva  Shaw,  a  native  of  Dade  County,  and  they 
have  two  children,  Mary  Aline,  born  Jan.  29th,  1910,  and 
Ruth  Margaret,  born  Sept.  2nd,  1914.  Mr.  Berry  is  a  busi- 
ness man  of  Greenfield.  Cynthia  M.,  born  June  13th,  1887, 
married  Hugh  McConnell,  and  they  have  two  children, 
Francis  Birdit,  born  April  23rd,  1913,  and  Hugh  II.,  born 
April  2nd  1915;  Elbridge  M.,  born  Dec.  20th,  1889,  lives 
at  home  and  has  charge  of  the  home  place  and  does  a 
general  farming  business.  Uncle  Tom  is  a  Republican 
and  a  public-spirited  man,  always  being  ready  to  support 
any  enterprise  that  is  for  the  betterment  of  the  county, 
lie  believes  in  good  roads,  free  public  schools  and  tem- 
perance. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Berry  are  members  of  the  Chris- 
tian Church.  Taken  all  together,  there  is  no  family  more 


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respected  or  more  loved  in  this  county.  Uncle  Tom  is  a 
product  of  Dade  County,  and  we,  all  of  the  younger  gen- 
eration, delight  to  honor  such  as  he. 


THOMAS  J,  BISHOP. 

Perhaps  no  man  in  Dade  County,  and  few  in  the  State 
of  Missouri,  can  trace  the  branches  of  his  ancestral  tree 
to  a  longer  or  more  illustrous  line  of  progenitors  than 
Thomas  J.  Bishop.  If  heraldry  was  in  vogue,  his  family 
escutcheon  would  fairly  bristle  with  charges  of  Or  and 
Argent  emblazoned  upon  a  field  of  ermine  and  purple. 

The  Bishop  family  was  founded  in  America  by  one 
whose  given  name  is  lost  to  the  annals  of  history.  He 
sailed  from  the  coast  of  Flanders  sometime  during  the 
Seventeenth  Century  in  an  English  vessel  and  landed  at 
the  port  of  New  London,  Conn.,  where  he  was  sold  for 
his  passage  money  to  a  farmer  by  the  name  of  Dart.  Hav- 
ing an  eye  to  courtship  as  well  as  manual  labor,  at  the  end 
of  his  service  he  married  a  daughter  of  the  House  of  Dart, 
and  thereby  founded  a  family  that  was  destined  to  become 
prominent  in  American  history.  He  settled  at  Waterford, 
Conn.,  and  reared  a  family  of  boys  and  girls  whose  names 
are  to  the  pages  of  history  unknown,  save  and  except  the 
oldest  son,  Eleazor,  who,  in  turn,  married  and  raised  a 
family  of  boys  and  girls,  among  them  Thomas,  Eleazor  and 
George,  but  the  names  of  the  girls  are  veiled  in  oblivion. 
Eleazor,  his  second  son,  married  and  lived  in  the  vicinity 
of  Waterford,  near  New  London.  At  the  breaking  out  of 
the  French  and  Indian  war,  Eleazor  recruited  a  company 
of  Connecticut  volunteers  and  was  commissioned  captain 
and  served  under  General  Wolfe  at  the  battle  of  Quebec. 
He  had  several  sons,  among  them  Thomas  and  Eleazor; 
also  daughters,  one  of  whom  married  a  man  by  the  name 
of  Stebbens  and  another  was  married  to  a  Mr.  Fargo. 
Thomas  Bishop  married  a  Miss  Fargo  and  lived  at  the  old 
homestead  at  Waterford. 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Revolutionary  war, 
Thomas  Bishop  joined  the  Army  of  the  Patriots,  and  was 
engaged  in  the  sanguinary  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  where 


816  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

he  was  permanently  disabled.  He  died  in  the  year  1800. 
He  was  survived  by  four  sons,  Joshua,  Isaac,  Robert  and 
Eleazor.  Joshua  married  a  Miss  Comstock,  Isaac  a  Miss 
Whipple,  Robert  married  a  Miss  Holmes,  while  Eleazor  died 
unmarried.  Joshua  and  Robert  moved  to  Chenango  County, 
New  York,  in  1805;  Isaac  moved  to  near  Binghamton,  N". 
Y.,  in  1820^  Eleazor  remained  at  the  old  homestead  at 
Waterford,  where  he  died.  Joshua  moved  to  Pennsylvania 
in  1815  and  died  there  in  1850.  Robert  moved  back  to 
Waterford,  and  after  his  mother's  death  lived  at  New  Lon- 
don, where  he  died  in  1847. 

The  maternal  ancestry  of  Thomas  Bishop  also  furnishes 
some  remarkable  characters.  One  great-great-great-grand- 
mother was  a  pensioner  under  the  Act  of  1832,  and  con- 
tinued to  enjoy  this  bounty  till  her  death,  in  1840.  A 
great-great-great-grandfather  on  his  mother's  side  was 
Zebulon  Comstock,  who  also  resided  in  the  vicinity  of 
Waterford,  but  the  Comstocks  were  a  nomadic  family, 
and  their  descendants  are  almost  as  numerous  as  the  sands 
of  the  sea,  and  have  established  dwelling  places  in  almost 
every  state,  station,  clime  and  country  on  the  face  of  the 
globe. 

An  interesting  relic  or  heirloom  is  now  in  the  posses- 
sion of  the  Bishop  family.  It  is  the  sword  carried  by 
Eleazor  Bishop  in  the  French  and  Indian  war  and  also  by 
Thomas  Bishop  at  Bunker  Hill.  The  blade  of  the  sword  is 
of  the  finest  Damascus  steel,  the  hilt  of  silver,  and  en- 
graved on  the  blade  is  the  name,  "Eleazor  Bishop." 

This  is  certainly  an  interesting  page  from  the  annals 
of  the  past,  and  entitles  every  member  of  the  Bishop  fam- 
ily to  be  enrolled  as  Sons  and  Daughters  of  the  Revolu- 
tion. 

Thomas  J.  Bishop,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was 
born  in  Benton  County,  Missouri,  Dec.  27th,  1851.  He 
was  a  son  of  Thomas  J.  and  Frances  (Brown)  Bishop. 
His  father,  Thomas  Jefferson  Bishop,  was  born  in  Che- 
nango County,  New  York,  Dec.  22nd,  1807,  his  parents 
having  recently  moved  there  from  Waterford,  Conn.  He 
left  home  in  1821  and  was  apprenticed  to  a  merchant  in 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 317 

Mt.  Joy,  but  afterward  found  employment  in  Philadelphia. 
In  1832  he  visited  New  Orleans,  traveled  in  the  South, 
and  finally  landed  in  St.  Louis,  where  he  accepted  a  situa- 
tion as  trader  with  the  Kickapoo  Indians,  then  located 
about  five  miles  southwest  of  Warsaw,  Benton  County, 
Missouri.  In  1835  he  was  appointed  Clerk  of  the  Circuit 
Court,  and  a  short  time  afterward  was  elected  Clerk  and 
Ex-Officio  Recorder  of  Benton  County,  Missouri,  in  which 
office  he  served  until  1854.  In  1853  he  selected  the  Bishop 
homestead  in  Dade  County  and  moved  his  family  to  it. 
In  1856  he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Public 
Works  of  the  state  and  served  as  its  president  until  1857, 
when  he  was  appointed  Receiver  of  the  United  States  Dis- 
trict Land  Office  at  Springfield,  his  term  expiring  in  1861. 

When  the  state  convention  authorized  the  enrollment 
and  arming  of  the  militia,  he  accepted  the  office  of  brigade 
quartermaster,  with  the  rank  of  Major,  on  the  staff  of  Gen. 

C.  B.  Holland,  where  he  served  until  the  close  of  the  war. 
He  died  at  his  home  in  Pennsylvania  Prairie  Oct.  22nd, 
1898.    His  wife  died  in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  July  30th, 
1884,  and  both  she  and  her  husband,  Thomas  J.  Bishop, 
Sr.,  are  buried  there,  having  been  married   at  Warsaw, 
Mo.,  Jan.  1st,  1837,  and  at  the  time  of  their  death  were  the 
owners  of  a  farm  of  256  acres  in  South  Township. 

Thomas  J.  Bishop  was  the  youngest  of  a  family  of 
eight  children: 

(1)  Martha  Missouri,  born  Oct.  18th,  1837,  married 
Preston  Moore,  moved  to  California  in  1860,  died  there, 
leaving  four  children,  now  living,  Fannie,  Mattie,  Lee  and 
Roy. 

(2)  Joshua,  born  May  3rd,  1839,  died  in  Washington, 

D.  C.,  buried  in  National  Cemetry,  having  served  in  the 
United  States  Navy  40  years,  retired  as  a  captain.     He 
married  Clara   Rogers,   but  left  no   children. 

(3)  Temperance,  born  March  10th,  1841,  died  April 
1st,   1895.     She  was  married   to   Thomas  Alexander   and 
left  one  child,  Preston  Alexander,  now  living  in  Lawrence 
County,  Missouri. 


318  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

(4) -(5)  Zebulon  and  George  (twins),  born  August 
25th,  1843.  Zebulon  was  a  Union  soldier  and  was  killed 
from  ambush  in  March,  1864.  George  died  Jan.  llth,  1905. 
Neither  was  ever  married. 

(6)  Derindah,  born  June  16th,  1848.  Married  April 
5th,  1876,  to  William  McLemore.  To  this  union  one  child 
was  born,  Gertrude,  who  resides  with  her  parents  in  South 
Greenfield. 

(8)     Thomas  J.  Bishop. 

Thomas  remained  at  home  with  his  father  until  he 
was  27  years  of  age,  during  which  time  he  was  engaged  in 
farming.  On  October  9th,  1877,  he  was  married  to  Clemen- 
tine Scott,  a  daughter  of  James  and  Margaret  (Willis) 
Scott.  Clementine  was  born  July  21st,  1859.  Her  father, 
James  Scott,  was  born  in  Illinois  in  1836,  and  was  brought 
to  Dade  County  in  1837  by  his  father,  D.  W.  Scott,  a 
native  of  North  Carolina.  Margaret  (Willis)  Scott  wras 
born  in  Kentucky  and  came  to  Dade  County  when  a  child. 
Both  the  Scotts  and  Bishops  were  early  pioneer  families. 

Thomas  J.  Bishop  and  wife  left  the  home  farm  in 
1879,  and  removed  to  a  40-acre  tract  just  one  mile  South- 
east of  Pennsboro,  where  they  now  reside.  This  was  the 
"nestegg"  for  the  746 V-j  acres  of  Dade  County  soil  which 
he  now  owns.  Mr.  Bishop  cleared  out,  improved  and 
cultivated  the  original  40  acres,  and  in  1881  added  an 
80-acre  tract  to  it.  In  1883  he  erected  a  substantial  frame 
residence,  rebuilt  it  in  1895,  and  at  his  father's  death  he 
purchased  the  interest  of  all  the  heirs  in  the  old  home- 
stead of  263  acres,  and  has  since  added  120  acres  to  it. 
This,  with  240  acres  in  Smith  Township,  constitutes  his 
real  estate  holdings. 

Mr.  Bishop  is  engaged  in  a  general  farming,  stock 
raising  and  stock  feeding  business.  lie  was  one  of  the 
organizers  of  the  Bank  of  South  Greenfield,  and  is  at 
present  an  officer  and  a  member  of  its  boards  of  directors. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bishop  are  the  parents  of  six  children, 
all  of  whom  are  living: 

(1)  Krma,  born  August  25th,  1879,  educated  in 
Springfield,  a  graduate  of  Drury  College  class  of  1904  with 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 319 

A.  B.  degree,  also  graduate  of  special  work  at  State  Uni- 
versity and  received  B.  S.  degree  in  1910,  and  holds  a 
state  Life  Certificate.  Is  now  engaged  in  teaching  in 
St.  Louis. 

(2)  Clara,  born  May  27th,  1889,  graduated  from  the 
Greenfield  High  School  in  1908,  and  is  at  present  Secre- 
tary of  the  County  Sunday  School  Board,  in  which  work 
she  takes  a  great  delight. 

(3)  Pearl,  born  Feb.  24th,  1891,  attended  Greenfield 
High   School,   and   after   graduating   spent   two   years   at 
Drury  College  in   Springfield.     Married   Roy  Poindexter 
Oct.  9th,  1913. 

(4)  Margaret,   born  Jan.   28th,   1894.     Educated   at 
Greenfield  High  School,  Drury  Academy,  and  graduated 
from  Drury  College  in  1916  with  A.  B.  Degree.     Member 
of  the  Pi  Beta  Phi  Sorority.    Now  teaching  in  Springfield 
High  School. 

(5)  Francis  Tom,  born  July  29th,  1900.    Is  at  present 
attending  High  School  in  St.  Louis. 

(6)  Lucy  Ruth,  born  August  6th,  1903.     Is  now  at- 
tending school  in  Dade  County. 

The  foregoing  record  speaks  louder  than  words  con- 
cerning Mr.  Bishop's  attitude  toward  education.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  staunch  Democrat,  and  his  family  all  being 
members  of  the  Christian  Church.  No  man  stands  higher 
in  the  community  than  Mr.  Bishop,  and  his  influence  has 
been  felt  throughout  the  county  in  the  good-roads  move- 
ment, and  his  voice  has  ever  been  raised  in  support  of  a 
better  school  system.  Like  many  of  his  prosperous  neigh- 
bors, he  enjoys  the  distinction  of  riding  in  an  auto,  but 
with  him  it  is  a  matter  of  necessity  rather  than  a  luxury. 


HOMER  CLYDE  BIRCH. 

A  native  of  Dade  County,  Missouri,  was  born  one  and 
one-half  miles  south  of  Seybert  on  Feb.  22nd,  1874,  son 
of  Dr.  D.  E.  F.  and  Amanda  (Moore)  Birch,  both  being 
natives  of  Tenn. 

Homer  C.  Birch  is  the  only  surviving  child  of  three 
children  born  of  this  marriage: 


320  HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

(1)  Birdie,  died  Aug.  2,  1900. 

(2)  Trixie,  deceased. 

(3)  Homer  Clyde,  born  Feb.  22nd,  1874. 

Homer  Clyde  remained  at  home  until  his  marriage, 
which  took  place  Aug.  2nd,  1892,  when  he  was  but  18 
years  of  age.  He  was  married  to  Serena  Glenn,  who  was 
born  in  Dade  County  Jan.  22nd,  1873,  and  died  April 
13th,  1915,  leaving  a  family  of  seven  children: 

(1)  Thadeus,  born  June  29th,  1894,  is  now  engaged 
in  mining  in  the  Corry  camp,  and  living  at  home. 

(2)  John,  born  Feb.  6th,  1896,  is  now  at  home  at- 
tending school. 

(3)  Macie,  born  Oct.  9th,  1898,  is  at  home  attending 
school. 

(4)  Howard,    born    Jan.    16th,    1902,    is    attending 
school. 

(5)  Ruth,  born  July  12th,  1904,  is  at  home  attending 
school. 

(6)  Kyle,  born  May  17th,  1906,  is  at  home. 

(7)  Clayton,  born  Aug.  7th,  1909,  is  at  home. 

(8)  Elmer,  born  Sept.  1st,  1912,  died  Feb.  13th,  1913. 
After  his  marriage  Mr.  Birch  went  to  farming.     He 

started  housekeeping  with  very  little  on  rented  land,  and 
lived  for  two  years  on  the  John  G.  Sloan  farm,  then  bought 
40  acres  near  Needmore  in  Cedar  County.  Lived  there 
two  years,  sold  out,  and  rented  90  acres  on  the  Little  Sac 
river,  where  he  farmed  for  three  years,  then  rented  the 
Silas  Montgomery  farm  in  Sac  Township,  where  he  re- 
mained throe  years.  Next  he  moved  to  the  Sam  Seybert 
farm  of  120  acres  and  farmed  this  one  year,  after  which 
he  rented  the  old  James  Goodnight  farm  of  185  acres 
tli rough  John  A.  Hall,  the  manager  of  the  Underwriters' 
Land  Company,  near  the  Corry  mining  camp.  After  farm- 
ing this  place  for  four  years,  he  purchased  it.  This  was 
in  1907. 

At  the  time  of  purchasing  it,  this  farm  was  little 
improved,  but  he  has  since  remodeled  the  house,  cleared 
out  50  acres,  fenced  it  all  with  wire,  and  made  general 
improvements.  lie  sold  off  25  acres,  so  that  there  are  now 


FRANK   JOHNSON    AND   FAMILY    AT    HOME    IN    (  FDAK    I  Ol  VI  Y. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 321 

1 60  acres  of  No.  1  land  in  this  farm.  It  is  all  in  cultivation 
but  10  acres. 

Mr.  Birch  is  engaged  in  general  farming,  and  feeds 
some  cattle,  horses  and  mules.  His  farm  is  well  adapted  to 
stock  raising,  being  well  watered  by  spring  branch  and 
wells. 

In  politics  Mr.  Birch  is  a  Eepublican,  is  a  member  of 
the  Township  Board,  and  while  in  Sac  Township  was 
Clerk  of  the  School  Board.  He  is  vitally  interested  in  the 
good-roads  movement  and  in  favor  of  the  best  possible 
public  schools. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Birch  were  each  converted  at  a  meeting 
held  at  Corry  by  Brothers  Worthington,  Oldham  and 
others,  and  were  afterwards  baptized,  uniting  with  the 
Church  of  God  (Holiness),  and  spent  many  happy  hours 
in  the  service  of  the  Lord,  both  at  home  and  in  the  public 
worship. 

For  eight  years  he  and  his  wife  enjoyed  the  blessings 
of  an  eternal  salvation,  when  she  was  called  home.  He 
still  remains  a  true  and  faithful  follower  of  his  Savior, 
and  is  loyal  to  tha  one  true  Church  of  God. 


W.   R.   BOYLES. 

Postmaster,  owner  and  former  editor,  publisher  and 
proprietor  of  the  Dade  County  Advocate.  Was  born  in 
the  City  of  Greenfield,  Dade  County,  Missouri,  Dec.  25th, 
1857,  and  has  lived  in  the  city  continuously  all  his  life. 
His  parents  were  Samuel  B.  and  Elizabeth  (Vaughan) 
Bowles.  The  former  was  born  at  Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  while 
his  mother  was  born  in  Virginia.  She  was  reared,  how- 
ever, in  Tennessee,  and  their  marriage  was  celebrated  in 
that  state.  In  the  40 's  they  removed  to  Dade  County, 
Missouri,  where  Dr.  Samuel  B.  Bowles  followed  the  prac- 
tice of  medicine,  becoming  one  of  the  prominent  and 
valued  physicians  of  Southwest  Missouri.  Both  he  and 
his  wife  passed  away  in  Greenfield. 

In  his  boyhood  days  W.  R.  Bowles  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Greenfield,  spending  his  youth  largely  in  the 
manner  of  other  boys  of  his  day,  and  at  the  age  of  14 


322 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

years  he  began  learning  the  printer's  trade.  In  1887  he 
purchased  the  Bade  County  Advocate  from  Judge  Mason 
Talbutt,  his  brother-in-law,  since  which  time  he  has  been 
actively  connected  with  its  management,  covering  a  period 
of  30  years.  The  Advocate  has  long  been  recognized  as 
one  of  the  leading  Democratic  papers  of  this  section  of 
the  state.  The  office  is  well  equipped  with  new  and 
modern  machinery  and  does  an  extensive  line  of  job  work 
in  addition  to  the  publication  of  a  newspaper. 

In  the  year  1895,  while  Mr.  Bowles  was  serving  his 
native  city  as  Mayor,  he  became  married  to  Miss  Cora 
Kimber,  a  native  of  Putnam  County,  Illinois,  to  which 
union  five  children  were  born: 

Samuel  0.,  a  city  salesman  in  San  Francisco;  John 
H.,  now  of  Kansas  City;  Karl  C.,  who  is  now  associated 
with  his  father  in  the  publication  of  the  Advocate;  Kath- 
erine  V.,  who  at  present  is  acting  as  Deputy  Postmaster 
under  her  father  in  the  Greenfield  postoffice,  and  Francis 
Tiffany,  now  at  home  attending  High  School. 

Mr.  Bowles  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity, 
in  which  he  has  taken  many  degrees  and  in  which  he  is 
much  interested.  He  also  affiliates  with  the  Modern  Wood- 
men and  the  W.  0.  W.  His  wife  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in  Greenfield.  Politically, 
Mr.  Bowles  has  always  been  a  Democrat,  and  lias  been 
active  in  the  councils  of  his  party,  both  as  an  organizer 
and  as  a  chairman  of  the  County  Executive  Committee. 
He  was  appointed  postmaster  of  Greenfield  by  Grover 
Cleveland,  and  is  now  holding  that  office  by  virtue  of 
appointment  by  Woodrow  Wilson.  He  lias,  however,  never 
been  considered  intensely  partisan,  his  election  to  the 
mayoralty  of  Greenfield  twice  having  been  on  a  Citizens' 
ticket.  Besides  being  a  newspaper  man  and  publicist,  Mr. 
Pjoxvh's  is  also  an  Attorney  at  Law,  having  been  admitted 
to  the  l)ade  County  Bar  many  years  ago.  Both  personally 
and  in  his  paper  Mr.  Bowles  has  always  been  a  staunch 
advocate  of  every  movement  which  had  for  its  purpose 
the  betterment  of  the  community,  especially  in  the  matter 
of  jrood  roads  and  good  schools. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 323 

WILLIAM  D.  BROWN. 

Was  born  in  Jackson  County,  Tennessee,  July  20th, 
1862.  His  father,  Jerry  Calvin  Brown,  was  born  in  East 
Tennessee,  and  died  Jan.  4th,  1888,  at  the  age  of  56  years. 
He  was  of  Scotch-Irish  parentage,  a  son  of  Hiram  and 
Betsy  Brown.  Hiram  lived  to  the  unprecedented  age  of 
110  years,  and  was  an  early  settler  in  Carolina,  but  later 
moved  to  East  Tennessee. 

Jerry  C.  Brown  was  a  farmer,  and  reasonably  suc- 
cessful in  his  undertakings.  He  moved  to  Kentucky  and 
later  to  Bade  County.  He  settled  in  1880  southeast  of  the 
old  Antioch  Church,  in  what  is  now  Pilgrim  Township, 
where  he  bought  a  small  farm.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Christian  Church,  a  Democrat  in  politics,  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  fraternity  and  an  office-holder  in  Jackson  County, 
Tennessee. 

Jerry  Calvin  Brown  was  married  to  Jane  Floyd,  a 
lady  of  Gorman  descent,  born  in  McMinn  County,  Ten- 
nessee, in  1838,  and  died  in  Dade  County  in  1890.  She 
was  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church  and  the  mother  of 
eight  children: 

(1)  Sarah  J.  married  E.  W.  Richards  of  Kentucky, 
and  came  to  Dade  County  with  the  family. 

(2)  Rebecca  Ann  married  Charles  Simpson,  a  mem- 
ber of  a  pioneer  Dade  County  family,  and  settled  in  South 
Township. 

(3)  William  D.  Brown,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

(4)  Frank,  now  a  farmer  living  three  miles  south  of 
Everton. 

(5)  Millie  married  Perry  Shaw  of  Greene  County, 
and  died  July  2nd,  1908,  in  Greenfield. 

(6)  John  C.  died  at  Pilgrim,  Mo.,  May  1st,  1912. 

(7)  Henry,  a  railroad  man,  lives  at  Everton. 

(8)  Josie  married  Asa  Loveless,  at  one  time  Chief 
of  Police  in  Springfield. 

William  D.  Brown  was  raised  on  a  farm,  attended  the 
country  schools,  and  later  worked  in  and  attended  Ozark 
College  in  Greenfield  in  1885,  but  remained  on  the  farm 
till  1886. 


324 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

For  a  few  years  he  taught  school,  after  which  he 
was  appointed  Postmaster  at  Pilgrim,  serving  a  little  over 
eight  years,  and  was  Station  Agent  for  the  Frisco  railroad 
at  the  same  time.  He  was  also  Justice  of  the  Peace  in 
South  Township  for  four  years.  In  1895  he  moved  to 
Everton  and  engaged  in  the  poultry  and  produce  business, 
which  he  followed  for  15  years,  handling  a  large  amount 
of  stuff.  In  1907  he  was  employed  by  a  wholesale  produce 
firm,  and  spent  two  years  in  Polk  County,  after  which  he 
returned  to  Everton  and  managed  the  Business  Men's 
Produce  Company  a  little  over  one  year.  In  1911  he 
traded  his  property  in  Everton  for  a  stock  of  goods  at 
Stinson,  a  country  point  in  Lawrence  County,  and  in  1913 
he  exchanged  this  property  for  his  residence  property  in 
Greenfield,  where  he  now  lives. 

In  1914  he  was  elected  Clerk  of  the  Circuit  Court  of 
Dade  County,  and  moved  to  Greenfield,  the  county  seat. 

At  the  age  of  14  years  William  D.  Brown  suffered  a 
severe  attack  of  typhoid  fever,  which  affected  his  right 
arm  and  right  lower  limb,  so  that  for  forty  years  he  has 
been  obliged  to  use  a  support  for  his  lower  limb,  but  is 
able  to  walk  without  the  use  of  crutch  or  cane. 

In  1886  he  was  married  to  Sarah  Ann  Gilmore,  born 
in  Washington  Township,  Dade  County,  Missouri,  Aug. 
14th,  1869,  daughter  of  William  J.  and  Francis  (Smith) 
Gilrnore.  The  Gilmores  came  from  Warren  County,  Ken- 
tucky, in  1856,  and  settled  in  Washington  Township.  Mrs. 
Brown  received  a  common  school  education,  and  was  one 
of  a  family  of  eight  children.  At  the  time  of  her  marriage 
she  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church,  joining  at  the 
age  of  13  years,  but  she  and  her  husband  are  now  each 
members  of  the  Christian  Church.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brown 
are  the  parents  of  five  children: 

(1)  Ida,  born  Nov.  3rd, '1887,  received  her  education 
in   the   Everton   High   Schools,   and   is   now   employed    as 
Deputy  Circuit  Clerk  of  Dade  County. 

(2)  Ada,  born  Dec.  29th,  1889,  attended  High  School 
at  Everton,  married  Hugh  Burch,  a  farmer  residing  near 
Lock  wood,  and  is  the  mother  of  four  children,  Corinne, 


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8  years  old;  Justin,  6  years  old;  George,  4  years  old,  and 
James,  2  years  old. 

(3)  Vida,  born  June  16th,  1892,  married  Emmerson 
Crews,  a  barber,  in  Greenfield. 

(4)  William,  born  June  24th,  1896,  a  farmer. 

(5)  Charles  Ernest,  born  Jan.  28th,  1900,  and  is  now 
at  home. 

William  D.  Brown  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  I.  0.  0.  F.  and  Rebekah  lodges,  and  also  belongs 
to  the  W.  0.  W.  and  Circle. 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  war  Jerry  Calvin 
Brown  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  Army  and  saw  active 
service  during  the  entire  period  of  hostilities.  He  lost  his 
entire  possessions,  suffered  a  number  of  minor  wounds, 
was  many  times  a  prisoner  of  war,  but  came  out  of  the 
struggle  practically  a  sound  man.  His  brother,  James  H. 
Brown,  fought  in  the  Union  Army,  came  to  Missouri  after 
the  close  of  the  war,  and  died  in  1913  at  the  age  of  80 
years. 

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ROBERT  W.  BURTON. 

A  native  of  Lawrence  County,  Missouri,  born  March 
19,  1870,  son  of  Milo  Burton  and  Susan  (Hood)  Burton, 
pioneers  of  Lawrence  County.  Milo  Burton  was  a  native 
of  Tennessee,  while  Susan,  his  wife,  was  a  native  of  Ken- 
tucky. David  Burton,  the  grandfather  of  Robert  W.  Bur- 
ton, with  his  son,  Milo,  came  to  Missouri  in  1851  and 
settled  in  Lawrence  County,  near  the  present  site  of  Miller. 
Here  they  farmed  and  rented  until  the  breaking  out  of 
the  Civil  war,  when  Milo  Burton  and  his  father,  David 
Burton,  both  entered  the  Confederate  Army.  David  Bur- 
ton died  in  the  service  in  the  State  of  Arkansas,  while 
Milo,  though  slightly  wounded,  returned  home.  Just  prior 
to  entering  the  service,  Milo  Burton  had  married  Mary 
Susan  Hood.  The  wedding  took  place  on  Jan.  1st,  1860. 
Mary  Susan  Hood  was  born  July  llth,  1844,  a  daughter 
of  John  Alexander  and  Nancy  Hood.  The  Hoods  had 


326 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

come  from  Kentucky  in  1852,  settled  in  Lawrence  County, 
and,  with  the  Burtons,  had  joined  the  Confederate  Army. 

After  the  war  Milo  Burton  followed  the  occupation 
of  blacksmithing  and  threshing,  and  in  1874  rented  the 
Sturdy  farm  on  Pennsylvania  Prairie,  which  he  farmed 
for  two  years,  and  then  rented  the  John  Moore  place.  In 
1880  he  bought  200  acres,  all  in  Dade  County,  which  was 
little  improved.  He  erected  suitable  buildings,  cleared  it 
out,  and  became  a  prosperous  farmer  and  stock  raiser. 
He  added  to  his  original  purchase  until  at  the  time  of  his 
death  he  owned  410  acres,  all  in  Dade  County  except  76 
acres,  which  was  just  across  the  line  in  Lawrence  County. 
He  died  Aug.  17th,  1898,  and  his  widow  still  occupies  the 
old  homestead.  Milo  Burton  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
Church,  a  Democrat,  much  interested  in  schools,  and  for 
a  number  of  years  was  a  member  of  the  School  Board  in 
his  home  district.  A  complete  genealogy  of  the  family  is 
given  in  the  sketch  of  Thomas  W.  Burton,  recorded  under 
the  proper  caption  in  this  volume. 

Robert  W.  Burton  acquired  his  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  the  county.  He  remained  at  home  till  25 
years  of  age,  at  which  time,  on  the  7th  day  of  April,  1895, 
he  married  Etta  M.  Withrow,  who  was  born  in  Lawrence 
County,  near  Miller,  Nov.  26th,  1874.  She  was  a  daughter 
of  N.  B.  Withrow  and  Margaret  (Baker)  Withrow.  Her 
father  was  a  native  of  Arkansas,  while  her  mother  was 
born  in  Missouri.  Mr.  Withrow  was  a  mechanic,  followed 
blacksmithing  and  carpentering,  and  also  farmed  at  times. 
During  the  latter  part  of  his  life  he  lived  in  South  Green- 
field, where  he  died  July  12th,  1890,  being  survived  by  his 
widow,  who  still  lives  at  that  place.  X.  B.  "Withrow  and 
Margaret  Withrow  were  the  parents  of  eight  children: 

(1)  Thomas  Withrow  lives  in  South  Greenfield. 

(2)  Mollie  lives  in  Fort  Scott,  Kas. 

(3)  Clara,  now  Mrs.  James  Irby  of  Oklahoma. 

(4)  Annie,   twin  of  Thomas    (she  was   Mrs.   W.   A. 
Bird),  now  deceased. 

(5)  Etta  M.,  wife  of  Robert  W.  Burton. 


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(6)  Lula,  now  Mrs.  Roy  McLemore. 

(7)  Maggie,  now  Mrs.  Perry  McLemore. 

(8)  Rachel,  now  Mrs.  C.  P.  Hawk  of  Arcola. 
Robert  W.  Burton,  in  company  with  his  brother,  John, 

were  tenant  farmers  in  South  Township,  cultivating  about 
100  acres  annually  until  1898,  when  he  purchased  100 
acres  of  new  land  without  any  improvements.  At  that 
time  he  was  living  on  a  rented  tract  of  127  acres,  which 
he  purchased  in  1900  and  upon  which  he  now  lives.  In 
1901  he  built  a  good  barn,  but  in  1914  the  original  barn 
bein  inadequate  for  his  purpose  he  erected  a  new  one 
60x70  feet,  with  cement  floors,  and  granary,  which  is  one 
of  the  finest  modern  barns  in  Dade  County. 

Mr.  Burton  is  a  splendid  farmer  and  takes  great 
delight  in  blooded  stock.  He  owns  a  thoroughbred  Here- 
ford bull  and  a  modern  herd  of  Hereford  and  Shorthorn 
grade  cows.  He  has  a  preference  for  Poland-China  hogs, 
and,  while  not  an  extensive  swine  feeder,  he  raises  a  few 
of  splendid  quality.  Not  being  satisfied  with  the  splendid 
bluegrass  and  clover  which  flourishes  in  Turnback  bottom, 
he  has  propagated  a  field  of  six  acres  of  alfalfa,  with 
flattering  results.  His  farm  is  well  watered  by  Turnback 
creek  and  numerous  wells.  A  gasoline  engine  is  used  for 
pumping  purposes.  Mr.  Burton  is  the  proud  possessor  of 
a  Buick  Six  automobile,  which  he  drives  with  considerable 
satisfaction. 

Four  children  came  to  bring  sunshine  into  the  home  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burton: 

(1)  Otto  Bland,  born  June  20th,  1896. 

(2)  James  Franklin,  born  Sept.  24th,  1902. 

(3)  Willard  Thomas,  born  Nov.  15th,  1904. 

(4)  Samuel  Withrow,  born  April  14th,  1910. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burton  are  each  members  of  the  M.  E. 
Church  (South).  He  is  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
School,  a  Trustee  of  the  Church,  an  active  Democrat,  a 
member  of  the  School  Board  for  a  number  of  years,  served 
as  Clerk  of  the  Board  13  years,  is  at  present  Township 
Collector,  having  served  six  years  in  all,  a  Director  in 
the  Dade  County  Mutual  Fire  Insurance  Company,  and  a 


328  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

man  of  affairs  generally.  He  holds  membership  in  the 
Odd  Fellow  Lodge  at  Everton,  and,  like  all  owners  of 
motor  cars,  is  a  good-roads  enthusiast.  Mr.  Burton  is  a 
first  class-citizen  in  every  respect,  and  a  gentleman  with 
whom  it  is  a  pleasure  to  be  acquainted  with. 
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THOMAS  W.  BURTON. 

Is  the  youngest  child  of  a  family  of  nine  children, 
born  May  28th,  1884,  in  Lawrence  County,  Missouri,  a  son 
of  Milo  Burton  and  Mary  Hood  Burton.  His  father,  Milo 
Burton,  was  born  in  Virginia  May  26th,  1842,  and  died 
Aug.  17th,  1898.  The  parents  of  Milo  Burton  were  also 
natives  of  Virginia,  and  emigrated  to  Kentucky  in  a  very 
early  day.  They  came  to  Missouri  shortly  afterward  and 
died  in  Arkansas  during  the  war. 

Milo  Burton  married  Mary  Hood  in  January,  1860, 
and  settled  upon  a  farm  two  miles  Northeast  of  Miller,  in 
Lawrence  County.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  war 
he  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  Army.  He  was  slightly 
wounded  in  the  service  and  at  the  close  of  the  war  re- 
turned home,  bringing  with  him  a  faithful  and  valuable 
horse,  which  he  kept  for  many  years.  In  1880  he  built 
a  comfortable  residence,  and  became  an  important  and 
prominent  man  in  his  locality. 

Milo  Burton  and  wife  were  the  parents  of  the  follow- 
ing children: 

(1)  Arthusa   Ann,   born   Aug.    21st,    1861,   now   the 
widow  of  Robert  Lee  Friar. 

(2)  James  William,  born  April  17th,  1866,  died  at 
the  age  of  5  years. 

(3)  John  D.,  born  Aug.  18th,  1868,  died  Oct.  9,  1913. 

(4)  Robert  W.,  born  March  19th,  1870. 

(5)  Christopher  W.,  born  May  8th,  1873. 

(6)  Samuel  M.,  born  March  9th,  1876. 

(7)  Lemuel  L.,  born  Aug.  13th,  1878. 

(8)  Joseph  E.,  born  April  9th,  1881. 

(9)  Thomas  W.,  born  May  28th,  1884. 

At  the  time  of  his  death,  Milo  Burton  owned  410  acres 
of  land.  The  farm  was  afterward  divided,  and  Thomas 


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W.  lives  on  the  home  place  with  his  mother.  He  owns 
40  acres  in  Dade  County,  which  is  the  old  Burton  home- 
stead. He  also  owns  116  acres  in  Lawrence  County,  76 
acres  of  which  was  part  of  the  old  homestead. 

Mrs.  Burton  (widow  of  Milo  Burton),  vividly  recalls 
many  incidents  which  took  place  at  the  old  homestead 
during  the  strenuous  days  of  the  Civil  war.  Their  home 
was  often  visited  by  the  soldiers  of  both  the  Blue  and  the 
Gray,  they  were  often  compelled  to  feed  large  companies, 
and  many  times  their  house  was  searched  for  fugitives. 
In  1863  their  home  was  burned  by  the  Federal  soldiers  for 
seemingly  no  other  reason  than  that  they  failed  to  find 
the  fugitives  they  were  seeking.  At  this  time  she  was 
living  at  the  home  of  her  father,  and  it  was  the  Hood 
home  that  was  burned.  Mr.  Hood  in  those  days  worked  in 
the  blacksmith  shop  while  his  three  daughters  cultivated 
the  farm,  raised  the  crops  with  oxen  and  harvested  them 
in  the  most  primitive  manner. 

Thomas  W.  Burton  is  engaged  in  general  farming  and 
stock  raising.  He  raises  fullblooded  and  grade  Whiteface 
cattle,  Poland-China  hogs,  and  feeds  largely. 

His  farm  is  well  adapted  to  stock  raising,  being  well 
watered  by  Turnback  creek  and  also  by  wells  from  which 
water  is  pumped  by  windmill. 

His  political  convictions  are  Democratic  and  his  edu- 
cation was  acquired  at  the  Pickett  School  in  Dade  County. 
He  is  a  splendid  young  man,  enthusiastic  for  good  roads 
and  bridges,  progressive  in  his  ideas,  and  chargeable  only 
with  the  fault  of  being  single,  which  condition  is  liable  to 
be  changed  to  one  of  married  bliss  before  this  volume 
reaches  the  press. 

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JOHN  D.  BURTON. 
Deceased. 

Although  he  lived  and  prospered  for  almost  half  a 
century,  yet  John  D.  Burton  died  in  the  very  prime  of  life, 
and  while  yet  a  young  man.  He  was  born  Aug.  18th,  1868, 
a  son  of  Milo  Burton  and  Mary  Susan  (Hood)  Burton, 


330  HISTORY  OP  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

and  died  Oct.  9th,  1913,  and  was  buried  in  Shiloh  ceme- 
tery, near  the  place  where  he  had  spent  his  entire  life. 
Concerning  his  parentage,  their  nativity,  genealogy  and 
migrations,  reference  may  be  had  to  the  sketches  of  Robert 
W.  and  Thomas  W.  Burton,  brothers  of  John  D.  Burton, 
so  that  extended  mention  is  not  necessary  here.  During 
boyhood  he  attended  the  common  schools  of  Dade  County, 
and  in  early  manhood  became  a  tenant  farmer  of  the 
fertile  fields  of  South  Township  until  the  year  1905,  when 
he  purchased  86  acres  lying  west  of  Turnback,  near  the 
old  Burton  homestead.  For  many  years  he  was  associated 
with  his  brother,  Robert  W.,  in  farming  enterprises.  In 
1906  he  purchased  an  additional  129  acres,  upon  which  was 
a  good  frame  house,  into  which  he  moved  with  his  family. 
This  was  the  old  John  Pickett  homestead,  out  of  which  had 
been  given  one  acre  for  school  purposes  and  upon  which 
stood  the  Picket  school  house.  Previous  to  this  time  he 
had  purchased  114  acres  on  Turnback  creek,  making  him 
now  a  splendid  farm  of  329  acres.  Mr.  Burton  was  ener- 
getic, industrious  and  optimistic.  His  whole  life  was 
wrapped  up  in  his  farm  and  his  family.  To  the  marriage 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Burton  were  born  eight  children,  all 
living. 

John  D.  Burton  was  married  February  7, 1892,  to  Icy  P 
Irby,  who  was  born  in  Lawrence  County,  Missouri,  Oct. 
•Sth,  1870,  a  daughter  of  Joseph  L.  and  Delphia  T.  (Bailey) 
Irby. 

Following  are  the  names  of  their  eight  children: 

(1)  Arthusie,  born  Dec.  5th,  1892,  married  Monroe 
Myers  of  Dade  County,  and  lives  near  her  mother. 

(2)  Ernie,  born  Feb.  14th,  1895. 

(3)  Pairlee,  born  Aug.  21st,  1896. 

(4)  Loucozy,  born  Nov.  19th,  1898. 

(5)  J.  Milo,  born  Nov.  4th,  1900. 

(6)  John  W.,  born  Dec.  22nd,  1902. 

(7)  James  P.,  born  Oct.  8th,  1905. 

(8)  Delphia  Maud,  born  July  30th,  1908. 


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Since  the  death  of  her  husband,  Mrs.  Burton  has  very 
successfully  managed  the  farm  and  provided  for  the 
family. 

Joseph  L.  Irby,  the  father  of  Mrs.  Burton,  was  a 
blacksmith  and  farmer,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  owned 
116  acres  of  land,  which  is  now  the  property  of  his  grand- 
son, Lloyd  Irby.  Mr.  Irby  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war, 
having  served  in  the  Confederate  Army. 

Of  Mrs.  Burton's  brothers  and  sisters,  a  more  com- 
plete statement  will  be  found  in  another  chapter  of  this 
history.  However,  the  following  statement  will  be  made 
here: 

Delia  was  Mrs.  Mitchell  Smith  of  Arkansas.  She  died 
in  the  year  1911. 

Mary,  wife  of  John  Bell.    She  is  now  deceased. 

James  F.,  now  a  resident  of  Afton,  Okla.,  was  a  man 
prominent  in  the  affairs  of  Dade  County  up  to  1915.  He 
was  a  Democrat  in  politics,  in  which  he  took  an  active 
part,  being  a  candidate  for  Probate  Judge  in  1914. 

Lucy,  now  Mrs.  John  Sullivan,  lives  at  Paris  Springs. 

The  John  D.  Burton  farm  of  329  acres  is  one  of  the 
most  desirable  in  the  south  part  of  Dade  County.  It  is 
well  watered  and  very  fertile.  Modern  machinery  is  used 
for  pumping  and  driving  appliances.  Mrs.  Burton  and 
family  are  members  of  the  M.  E.  Church  (South),  and 
are  much  given  to  hospitality.  Their  farm  has  the  air 
of  general  prosperity  and  the  family  impresses  one  as 
being  surrounded  by  home  conditions  which  are  congenial. 


EDWARD  HENRY  CARENDER. 

Was  born  in  Barton  County,  Missouri,  Dec.  25th,  1878, 
son  of  Alfred  Steven  Carender,  who  was  born  in  Cole 
County,  Missouri,  Dec.  9th,  1842,  of  Scotch-Irish  parentage. 
George  Washington  Carender,  the  grandfather  of  Edward, 
lived  in  Kentucky  in  an  early  day.  He  came  first  to  Cole 
County,  Missouri,  and  later  to  Barton  County,  where  he 
ended  his  days.  He  was  a  veteran  of  the  Mexican  war. 

Alfred  S.  Carender  was  raised  on  a  farm  and  had  a 
common  school  education.  He  followed  farming  nearly  all 


382 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

his  life,  with  reasonable  success.  At  one  time  he  was 
engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits  in  a  small  way.  He  was 
also  a  local  preacher  in  the  M.  E.  Church  and  active  in 
the  work  for  many  years.  When  the  Civil  war  broke  out 
he  enlisted  in  Company  K  of  the  Twelfth  Missouri  Cav- 
alry, and  served  until  the  end  of  hostilities.  He  was  on 
Sherman's  famous  march  to  the  sea.  He  was  once  taken 
prisoner  and  spent  several  weeks  in  the  military  prison  at 
Andersonville,  by  reason  of  which  his  health  was  per- 
manently impaired  and  from  which  he  never  fully  re- 
covered. He  was  mustered  out  at  Jefferson  City,  after 
which  he  returned  to  his  home,  in  1865.  His  sympathies 
were  strong  for  the  Union  cause.  He  was  the  only  child 
of  his  parents.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the  Green- 
field Post,  G.  A.  E.,  and  for  a  number  of  years  served  as 
its  Chaplain.  His  people  were  all  Democrats,  but  he  cast 
his  first  vote  for  Lincoln  in  1864,  and  continued  steadfast 
in  the  faith  through  life.  He  was  but  18  years  old  when 
he  enlisted  in  the  army.  During  his  short  residence  in 
Douglas  County,  Missouri,  he  was  Sheriff  of  the  county. 
He  came  to  Dade  County  in  1885  and  located  first  in  North 
Township,  buying  land  in  Section  23.  He  moved  to  Green- 
field in  1891,  where  he  lived  until  his  death,  with  the 
exception  of  a  short  time  spent  on  a  farm  in  Sac  Town- 
ship, near  Seybert. 

Alfred  S.  Carender  was  married  to  Charlotte  L.  Tip- 
ton,  a  native  of  Cole  County,  born  in  1845,  and  died  in 
Barton  County,  Missouri,  in  1880.  She  also  was  of  Scotch- 
Irish  parentage,  her  father  and  mother  both  dying  in  Cole 
County.  Her  father  was  a  farmer.  She  had  a  common 
school  education,  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  Church, 
and  the  mother  of  seven  children,  one  dying  in  infancy: 

(1)  William  Andrew,  born  .in  1869,  living  at  Stock- 
ton, Mo.,  and  is  a  druggist. 

(2)  Margaret  L.,  born  in  Douglas  County,  Missouri, 
about   1871,   married   T.   M.   Williams,   now   a   farmer   at 
Checotah,  Okla. 


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(3)  Mary  E.,  born  in  Douglas  County,  Missouri,  in 

1873,  married  T.  B.  Hembree,  a  carpenter,  of  Oklahoma. 
She  died  in  1916. 

(4)  James  A.,  born  in  Barton  County,  Missouri,  in 

1874,  and  still  resides  in  that  county,  a  farmer  by  occu- 
pation. 

(5)  Eliza  E.,  born  in  Barton  County,  Missouri,  in 
1876,  married  William  C.  Green,  a  farmer,  five  miles  north 
of  Greenfield. 

(6)  Edward  Henry  Carender. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  reared  on  a  farm  and 
attended  the  district  schools  and  also  the  Greenfield  High 
School.  He  began  teaching  country  schools  in  Dade 
County  in  1898.  He  has  also  been  interested  in  the  Ever- 
ton  Journal  the  past  12  years,  and  still  owns  it  and  con- 
tributes to  its  columns. 

Edward  H.  Carender  was  married  Dec.  22nd,  1900, 
to  Letitia  Strader,  born  in  Polk  County,  Missouri,  near 
Wishart,  May  18th,  1884,  daughter  of  Martin  and  Martha 
M.  (Wiley)  Strader,  pioneers  of  Polk  County.  He  was 
a  cooper  by  trade.  Both  her  parents  are  now  deceased. 
At  the  time  of  their  death  they  were  residing  in  Everton, 
where  Mrs.  Carender  attended  school  as  a  girl  and  where 
she  was  married.  Mrs.  Carender  is  a  lady  of  culture  and 
refinement,  of  a  loveable  disposition,  and  a  temperament 
which  wins  and  keeps  friends.  It  is  not  saying  too  much 
to  venture  that  much  of  Mr.  Carender 's  success  in  life  is 
due  to  his  wise  choice  of  a  wife.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Carender  are  members  of  the  Christian  Church,  and  are 
parents  of  five  children: 

(1)  Cecil  Lawrence,  born  Nov.  29th,  1901. 

(2)  Christa  Marie,  born  Oct.   29th,   1905,   and  died 
in  infancy. 

(3)  Russell  Lowell,  born  Feb.  17th,  1909. 

(4)  Dane  Elward,  born  July  17th,  1912. 

(5)  Golden  Marcella,  born  Aug.  31st,  1915. 

Mr.  Carender  is  an  active  church  worker,  being  an 
Elder  in  the  Christian  Church;  is  a  Republican  in  politics 
and  was  elected  Superintendent  of  the  Public  Schools  of 


334  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

the  county  without  opposition  in  April,  1911,  which  posi- 
tion he  still  retains,  having  been  re-elected  in  1915.  He 
has  succeeded  in  placing  Bade  County  upon  the  school 
map  of  the  State  of  Missouri.  Under  his  administration 
the  schools  of  the  county  have  prospered  and  advanced  as 
never  before.  A  greater  part  of  the  school  spirit  mani- 
fested everywhere  in  the  county  is  due  in  a  great  measure 
to  Mr.  Carender's  enthusiasm  for  the  work. 

Fraternally,  Mr.  Carender  is  a  Mason,  and  also  a 
member  of  the  local  W.  O.  W.  He  is  a  live-wire  in  school 
matters  and  an  officer  of  which  Dade  County  and  her 
people  are  justly  proud. 


JAMES  MADISON  OARLOCK. 

Was  born  in  Polk  County,  Missouri,  Dec.  29th,  1846, 
son  of  Ashel  and  Mary  L.  (Douglas)  Carlock,  both  natives 
of  Tennessee,  and  married  there.  Ashel  Carlock  was  a 
merchant  and  farmer.  He  died  in  1857  and  his  wife  died 
in  1858,  when  James  M.  was  11  years  old.  They  left  a 
family  of  seven  children: 

(1)  L.   L.   H.,   now   living  in   Tennessee,   an   M.   E. 
preacher,  and  served  in  the  Confederate  Army. 

(2)  James  M.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

(3)  Adelia,  now  deceased. 

(4)  John  Lewis,  of  Jasper  County. 

(5)  Amelia  Jane  Clementine,  who  is  now  Mrs.  Je- 
rome Murry,  and  resides  in  Oklahoma. 

(6)  Sarah    Rebecca    Eglentine,     now     Mrs.     Henry 
Mitchell,  of  Garden  City,  Kas. 

(7)  A  son,  died  in  infancy. 

At  the  death  of  the  father  and  mother,  this  family 
of  orphan  children  were  scattered  out  among  the  relatives, 
.Tamos  M.  being  sent  to  his  uncle,  Peter  Hoyle,  of  Dade 
County,  where  he  stayed  three  years,  until  the  breaking 
out  of  the  war,  when  his  uncle  went  into  Texas,  taking 
James  with  him.  After  three  months  they  went  into 
Hayborne  Parish,  Louisiana.  Peter  Hoyle  had  ten  or 
twelve  slaves  and  had  sent  them  south  with  his  son,  Dave. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 336 

James  M.  worked  at  farming  in  Louisiana,  raising  three 
crops,  when  he  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  Army  July 
19th,  1864,  and  served  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  was 
paroled  at  Shreveport,  La.,  June  8th,  1865.  He  then  re- 
turned to  Clayborne  Parish  and  hired  out  for  $20  per 
month.  He  returned  to  Dade  County  in  1866.  He  had  not 
been  able  to  get  much  schooling  until  20  years  of  age. 
Having  received  a  small  amount  of  money  from  his 
lather's  estate,  he  proceeded  to  spend  this  in  educating 
iiimself,  and  in  1870  received  a  certificate  to  teach  school 
from  William  C.  West,  one  of  the  first  School  Superintend- 
ents in  Dade  County. 

After  this  he  taught  school  in  Dade  County  for  seven- 
teen years.  About  the  time  of  entering  the  teachers'  pro- 
fession he  was  married,  Feb.  3rd,  1870,  to  Eliza  Ann 
Vaughn,  who  was  born  May  21st,  1848,  in  Giles  County, 
Tennessee,  daughter  of  David  Franklin  and  Lucinda 
(Cook)  Vaughn,  both  natives  of  Tennessee,  and  married 
there.  They  came  to  Dade  County  in  1853.  Prior  to  this 
time  he  had  visited  Dade  County  and  bought  land  here, 
which  he  farmed  up  to  the  time  he  entered  the  army.  At 
the  breaking  out  of  the  war,  David  F.  Vaughn  owned  500 
acres  of  land,  all  in  Dade  County  except  40  acres,  which  he 
left  in  possession  of  his  family,  enlisted  in  the  Confederate 
Army  in  1861,  in  Captain  Tucker's  Company,  and  was 
killed  at  the  battle  of  Wilson  Creek,  in  Missouri.  He  left 
a  wife  and  eight  children,  all  of  whom  she  raised.  She 
died  in  December,  1909,  at  the  ripe  old  age  of  80  years. 
Of  the  children  who  are  still  living  are  the  following: 

(1)  J.  M.  Vaughn,  a  Presbyterian  minister  of  Lock- 
wood. 

(2)  David  S.  Vaughn  lives  in  Eureka,  Kas. 

(3)  William  Dewitte  Vaughn  lives  on  the  old  home- 
stead which  his  father  left  on  entering  the  army. 

(4)  Benjamin  P.  Vaughn  of  Neola,  Mo. 
Those  who  have  departed  this  life  are: 

Ellen,   who   married   William   Grider   of   Dade   County. 
Both  are  no\v  deceased. 


S86 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Robert  Vaughn  lived  to  be  55  years  of  age,  and  died 
in  Dade  County,  leaving  a  large  family.  He  was  a  minis- 
ter of  the  M.  E.  Church  (South). 

Amanda  died  at  the  age  of  14  years. 

Mrs.  Carlock  received  44  acres  off  the  original  Vaughn 
homestead,  and  later  they  added  80  acres  by  purchase, 
and  then  sold  off  65  acres,  so  that  now  they  have  59  acres 
in  their  home  place,  lying  on  the  Seybert  road  north  of 
Greenfield  five  miles. 

In  1913  they  built  a  fine  little  cottage,  in  which  they 
now  live  in  practical  retirement.  They  have  eight  living 
children: 

(1)  Mary  Florence,  born  Jan.  29th,  1871,  was  edu- 
cated in  Dade  County  and  taught  school  for  many  years. 
She  married  Smith  Thompson,  who  died  in  May,   1903. 
In  1917  she  was  again  married,  this  time  to  Hon.  W.  S. 
Pelts,   Representative   in   the   Missouri   Legislature   from 
Dade  County.    They  reside  on  a  farm  in  Smith  Township. 

(2)  Felix  Lee,  born  Aug.  2nd,  1872,  married  Annie 
Duncan,  and  they  now  reside  in  Eureka,  Kas.    They  have 
three  children,  Chester,  Mary  and  Charles. 

(3)  David  M.,  born  Dec.  17th,  1873,  lives  at  home. 

(4)  Elmer  D.,  born  Feb.  13th,  1880,  lives  at  home. 

(5)  Ethel   Gertrude,  born  Dec.  15th,  1881,  married 
Silas  Grisham,  and  resides  on  a  farm  north  of  Seybert. 
They  have  one  child,  Clifford. 

(6)  Lacon  C.,  born  Oct.  28th,  1883,  married  Maggie 
Courtney.     He  is  a  merchant.     They  have  two  children, 
Kenneth   and   Mabel. 

(7)  Mamie  A.,  born  Jan.  29th,  1887,  married  Arthur 
McConnell,   and   have   three   children,    Clinton,    Raymond 
and  Mildred. 

(8)  Price  Clinton,  born  Jan.  9th,  1891,  lives  at  home 
and  runs  the  home  farm. 

Of  the  deceased  children: 

Floyd,  born  Sept.  7th,  1877,  died  same  month. 

Clarence  died  in  infancy. 

Amy  was  a  twin  of  Mamie  and  died  in  infancy. 

Luetta,  born  Oct.  3rd,  1875,  died  at  the  age  of  26. 


l.\(  L1J    SAM    MrMlLLA.N. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 337 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carlock  are  each  devoted  Christians 
and  interested  in  church  and  Sunday  school  work.  This 
work  extends  over  a  period  of  47  years.  He  has  a  diploma 
from  the  Missouri  State  Sunday  School  Association  for 
the  completion  of  the  first  Standard  Teachers'  Training 
Course.  He  is  especially  proud  of  his  record  as  a  school 
teacher,  having  first  taught  seven  subscription  schools, 
then,  in  1871,  he  began  teaching  in  the  public  schools,  and 
taught  18  terms,  as  follows: 

Shady  Grove,  two  terms. 

Lone  Jack,  five  terms. 

Shaw,  three  terms. 

Limestone,  two  terms. 

South  Greenfield,  one  term. 

Sylvania,  one  term. 

Oak  Grove,  one  term. 

McMillen,  one  term. 

Fairview,   two   terms. 

On  his  home  place  is  a  historical  tree,  which  Mr.  Car- 
lock  set  out  as  a  sprout  in  1853.  It  is  of  the  Quivering 
Aspen  variety  and  is  now  nine  feet  in  circumference.  If 
this  tree  could  talk,  it  could  relate  many  romantic,  tragic 
and  thrilling  stories  of  the  history  of  Dade  County  in  its 
making. 


DR.  LEWIS  E.  CANTRELL. 

One  of  the  most  prominent  exponents  of  Dental  Sur- 
gery in  Dade  County  is  Dr.  L.  E.  Cantrell  of  Everton,  Mo. 
He  is  a  native  of  this  county,  having  been  born  near  Ever- 
ton November  12th,  1872,  a  son  of  James  T.  Cantrell,  now 
living  retired  in  Walnut  Grove,  Green  County,  at  the 
advanced  age  of  75  years,  and  after  having  spent  most  of 
his  active  life  in  Dade  County.  He  was  brought  to  Dade 
County  when  6  years  of  age  by  his  father,  who  was  an 
early  settler  of  Dade  County,  where  he  entered  land  and 
became  a  prosperous  farmer.  James  T.  was  brought  up  on 
the  farm  and  received  as  good  an  education  as  the  county 


338 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

afforded  in  those  early  times.  He  married  Miss  Mary 
York,  who  was  born  in  Tennessee  in  1852,  and  a  daughter 
of  G.  P.  York,  who  came  to  Dade  County  before  the  Civil 
war  and  located  on  a  farm  in  Polk  Township.  To  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  James  T.  Cantrell  were  born  eight  children,  as 
follows:  Elonzo,  deceased;  Bell,  who  married  William 
Carlock,  a  farmer  of  Polk  Township,  and  they  have  four 
children,  Justin,  Roy,  Elmer  and  Eeba;  Lewis  E.,  the 
subject  of  this  review;  Nora,  who  married  Dr.  Thee  J. 
Drisdel  of  Dadeville,  and  they  have  one  child,  Dwight; 
Frank,  a  dentist  of  Walnut  Grove:  Homer,  a  farmer  of 
Polk  Township;  Clint,  a  telegraph  operator,  living  in  Cali- 
fornia; Kate,  the  widow  of  Fred  Wheeler,  and  has  one 
child,  Byron. 

Dr.  L.  E.  Cantrell  received  the  usual  school  advan- 
tages of  Dade  County,  and  began  the  study  of  dental  sur- 
gery, graduating  from  the  Western  Dental  College  at 
Kansas  City,,  Mo.,  in  1901,  and  immediately  began  prac- 
tice at  Everton,  where  he  met  with  success  from  the  start, 
and  where  he  now  enjoys  a  large  and  lucrative  practice. 
Dr.  Cantrell  married  Miss  Bessie  Carlock,  a  native  of 
Polk  Township  and  a  daughter  of  D.  E.  Carlock,  a  promi- 
nent farmer  of  Polk  Township.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cantrell 
has  been  born  one  son,  Conrad,  born  June  23,  1900.  Dr. 
Cantrell  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  and 
fraternally  he  is  identified  with  the  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  at  Ever- 
ton, I.  0.  0.  F.  Chapter  at  Ash  Grove,  Maccabees  and 
W.  0.  W.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  can  always 
be  depended  upon  to  lend  his  assistance  to  any  cause  for 
the  good  of  the  county  and  its  people.  He  is  a  booster 
for  good  roads  and  all  public  improvements.  Dr.  Cantrell 
is  truly  one  of  our  prominent  citizens,  and  is  well  worthy 
of  the  high  esteem  in  which  he  is  held  by  all  who  know 
him. 


JAMES  6.  CARR. 

Was  born  in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  May  8th,  1881, 
son  of  Abraham  and  Amanda  (Stanley)  Carr.    His  father 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 339 

was  a  native  of  Tennessee,  and  when  a  boy  6  years  of  age 
he  came  with  his  father  to  Dade  County  about  the  year 
1856  and  took  up  land  in  the  northeast  part  of  the  county. 

Abraham  Carr  enlisted  in  the  United  States  army  at 
the  beginning  of  the  Civil  war  when  only  15  years  of  age 
as  a  member  of  Company  I,  Fifteenth  Missouri  Cavalry, 
and  served  22  months. 

During  the  war  his  family  was  broken  up,  so  that  on 
his  return  he  became  a  farm  hand,  working  out  many 
places,  splitting  rails  for  25  cents  per  hundred,  and  at 
other  employment  at  equally  meager  wages. 

He  first  farmed  for  himself  on  land  near  Corry,  then 
sold  out  and  located  four  miles  west  of  Arcola.  He  ac- 
cumulated quite  a  large  tract  of  land  and  much  personal 
property.  He  is  still  the  owner  of  320  acres  of  splendid 
farming  land,  is  hale  and  hearty  for  a  man  of  his  years, 
and  is  still  active  in  business  affairs. 

Some  years  ago  he  moved  to  Greenfield  with  his  family, 
where  he  owns  a  good  home,  and  engaged  in  the  meat 
business,  from  which  he  is  now  retired,  devoting  his  entire 
time  to  his  farming  and  stock  feeding  business. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Abraham  Carr  were  the  parents  of  eight 
children,  one  boy,  George,  dying  at  the  age  of  11  years. 
Those  living  are:  Benjamin,  Lillian,  Ella,  Ruth,  James  G., 
John  and  May  Blanch. 

James  G.  Carr  was  married  on  September  20th,  1905, 
to  Miss  Lydia  Higgins,  a  native  Dade  County  girl  of  a 
pioneer  family,  residing  in  the  vicinity  of  Pennsylvania 
Prairie.  To  this  union  were  born  three  children: 

David,  born  December  1st,  1908. 

Ann  Eliza,  born  February  27th,  1911. 

Eldrich,  born  February  28th,  1916. 

Mr.  Carr  received  his  education  in  the  common 
schools  of  Dade  County,  and  entered  business  in  partner- 
ship with  his  father  about  the  year  1903,  taking  active 
charge  and  management  of  the  butcher  shop  in  Greenfield. 
About  the  year  1915  he  bought  out  the  interest  of  his 
father,  and  also  of  his  brother,  Ben,  who  at  one  time  was 
interested  in  the  business,  so  that  now  he  is  sole  proprie- 


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tor  of  the  business,  which  is  the  only  meat  market  in  the 
city.  He  is  also  extensively  engaged  in  buying  and  ship- 
ping hogs,  cattle,  horses  and  mules. 

Mr.  Carr  is  a  splendid  business  man,  active  in  public 
affairs,  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  has  never  held  or 
desired  a  public  office.  He  is  the  owner  of  a  fine  home  in 
the  city  of  Greenfield,  and  is  one  of  the  substantial  busi- 
ness men  of  the  community. 

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JAMES  M.  CARLOCE. 

Was  born  in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  October  25th, 
1846,  son  of  Lemuel  and  Angeline  (Davidson)  Carlock, 
both  natives  of  Tennessee.  Lemuel  Carlock  came  to  Dade 
County  when  a  very  young  man,  but  was  soon  followed 
by  his  father,  Isaac  Carlock,  and  his  mother.  They  were 
among  the  early  pioneers  of  the  county  and  buried  here. 
Lemuel  Carlock  was  a  farmer  and  twice  married.  His  first 
wife  was  Mary  Clopton,  by  whom  he  had  one  child,  Mary, 
who  married  George  Ward,  both  of  whom  are  now  de- 
ceased. 

Lemuel  Carlock  located  about  three  miles  south  of 
Dadeville,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  the  owner  of 
about  700  acres  of  land.  It  was  on  this  farm  that  he 
lived  with  his  second  wife  and  raised  a  family  of  11 
children,  all  of  whom  are  alive  except  Ella,  who  married 
John  Rountree,  and  died  about  1901.  Those  living  are: 

(1)     Biney,  now  Mrs.  John  King  of  Walnut  Grove. 

(•2)     James  M.  Carlock. 

(.'))      David  E.,  now  living  in  Polk  Township. 

(4)  Minta,  now  Mrs.  William  Corran  of  Cedar 
( 'oiinty. 

(."))      W.  I.  Carlock,  a  Doctor,  living  in  Everton. 

(<>)     Sallir,  now  Mrs.  W.  0.  Wilson  of  Polk  Township. 

(7)      Kat<>,  now  Mrs.  James  Dicus  of  Greenfield. 

(*)      Lula,  now  Mrs.  William  McQuery  of  Springfield. 

(!')     Ashcl,  a  farmer,  living  at  Walnut  Grove. 

(10)     Claudio,  now  Mrs.  Watts,  living  in  Colorado. 


HISTORY  OF  PADS  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 341 

Lemuel  Oarlock  was  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  very 
active.  Was  Probate  Judge  of  Dade  County  one  year,  and 
a  member  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church.  He 
spent  his  last  days  in  retirement  at  Ash  Grove,  and  died 
there. 

James  M.  Carlock  attended  the  public  schools  of  the 
county  and  obtained  only  a  meager  education.  He  was  at 
home  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  war,  when  he  en- 
listed in  Company  I,  Fifteenth  Missouri  Cavalry,  and 
served  under  Capt.  John  Howard  of  Greenfield  for  a  period 
of  13  or  14  months,  until  the  close  of  the  war.  He  was 
mustered  out  at  Springfield.  Most  of  his  military  service 
was  in  the  State  of  Missouri.  After  the  war  he  engaged 
in  teaming  for  a  period  of  four  years  between  Carthage, 
Sarcoxie,  Greenfield,  Dadeville  and  Sedalia.  About  this 
time  he  was  married  to  Mary  E.  Tarrant,  who  was  born 
in  1852.  To  this  union  were  born  two  children: 

(1)  Dr.  Harry  Carlock,  whose  biography  will  appear 
under  the  proper  caption  in  this  history. 

(2)  Virgil,  born  September  3rd,  1873,  and  married 
September  4th,  1911,  to  Clate  Divine,  a  native  of  Dade 
County,   a  daughter  of  Joe   Divine.     He   is   a   farmer,   a 
Democrat,  and  they  live  in  Polk  Township. 

James  M.  Carlock  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  has  served 
as  a  member  of  the  School  Board  and  road  overseer  for 
many  years,  and  at  one  time  run  for  sheriff  of  the  county, 
but  was  defeated  by  three  votes.  Mr.  Carlock  and  wife 
are  members  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church. 
Shortly  after  his  marriage  Mr.  Carlock  bought  80  acres 
of  land  in  Polk  Township,  upon  which  he  lived  for  about 
10  years,  then  sold  it  to  his  brother,  Ashel,  bought  120 
acres  from  John  Wheeler,  moved  upon  it,  built  a  nice 
four-room  frame  house,  and  did  considerable  fencing  and 
other  improving.  This  tract  of  land  is  well  watered  with 
a  spring  branch  and  good  stock  well.  Mr.  Carlock  also 
owns  an  80-acre  tract  in  Polk  Township,  making  him  200 
acres  in  all.  He  is  engaged  in  general  farming  and  makes 
a  specialty  of  raising  live  stock.  His  farm  is  named 
"Clover  Dale  Stock  Farm,"  upon  which  he  raises  for 


342  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

market  large   numbers   of  cattle,   hogs,   horses   nd  mules 
each  year. 

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DR.  HARRY  CARLOCK. 

One  of  the  prominent  men  of  the  younger  generation 
in  Dade  County  is  Dr.  Harry  Carlock  of  Dadeville.  Dr. 
Carlock  is  a  native  of  Dade  County,  having  been  born  in 
Polk  Township  September  12th,  1870,  and  is  the  descend- 
ant of  two  of  our  most  prominent  pioneer  families.  He 
is  the  oldest  son  of  Jarnes  Monroe  and  Mary  Elizabeth 
(Tarrant)  Carlock.  The  Carlock  and  Tarrant  families 
were  among  our  earliest  and  best-known  pioneer  citizens, 
and  a  complete  record  of  them  may  be  found  elsewhere 
in  these  volumes.  Dr.  Carlock  has  one  brother,  who  is  a 
farmer  of  Dade  County,  living  two  miles  south  and  east 
of  Dadeville.  Dr.  Carlock  made  his  home  with  his  parents 
until  he  was  29  years  of  age,  and  during  this  time  he  was 
given  a  first-class  education.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Dade  County,  went  to  college  at  the  Ozark  Col- 
lege at  Greenfield,  and  also  attended  at  the  college  in  Ash 
Grove,  Greene  County.  He  decided  upon  entering  the 
medical  profession,  and  studies  with  Dr.  W.  I.  Carlock 
from  1889  to  1893,  and  entered  for  a  course  in  medicine  at 
the  old  St.  Louis  Medical  College,  now  known  as  the 
Washington  University  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Dr.  Carlock 
liked  the  medical  professional  life,  but  became  interested 
in  veterinary  surgery  and  decided  to  enter  its  practice, 
which  he  did,  and  when  the  new  examination  law  went 
into  effect  in  Missouri  in  1905,  he  passed  the  examination 
with  little  effort  and  continued  to  practice,  and  has  built 
up  a  large  and  lucrative  practice  in  Eastern  Dade  and 
Western  Polk  and  Greene  Counties.  Dr.  Carlock  stands 
high  in  his  profession,  and  as  a  citizen  of  good  old  Dade 
County.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  active  in  the 
councils  of  his  party.  Dr.  Carlock  was  married  January 
12,  1897,  to  Miss  Fannie  Fern  Sullivan,  who  is  a  native 
of  Peru,  hid.,  and  who  was  born  December  27,  1871.  She 
is  a  daughter  of  Henry  G.  and  Pricilla  (Pernell)  Sullivan. 


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Mr.  Sullivan  was  a  business  man  of  Greenfield  for  a  num- 
ber of  years,  and  both  he  and  his  wife  died  at  Greenfield, 
where  they  were  living,  retired,  during  their  later  years. 
Mrs.  Oarlock's  only  sister  was  Mrs.  Jessie  (Sullivan) 
Coiner,  who  died  in  Lockwood  in  1916.  (See  sketch  of 
Miss  Bernice  Coiner). 

Dr.  Carlock  resides  in  the  hustling  little  town  of 
Dadeville,  where  he  has  a  nice  home  and  from  which  he 
carries  on  his  extensive  practice,  as  well  as  attending  to 
his  farming  interests  on  a  fine  80  acres  one  and  a  half 
miles  northeast  of  Dadeville,  and  upon  which  he  raises  a 
good  strain  of  Duroc-Jersey  hogs,  in  which  he  is  especially 
interested.  Dr.  Carlock  is  one  of  the  younger  generation 
of  Dade  County  citizens  that  can  always  be  depended 
upon  to  give  his  support  to  any  enterprise  that  makes 
for  the  betterment  of  his  country  and  its  people.  He  is  a 
firm,  believer  in  good  roads  and  free  schools,  a  gentleman 
in  every  sense  of  the  word,  courteous,  well-bred,  finely 
educated,  yet  easy  of  approach,  and  possessing  such  a 
pleasing  personality  that  it  is  indeed  a  pleasure  to  be 
associated  with  him  in  any  matter  of  business  or  pleasure. 
Dr.  Carlock  is  truly  one  of  our  most  highly  respected  and 
appreciated  young  professional  men. 


DR.  WILLIAM  ISAAC  CARLOCK. 

One  of  Dade  County's  foremost  professional  and  busi- 
ness men  is  Dr.  W.  I.  Carlock  of  Everton,  Mo.  He  is  a 
native  of  Dade  County,  having  been  born  in  Polk  Town- 
ship November  1st,  1851.  His  father,  Lemuel  L.  Carlock, 
was  a  native  of  Tennessee  and  brought  by  his  father, 
Isaac  Carlock,  to  Dade  County  when  a  young  man.  He 
was  of  English-Irish  ancestry.  Isaac  Carlock  settled  on 
government  land  in  Polk  Township  and  lived  there  until 
his  death,  and  now  lies  buried  in  the  Carlock  graveyard 
in  Polk  Township.  Lemuel  L.  Carlock  was  a  farmer  and 
stockman,  and  became  influential  in  county  affairs.  Dur- 
ing the  Civil  war  and  for  some  time  after,  he  was  engaged 
in  the  mercantile  business  at  Dadeville,  and  served  as 


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County  Judge  for  two  terms.  He  was  a  veteran  of  the 
Mexican  war.  He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  fra- 
ternally a  Mason.  Angeline  Davidson,  wife  of  Lemuel 
L.  Carlock,  was  a  native  of  Tennessee  and  the  mother  of 
eleven  children,  as  follows:  Nancy,  who  married  John 
King,  now  deceased,  and  she  lives  in  Walnut  Grove,  Greene 
County;  James  M.,  a  farmer,  near  Dadeville,  a  sketch  of 
whom  may  be  found  elsewhere;  David  E.,  a  farmer,  of  Polk 
Township;  William  I.,  subject  of  this  sketch;  Arminta  J., 
now  Mrs.  William  Cowan,  of  Cedar  County,  Missouri; 
Asahel  L.,  of  Walnut  Grove,  Greene  County;  Catherine, 
now  Mrs.  James  Dicus,  of  Greenfield;  Sallie,  now  Mrs. 
W.  0.  Wilson,  of  Polk  Township  (see  sketch  of  Oregon 
Wilson) ;  Lulu,  wife  of  William  McQuerry,  a  druggist,  of 
Springfield,  Mo.,  and  Ella,  who  married  John  Eountree, 
and  is  deceased. 

William  I.  Carlock  was  raised  on  the  farm,  educated 
in  the  country  schools  and  first  studied  medicine  with 
Dr.  John  King  at  Dadeville.  In  1871  he  entered  the  St. 
Louis  Medical  College  and  graduated  in  1873,  beginning 
the  practice  of  medicine  at  once  at  Everton,  Mo.,  where 
he  still  is  in  active  practice  and  where  he  has  built  up 
one  of  the  largest  drug  stores  in  the  county.  In  1900  Dr. 
Carlock  took  a  post-graduate  course  at  Chicago,  which  put 
him  up  to  date  with  all  the  modern  discoveries  of  the 
medical  profession.  In  1873  Mr.  Carlock  married  Fannie 
Tarrant,  who  was  born  in  Dade  County  in  1854,  a  daugh- 
ter of  John  M.  Tarrant,  pioneer  of  Dade  County,  and  of 
whom  a  sketch  may  be  found  in  these  pages.  To  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Carlock  have  been  born  two  children,  as  follows: 
J.  Frank,  a  business  man  of  Everton,  and  Henry,  who  is 
a  prominent  Dentist,  with  offices  in  Everton.  Dr.  Carlock 
is  prominent  in  the  Democratic  party,  and  has  served  as 
County  Collector  for  one  term.  Fraternally,  he  is  a 
member  of  the  A.  F.  A.  M.  at  Everton,  Chapter  at  Ash 
Grove  and  Commandry  at  Greenfield.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  the  W.  0.  W.  at  Everton.  Dr.  Carlock  is  one  of  our 
high-grade  citizens,  and  is  held  in  the  highest  esteem  by 
all  who  know  him,  and  his  honorable,  courteous  treatment 


\v.  L.  i  I:K<H  SON. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 346 

of  the  public  has  justly  earned  for  him  his  high  standing 
as  a  physician  and  business  man. 


COLONEL  JOSEPH  W.  CARMACK. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  one  of  the  unique,  strik- 
ing and  distinguished  characters  in  Dade  County  history. 
Perhaps  no  man  ever  lived  in  the  county  who  is  better 
known,  and  few  developed  a  more  picturesque  personality. 

Joseph  W.  Carmack  was  born  May  26th,  1838,  in 
Livingstone  County,  Tennessee,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Chapin)  Carmack.  Paul  Chapin,  his  grandfather,  was 
the  famous  drummer  boy  for  General  George  Washington 
in  the  Revolutionary  war.  lie  had  two  sons  who  served 
with  him  in  the  war  of  1812,  at  which  time  he  was  major. 

John  and  Elizabeth  Carmack  were  both  natives  of 
Tennessee.  They  came  to  Dade  County  in  June,  1853, 
and  settled  three  miles  northwest  of  Dadeville,  and  took 
up  80  acres  of  unimproved  land,  upon  which  there  was 
a  small  log  cabin.  John  Carmack  died  in  1856,  leaving 
a  family  of  eight  children,  three  of  whom  are  still  living: 

(1)  Mrs.   Dr.   N.   H.   Hampton,   No.   2124  Lafayette 
Avenue,  Saint  Louis  Mo.     Dr.  Hampton  was  one  of  the 
prominent  men  of  Dade  County  in  an  early  day.    He  prac- 
ticed medicine   in   Dadeville   and   was   Surveyor  by  pro- 
profession  also.     He  surveyed  the  public  state  road  from 
Springfield  to  Stockton.     When  the  town  was  located,  the 
citizens  drew  lots  for  the  honor  of  naming  the  little  vil- 
lage, which  honor  fell  upon  Dr.  Hampton,  and  he  named 
it  "Melville,"  which  has  since  been  changed  to  Dadeville. 

(2)  James  G.  Carmack  lives  in  Canada. 

(3)  J.  AV.  Carmack  of  Dadeville,  Mo. 

After  the  death  of  John  Carmack,  his  widow,  Eliza- 
beth, took  up  120  acres  more  land,  which  her  family  had 
cleared  out  at  the  time  of  the  war.  In  1862  she  moved 
to  Dadeville. 

Joseph  W.  Carmack  enlisted  in  the  Union  army  July 
5th,  1861,  in  Company  A.  Sixth  Missouri  Cavalry,  having 


346 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

previously  been  in  the  Secret  Service  of  the  United  States. 
Company  A  was  commanded  by  Captain  T.  A.  Switzler, 
and  the  regiment  was  commanded  by  Col.  Clark  Wright. 
He  served  in  this  company  until  September  30th,  1862, 
when  he  was  commissioned  First  Lieutenant  in  Co. 
L,  same  regiment,  under  Capt.  J.  C.  Kirby.  He  was  dis- 
charged February  18th,  1864,  at  Pilot  Knob,  Mo.,  as  first 
lieutenant,  then,  in  September,  1864,  he  was  commissioned 
first  lieutenant  in  the  Seventy-sixth  E.  M.  M.,  under  Capt. 
James  M.  Kirby.  Discharged  in  November,  1864,  and  in 
March,  1865,  was  commissioned  as  first  lieutenant  in  Com- 
pany E,  Fourteenth  Missouri  Cavalry,  Veterans.  Dis- 
charged October  26th,  1865,  at  Ft.  Leavenworth,  Kas. 

During  his  military  service  he  was  actively  engaged 
in  the  following  battles:  Wilson  Creek,  Sugar  Creek, 
Pea  Ridge,  Prairie  Grove,  Wet  Glaze,  Linn  Creek,  Horse 
Creek,  Greenfield,  and  many  others. 

In  the  spring  of  1866  he  was  commissioned  as  en- 
rolling and  mustering  officer  of  the  southwest  as  first  lieu- 
tenant, and  was  ordered  to  enroll  and  organize  companies 
in  Dade  County.  Three  companies  were  organized.  One 
was  placed  under  Capt.  James  M.  Travis  of  Arcola,  one 
under  Capt.  Thomas  Hopper  of  Penn  Prairie,  and  one  un- 
der Capt.  E.  V.  Lafoon  of  Dadeville.  During  the  war  he 
also  served  as  Quartermaster,  Commissary,  Provost  Mar- 
shal, Adjutant,  Mustering  Officer,  Company  Commander, 
Drill  Master,  and  doing  every  duty  known  to  a  cavalry 
soldier. 

He  was  never  married.  Elizabeth  Carmack,  his 
mother,  lived  to  the  extreme  old  age  of  93  years  11  months 
and  19  days.  She  lies  buried  beside  her  husband  in  the 
Rice  cemetery,  near  Dadeville. 

After  the  war,  Joseph  W.  Carmack  lived  in  Dadeville 
24  years.  During  that  time  he  bought  and  sold  many 
farms,  especially  in  the  territory  between  Dadeville  and 
Corry.  At  present  he  is  the  owner  of  a  splendid  farm 
of  200  acres  with  the  finest  water  system  in  the  county. 
He  has  erected  a  nice  frame  residence.  Farm  is  well 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 347 

fenced  and  140  acres  in  cultivation.  He  is  engaged  in 
general  farming. 

While  Mr.  Carmack  has  never  been  married,  he  has 
raised  several  boys,  and  given  them  a  splendid  start  in 
life.  In  politics  Mr.  Carmack  has  been  one  of  the  most 
active  Republicans,  covering  a  period  commencing  with 
the  birth  of  the  party.  He  was  elected  Sheriff  and  Col- 
lector of  the  county  in  1864,  but,  preferring  military 
service  in  time  of  war,  never  qualified,  having  been  com- 
missioned for  the  army.  Pie  served  as  Justice  of  the  Peace 
for  18  years  in  Morgan  Township,  and  has  frequently 
been  before  the  people  as  a  candidate,  both  in  the  con- 
ventions, primaries  and  general  elections.  He  lias  the 
distinction  of  being  captain  of  the  "Mollie  Dozier,"  a 
mythical  gunboat,  which  navigates  Salt  River  at  the 
close  of  each  political  campaign. 

Mr.  Carmack  has  always  been  a  booster  for  good 
roads,  and  exemplified  his  faith  by  many  good  works, 
building  graded  roads  on  his  own  account  long  before 
the  movement  became  state-wide. 

Since  the  war  Mr.  Carmack  has  been  a  prominent 
member  of  the  G.  A.  R.,  attending  all  the  reunions,  both 
district,  state  and  National,  and  has  held  many  offices  of 
honor  and  trust  in  that  organization,  including  being  made 
Colonel  of  the  Sixth  Cavalry,  Missouri  Volunteers,  com- 
plimentary. As  its  Commander,  since  the  war  he  has 
called  this  regiment  together  and  held  thirty  reunions. 
He  is  now  in  his  80th  year  and  has  offered  the  service  of 
himself  and  this  regiment  (about  40  available  men)  to  join 
the  Volunteer  army  to  go  to  France  to  defend  the  Stars 
and  Stripes  for  world  peace. 


C.  P.  COLLINS. 

Was  born  in  Lawrence  County,  Missouri,  December 
9th,  1872,  son  of  William  and  Jane  (West)  Collins.  His 
father  lives  at  Gaither,  In  Lawrence  county  where  he  is 
engaged  in  business.  His  mother  is  dead. 

Mr.  Collins  remained  at  home  until  21  years  of  age. 
He  learned  the  blacksmith  trade  which  he  followed  sue- 


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cessfully  in  Lawrence  and  Bade  counties  for  twenty  years. 
He  also  farmed  a  little  in  the  meantime. 

In  the  year  1913  he  entered  the  mercantile  business, 
buying  out  the  general  merchandise  store  of  A.  0.  Gragg 
&  Co.,  at  Pennsboro.  He  was  appointed  postmaster  Jan- 
uary 26th,  1915  which  position  he  still  holds.  His  stock  of 
goods  is  valued  at  $4,000  and  consists  of  dry-goods,  shoes, 
furnishing  goods  and  general  merchandise. 

Mr.  Collins  was  married  on  the  25th  day  of  June,  1894 
to  Minnie  L.  Stewart,  a  native  of  Missouri.  Her  father 
lives  in  Lawrence  County.  Her  mother  is  dead.  They 
are  the  parents  of  five  children — Charles,  Laura,  Ruth, 
Lydia  and  James  Francis,  all  at  home. 

Mr.  Collins  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  his  frater- 
nal relations  consist  of  membership  in  the  A.  F.  &  A.  M. 
at  Halltown  and  an  I.  0.  0.  F.  and  M.  W.  A.  at  Pennsboro. 

By  strict  attention  to  business  and  an  honest  effort  to 
supply  the  needs  of  his  customers  Mr.  Collins  has  attained 
enviable  success  in  merchandising.  He  is  a  valuable  and 
useful  man  in  the  community,  being  public  spirited,  ag- 
gressive and  dependable. 

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EX-JUDGE  FRANK  CHATHAM. 

One  of  the  most  prominent  men  of  all  northern  Dade 
County  is  Frank  Chatham  of  north  Sac  Township.  He 
was  born  in  Shelby  county,  Illinois,  April  15,  1867,  a  son 
of  Thomas  D.  and  Mary  (Wakefield)  Chatham,  both  nat- 
ives of  Illinois,  where  they  married  and  passed  their  lives, 
liis  father  dying  there  about  1875  and  the  mother  about 
1H95.  Thomas  D.  Chatham  was  a  Union  soldier  in  the  re- 
bellion serving  as  Sergeant  in  Co.  C  3rd  Illinois  Vol.  Cav- 
alry for  over  three  years.  He  was  a  republican.  In  the 
Chatham  family  there  were  five  children  in  which  Frank 
Chatham,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  second  in  order  of 
birth.  Of  this  family  three  are  now  living,  besides  Frank; 
Robert  is  a  resident  of  Roundstown,  Illinois  and  Anna, 
now  Mrs.  Calvin  Kirkpatrick  of  Christian  County,  111. 
Frank  Chatham  was  only  eight  years  of  age  when  his 
father  died  and  continued  to  live  with  his  mother  until 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 349 

she  again  married,  when  he  struck  out  for  himself  work- 
ing at  farm  labor  from  place  to  place  and  in  1887,  he 
visited  his  uncle  James  A.  Wakefield,  who  was  a  farmer 
of  Dado  County,  Missouri.  He  liked  it  so  well  here  that  he 
stayed  working  out  and  farming  on  the  share  the  first 
year,  the  second  year  he  worked  for  Daniel  Blakemore. 
On  November  28,  1889,  he  married  Cora  A.  Kirby,  who  was 
born  in  Dade  County  June  19,  1867,  a  daughter  of  James 
M.  Kirby  and  Mary  Grisham,  his  wife.  For  two  years 
after  their  marriage,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chatham  farmed  on  her 
father's  farm  and  it  was  not  long  before  Mr.  Kirby  gave 
his  daughter  120  acres  of  land  in  North  Morgan  Township. 
This  was  partly  improved,  had  a  small  one-room  house 
and  here  they  settled  and  went  to  work  in  dead  earnest. 
In  two  years  they  bought  a  good  40  adjoining  remaining 
on  this  place  for  four  years,  when  they  moved  back  to  the 
Kirby  homestead  and  Mr.  Chatham  wTent  into  the  stock 
business  with  his  father-in-law,  James  Kirby.  The  Kirby 
homestead  was  sold  out  in  some  two  or  three  years  and  Mr. 
Chatham  rented  225  acres  in  north  Sac.  Township  of  Dee 
White.  This  was  for  the  year  1904  and  1905,  and  when  his 
lease  was  up,  he  bought  the  entire  tract  of  255  acres.  This 
was  a  well  improved  farm  and  well  adapted  to  stock  rais- 
ing, has  a  good  residence  and  here  Mr.  Chatham  has 
since  resided  and  carried  on  stock  raising  and  farming  to 
a  large  extent.  He  has,  however,  sold  40  acres  of  his 
original  purchase  and  now  owns  215  acres  in  north  Sac. 
Township,  also  160  acres  in  north  Morgan  Township  and 
two  and  one-half  acres  located  in  the  town  of  Dadeville. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chatham  have  been  born  four  child- 
ren as  follows:  The  two  eldest  died  in  infancy;  Those  liv- 
ing are  James  Leslie,  born  January  28,  1898,  is  a  finely 
educated  young  man  having  had  the  advantages  of  Dade 
County  schools  and  attended  one  year  at  Marionville  Col- 
lege and  one  year  at  Bolivar,  Polk  County.  He  is  at 
present  farming  in  North  Morgan  township — he  married 
Mabel  Willett  of  Cedar  County;  Thomas  Roy,  born  Novem- 
ber 4,  1902  is  at  home  attending  school.  On  his  fine  farm 
Mr.  Chatham  will  average  handling  a  car-load  each  of 


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hogs  and  cattle  and  also  raising  some  fine  mules  for  the 
market  and  he  has  a  fine  flock  of  some  80  head  of  sheep 
and  goats.  On  this  place  are  two  large  silos  and  the  farm 
is  finely  watered  with  good  springs  and  spring  branch,  in 
fact,  it  is  an  ideal  stock  farm.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Chatham  are 
fine  Christian  people  belonging  to  the  Baptist  Church  at 
Cave  Springs.  Mr.  Chatham  is  a  red  hot  republican  and 
has  been  very  active  in  the  council  of  his  party.  He  has 
served  on  the  school  board  for  a  number  of  years  and  is 
now  road  over-seer  in  his  district.  He  was  elected  on  the 
republican  ticket  as  judge  of  the  county  court,  served  two 
years  and  was  one  of  our  most  popular  judges.  Mr.  Chat- 
ham is  a  wide-awake  progressive  business  man  and  can 
always  be  counted  upon  for  his  assistance  in  any  enter- 
prise that  is  for  the  good  of  the  county  or  its  people. 
He  is  a  booster  for  good  roads  and  a  firm  friend  of  free 
public  schools.  Too  much  cannot  be  said  of  what  Mr. 
Chatham  has  accomplished  and  all  in  Dade  County  too. 
He  had  little  chance  for  education,  but  today  he  is  a  well 
read,  finely  posted  man.  He  is  certainly  a  self-made  man 
in  every  respect.  He  has  lived  a  clean  life  in  every  respect 
and  deserves  the  high  esteem  in  which  he  is  held  by  his 
multitude  of  friends.  Dade  county  could  well  stand  a  few 
more  men  of  the  calibre  of  Frank  Chatham. 


BERNIECE  M.  COINER. 

An  ideal,  womanly  woman,  with  all  the  grace  and 
characteristics  of  feminity,  and  yet  withal,  possessing  a 
spirit  of  indomitable  courage  and  filled  with  the  "never- 
say-die"  temperament  of  the  Hibernian  race,  she  has  won 
for  herself  that  position  which  easily  proclaims  her  the 
"first  woman"  in  Dade  County  from  a  business  and 
literary  standpoint. 

Bornioce  M.  Coiner  was  born  in  Lockwood,  Dade 
Comity,  Missouri,  September  24th,  1885. 

Her  father,  George  W.  Coiner,  was  born  in  Virginia 
March  5th,  ]H57,  and  died  in  the  west  in  the  year  1910. 
He  was  of  the  Scotch-Irish  ancestry,  who  settled  in  Vir- 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 361 

ginia  (now  West  Virginia)  in  an  early  day.  They  were 
farmers  by  occupation.  George  came  to  Dade  County 
with  his  wife,  young  son  and  parents  in  1883.  In  early 
manhood  he  learned  the  painter's  trade,  which  he  followed 
during  life. 

George's  mother  was  born  in  Virginia  of  Irish  parent- 
age, who  were  farmers  by  occupation.  She  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Christian  church.  George  had  one  sister, 
Mary,  who  married  Mahlon  Eller,  a  ranchman,  residing 
at  Rock  Lake,  N.  D.  Thqy  have  three  children. 

George  W.  Coiner  and  Jessie  Sullivan  were  married 
in  Peru,  Ind.,  March  11,  1881,  she  being  a  native  of  Peru, 
born  July  3rd,  1862,  a  daughter  of  Henry  and  Priscilla 
(Parnell)  Sullivan,  of  Irish  parentage,  he  being  a  shoe- 
maker and  came  from  Indiana  to  Greenfield,  and  both 
are  buried  in  the  Greenfield  cemetery. 

Henry  and  Priscilla  Sullivan  were  the  parents  of 
two  children,  viz:  Jessie,  intermarried  with  George  W. 
Coiner,  and  mother  of  Berniece,  and  Fannie,  now  the 
wife  of  Harry  Carlock,  residing  at  Dadeville,  Mo.  She 
was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Peru,  Ind.  She  was  a 
member  of  the  Christian  church  and  Eastern  Star  fra- 
ternity of  Lockwood.  She  was  Worthy  Matron  of  the 
chapter  at  Lockwood  at  various  times  for  thirteen  years, 
and  for  some  time  was  District  Deputy  of  this  district, 
organizing  a  number  of  chapters.  She  died  August  26, 
1916,  while  undergoing  a  surgical  operation  in  the  Ex- 
celsior Springs  Sanatorium,  she  having  been  at  Excelsior 
Springs  five  weeks,  visiting  a  son.  Five  children  sur- 
vive. They  are: 

(1)  Dennis,  a  farmer,  Excelsior  Springs. 

(2)  Berniece  M.  Coiner. 

(3)  Stella,  married  Harry  G.  Dee,  formerly  freight 
agent  of  the  Frisco  railroad  at  Ft.  Scott,  Kas.,  now  with 
the  same  railroad  at  Wichita,  Kas.     They  have  one  child, 
Robert  L. 

(4)  Goldie    married    Halsey    Jewell,    agent    for    the 
Frisco  railroad   at  Garland,   Kas. 

(5)  Ray,  a  tailor,  at  Lockwood,  Mo. 


352 HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Berniece  M.  Coiner  has  lived  in  Lockwood  all  her 
life.  When  a  girl  she  attended  the  grade  schools  of  that 
place  and  later  spent  two  years  in  the  High  School.  She 
entered  the  office  of  the  "Missourian,"  a  local  paper, 
owned  by  A.  J.  Young,  and  learned  the  "art  preserva- 
tive," and  by  reason  of  her  industry,  sagacity  and  special 
fitness  for  the  work,  she  was  made  manager  of  that  pub- 
lication, which  position  she  occupied  for  three  years.  In 
March,  1912,  in  company  with  John  H.  Harris,  they  pur- 
chased the  " Lockwood  Luminary,"  which  she  has  since 
managed  and  edited,  and  in  March,  1916,  became  the  sole 
owner. 

Berniece  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  church,  a  Re- 
bekah  and  an  Eastern  Star,  and,  while  a  lady  is  supposed 
to  have  no  politics,  the  "Luminary"  is  a  power  in  Re- 
publican circles. 

She  is  also  a  member  of  the  "Missouri  Woman's 
Press  Association"  and  formerly  a  Trustee  in  that  organi- 
zation. 

In  recounting  the  struggles  and  successes  of  this  Dade 
County  girl,  it  might  not  be  out  of  order  to  state  that 
she  has  supported  herself  and  earned  every  dollar's 
worth  of  property  which  she  now  possesses.  At  present 
she  is  the  owner  of  a  well-furnished,  comfortable  home 
in  Lockwood,  and  the  "Luminary"  Office  is  known  far 
and  wide  as  one  of  the  best-equipped  offices  in  the  state 
for  a  town  the  size  of  Lockwood.  Its  interior  appoint- 
ments are  new  and  up-to-date,  while  an  atmosphere  of 
neatness,  good  taste  and  prosperity  pervades  every  inch 
of  the  room. 

The  "Luminary"  job  office  has  long  since  gained  a 
well-merited  reputation  for  artistic  work,  but  the  real 
success  of  the  enterprise  has  come  from  the  brilliant, 
sparkling  bits  of  philosophy  which  has  eminated  from 
the  editorial  chair. 


JOHN  M.  COTTER. 

Of  the  highly  respected  and  appreciated  farmers  of 
Dade  County,  none  stands  higher  than  John  Cotter,  the 


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subject  of  this  sketch.  He  was  born  February  22nd,  1858, 
in  Jefferson  County,  Tennessee,  a  son  of  William  and 
Nancy  Jane  (White)  Cotter,  both  natives  of  Tennessee, 
where  they  were  married  and  came  to  Greene  County,  Mis- 
souri, in  1882,  and  carried  on  farming  until  their  demise. 
John  was  the  oldest  of  five  children,  the  second  dying  in 
infancy,  while  James,  the  third  in  order  of  birth,  is  also 
deceased;  George  H.  is  a  resident  of  Everton,  and  Thula 
married  John  Baxter,  and  they  live  at  Bois  d'Arc,  Greene 
County. 

For  many  years  Mr.  Cotter  was  a  business  man  of 
Greene  County.  When  about  21  years  of  age  he  entered 
into  the  drug  business  at  Bois  d'Arc,  which  he  sold  out 
in  one  year,  and  then  spent  two  years  in  Colorado  and 
Texas.  He  returned  and  put  in  a  new  stock  of  drugs  at 
Bois  d'Arc,  but  after  two  years  he  moved  to  Ash  Grove, 
where  he  was  employed  by  Swinney  Brothers,  Druggists, 
for  some  five  years,  at  which  time  he  bought  out  the  C.  H. 
Van  Pelt  Drug  Store,  which  he  successfully  run  for  17 
years,  finally  selling  out  to  A.  R.  Mason,  and  moved  to 
a  fine  300-acre  farm  that  he  had  bought  while  in  business. 
This  place  is  located  two  miles  west  of  Everton,  and 
was  only  partly  improved.  Mr.  Cotter  has  greatly  im- 
proved this  farm  with  good  fences  and  outbuildings,  and 
now  has  one  of  the  very  best  stock  farms  in  the  county. 
Here  he  raises  and  feeds  some  200  head  of  hogs  a  year, 
besides  cattle.  In  1881  Mr.  Cotter  married  Miss  Alice 
Wilson,  a  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Jane  (Baker)  Wilson. 
Mr.  Wilson  is  deceased  and  was  a  brother  of  Solomon  H. 
Wilson,  and  a  sketch  of  the  Wilson  family  may  be  found 
elsewhere  in  these  volumes.  Mr.  Cotter  lost  his  wife 
September  30th,  1889,  and  by  her  he  had  two  children, 
as  follows:  Harry  Arthur,  who  married  Josie  B.  Meyers, 
who  died  leaving  three  children,  John  M.  William  B.  and 
Elms  B.  Clyde  Everett  died  February  6,  1910,  age  27 
years. 

Mr.  Cotter  is  certainly  a  public-spirited  citizen.  He 
?s  a  red-hot  Republican,  but  does  not  desire  office  of  any 
kind.  Fraternally,  he  is  a  Mason,  belonging  to  the  Blue 


354  HISTORY  OP  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 


Lodge  at  Everton,  the  Chapter  at  Ash  Grove,  the  Com- 
mandery  at  Greenfield  and  the  Shrine  at  Springfield.  He 
is  a  good  booster  for  good  roads  and  a  staunch  friend  of 
our  free  public  school  system.  Truly,  Mr.  Cotter  is  a 
wide-awake  business  man,  and  such  men  as  he  are  the 
making  of  any  community. 

o 

SAMUEL  WILLIAM  COX. 
Deceased. 

Born  in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  April  28th,  1848, 
died  at  his  home,  near  South  Greenfield,  January  3rd, 
11)17,  son  of  Jacob  and  Louisa  (Johnson)  Cox,  both  natives 
of  Filn.  )re  County,  Tennessee,  where  they  were  married. 
Came  to  Dade  County  by  ox  team,  overland,  1837,  being 
six  weeks  on  the  road,  coming  via  St.  Louis.  They  had 
two  children  at  the  time,  bringing  both  with  them,  Nancy, 
afterward  Mrs.  William  Moore  of  Kansas,  died  September 
28th,  1910,  aged  74  years;  Mary,  afterward  Mrs.  James  II. 
Morgan,  died  January  18th,  1906,  aged  86  years  11  months 
and  28  days. 

Jacob  Cox  and  wife  settled  on  land  a  half  mile  south 
of  South  Greenfield,  and  lived  there  one  year  in  a  rail 
pen,  three  sides  inclosed,  the  fourth  being  a  quilt.  Later 
on  he  took  up  land  adjoining  where  South  Greenfield 
now  stands,  which  became  his  permanent  abode  until  the 
time  of  his  death.  First  he  erected  a  little  log  cabin  12x14 
feet,  and  in  this  they  lived  for  a  few  years,  when  a  second 
cabin  16  feet  square  was  built,  and  in  these  cabins  the 
last  of  their  six  children  were  born.  One  died  in  infancy, 
one  in  adult  age,  and  two  still  survive.  Sarah  A  Myers, 
widow  of  Charles  B.  Myers,  now  lives  in  Everton;  Charles 
M.  Cox,  a  fanner,  living  near  Golden  City.  Those  de- 
ceased are  Samuel  \V.  Cox,  Mrs.  Elmira  English,  Leah  M. 
( 'ox  and  Oranville  (J.  Cox. 

.Jacob  Cox  and  wife  are  buried  on  the  home  farm, 
.shout  !.")()  yards  southeast  of  the  frame  house  which  he 
huilt  in  1S-V5.  .Jacob  Cox  was  a  Republican,  and  both  him- 
>elf  and  wife  were  members  of  the  M.  E.  Church  (South;. 

In    1*4*,    .')()    acres    of    land    was    bought    and    entered 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 355 

for  the  South  Methodist  Camp  Meeting  Association,  10 
acres  of  which  is  still  retained  by  the  Cumberland  Pres- 
byterians and  used  by  them  for  camp  meeting  purposes. 

Jacob  Cox  died  January  7th,  1883.  Louisa  Cox  died 
January  2nd,  1895. 

Samuel  W.  Cox  stayed  at  home  until  he  was  21  years 
of  age,  at  which  time  he  went  to  work  for  himself  on 
rented  land  two  miles  west  of  the  old  Ragsdale  homestead. 
He  remained  here  for  two  years,  and  then  purchased  his 
present  homestead,  then  consisting  of  75  acres,  where  he 
has  lived  and  farmed  ever  since,  building  houses,  barns, 
fences,  etc.,  and  adding  land  thereto,  until  he  acquired 
235  acres,  and  at  the  death  of  his  father  he  received  200 
acres  more,  making  him  a  fine  farm  of  435  acres,  all  in 
one  body. 

On  the  21st  day  of  March,  1871,  he  was  first  married, 
to  Harriet  A.  Ragsdale,  who  died  January  12th,  1881,  leav- 
ing three  children: 

(1)  Harriet  Adaline,   born   March   loth,   1872,   died 
February  9th,   1894.     She  married  John  A.   Adams,   now 
deceased,  and  left   two   children,   Christopher   C.,   now   of 
San   Francisco,   and   Harriet   Ida.,   now   of  Kansas    City. 
Both  are  married. 

(2)  Thomas   Albert,    of   South    Greenfield,    lives    on 
part  of  the  original  land  grant  to  his  grandfather.     Mar- 
ried Lizzie  Bird,  and  they  now  have  five  children,  May 
Elizabeth,    Grace,    Thomas    Albert,    William    Walter    and 
Walter  Jacob.     William  Walter  died  May  20th,  1893. 

The  second  wife  of  Samuel  W.  Cox  was  Fannie  L. 
Mitchell,  born  July  19th,  1862,  on  a  farm  near  Chicago, 
111.  The  were  married  June  10th,  1883.  She  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Gohra.ii  Smith  and  Louisa  J.  (Babb)  Mitchell,  both 
natives  of  the  State  of  Maine,  the  father  being  born  about 
1832,  while  the  mother  is  still  living  on  a  farm  with  two 
daughters. 

Mrs.  Cox  was  the  oldest  of  three  children,  all  living. 
Of  this  second  marriage,  three  children  were  born: 


356 HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

(1)  Edith    A.,    born    January    29th,    1886,    married 
John    A.    Babb    of   Dixfield,   Me.      The    have    one    child, 
Richard  Edward. 

(2)  Samuel  Jacob,  born  June  27th,  1894,  died  August 
12,  1910. 

(3)  Noel  Ernest  Gohram,  born  December  25th,  1900. 
Is  at  home. 

Samuel  W.  Cox  was  a  life-long  Republican  and  active 
in  the  counsels  of  his  party.  He  was  also  an  Odd  Fellow,  a 
Mason,  belonging  to  all  the  lodges,  a  Shriner  at  Spring- 
field, and  to  the  Commandery  at  Greenfield.  The  entire 
family  are  members  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian 
Church. 

Samuel  W.  Cox  was  one  of  the  original  organizers  of 
the  Farmers'  State  Bank  at  South  Greenfield,  and  in  1915 
was  elected  its  President,  succeeding  B.  J.  J.  Marsh  (de- 
ceased). Mr.  Cox  was  also  a  stockholder  in  the  Dadc 
Count  Bank  at  Greenfield. 

Being  an  admirer  of  blooded  stock,  Mr.  Cox  was 
among  the  first  to  introduce  Shorthorn  cattle  and  Poland- 
China  hogs  into  Bade  County.  His  herd  of  Shorthorns 
was  established  in  1875,  and  became  famous  all  over  the 
State  of  Missouri.  He  exhibited  both  hogs  and  cattle  at 
the  various  fairs  and  was  richly  rewarded  in  the  granting 
of  premiums. 

Besides  being  a  heavy  feeder  and  shipper  of  both 
cattle  and  hogs,  Mr.  Cox  engaged  in  another  enterprise, 
which  was  largely  in  the  nature  of  an  experiment,  but 
one  which  proved  to  be  a  glowing  success.  On  the  18th 
day  of  August,  1914,  he  began  the  construction  of  a  fish 
pond  on  his  farm,  which  would  cover  about  two  acres. 
It  required  a  concrete  retaining  wall  170  feet  long,  18 
inches  wide  at  the  base,  8  inches  at  the  top  and  18  feet 
high  above  bedrock.  This  created  a  pond  which  was 
supplied  with  an  everlasting  spring  of  clear,  cool,  spar- 
kling water,  having  a  flow  of  50  gallons  per  minute  in  the 
dryest  time.  This  pond  he  stocked  with  both  large  and 
small-mouthed  bass  and  crappie,  obtaining  some  from  the 
state  and  the  remainder  from  the  government  fish  hatch- 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 357 

ery.  At  the  greatest  depth  this  pond  is  9  feet  11  inches 
deep.  It  answers  two  purposes — first,  it  is  an  ornament 
to  the  farm,  adding  much  to  its  intrinsic  beauty,  and  sec- 
ond, it  furnishes  fish  and  fishing  to  the  occupants,  thereby 
becoming  a  source  of  profit  as  well  as  of  pleasure. 


CHARLES  M.  COX. 

Was  born  in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  December  8th, 
1854,  son  of  Jacob  and  Louisa  (Johnson)  Cox,  pioneers  of 
Dade  County,  who  resided  in  the  vicinity  of  South  Green- 
field. 

Charles  M.  Cox  received  all  his  education  in  the 
common  schools  of  Dade  County  and  remained  at  home 
on  the  farm  till  23  years  of  age,  at  which  time,  March 
6th,  1878,  he  was  married  to  Emma  B.  Teagarden,  who 
was  born  in  Henry  County,  Illinois,  October  9th,  1854, 
a  daughter  of  John  M.  and  Mary  (Brown)  Teagarden, 
who  came  to  Dade  County  in  1871.  They  were  farmers 
and  settled  in  Grant  Township.  Both  are  now  deceased. 
After  his  marriage,  Mr.  Cox  went  onto  a  farm  of  160  acres 
of  partly  improved  land  in  Grant  Township,  which  he  had 
bought  in  1874  at  $12.50  per  acre.  The  improvements  at 
the  time  of  his  purchase  consisted  of  a  small  house  and 
some  fencing.  They  went  to  work  and  improved  it  from 
time  to  time  until  now  it  is  one  of  the  finest  farms  in 
western  Dade  County.  In  1892  he  built  a  large  seven- 
room  dwelling,  surrounded  by  a  fine  lawn,  elegant  shade 
trees,  large  barn  and  substantial  outbuildings. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cox  were  born  six  children,  four 
of  whom  are  living.  Hattie  A.,  died  at  the  age  of  4y2 
years,  and  Clarence  A.,  died  at  the  age  of  10  years,  both 
dying  the  same  year.  Those  living  are: 

(1)  Howard    V.,    married    for    his    first    wife    Etta 
Deweese,  who  died  leaving  one  child,  Esther,  and  for  his 
second   wife   he   married   Susan   Porter.      They   are   now 
living  on  the  old  homestead  with  Mr.  Cox. 

(2)  Fannie   A.,  married  David   Nutt,   a   farmer   re- 
siding at  Lindsborg,  Kas.     They  have  one  child,  Frances 
Maybell. 


358 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

(3)  Myrtle  B.,  married  Manual  Mitchell,  a  mechanic, 
living  in  Springfield,  Mo.     They  have  one  child,  Irene. 

(4)  Homer,  at  home  and  unmarried. 

In  politics  Mr.  Cox  is  what  is  termed  an  Independent 
voter,  not  bound  to  any  particular  political  party.  He 
has  been  a  member  of  the  Christian  church  for  many 
years. 

During  his  li.Vrinie  Mr.  Cox  has  witnessed  many 
changes.  His  eai'iy  recollection  goes  back  to  the  days 
when  his  father  would  tai\o  tiie  entire-  tamily  in  an  ox 
wagon  to  Greenfield,  starting  rariy  in  the  morning  and 
spending  the  entire  day  in  trading  and  on  the  road, 
although  the  distance  was  little  more  than  three  miles. 
His  father's  original  farm  comprised  what  is  now  a  part 
of  the  city  of  South  Greenfield,  and  laid  mostly  in  the 
productive  Limestone  Valley.  Mr.  Cox  grew  to  manhood 
in  this  locality,  and  was  well  ac^naint'-d  witli  all  the 
pioneer  settlers  of  Pennsylvania  Prairie  country. 

Mrs.  Cox  departed  this  life  February  Vlth,  1914. 
Since  purchasing  the  original  160  acres,  Mr.  Cox  has 
added  80  acres,  so  that  the  farm  now  comprises  i!40  acres, 
situated  in  the  very  heart  of  the  best  fanning  and  stock 
raising  part  of  Dade  County.  In  addition  to  his  general 
farming  enterprises,  Mr.  Cox  ha<  been  largely  interested 
in  raising  blooded  stock,  especially  hogs  and  cattle.  His 
herds  were  known  far  and  wide  throughout  Southwest 
Missouri.  He  was  one  of  the  first  men  in  his  locality  to 
appreciate  the  value  of  a  silo  in  cattle  feeding,  and  erected 
one  with  a  100-ton  capacity.  His  farm  is  well  fenced  and 
cross-fenced  and  admirably  adapted  to  both  grain  and 
stock  raising.  He  has  prospered  in  his  business  affairs 
and  is  now  ready  to  retire,  having  the  confidence  and 
esteem  of  his  neighbors,  as  well  as  a  goodly  portion  of 
this  world's  goods,  which  will  enable  him  to  spend  his 
declining  years  in  comparative  ease  and  comfort. 

o 

DR.  ROBERT  MADISON  CRUTCHER. 

Was  born  in  Middle  Tennessee  April  7th,  1848,  son  of 
William  Henry  and  Charity  (Evans)  Crutcher.  They  were 


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farmers  and  wholesale  merchants  of  Nashville,  Tenn.,  and 
also  in  the  iron  furnace  business  a  few  years.  Both  were 
natives  of  Tenn.,  and  are  buried  there. 

Robert  Madison  Crutcher  is  one  of  a  large  family  of 
children,  but  only  two  brothers  are  living,  one  in  Kentucky 
and  one  in  Texas.  His  father  was  married  a  second  time 
and  he  has  four  half-brothers  living,  two  in  Montana  and 
one  in  Oregon  and  one  in  Arkansas. 

Mr.  Crutcher  remained  at  home  working  with  his 
father  until  he  was  24  years  of  age,  obtained  but  little 
schooling  in  his  boyhood  days,  for  at  the  age  of  13  the 
school  buildings  of  his  neighborhood  were  turned  into  hos- 
pitals. At  the  age  of  22  years  he  entered  the  medical  de- 
partment of  the  University  of  Tennessee,  at  Nashville, 
and  graduated  from  that  institution  in  1874  and  came  to 
Cane  Hill,  Mo.,  where  he  practiced  for  two  years,  and  then 
moved  to  Arcola  in  August,  1876,  where  lie  still  resides. 
In  those  early  days  he  enjoyed  an  extensive  practice,  cov- 
ering a  large  territory.  There  were  no  buggies  then,  so 
that  he  was  obliged  to  keep  three  saddle  horses  in  constant 
use  in  his  ever-increasing  business. 

On  the  1st  day  of  November,  1874,  at  Cane  Hill,  Mo., 
he  was  married  to  Mary  Victoria  Rountree,  daughter  of 
Rufus  M.  Rountree,  an  early  settler  of  Cedar  county.  To 
this  union  were  born  five  boys,  all  living: 

(1)  Henry  Clarence,  born  April  10,  1878,  resides  in 
Portland,  Oregon.    Is  still  single. 

(2)  James  Ernest,  born  September  8,  1879,  married 
Cora  Parks,  a  native  of  Missouri.     They  live  in  Portland, 
Oregon.     He  is  now  the  Corresponding  Secretary  of  the 
Bell  Telephone  Company  of  that  city. 

(3)  Edgar,  born  November  1,  1881,  resides  in  San 
Francisco,  and  is  engaged  in  business  as  a  manufacturer's 
agent. 

(4)  Robert  Lee,  born  March  10,  1883,  resides  in  Al- 
buquerque, New  Mexico,  and  engaged  in  the  laundry  busi- 
ness. 

(5)  Lucien  M.,  born  March  4,  1888,  married  Gertrude 
Webb,  a  native  of  Dade  County.    He  is  a  fanner  and  re- 


860  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

sides  one-half  mile  west  of  Arcola.  They  have  two  chil- 
dren, Mary  Pearl  and  Ernest  Edward. 

Mr.  Crutcher  had  four  brothers  in  the  Confederate 
army.  He  was  not  an  enlisted  soldier  himself,  being  too 
young,  but  performed  valuable  scout  duty. 

In  politics,  Mr.  Crutcher  is  a  democrat,  and  for  years 
has  taken  an  active  part  in  both  state  and  county  politics. 
He  has  served  many  years  as  a  member  of  the  school 
board,  was  the  first  collector  after  the  organization  of 
North  Township,  and  is  one  of  the  stockholders  in  the 
Arcola  bank. 

Fraternally,  Dr.  Crutcher  is  a  Mason,  belonging  to  the 
Blue  Lodge  at  Arcola  and  the  Commandery  at  Greenfield. 
He  is  also  an  Odd  Fellow.  In  religious  life  Mr.  Crutcher 
is  a  member  of  the  Christian  church,  has  been  an  elder  for 
25  years,  was  one  of  the  prime  movers  in  the  church  at 
Arcola,  and  has  been  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  School 
for  more  than  25  years,  most  of  the  time. 

When  Dr.  Crutcher  first  came  to  Arcola  it  consisted 
of  one  store  and  one  saloon.  The  only  church  was  an  un- 
completed Methodist  Episcopal  building,  and  for  a  number 
of  years  he  contributed  to  the  support  of  this  organization. 
He  bought  a  home  consisting  of  two  small  rooms,  one  14 
by  14  and  the  other  8  by  14.  In  this  humble  cottage  he 
raised  his  family.  In  that  day  the  land  surrounding  Arcola 
was  uncultivated  prairie  land,  but  as  the  years  went  by 
Mr.  Crutcher  invested  his  savings  in  real  estate  until  he 
now  owns  a  farm  of  280  acres  North  and  West  of  Arcola, 
30  acres  adjoining  the  town  on  the  Southeast,  and  has  added 
to  his  original  dwelling  by  remodeling  and  rebuilding,  until 
he  now  has  a  comfortable  6-room  residence. 

In  the  practice  of  medicine,  Dr.  Crutcher  has  been 
eminently  successful.  In  early  days  when  money  was  scarce 
and  the  settlements  widely  scattered,  Dr.  Crutcher  has  rid- 
den many  miles  over  rough  roads,  through  rain  and  storm, 
no  matter  how  dark  the  night,  to  alleviate  the  suffering 
of  some  poor  family  with  absolutely  no  hope  or  prospect 
of  remuneration.  His  life  work  has  been  one  of  service 
and  sacrifice,  and  as  a  reward  he  has  gained  the  confidence, 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLB 861 

respect  and  admiration  of  the  community  in  which  he  lives. 
Few  men  have  contributed  more  in  sincere  devotion  to  duty 
for  the  benefit  of  the  community  than  Dr.  Robert  Madison 
Crutcher. 


HENRY  ALBERT  CUNNINGHAM. 

Among  the  many  boys  in  Dade  County  who  were  born 
upon  the  farm,  received  their  education  in  the  common 
schools  and  then  made  good  in  the  business  world,  none 
stand  out  more  prominent  than  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 
William  Cunningham  was  a  pioneer  farmer  who  settled  on  a 
farm  two  miles  East  of  where  the  city  of  Lockwood  now 
stands.  His  oldest  son,  Albert,  was  born  and  raised  on 
this  farm.  He  received  his  education  in  the  common  schools 
of  the  neighborhood  and  early  in  life  became  attached  to  the 
cattle  industry.  In  the  year  1882,  when  twenty-five  years 
of  age,  he  came  to  Lockwood  and  engaged  in  the  mercantile 
business  in  partnership  with  A.  F.  Finley,  and  shortly 
thereafter  was  married  to  Miss  Hattie  Matthews  of  Lock- 
wood.  He  established  his  permanent  home  in  Lockwood. 
To  this  union  *\rere  born  three  children,  Mabel,  nowr  Mrs. 
Emery  Clements ;  Iva,  a  single  daughter,  and  Laclede,  a 
son. 

He  remained  in  the  general  merchandise  business  about 
twenty  years,  during  which  time  he  was  also  extensively 
engaged  in  buying,  feeding,  pasturing  and  shipping  live 
stock.  Careful  and  conservative  in  his  business  ventures 
and  always  exercising  splendid  judgment,  he  made  a  suc- 
cess in  all  his  undertakings. 

About  the  year  1895,  when  the  Bank  of  Lockwood  was 
organized,  he  was  one  of  its  principal  stockholders,  acted 
as  cashier  for  about  one  year  and  was  its  vice  president  up 
to  the  time  of  his  death.  In  business  circles,  Mr.  Cunning- 
ham was  always  regarded  as  one  of  Lockwood 's  best  citi- 
zens. His  death  came  at  a  most  unexpected  moment.  He 
was  in  the  very  midst  of  his  business  activities  and  in  seem- 
ing good  health. 

He  accompanied  a  shipment  of  live  stock  to  St.  Louis, 
and  while  in  the  city  went  to  a  local  hospital  for  treatment 


362  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 


of  a  minor  difficulty,  which  on  examination  proved  to  be  of 
a  cancerous  nature,  alTect-nii'  'he  jaw.  A  minor  operation 
was  performed,  which  upon  closer  examination  proved  far 
more  serious  than  the  doctors  at  first  concluded,  and  a  sec- 
ond operation  was  decided  upon.  His  wife  was  notified  by 
telegram  and  she  went  immediately  to  his  side,  but  the 
operation  proved  fatal.  His  death  was  a  sad  shock  to  the 
entire  community. 

His  funeral  was  conducted  at  the  Christian  church  in 
Lockwood,  by  Rev.  (Jeor.u'e  Yarbrough  of  that  church,  and 
was  one  of  the  largest  and  most  impressive  ever  conducted 
in  the  city.  The  business  of  the  city  was  suspended  during 
the  day  and  almost  the  entire  population  attended  the  fu- 
neral. Amoiiii1  the  deeply  afflicted  ones  were  his  aired  par- 
ents who  have  since  passed  away.  Five  brothers,  Lafay- 
ette. Alex,  Levi,  James  and  William,  and  three  sisters.  Mrs. 
11.  A.  Peterson  of  Sprin.u'field,  Mrs.  Hn.irh  Hampton  of 
(Jreenfield  and  Mrs.  Ida  Smith  of  Lockwood,  were  all  pres- 
ent. 

Mr.  Cunnin.u'ham  was  called  from  a  life  of  business  ac- 
tivity while  yet  in  the  very  prime  and  viiror  of  his  man- 
hood. His  influence  had  been  felt  in  every  important  step 
in  the  development  of  the  city  and  community,  but  he  left 
for  himself  a  monument  of  respect  in  the  hearts  and  lives 
of  his  neighbors  and  friends  which  will  stand  as  lon.u1  as 
the  historv  of  Dade  Countv  is  read  or  remembered. 


ALBERT  W.  DAIGH. 

Of  irood  old  fiuhtinu'  stuck,  with  ancestors  tracinir  their 
parentage  hack  to  the  land  of  the  Shamrock.  Albert  W. 
I'aiu'li  riiteivd  ilium  the  scene  of  life'-  activitie>  in  (Miri-- 
tian  ('onnty,  111..  .June  L'lst,  1S(»(5,  a  son  of  Thomas  Jeffer- 
son and  Mary  (Willis)  Hai^li.  the  forme]1  lieinir  a  native  of 
Saniramou  ('onnly,  111.,  while  the  latter  was  born  in  Dade 
County,  Mo.  Charles  ( '.  Dai.di.  father  of  Thomas  .1.  Daiirh, 
was  a  nat  ive  of  \Vest  Vi  ruinia,  as  also  was  his  father.  James 
aiLih.  Tin1  father  of  James  L.  I)aiirh  came  from 
to  \\est  Virginia  prior  to  the  Revolutionary  war 
ook  an  active  part  therein.  His  son,  James  Lewis 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 363 

Daigh,  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812,  while  Charles  C. 
Daigh,  his  son,  fought  in  the  Black  Hawk  war.  From  the 
above  record  it  is  quite  evident  that  the  great-great-great- 
grandfather of  Albert  was  the  founder  of  the  Daigh  family 
in  America,  and  its  christening  seems  to  have  been  with  a 
baptism  of  blood. 

John  Lewis  Daigh,  Albert's  great-grandfather,  emi- 
grated to  Illinois  from  West  Virginia  in  a  very  early  day, 
when  Springfield,  the  capital  of  the  state,  was  yet  a  very 
small  hamlet.  His  family,  which  were  for  the  most  part 
grown,  came  with  him.  Charles  C.  Daigh  at  that  time  was 
a  young  man,  and  about  the  year  1832  married  Elizabeth 
Patton,  a  native  of  Ohio  but  a  girl  he  had  known  in  West 
Virginia.  The  Patton  family  came  to  Sangamon  county  at 
the  same  time  the  Daigh  family  came.  Charles  C.  Daigh 
came  to  Missouri  in  1837  and  settled  in  Lawrence  county, 
where  lie  remained  until  the  Civil  war,  when  he  returned 
to  Illinois,  and  died  there  in  1884. 

Thomas  Jefferson  Daigh  came  to  Missouri  in  1868,  at 
the  close  of  the  war,  and  settled  in  Dade  County.  He  re- 
mained in  Dade  County  till  1873,  when  he  bought  land  in 
Lawrence  County,  where  he  farmed  until  1884.  After 
spending  one  year  in  Kansas,  he  returned  to  Dade  County 
and  bought  80  acres  of  land  where  Albert  now  lives. 

Thomas  Jefferson  Daigh  was  married  to  Mary  Willis, 
a  native  of  Dade  County,  but  who  was  residing  in  Sanga- 
mon County,  Illinois,  on  account  of  the  war,  in  18G4.  To 
this  union  were  born  four  children,  Albert  W.,  Georgie, 
Emory  and  Anna,  now  Mrs.  James  0.  Clark  of  Craik, 
Saskatchewan,  Canada. 

Albert  W.  Daigh  remained  with  his  father  until  the 
year  1885,  when  he  went  to  the  state  of  Washington  and 
for  three  years  engaged  in  farming  and  fruit  shipping. 
Having  a  desire  for  a  higher  education,  he  entered  Cumber- 
land University  at  Lebanon,  Tenn.,  where  he  remained  a 
student  until  1890,  when  he  returned  to  Dade  County  and 
engaged  in  teaching  school  for  seven  years.  In  1896  he 
was  a  candidate  of  the  democratic  party  for  Clerk  of  the 
Circuit  Court,  but  was  defeated.  He  has  always  been 


364 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

active  in  politics,  a  consistent  democrat  and  a  candidate 
at  one  time  for  collector.  At  present  he  is  assessor  and 
clerk  of  the  Township  Board. 

On  the  23rd  day  of  August,  1893,  he  was  married  to 
Stella  Shelton,  who  was  born  February  17th,  1873. 

They  are  the  parents  of  but  one  child,  Vivian  Offner, 
born  June  24th,  1894. 

Mr.  Daigh  and  family  are  members  of  the  Christian 
church,  in  which  organization  he  has  been  an  elder  for 
several  years. 

Mr.  Daigh  is  actively  engaged  in  fanning  and  stock 
raising  and  resides  upon  a  splendid  farm  of  136  acres, 
which  he  owns  in  South  Township,  and  is  raising  some 
alfalfa. 

In  the  year  1901  he  erected  a  fine  two-story,  eight-room 
residence  on  his  farm.  The  place  is  well  watered  by  springs 
and  wells,  the  supply  being  handled  by  a  windmill  and 
gasoline  engine.  Convenient  outbuildings  of  commodious 
dimensions  add  to  the  value  and  beauty  of  the  farm. 

Mr.  Daigh  is  a  wide-awake,  public-spirited  man,  with 
lofty  moral  and  religious  ideals  and  a  power  for  righteous- 
ness and  right  living  in  his  home  community. 

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WILLIAM  D.  DAVIDSON. 

Was  born  in  Grayson  County,  Texas,  September  25th, 
1870,  son  of  George  W.  and  Missouri  (Menice)  Davidson. 
His  father  was  born  in  Dade  County  upon  the.  farm  where 
Mr.  Davidson  now  lives,  March  4th,  1843,  while  his  mother 
was  born  in  Tennessee,  September  14th,  1843.  George  W. 
Davidson  was  always  a  farmer,  as  also  was  his  father, 
Joseph  Davidson,  who  was  a  Dade  County  pioneer,  and 
homesteaded  the  Davidson  farm.  George  W.  Davidson 
moved  to  Texas  about  1869,  where  he  engaged  in  farming 
and  then  returned  to  Dade  County,  where  he  ended  his 
days.  George  W.  Davidson  served  for  three  years  in  the 
Confederate  army,  as  a  private,  was  wounded  in  battle,  and 
died  February  13th,  1911.  His  mother,  Missouri  Davidson, 
still  resides  on  the  old  homestead. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 366 

Mr.  Davidson  is  the  third  in  point  of  birth  of  a  family 
of  eight  children,  four  of  whom  are  living.  He  attended 
school  in  the  Limestone  district,  and  also  in  Fairview  dis- 
trict, this  county. 

William  D.  Davidson  was  married  on  the  27th  day  of 
February,  1901,  to  Laura  Russell,  a  native  of  Sac  Town- 
ship, Dade  County,  daughter  of  C.  C.  and  Mary  (Stanley) 
Russell,  both  natives  of  Missouri.  Her  father  was  for  a 
number  of  years  engaged  in  buying  stock,  but  is  now  living 
a  retired  life  in  Greenfield.  Her  mother  is  also  living.  C. 
C.  Russell  is  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  having  served  in 
the  Union  army.  Was  neither  wounded  nor  disabled.  Mrs. 
Davidson  is  the  second  of  a  family  of  nine  children.  She 
was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Dade  County. 

Mr.  Davidson  remained  at  home  till  about  20  years  of 
age,  when  he  engaged  in  farming  upon  his  own  account,  and 
has  farmed  continuously  since  that  date.  He  devotes  his 
entire  time  to  the  management  of  a  farm  of  200  acres,  rais- 
ing grain  and  live  stock.  He  is  a  democrat  in  politics  and 
has  been  a  member  of  the  school  board  for  a  number  of 
years,  but  never  held  any  other  office. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Davidson  have  one  child,  William  Orville, 
born  January  1st,  1902.  He  is  still  at  home.  Mr.  Davidson 
is  a  member  of  the  W.  ().  W.  and  is  an  industrious,  energetic 
farmer  and  stock  raiser. 


GEORGE   W.   DAIGH. 

One  of  the  most  highly  respected  and  beloved  citizens 
of  Dade  County  is  Uncle  George  Daigh  of  South  Green- 
field. He  was  born  in  Lawrence  County,  Missouri,  March 
21st,  1839,  a  son  of  Charles  and  Elizabeth  (Patton)  Daigh, 
the  father  a  native  of  Virginia  and  the  mother  of  Ohio. 
They  were  married  in  the  state  of  Illinois  and  came  to 
Lawrence  County  in  1837,  and  were  among  the  very 
early  settlers  of  that  county.  George  Daigh  was  the 
fourth  in  order  of  birth  of  a  large  family,  and  the  first 
child  to  be  born  to  his  parents  in  this  state.  He  received 
his  education  in  Lawrence  County  and  remained  at  home 
up  to  the  start  of  the  Civil  war,  although  he  worked  out 


366 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

for  two  years  previous.  At  the  time  of  the  great  Civil 
war  he  helped  his  father  move  the  family  back  to  Illinois, 
going  by  way  of  Kansas,  and  this  accomplished,  George 
Daigh  was  not  to  be  found  wanting  in  patriotism  for  his 
country,  and  therefore  enlisted  in  Company  E,  114th 
Volunteers,  Illinois  Infantry,  on  August  llth,  1862,  under 
Colonel  Judy,  and  his  captain  was  Captain  Shoup.  For 
three  years  Mr.  Daigh  remained  in  the  army  and  was  des- 
tined to  see  very  hard  service  and  to  see  the  worst  side 
of  the  war.  He  was  in  the  thick  of  the  fights  at  Jackson, 
Miss.,  seige  of  Yicksburg,  and  the  Seige  of  Jackson,  and 
at  the  battle  of  Guntown,  Miss.,  an  on  the  retreat  from 
this  battlefield  was  taken  prisoner  of  war  and  sent  to  the 
notorious  Andersonville  prison  at  Andersonville,  Ga., 
where  he  was  kept  for  three  months,  and  experienced  all 
the  horrors  of  that  frightful  place.  Vividly  does  Uncle 
George  remember  the  conditions  at  this  prison  and  the 
hardships  he  wont  through  are  almost  indescribable.  He 
says  that  on  36  acres  of  bare  ground  34,000  Union  men 
were  held,  and  their  rations  were  a  scant  spoonful  of 
molasses,  meal  and  dry  beans  daily,  and  they  suffered  ter- 
ribly for  tobacco,  and  would  trade  a  day's  rations  for  a 
scrap  or  two.  There  were  seven  prisoners  from  his  com- 
pany, and  they  used  to  select  one  of  the  seven  each  day 
who  would  trad:--  his  full  ration  for  tobacco,  and  then  the 
other  six  would  divide  their  rations  with  him,  and  all  use 
the  tobacco  so  obtained.  The  water  was  filthy,  and  little 
of  that  until  the  famous  ''Providence  .Spring"  broke  out, 
and  Uncle  Geor'jo  well  remembers  the  day  that  this  hap- 
pened. This  spring  broke  through  solid,  hard-packed 
earth,  just  across  the  "Dead  Line,"  which  was  a  line 
established  by  th<"  Confederates,  beyond  which  any  man 
who  stopped  w;;-  instantly  shot,  and  ho  says  that  many 
and  many  a  poor  IV!!o\v,  cnwd  by  hardship  and  starving, 
would  dolibonitc'y  stop  across  this  line,  and  thus  end  his 
misery. 

This  spring  referred  to  is  still  running  today,  and 
it  truly  scorned  that  it  was  sent  by  Providence  for  the 
relief  of  those  thousands  of  brave  and  suffering  men. 


367 


At  this  time,  Uncle  George  says,  the  men  were  dying  at 
the  rate  of  150  a  day  and  were  buried  in  long  trenches, 
dug  by  a  detail  of  prisoners,  lie  remembers  well  the  day 
that  he  saw  the  six  raiders  hung  at  Andersonville  prison. 
All  these  terrible  sights  and  through  all  this  almost  un- 
believable hardships,  Mr.  Daigh  endured  for  three  months, 
when  he  was  transferred  to  Charleston,  S.  C.,  where  he 
was  kept  one  month,  then  he  was  taken  to  Florence,  S.  C., 
for  two  months,  then  was  exchanged  and  came  home  to 
Illinois,  via  Savannah,  Ga.  At  this  time  he  was  nothing 
but  skin  and  bones,  and  when  his  friends  came  for  him  he 
was  unable  to  tell  his  name.  After  a  stay  at  home,  in 
which  time  he  regained  his  strength,  he  returned  to  Ala- 
bama to  rejoin  his  regiment,  but  when  he  arrived  peace 
had  been  declared,  so  his  company  was  discharged  at 
Vicksburg  August  5th,  1865,  and  the  glorious  day  had  ar- 
rived when  he  could  return  to  his  home  and  begin  life 
in  peace.  This  he  did,  and  in  December  of  1865,  on  the 
26th  day,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Amanda  Willis,  who 
was  born  May  15th,  1846,  a  daughter  of  Rev.  R.  T.  Willis, 
and  of  whom  extended  mention  will  be  found  elsewhere. 
For  two  years  after  they  were  married  they  rented  land 
in  Illinois  and  farmed,  then  came  to  Dade  County,  where 
they  remained  five  years,  also  renting  land,  then  moved  to 
Lawrence  County,  where  they  bought  40  acres  of  land 
near  Bowers'  Mill.  Here  they  built  a  little  home  and  set 
out  an  orchard  and  lived  until  1884,  when  they  decided  to 
come  back  to  good  old  Dade  County,  aiid  consequently 
sold  out  and  bought  68  acres  on  Turnback  Creek,  in  South 
Township,  which  they  improved,  and  lived  there  17  happy 
years,  but  in  1901  sold  this  nice  farm  and  bought  10  acres 
adjoining  South  Greenfield,  which  they  have  greatly  im- 
proved, and  now  have  one  of  the  prettiest  places  in  all 
Dade  County.  Here  they  are  spending  their  declining- 
years  in  peace  and  happiness.  A  finer,  more  devoted 
couple  cannot  be  found  in  our  county,  and  it  is  a  great 
pleasure  to  visit  Uncle  George  and  Aunt  Amanda,  for 
it  makes  one  feel  that  life  is  surely  worth  living,  and  that 
love  is  sweet  indeed.  Mr.  Daigh  is  a  Republican  in  poli- 


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tics  and  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  G.  A.  R.  at  Green- 
field. Truly,  this  grand  old  couple  is  well  worthy  of  the 
high  regard  in  which  they  are  held  by  all,  and  the  example 
of  their  well-rounded  life  is  an  inspiration  to  our  younger 
generation.  It  is  the  earnest  wish  of  a  multitude  of  friends 
that  this  worthy  and  greatly-loved  couple  may  live  for 
many  years  yet  to  come,  and  that  those  years  may  be 
filled  with  happiness  and  the  joy  of  living  and  loving. 

(Biographies  Continued  in  Vol.  II.) 


THE  CARTHAGE  BOOKBINDERY 

WALTER  G.  SPRINGER 
Carthage,         :  :         Missouri 


HISTORY 

-OF- 

DADE  COUNTY  AMD  HER  PEOPLE 

From  the  Date  of  the  Earliest  Settlement 
to  the  present  time 


Vol.  II 

Containing  Continuation  of  Biographies  of 
Prominent  Persons  and  Families 

FULLY  ILLUSTRATED 

Greenfield,  Missouri 


THE  PIONEER  HISTORICAL  COMPANY 

R.  A.  Ludwick,  Manager 
A.  J.  Young,  Editor-in-Chief 
NoYember  1,  1917 


THE  CARTHAGE  BOOKBINDERY 

WALTER  G.  SPRINGER 
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BIOGRAPHIES 

-OF- 

Prominent  Persons  and  Families 

(CONTINUED) 


ROLVIN  H.  DARST. 

Was  born  on  the  19th  day  of  July,  1866  in  Delaware 
county,  Ohio,  son  of  William  D.,  and  Louisa  (Holt)  Darst, 
both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Ohio,  were  married  there. 
Later  they  came  to  Greene  County,  Mo.,  in  the  year  1872 
and  bought  300  acres  of  land  where  the  mother  died.  His 
father  then  sold  out  and  went  to  Texas  and  in  company  with 
his  brother-in-law  bought  320  acres  of  land  in  Hale  County 
which  he  farmed  for  two  years  then  sold  out  and  came  to 
Dade  County,  and  lived  with  his  son,  Rolvin,  until  he  died, 
August  27,  1912. 

Rolvin  H.  Darst  was  the  3rd  in  order  of  birth  of  a 
family  of  seven  children.  He  remained  at  home  until  19 
years  of  age,  worked  out  for  wages.  In  1886  he  was  married 
to  Margaret  Hurst  who  was  born  March  3rd,  1869,  died 
June  3rd,  1896,  leaving  one  child,  Lloyd,  born  February  12, 
1887,  married  Laura  Wheeler,  a  daughter  of  James  Wheeler. 
They  have  two  boys,  Lawrence,  born  October  31,  1906  and 
Lewell,  born  November  27th,  1910. 

His  second  child,  Clyde,  died  when  five  years  of  age. 

R.  H.  Darst  was  again  married  to  Mary  Olive  Wheel- 
er, who  was  born  February  3rd,  1872,  a  daughter  of  Allen 
Wheeler.  They  were  married  on  the  10th  day  of  February, 
1898. 

In  the  year  1892  he  bought  160  acres  of  land  in  part- 
nership with  his  brother  in  Polk  Township  upon  which  he 
lived  for  about  10  years.  This  land  was  unimproved.  They 


4 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

cleared  out  120  acres  and  built  a  frame  house,  then  sold 
out  and  bought  240  acres  all  in  one  body.  This  tract  of 
land  was  in  fair  condition.  Mr.  Darst  has  done  some  clear- 
ing, lots  of  fencing,  so  that  now  it  is  all  fenced  and  cross 
fenced  and  all  in  cultivation  except  20  acres.  He  has  re- 
built the  dwelling  consisting  of  five  rooms  with  water  in 
the  house.  Has  a  130-ton  silo  and  a  herd  of  full  blood 
short-horn  cattle.  . 

He  feeds  from  five  to  six  car  loads  of  cattle  and  hogs 
each  year,  has  fifteen  acres  of  alfalfa  which  does  fine.  Mr. 
Darst  was  one  of  the  first  men  in  Polk  Township  to  in- 
troduce alfalfa.  In  addition  to  being  a  splendid  stock  and 
grain  farm,  Mr.  Darst  is  of  the  opinion  that  much  valu- 
able mineral  underlies  his  land,  since  it  is  right  in  the  min- 
eral belt  of  Dade  County  and  surrounded  by  producing 
mines.  He  expects  to  do  some  prospecting  the  coming 
year.  The  ranch  is  r-amed  Riverside  Stock  Farm. 

Mr.  Darst  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Baptist 
church.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  belongs  to  the 
Odd  Fellow  and  Woodman  lodges.  He  is  also  a  stock- 
holder in  the  Home  Telephone  Company.  Much  of  the 
good-roads  spirit  which  has  been  developed  in  the  com- 
munity is  due  to  the  untiring  labors  of  Mr.  Darst  in  that 
direction.  He  is  a  good  roads  enthusiast  and  strong  for 
the  Community  Spirit. 


WILLIAM  J.  DAVIS. 

Public  spirited,  picturesque,  eccentric,  whole-souled, 
wide-awake  and  active,  William  J.  Davis  is  easily  Lock- 
wood's  most  distinguished  citizen.  He  was  born  in  Sara- 
toga County,  New  York,  March  27th,  1834.  He  was  a  son 
of  Richard  C.  arid  Susan  (Pawling)  Davis,  the  former  be- 
ing a  native  of  Saratoga  county,  New  York  of  Scotch 
parentage  as  also  was  his  wife.  Her  father,  Wil- 
liam Pawling,  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  Her 
uncle,  Colonel  Henry  Pawling  served  in  the  Continental 
army  with  distinction  under  General  Washington.  The 
Pawling  family  was  related  to  General  Alexander  Hamil- 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 5 

ton    and    General    James    Clinton.      The    Pawlings    were 
Scotch-Irish. 

Richard  C.  Davis  and  wife  were  the  parents  of  seven 
children,  two  of  whom  died  in  infancy: 

(1)  Alexander,  married  Mary   Sawyer,   drowned   in 
Illinois  river. 

(2)  William  J.  Davis. 

(3)  Albert  P.,  married  Miss  Place. 

(4)  Levi   II,  married  Alexander's   widow,      (twins) 
Albert  enlisted  in  the  105  Ills,  infantry  at  DeKalb,  Ills., 
and  served  during  the  war.    He  is  now  at  a  Soldiers'  Home 
in  California. 

(5)  Jane  Eliza,  married  J.  Sturgeon,  and  is  now  de- 
ceased. 

(6)  Andrew  Jackson,  died  in  infancy. 

(7)  Herman,  died  in  infancy. 

William  J.  Davis  grew  to  manhood  upon  the  farm,  first 
in  New  York  and  later  in  the  state  of  Illinois.  He  has 
a  vivid  recollection  of  the  days  when  he  cradled  grain  at 
50  cents  per  day  and  threshed  at  25  cents  per  day.  He 
mowed  with  scythe  and  raked  hay  at  50  cents,  too.  He 
was  a  natural  mechanic,  handy  with  tools,  and  could  con- 
struct almost  any  kind  of  a  farm  utensil,  including 
wagons,  hay-rakes  and  cradles  and  his  own  plow  and 
corn  planter.  His  father  came  from  New  York  to  DeKalb 
County,  Illinois,  in  1846,  where  he  died  in  1877.  He  was 
c  Democrat,  but  he  and  his  four  sons  voted  for  "Abe" 
Lincoln  in  1860.  He  was  a  successful  farmer  and  stock- 
man, and  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church.  His  wife 
died  in  1870. 

William  J.  Davis  came  to  Dade  County  in  1869  and 
purchased  land  for  a  farm  in  the  then  wild  prairie,  con- 
trary to  the  advice  of  all  the  early  pioneers.  The  city 
of  Lockwood  now  stands  on  a  part  of  his  original  pur- 
chase. He  named  his  home  the  "Evergreen  Stock  Farm," 
which  soon  became  noted  all  over  Southwest  Missouri. 
Mr.  Davis  imported  the  first  Norman  stallion  and  the 
first  Shorthorn  bull  into  Dade  County.  He  also,  in  1884, 
imported  five  Scotch  Clyde  stallions  and  four  mares,  and 


6 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

has  a  certificate  from  the  United  States  authorities  stating 
that  they  were  superior  stock  and  would  improve  the 
stock  of  the  United  States.  He  made  his  own  cuts  to  print 
on  the  bills  for  his  stallions.  He  was  also  a  breeder  of 
fine  jacks  and  a  propagator  of  fruits,  flowers  and  tame 
grasses.  He  exhibited  live  stock,  fruits,  grasses  and  vege- 
tables at  the  county,  district,  state  and  even  national  fairs 
for  a  number  of  years,  having  now  in  his  possession  a 
string  of  premium  cards  and  ribbons  over  200  feet  long. 
He  was  awarded  a  gold  medal  at  the  Louisiana  Purchase 
Exposition  at  St.  Louis  in  1904  for  the  best  display  of 
tame  grasses  and  clover  grown  by  an  exhibitor,  competing 
against  the  world. 

Mr.  Davis  was  the  only  man  in  Dade  County  to  give 
the  right-of-way  to  the  K.  C.,  Ft.  &  G.  railroad  when  it 
was  constructed.  It  crossed  80  acres  of  his  land.  As  soon 
as  the  railroad  was  built,  in  1881,  Mr.  Davis  platted  a 
town  and  named  it  Lockwood,  in  honor  of  the  General 
Passenger  agent  of  that  road.  In  order  to  encourage 
building,  he  gave  lots  to  all  who  would  erect  buildings 
thereon,  and  he  gave  lots  and  money  to  every  church 
erected  in  the  city  except  the  German,  and  they  never 
solicited  it.  He  gave  a  whole  block  to  the  public  school 
and  another  block  to  the  city  for  a  park.  Another  act  of 
philanthropy  which  might  be  mentioned  occurred  during 
the  very  early  days  of  Lockwood,  when  there  had  been 
a  failure  of  crops  and  flour  was  very  high.  Mr.  Davis 
purchased  40,860  pounds  of  flour  and  sold  it  at  cost  in 
order  to  prevent  suffering.  Mr.  Davis  also  gave  the  lot, 
the  water  privilege  and  $50  in  cash  to  the  first  flouring 
mill  erected  in  Lockwood. 

Mr.  Davis  built  the  first  house  on  the  present  site 
of  Lockwood  and  was  the  town's  first  postmaster.  As  a 
breeder  he  had  wonderful  mastery  and  control  over  his 
animals.  At  one  time  he  exhibited  on  the  streets  a  pair 
of  Norman  stallions  hitched  and  driven  to  a  wagon  with- 
out a  halter,  lines  or  bridle.  At  another  time  he  exhibited 
a  4-year-old  stalion  on  the  streets  of  another  town  right 
in  breeding  season,  with  lots  of  horses  on  the  streets, 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 7 

threw  the  rein  over  his  back  and  asked  the  horse  to  kiss 
him,  which  he  did,  and  followed  him  with  his  tongue 
against  his  face  whenever  he  stopped,  paying  no  attention 
to  other  horses.  His  exhibitions  of  live  stock,  fruit  and 
farm  products  on  the  streets  of  Lockwood  was  the  real 
beginning  of  the  Dade  County  fair.  As  a  veterinary  sur- 
geon, Mr.  Davis  exhibited  great  natural  skill,  and  per- 
formed many  remarkable  feats  along  that  line. 

William  J.  Davis  was  first  married  to  Sarah  A.  Kel- 
Jogg.  To  this  union  were  born  three  children: 

(1)  Susan,    intermarried    with    Charles    Polston,    a 
farmer,  for  many  years  a  resident  in  the  vicinity  of  Lock- 
wood,  but  now  in  New  Mexico.    They  have  eight  children. 

(2)  Minnie  B.,  first  married  to  Samuel  Hunt.     To 
this   marriage   was   born    one    son,    Lola,    who    is    now    a 
teacher  in  a  government  school  in  Oklahoma.    Her  second 
husband,  William  Rollman,  now  resides  in  Iowa.     They 
have  one  child. 

(3)  William  Henry,  in  business  in  Kansas  City,  is 
married  and  has  one  child. 

Tn  1892  he  was  married  to  Bertha  C.  Heisey,  a  native 
of  Pennsylvania,  widow  of  Philip  C.  Heisey.  They  have 
no  children. 

Besides  being  a  farmer,  gardener,  stockman  and  hor- 
ticulturist, William  J.  Davis  is  also  a  great  hunter  and 
fisherman.  It  has  been  his  custom  for  several  years  to 
spend  his  winters  on  the  gulf  coast  of  Florida,  where 
fishing  for  game  fish  is  a  rare  sport.  Mr.  Davis  has 
many  rare  specimens  of  forest,  field  and  stream,  which 
he  exhibits  with  delight.  He  is  a  man  of  remarkable 
physique,  being  able  now,  at  the  age  of  82  years,  to  sit 
on  a  chair  and  place  his  leg  over  his  shoulders  and  around 
his  neck,  a  feat  which  very  few  men  at  any  age  in  life 
can  accomplish. 

Some  years  ago,  when  Mr.  Davis  concluded  to  sell 
the  "Evergreen  Stock  Farm"  and  lead  a  more  retired 
life,  he  erected  a  modern  home  in  Lockwood  on  an  eight- 
acre  tract  within  the  city  limits.  To  his  lawn  he  moved 
from  his  farm  a  large  number  of  evergreen  trees,  many 


8 HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

of  them  eight  inches  in  diameter  and  30  feet  high.  So 
successful  was  he  in  this  enterprise  that  in  less  than  two 
years'  time  his  home  had  the  appearance  of  having  been 
settled  20  years  or  more.  On  this  lawn  and  eight-acre 
tract  Mr.  Davis  has  grown  many  rare  plants,  shrubs  and 
curious  trees. 

Industry  and  tenacity  of  purpose  has  been  the  watch- 
word of  Mr.  Davis'  life.  While  he  has  accumulated  a 
large  amount  of  property,  mostly  the  fruit  of  his  own 
industry,  he  has  also  been  generous,  giving  to  his  children 
abundantly.  He  is  still  active  and  able  to  do  as  much  or 
more  work  than  many  men  25  years  his  junior. 

His  wife  is  a  member  of  the  M.  E.  church,  Mr.  Davis 
being  a  Baptist,  but  not  an  attendant.  He  is  the  oldest 
living  member  of  the  local  Odd  Fellow  lodge,  has  filled  all 
the  chairs  in  the  subordinate  lodge,  and  also  the  encamp- 
ment. He  votes  the  Republican  ticket  and  takes  a  great 
Interest  in  current  events.  He  has  traveled  extensively, 
attended  many  national  conventions  and  expositions,  is 
well  posted  on  many  topics,  is  peculiar  in  this,  that  there 
never  was  another  man  just  like  him,  and  as  long  as  Dade 
County  history  is  read,  written  or  talked  about,  the  name 
of  William  J.  Davis  will  always  find  a  place  upon  its 
pages. 

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LEWIS  C.  DUNAWAY. 

Lewis  C.  Dunaway,  better  known  as  ''Whig"  Dun- 
away,  all-around  farmer,  and  good  citizen  of  Dadeville, 
Dade  County,  Missouri,  is  known  to  almost  every  man, 
woman  and  child  in  the  county.  He  is  a  native  son,  having 
been  born  in  Sac  Township  December  19th,  1846,  a  son  of 
Lewis  T.  and  Jane  (English)  Dunaway,  both  natives  of 
Tennessee,  where  they  were  married  in  Ray  County  arid 
emigrated  to  Dade  County,  Missouri,  in  1835.  They  set- 
tled on  Sac  river  and  farmed  there  until  1850,  when  he 
sold  out  and  moved  to  Crisp  Prairie,  east  of  Dadeville, 
and  he  died  near  Rolla  in  18G1,  his  wife  living  for  many 
years  after.  Lewis  T.  Dunaway  was  an  outspoken  and 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 9 

fearless  Whig  in  politics,  and  it  was  his  reputation  along 
this  line  that  gave  Lewis  C.,  his  son,  and  subject  of  this 
sketch,  the  nickname  of  "Whig,"  and  while  everyone 
knows  Whig,  very  few  would  know  who  you  meant  if  you 
should  speak  of  him  as  Lewis  C. 

Whig  Dunaway  remained  at  home,  working  at  farm- 
ing, until  the  Civil  war  broke  out,  and  during  the  war, 
up  to  1865,  when  he  enlisted  in  Company  E,  Fourteenth 
Missouri  Volunteer  Cavalry,  but  only  served  for  seven 
months,  although  it  wasn't  his  fault,  for  the  war  closed, 
and  friend  Whig  had  to  go  back  to  farming,  which  he  did, 
opening  up  his  operations  on  180  acres  of  good  prairie 
land  east  of  Dadeville.  This  land  was  unimproved,  and 
Whig  went  to  work  with  a  will,  for  it  is  safe  to  say  that 
he  had  visions  of  a  coming  of  an  important  event  in  his 
life,  for  he  worked  as  never  before  nor  since.  He  broke  up 
40  acres  of  that  raw  land  with  steers,  fenced  it,  built  a 
small  house,  and,  you  bet,  got  married.  He  married  Miss 
Sarah  Jane  Eector  December  20th,  1868,  who  was  a  native 
of  Tennessee,  born  there  May  31,  1850,  and  a  daughter  of 
Grigsby  Eector  and  Angeline  Butler,  his  wife,  both  natives 
of  Tennessee,  where  they  were  married  and  came  to  Bade 
County  in  the  year  1852,  settling  west  of  Dadeville  on 
160  acres  of  government  land.  Mr.  Rector  was  a  Con- 
federate soldier  and  was  killed  during  the  war  at  Lone 
Jack,  Mo.  Whig  Dunaway  made  no  mistake  in  his  choice 
of  a  wife,  for  she  wras  made  of  the  same  high-grade  mate- 
rial as  he,  so  they  did  not  surprise  anyone  when  they 
began  to  get  to  the  front  at  once.  They  stuck  to  farming, 
and  made  a  business  of  it,  stayed  at  the  same  good  old 
place  for  twenty-five  years,  prospered,  and  kept  buying 
land  until  at  one  time  they  had  480  acres  of  as  good  soil 
as  Dade  County  affords.  In  1889  they  decided  to  move 
to  Dadeville,  having  sold  some  of  their  land  and  given 
some  to  their  children.  In  1901  they  bought  36  acres 
practically  in  the  town  of  Dadeville,  and  remodeled  the 
residence  which  now  is  one  of  the  very  best  in  the  town. 
Besides  this  town  property,  they  also  own  120  acres.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Dunaway  have  raised  a  fine  family.  Of  their 


10 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

ten  children,  eight  are  living  and  are  a  credit  to  the  county 
and  the  name  of  Dunaway.  In  order  of  their  birth,  they 
are:  Amos,  born  October  25th,  1869,  died  in  infancy; 
Charlie,  May  12,  1871;  Anna  M.,  born  August  21,  1872, 
now  Mrs.  Thad  Kirby  of  North  Morgan;  Nora  JM  born 
May  29,  1875,  now  Mrs.  Charles  McNeal  of  Cedar  County; 
Theron,  born  April  29,  1878;  Lucretia,  born  January  13th, 
1881,  now  Mrs.  Roscoe  Pyle  of  Carthage,  Mo.;  Lucy  E., 
born  September  16th,  1883,  now  Mrs.  Orris  Landers,  and 
lives  east  of  Dadeville^  Margaret,  born  February  25th, 
1886,  and  now  a  teacher  of  Roswell,  N.  M.;  Zola  P.,  born 
December  llth,  1889,  now  Mrs.  Roy  Davis  of  South  Mor- 
gan; Wilford  C.,  born  August  22nd,  1892,  of  Dadeville. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dunaway  have  18  grandchildren. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dunaway  are  consistent  members  of  the 
Church  of  Christ.  Mr.  Dunaway  is  a  staunch  Republican, 
and  can  always  be  found  ready  to  do  his  duty  to  his  county 
and  state.  A  broad-minded  man,  ever  ready  with  Ms 
means  to  further  any  cause  for  the  betterment  of  the 
county,  and  a  man  of  strict  honor,  he  numbers  his  friends 
by  the  hundreds,  and  you  would  have  to  look  a  long,  long 
time  to  find  any  person  who  would  or  could  say  aught 
but  good  of  our  friend  and  fellow-citizen,  Lewis  C.  (Whig) 
Dunawav. 


WILLIAM  R.  DYE. 

Ex-Judge  William  R.  Dye,  a  resident  of  Everton,  is 
one  of  Dade  County's  most  prominent  men.  He  was  born 
in  Monroe  County,  Missouri,  April  23rd,  1854,  the  son  of 
Edward  Dye  and  Celia  Ann  Fletcher,  his  wife.  The 
father  was  also  a  native  of  Monroe  County,  where  his 
parents  were  early  settlers  and  where  Edward  grew  to 
manhood  and  became  a  farmer  and  married,  but  died  in 
early  life;  in  fact,  when  William  R.,  his  only  child,  was 
only  three  weeks  old.  Mrs.  Dye  was  a  native  of  Monroe 
County,  where  her  father,  also,  was  an  early  settler. 
Mrs.  Dye  again  married  and  raised  a  large  family  by  her 
second  husband,  who  was  B.  F.  Fugate.  The  record  of 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 11 

this  second  family  is  as  follows:  James  is  a  farmer  of 
Polk  County;  John  is  a  large  ranchman  of  California; 
Solomon  E.  is  a  farmer  of  Hickory  County;  Charles  of 
Oklahoma;  Richard  is  a  real  estate  dealer  in  Arkansas; 
Henry  lives  in  Polk  Township,  Dade  County;  Albert  of 
Hickory  County;  Joseph  is  a  farmer  living  near  Elktown, 
Mo.,  and  Elizabeth,  who  is  now  Mrs.  T.  Martin  of  Dallas 
Coimty,  Missouri. 

William  R.  Dye  had  the  usual  experiences  of  the 
farmer  boy.  He  came  to  Dade  County  in  1874  and  at- 
tended school  at  Dadeville,  after  which  he  taught  school 
in  this  county  for  fifteen  years,  and  during  this  time  he 
did  some  farming.  In  1891  he  entered  the  mercantile 
business  at  Everton,  opening  up  a  general  store  in  a  small 
frame  building.  He  prospered,  and  later  he  bought  his 
present  two-story  brick  building  and  put  in  a  large  stock 
of  general  merchandise.  In  1879  Mr.  Dye  married  Dorothy 
A.  Cowan,  who  was  born  near  Dadeville  September  25th, 
1860,  a  daughter  of  Robert  and  Margaret  Cowan.  Robert 
Cowan  was  a  farmer  near  Dadeville,  and  was  in  the  Civil 
wTar  under  Captain  Morris  as  his  lieutenant. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dye  have  been  born  six  children,  as 
follows:  Margaret,  born  March  8th,  1881,  died  November 
8th,  1884;  Ella,  born  January  9th,  1884,  is  now  Mrs.  L.  C. 
Snoddy  of  Ash  Grove,  and  she  has  one  daughter,  Anneta; 
Albert,  born  March  6th,  1887,  is  in  the  store  with  his 
father1  Pearl,  born  August  10th,  1889,  married  Charles 
Moody,  a  banker  of  Wentworth,  Mo.;  Clarence  Cowan, 
born  March  8th,  1892,  is  a  telegraph  operator;  Rosa  Gail, 
born  June  12th,  1897,  is  now  attending  Drury  College  at 
Springfield. 

William  R.  Dye  has  been  and  is  very  prominent  in 
county  affairs.  He  is  a  staunch  Republican  and  has  served 
with  great  credit  to  himself  as  judge  of  the  county  court. 
He  and  his  wife  are  prominent  members  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian church,  in  which  he  is  an  elder.  Rev.  W.  R.  Russell 
is  now  pastor  of  their  church,  and  it  is  a  pleasant  fact  to 
record  that  he  has  been  their  pastor  ever  since  he  per- 
formed their  marriage  ceremony  in  1879,  and  it  was  Rev. 


12 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Russell  who  officiated  at  the  marriage  of  three  of  their 
children.  Mr.  Dye  is  a  remarkable  man,  and  to  say  that 
he  has  made  good  in  every  respect  would  be  stating  a 
strict  fact.  He  has  prospered  greatly  and  is  today  one 
of  our  most  substantial  citizens.  Besides  mercantile  in- 
terests, he  is  a  large  land  owner,  and  is  the  best  and  most 
sought  after  auctioneer  in  the  county,  for  at  almost  every 
large  sale  taking  place  in  the  county  you  will  see  his 
smiling  face  and  hear  his  voice.  Truly,  Mr.  Dye  is  one 
of  our  best-known  men.  He  has  lived  a  clean  life  in 
every  way,  and  his  honest  business  methods  have  built  up 
for  him  a  name  second  to  none  in  this  county.  A  large- 
hearted  man,  he  is  withal  a  kindly,  courteous  gentleman, 
the  exact  kind  of  which  we  need  many  more  within  our 
boundaries.  He  is  now  serving  as  acting  mayor  of 
Everton. 


WILLIAM  ROBINSON  EATON. 
Deceased. 

It  would  be  impossible  to  write  a  history  of  the  busi- 
ness development  of  Dade  County,  and  especially  our 
thriving  city  of  Lockwood,  and  not  pay  high  tribute  to 
the  memory  of  the  late  William  R.  Eaton.  Although  com- 
ing to  us  late,  considering  the  very  early  organization  of 
the  county,  he  brought  with  him  an  energy  and  fine  busi- 
ness training  much  needed  in  our  commercial  life.  He 
was,  at  once,  a  decided  success,  known  far  and  wide  for 
his  honest  business  methods,  and  made  us  feel  and  know 
that  a  man  in  the  truest  sense  of  the  word  had  come  to  be 
one  of  us.  His  stay  was  altogether  too  short,  and  this 
feeble  sketch  is  as  little  as  we  can  do  to  perpetuate  the 
memory  of  this  good  man,  our  lamented  brother  and  fine 
citizen. 

Mr.  Eaton  was  born  in  Wisconsin  August  16th,  1861, 
the  son  of  William  Tracy  and  Loverna  (Robinson)  Eaton. 
Mr.  Eaton  Sr.  was  a  merchant  of  Grand  Rapids,  Mich., 
and  his  son,  William  R.,  was  reared  in  that  city,  having 
been  taken  there  by  his  father  at  the  age  of  4  years,  and 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 13 

received  the  advantage  of  a  good  education,  having 
graduated  from  the  Grand  Rapids  High  School  and  later 
from  one  of  the  leading  business  colleges  of  that  city. 

Very  soon  after  graduation  he  entered  the  employ  of 
a  large  Chicago  business  house,  for  whom  he  kept  books 
for  sometime,  and  eventually  became  connected  with  the 
Williams  Lumber  Company  of  Springfield,  Mo.  By  them 
he  was  sent  to  Lebanon,  Mo.,  to  take  charge  of  their  large 
lumber  interests  there,  and  it  was  greatly  to  his  credit  that 
in  a  serious  lumber  fight  he  won  out,  and  was  sent  to 
Humansville  and  later  to  Golden  City  making  good  to  a 
marked  degree  in  both  places.  Then,  in  1888,  he  cast  his 
Jot  in  our  midst,  coming  to  Lock  wood,  where,  after  work- 
ing for  about  one  year,  he  bought  a  one-half  interest  in 
a  lumber  yard.  He  was  not  long  in  acquiring  the  entire 
business,  and  did  business  under  the  name  of  the  W.  R. 
Eaton  Lumber  Co.,  incorporated,  and  for  over  25  years 
Mr.  Eaton  was  its  sole  manager. 

It  is  to  be  noted  that  Mr.  Eaton  had  little  capital 
when  he  first  launched  for  himself  in  Lockwood,  but  by 
thoroughly  honorable  business  methods  and  an  untiring 
energy  he  built  up  a  business  that,  at  the  time  of  his 
sudden  death,  May  4th,  1914,  he  had  an  investment  of 
$25,000,  and  had  added  a  large  stock  of  farming  imple- 
ments to  his  lumber  interests. 

Mr.  Eaton  was  twice  married,  first  at  the  early  age 
of  20  years,  and  has  a  daughter,  Helen,  who  is  now  Mrs. 
Glenarven  Behymer,  the  wife  of  one  of  the  leading  at- 
torneys of  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  and  they  have  one  child, 
Mary  Louise. 

On  January  1st,  1900;  Mr.  Eaton  married  Grace  (Hull) 
Holland,  who  was  born  in  Clinton,  111.,  the  daughter  of 
Ansel  and  Elizabeth  (Bates)  Hull.  By  her  first  marriage 
Mrs.  Eaton  had  one  son,  Harold  Hull  Holland,  who  is 
now  one  of  our  rising  young  business  men,  being  asso- 
ciated with  his  mother  in  the  lumber  business.  Mr.  Hol- 
land is  married  to  Miss  Kittie  Lee,  formerly  of  Miller,  Mo., 
and  they  have  one  daughter,  Dorothy  Lee  Holland.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  William  R.  Eaton  have  four  children,  as  follows, 


14 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

all  of  whom  are  at  home  with  Mrs.  Eaton:  Ruth  Eliza- 
beth, William  Robert,  Grace  Loverna  and  Elsie  Rebecca. 
Air.  Eaton  was  an  independent  voter  and  took  great  in- 
terest in  civic  affairs,  lie  was  a  valuable  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  and  very  active  in  Sunday  school 
work,  having  served  as  superintendent  for  a  number  of 
years  and  was  elder  in  the  church  for  some  12  years. 
He  was  an  Odd  Fellow,  K.  of  P.  and  Aiodern  Woodman. 
Peace  to  his  memory. 

o 

MRS.  W.  R.  EATON  LUMBER  COMPANY  OF  LOCK- 
WOOD,  MO. 

Mrs.  W.  R.  Eaton,  Manager. 

The  large  lumber  interests  of  the  above-named  com- 
pany are  the  legitimate  outcome  of  the  efforts  of  the  late 
William  R.  Eaton,  extended  mention  of  whom  is  made  in 
another  part  of  this  volume.  The  business  was  established 
by  Air.  Eaton  about  1889.  At  the  time  of  his  untimely 
and  unexpected  demise,  Airs.  W.  R.  Eaton,  his  wife,  took 
active  and  immediate  charge  of  the  large  business,  and 
to  this  day,  be  it  said,  to  her  wonderful  business  ability, 
she  has  successfully  managed  its  affairs  and  greatly  added 
thereto. 

This  is  the  day  of  business  women,  it  is  said,  but  we 
of  Dade  County  have  few  instances,  in  fact,  none,  where 
a  business  of  such  magnitude  and  complications  is  man- 
aged entirely  by  one  of  the  fair  sex. 

Airs.  Eaton  was  born  in  Clinton,  111.,  had  the  advan- 
tage of  a  good  education,  has  improved  her  opportunities, 
and  taken  life  seriously,  and  the  result  is  that  instead  of 
having  to  dispose  of  a  large,  lucrative  business  on  account 
of  the  death  of  its  founder,  she  was  well  equipped  to  take 
the  reins  and  not  only  keep  it  alive  but  to  cope  with  the 
competition  incident  and  accomplish  greater  business 
success.  This  company  is  known  far  and  wide  for  its 
fair  treatment  of  its  customers  and  the  pleasing  person- 
ality of  the  manager,  Airs.  Eaton,  is  making  itself  felt 
everywhere. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 15 

Mrs.  Eaton  can  furnish  you  with  anything  in  the 
building  line,  can  make  your  estimates  in  the  most  ap- 
proved and  up  to  date  fashion,  and  sell  you  a  bill  of  goods 
that  you  can  rely  upon,  and  do  it  so  pleasantly  that  you 
are  glad  to  part  with  the  money.  All  honor  to  our  one 
and  only  business  woman  of  the  first  rank.  Mrs.  Eaton 
is  something  of  a  farmer,  too,  owning  and  managing  con- 
siderable acreage.  In  addition  to  her  large  business,  this 
finely-educated  and  courteous  lady  finds  time  to  devote  to 
her  church.  She  and  her  family  are  a  credit  to  our  county 
and  city.  May  she  live  long  and  never  leave  us.  We  need 
more  like  her. 


WILLIAM  N.  EDGE. 

Is  a  native  of  Dade  County  and  was  born  where  he 
now  lives,  in  South  Morgan  Township,  on  the  26th  day 
of  December,  1865,  a  son  of  Jonathan  and  Barbara  Ann 
(Cook)  Edge.  Henry  Edge,  his  grandfather,  and  wife 
were  natives  of  Tennessee,  were  married  there,  and  Jona- 
than Edge  was  also  born  in  Tennessee.  His  grandparents 
came  to  Dade  County  overland,  in  an  ox  wagon,  bringing 
a  family  of  children  with  them.  Jonathan  Edge  was 
twice  married.  His  first  wife  was  Beckie  McClure.  She 
died,  leaving  seven  children,  three  of  whom  are  still  living. 
They  are  Mrs.  Clate  Hargrave  of  Walnut  Grove,  Mrs. 
Steve  Gray  of  Polk  County  and  Mrs.  Maggie  Baty  of  Polk 
County.  Of  the  second  family  of  children,  William  N. 
Edge  is  the  oldest.  Mary,  who  is  now  Mrs.  George  Clem- 
mons,  lives  in  the  state  of  Washington.  Koxana  died  at 
the  age  of  20  years.  Luella,  his  youngest  sister,  is  now 
Mrs.  L.  E.  Brown,  and  also  resides  in  the  state  of  Wash- 
ington. 

Jonathan  Edge  took  up  160  acres  of  land  in  South 
Morgan  Township,  which  was  unimproved,  lie  broke  it 
up  with  an  ox  team,  farmed  it  in  a  primitive  manner, 
and  prospered.  He  built  a  frame  house  out  of  native  wal- 
nut, dash-sawing  the  weather-boarding  and  shingles.  It 
was  built  at  a  very  early  date,  and  was  so  substantial 


U HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

that  William  N.  Edge  still  occupies  it  as  his  home.  Jona- 
than Edge  was  a  good  farmer,  a  substantial  citizen,  a 
Republican  in  politics,  and  an  active  member  of  the  M.  E. 
church,  as  also  was  his  wife. 

William  N.  Edge  has  always  lived  on  the  old  home- 
stead. His  father  in  his  lifetime  divided  the  land  among 
his  children,  but  by  purchase  from  the  other  heirs  Wil- 
liam has  acquired  title  to  100  acres,  upon  which  he  lives, 
farms  and  prospers.  The  entire  100  acres  is  in  cultiva- 
tion and  well  watered. 

Mr,  Edge  has  made  considerable  improvement  in  the 
way  of  wire  fencing  and  outbuildings,  so  that  now  he  has 
a  fine  farm,  well  improved.  He  raises  full-blood  Hereford 
cattle.  Hi^  herd  is  headed  by  a  registered  bull,  "Beau 
Sentinel."  He  has  six  registered  cows.  He  also  raises 
Poland-China  hogs  and  has  a  fine  flock  of  Shropshire 
sheep. 

William  N.  Edge  was  married  on  the  3rd  day  of 
October,  1886,  to  Florilla  Walker,  a  native  of  Ohio,  born 
April  14th,  1866,  daughter  of  James  W.  Walker.  He  was 
an  old  soldier  and  lived  retired  for  years. 

Wrilliam  N.  Edge  and  wife  are  the  parents  of  six  chil- 
dren, five  of  whom  are  living,  one  dying  in  infancy. 
Those  living  are: 

(1)  Sadie,    married    Tom    Glaze,   live    in    Dadeville, 
and  have  four  children. 

(2)  Emma,    married    William    Pyle,    and    lives    in 
Dadeville.     They  have  six  children. 

(3)  Earl  Edger,  married  Blanch  Cannady,  a  native 
of  Dade  County.     He  is  a  business  man  in  Kansas,  and 
they  have  two  children. 

(5)  "Willie,  married  Kib  Brame,  a  farmer  of  Polk 
Township. 

(5)     Frank  is  still  at  home. 

William  N.  Edge  is  a  Republican,  a  member  of  the 
Township  Board,  has  served  on  the  school  board,  drives 
an  Overland  car,  is  a  booster  for  good  roads,  good  schools, 
and  is  in  every  way  a  most  desirable  citizen  of  the  com- 
rnunitv. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 17 

JACOB  EIRSMAN. 

Was  born  in  the  state  of  Pennsylvania  August  25th, 
1833,  son  of  Christian  and  Katie  (Harsy)  Eirsman,  of 
Swiss  and  German  parentage.  They  settled  in  Mont- 
gomery County,  Ohio,  in  1836,  where  they  farmed  until 
1870,  when  they  came  to  Audrain  County,  Missouri. 
Christian  Eirsman  died  in  Missouri  at  the  age  of  73  years, 
and  his  widow  went  back  to  Ohio,  where  she  died  at  the 
advanced  age  of  94  years. 

Jacob  Eirsman  remained  at  home  until  18  years  of 
age,  working  on  the  farm  and  working  out.  At  the  age 
of  23  he  learned  the  milling  trade,  and  followed  that  occu- 
pation until  1882.  He  followed  this  occupation  in  Greene 
County,  Illinois,  and  in  1882  came  to  Audrain  County, 
Missouri,  where  he  purchased  land  and  farmed  there 
until  coming  to  Dade  County  in  1893.  His  first  purchase 
in  Dade  County  was  37  acres  adjoining  Greenfield  on  the 
southwest.  He  lived  on  this  place  ten  years,  then  moved 
to  Greenfield.  He  has  owned  several  farms  in  the  county 
and  is  now  the  owner  of  a  fine  home  in  the  city  of  Green- 
field, also  a  farm  of  189  acres  a  few  miles  northwest  of 
the  city,  well  improved,  which  he  gives  his  personal  at- 
tention. He  also  owns  an  improved  farm  of  130  acres  in 
Greene  County,  Illinois,  and  80  acres  in  Texas. 

Jacob  Eirsman  was  married  on  the  27th  day  of  Octo- 
ber, 1859,  to  Rachel  Crummell,  born  July  4th,  1839,  in 
Ohio.  She  died  in  Illinois  February  16th,  1906,  leaving 
two  living  children,  one  of  whom  has  since  died. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Elirsman  were  the  parents  of  three 
children: 

(1)  Katie,  born   August   20th,   1860,   married   M.   E. 
McMahan  of  Illinois,  where  they  now  live.     Mr.  McMahan 
is  a  prominent  citizen  of  Greene  County,  Illinois,  a  Justice 
of  the  Peace  and  a  successful  business  man. 

(2)  Mary  Frances,  born  in  1870  and  died  in  1875. 

(3)  Victor  Lee,   born   August   9th,   1879,   died   May 
6th,  1908.     He  married  Bessie  Finley,  daughter  of  Albert 
Finley,    and    left   three    children,   Katharine    Marie,    Tom 


18 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Crummell  and  Alberta  Lee.  Mr.  Eirsman  makes  his  home 
with  Bessie  Eirsman  and  family  in  Greenfield.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  church  and  was  made  an  Odd 
Fellow  in  1857. 

Although  84  years  of  age,  Mr.  Eirsman  is  as  active 
as  many  men  20  years  his  junior.  He  personally  con- 
ducts his  farming  and  stock  raising  operations  on  his 
farm,  is  able  to  do  a  good  day's  work1  at  manual  labor 
and  his  memory  is  as  sound  as  his  physical  body.  His 
garden,  the  product  of  his  own  labor,  has  for  many  years 
been  the  pride  and  envy  of  all  his  neighbors.  During 
the  summer  months  the  rising  sun  finds  Mr.  Eirsman 
busy  with  the  hoe  or  other  implement  of  industry,  and 
in  the  winter  months  he  is  not  idle. 


DAVID  F.  EDMONSON. 

Born  in  Greene  County,  Missouri,  in  Walnut  Grove, 
April  2nd,  1859,  son  of  Stephen  A  and  Louisa  (Looney) 
Edmonson.  Stephen  A.  Edmonson  was  born  in  1833  and 
died  December  23rd,  1906.  Louisa  Edmonson  was  born 
in  1834  and  now  resides  at  Walnut  Grove,  in  compara- 
tively good  health. 

David  F.  Edmonson  received  his  education  in  the 
common  schools  of  the  community  and  entered  the  teach- 
ers' profession  at  the  age  of  21  years.  He  taught  one 
term  of  school  before  his  marriage,  and  six  terms  after- 
wards in  Polk  and  Dade  counties.  He  was  married  No- 
vember 16th,  1881  to  Miss  Ophelia  G.  Cantrel],  who  was 
born  February  20th,  1863,  daughter  of  Elcanah  and  Pru- 
dilla  (Speight)  Cantrell.  The  Cantrells  and  the  Speights 
were  pioneer  families  of  Dade  County.  To  this  union  were 
born  six  children : 

(1)  Jesse,    born    January    llth,    1886,    married    Fay 
Carlock,  January  llth-  1906. 

(2)  Alice,  born   December  22nd,   1888,  married  Gor- 
don Dodd,  and  lives  in  Springfield. 

(3)  Alfred   Ray,   born    August   18th,    1890,   married 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 19 

Elva  Hargraves  October  15th,  1913,  lives  in  Polk  County, 
and  is  a  school  teacher  by  profession. 

(3)  Madge,  born  September  20th,  1894,  is  a  school 
teacher,  now  attending  business  college  in  Springfield. 

(5)  Allen  B.,  born  October  llth,  1897,  is  now  attend- 
ing High  School  at  Walnut  Grove. 

(6)  Mildred  L.,  born  January  8th,  1901,  is  now  in 
High  School  at  Walnut  Grove. 

The  mother  of  these  children  died  May  21st,  1911. 

On  the  25th  day  of  December,  1912,  David  F.  Edmon- 
son  was  married  to  Mrs.  Hattie  M.  (Matthews)  Cunning- 
ham, widow  of  H.  Albert  Cunningham,  a  native  of  Dade 
County.  She  was  the  mother  of  three  children  prior  to 
her  marriage  to  Mr.  Edmonson: 

(1)  Mabel  L.,  born  July  3rd,  1887,  married  Emery 
Clements,  a  merchant,  who  is  now  employed  as  general 
manager  of  the  Kresge  5-and-10-cent  store  in  Milwaukee, 
Wis.     They  have  one  child,  Emery  Richard  Jr. 

(2)  Iva  M.,  born  November  8th,  1890,  lives  in  Mil- 
waukee. 

(3)  Laclede,  born  March  5th,  1893,  married  Imogene 
Brown,  a  Kansas  City  girl,  and  they  live  in  Colorado  and 
have  one  son,  Henry  Albert  Cunningham. 

Mr.  Edmonson  farmed  on  rented  land  for  a  number 
of  years,  teaching  school  in  the  meantime,  saved  his 
money,  and  in  1891  he  bought  the  old  Bill  Crawford  farm 
of  200  acres,  mostly  on  time.  In  a  few  years  he  paid  off 
the  mortgage  cleared  out  the  timber,  fenced  and  cross- 
fenced,  and  improved  the  dwelling,  so  that  now  it  is  a 
fine  seven-room  house,  with  two  halls,  toilet  and  bath. 
The  house  is  modern  in  every  respect,  including  a  sewage 
system.  He  has  a  splendid  well,  drilled  200  feet,  and 
water  raises  within  four  feet  of  top  of  ground.  This  is 
practically  an  artesian  well,  with  cold,  soft  water.  He 
utilizes  a  gasoline  engine  for  pumping  purposes,  has  pres- 
sure tank  in  cellar  with  connections  for  irrigating  lawn 
and  garden.  He  also  uses  a  windmill  in  connection  with 
the  farm  watering  system.  The  farm  improvements  in- 
clude two  large,  modern  barns. 


20  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Mr.  Edmonson  makes  a  specialty  of  raising  high- 
class  cattle,  horses  and  mules,  and  he  is  an  enthusiastic 
exhibitor  of  prize-winning  stock  at  the  various  county  and 
district  fairs.  Some  of  his  mules,  especially,  have  brought 
record-breaking  prices.  He  usually  feeds  many  hogs  for 
the  market.  Mr.  Edmonson  has  a  40-acre  field  of  alfalfa, 
which  has  flourished  beyond  his  most  ardent  expectations. 
In  short,  Mr.  Edmonson  has  a  model  stock  and  grain 
farm,  highly  improved,  rich  soil,  well  watered,  conven- 
iently located,  and  one  of  which  he  is  justly  proud. 

Mr.  Edmonson  is  a  Baptist,  while  Mrs.  Edmonson  is  a 
member  of  the  Christian  church.  He  is  a  Democrat  in 
politics  and  a  stickler  for  good  roads.  He  has  always 
taken  a  prominent  part  in  school  matters  and  has  served 
on  the  school  board  for  many  years. 

Perhaps,  if  one  should  search  for  the  key  to  Mr.  Ed- 
monson 's  success  in  life,  he  would  finde  it  in  this:  That  he 
puts  his  whole  life  and  soul  into  his  work,  declaring  that 
whatever  is  worth  doing  at  all  is  worth  doing  well.  He  is 
not  satisfied  with  anything  short  of  the  very  best.  When 
he  works  it  is  for  the  purpose  of  accomplishing  a  well- 
defined  purpose,  and  there  is  no  let-up  until  the  object 
of  his  labor  is  accomplished. 


MRS    MATILDA   (LACK)   EVANS. 

Before  Dade  County  was  known,  at  the  time  when  this 
district  was  known  as  Barry  County,  John  and  Sarah 
(Hasten)  Lack  moved  from  Virginia  to  Dade  County  and 
bought  a  claim.  This  was  in  the  year  1839,  77  years  ago. 
At  this  time  there  were  but  few  settlers  in  all  this  region 
of  country.  They  came  to  Boonville  by  water  and  from 
there  to  Dade  County  overland,  the  primitive  way. 

"Aunt  Tilly"  was  7  years  old  at  the  time  her  parents 
moved  to  this  county,  she  being  the  third  in  birth  of  a 
family  of  11  children,  having  been  born  in  Virginia  April 
23rd,  1832.  The  elder  Lacks  began  to  farm  soon  after 
they  purchased  a  claim  in  Lockwood-Greenfield  district, 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 21 

and  by  careful  management  and  sagacious  living,  there 
were  added  to  that  Lack  homestead  800  acres  of  land, 
known  to  this  day  as  the  Lack  Settlement,  and  much  of  it 
is  still  owned  by  his  heirs.  "Aunt  Tilly"  was  born  in 
Virginia,  the  mother  of  presidents.  From  her  parents  she 
inherited  an  ambitious  spirit  and  a  strong  determination 
to  win  in  every  life  attempt.  Soon  after  her  Dade  County 
citizenship  began  she  determined  to  gain  the  best  educa- 
tion possible,  therefore  her  parents  provided  for  her  the 
best  opportunity  possible.  Her  early  girl  life  is  closely 
linked  with  the  school  history  of  the  county,  so  much  so 
that  it  is  difficult  to  mention  the  early  school  history  of 
Greenfield  without  mentioning  her  name.  All  the  oldest 
settlers  delight  to  talk  about  the  school  interests  in  those 
days,  and  none  of  them  fail  to  mention  "Aunt  Tilly." 
According  to  the  memory  of  the  oldest  inhabitants,  it 
was  a  very  difficult  matter  for  members  of  her  class  to 
keep  pace  with  her  in  her  studies.  She  has  always  pos- 
sessed a  splendid  memory.  While  other  students  were 
fretting  over  hard  problems,  she  would  solve  them  and 
have  plenty  of  time  for  recreation  and  amusement.  Her 
bright,  witty  brain  always  afforded  pleasure  for  her  com- 
panions and  her  knowledge  of  matters  and  various  prob- 
lems gave  her  a  wide  circle  of  friends. 

When  true  character  clothes  the  life  there  is  nothing 
that  can  foil  its  purpose.  Determination  to  win  is  a  great 
asset.  After  a  time,  when,  becoming  a  young  woman, 
school  days  became  more  interesting  to  "Aunt  Tilly," 
because  of  the  fact  that  her  life  dream  was  about  to  come 
true — she  should  become  a  master  of  a  school  room  and 
lead  others  in  the  paths  of  education.  In  1866  she  began 
teaching,  and  she  kept  on  teaching  a  few  years  after  she 
and  Mr.  Evans  were  married.  She  taught  at  the  famous 
Honey  Creek  school  house  over  in  Pennsylvania  Prairie., 
the  school  that  has  one  of  the  richest  histories  it  is  pos- 
sible to  find,  and  which  is  treated  in  another  chapter.  She 
also  taught  near  Arcola,  as  well  as  in  Center  Township. 
Many  of  the  tow-headed  boys  and  girls  of  age  remember 
her  well  as  their  teacher  and  friend.  At  this  time  Green- 


22  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 


field  was  in  her  swaddling  garments,  and  the  old  log  school 
house  served  the  purpose  of  church  functions,  as  well 
as  school.  Helm  Wetzel,  Samuel  Weir  and  other  well- 
known  citizens  were  her  schoolmates.  One  school  house 
then  stood  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Edward  Shaw  garage, 
and  another  stood  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  Dr.  Bailey 
home,  now  the  property  of  Mrs.  Dr.  Martin.  Another 
chapter  will  give  full  account  of  the  early  school  houses. 

The  lilies  of  the  valley  give  no  sweeter  charm  than  a 
white-headed  old  couple  on  their  march  to  the  eternal 
sea.  Both  fitness  and  worth  surely  mark  the  characters 
of  "Uncle  George"  and  "Aunt  Tilly."  They  bear  a 
charm  in  age  that  wins  the  admiration  of  the  student, 
the  common  day  man,  the  man  in  business,  or  the  man  of 
leisure.  Their  heads  are  white-capped  with  the  snows  of 
many  winters,  yet  their  hearts  are  warmed  by  the  return- 
ing of  spring  time  and  early  summer  sunrays  of  hope, 
confidence  and  trust.  When  they  depart  an  entire  county 
will  mourn. 

Mrs.  Virginia  Pearson  and  Alexander  Lack  of  Lock- 
wood  are  sister  and  brother  to  "Aunt  Tilly,"  and  John 
Lack  of  Center  Township  is  also  a  brother.  The  history 
of  the  Lack  family  is  too  important  to  omit  from  the  his- 
tory of  our  county  and  people. 


SAMUEL  FARMER. 

Was  born  in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  near  Seybert, 
November  4th,  1867,  son  of  Solomon  and  Elizabeth  (Cox) 
Farmer,  both  natives  of  Tennessee,  and  married  there. 
They  came  to  Dade  County  in  the  early  50 's  and  settled 
near  Seybert  Here  they  farmed  for  many  years,  raising 
a  family  of  9  children,  Samuel  being  next  to  the  youngest. 
Four  of  these  children  are  still  living.  One  brother, 
William,  lives  in  Oklahoma;  one  sister,  Sarah,  is  now  Mrs. 
John  Ilarlow  of  Louisiana,  and  one  sister,  Evaline,  is 
now  Mrs.  James  Morris,  and  lives  in  Aurora. 

Samuel  Farmer  was  13  years  of  age  when  his  father 
died,  and  from  then  on  he  fought  his  own  wav  in  the 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 23 

world.  He  worked  out  at  anything  and  everything  he 
could  find  to  do  for  seven  years,  then  entered  the  mill- 
ing business  at  Seybert.  At  this  time  the  Seybert  mill 
was  owned  by  J.  F.  Johnson,  and  he  remained  in  this 
employment  for  27  years,  working  with  Mr.  Johnson, 
Mr.  C.  W.  Montgomery,  and  later  with  Arkley  Frieze. 
He  became  an  expert  miller,  and  in  1914  purchased  the 
Hulston  mill  from  the  Nixon  estate.  On  acquiring  this 
property,  he  refitted  and  remodeled  the  same,  giving  it 
a  capacity  of  25  barrels  per  day,  with  a  saw  mill  in 
connection.  It  is  now  in  first  class  condition,  equipped 
with  a  24-horsepower  engine,  driven  by  a  30-horsepower 
boiler,  and  it  is  only  possible  to  estimate  the  extent  of 
the  waterpower  which,  with  a  fail1  head  of  water,  his  tur- 
bine wheels  would  easily  develop  100-horsepower  or  more. 
He  has  made  a  specialty  of  manufacturing  Red  Seal  first- 
grade  and  Purity,  a  second-grade,  flour,  brands  which  are 
known  all  over  the  country  for  their  excellence.  He  also 
buys  all  kinds  of  grain  and  produce. 

In  addition  to  his  mercantile  business,  Mr.  Farmer 
also  does  custom  grinding,  which  is  a  great  accommoda- 
tion to  the  surrounding  community.  There  are  11  acres 
of  land  belonging  to  this  mill  site,  and  the  entire  plant 
represents  an  investment  of  $5,000.  Mr.  Farmers'  dwell- 
ing is  located  on  this  11-acre  tract. 

Mr.  Farmer  was  married  on  the  2nd  day  of  Septem- 
ber, 1888,  to  Miss  Lake  Pyle,  a  daughter  of  Carter  and 
Sarah  (Grant)  Pyle,  whose  history  will  appear  in  a  more 
extended  form  in  another  part  of  this  volume. 

To  this  union  were  born  11  children:  Howard  M., 
Sarah  E.,  Mary,  Mabel,  Blossom,  Nona,  Eula,  Frieda, 
Archie,  Carter  and  Hazel.  Three  are  married.  Howard 
married  Anna  Woody.  They  have  one  child.  Sarah  E. 
married  Dennis  Jennings,  and  lives  near  Seybert.  They 
have  two  children.  Mary  married  Ira  H.  Hall,  Sheriff  of 
Dade  County.  They  have  one  child. 

Mr.  Farmer  is  a  Republican.  He  and  his  wife  are 
each  members  of  the  Christian  church,  and  he  has  been 
an  Elder  for  some  years.  Mr.  Farmer  is  a  type  of  those 


24 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

industrious  men  who  are  self-made.  Notwithstanding  the 
handicap  of  poverty  in  his  early  days  and  the  burden  of 
raising  a  large  family,  he  has  faced  the  struggle  cheer- 
fully, and  has  succeeded. 


WILLIAM  LEE  FERGUSON. 

One  of  the  prominent  financiers  and  business  men 
of  Bade  County  \vas  born  September  18th,  1870,  in  Lafay- 
ette County,  Missouri,  son  of  Richard  and  Mary  J. 
(McLay)  Ferguson.  His  father  was  born  in  Kentucky 
February  17th,  1839,  while  his  mother  was  born  in  Indiana 
August  27th,  1840.  His  father  died  during  the  year  1906, 
while  his  mother  had  departed  this  life  in  1876. 

Richard  Ferguson  was  of  Scotch-Irish  parentage, 
being  a  son  of  John  Henry  Ferguson,  who  was  born  in 
England.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  came  to 
Missouri  in  1860  and  located  in  Lafayette  County,  where 
for  a  number  of  years  he  enjoyed  a  fair  measure  of  suc- 
cess. He  afterward  purchased  a  farm  and  moved  to  John- 
son County,  where  he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  days. 
During  the  Civil  war  he  aligned  himself  with  the  Con- 
federate cause,  and  part  of  his  military  service  was  as  a 
private  in  a  division  commanded  by  General  Price.  He 
was  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  early  in  life  united  with 
the  Christian  church. 

Mary  J.  Ferguson  was  also  of  Scotch-Irish  parentage, 
and  came  to  Lafayette  County  in  a  very  early  day.  Both 
Mr.  and  Mrs  Ferguson  are  buried  in  Lafayette  County, 
at  the  Mt.  Tabor  cemetery.  She  was  a  member  of  the 
Christian  church.  Five  children  were  born  of  this  mar- 
riage: 

(1)  John  Chapman,  born  in  Lafayette  County  June 
10th,   1863,   died   December   21st,   1913.' 

(2)  Jennie    L.,   born    in    Kentucky    May   31st,    1865, 
married  J.  S.  Gilliland,  a  farmer,  living  at  Holden,  Mo. 

(3)  James  Walter,  born  in  Kentucky  October  27th, 
1867,  died  March  28th,  1886. 

(4)  William  Lee,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 


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(5)  Sallie  G.,  born  in  Lafayette  County  May  17th, 
1873,  married  W.  1).  Utt,  a  fanner,  living  near  Holden,  Mo. 

A  very  interesting  relic,  now  in  the  possession  of  Wil- 
liam L.  Ferguson,  is  a  very  ancient  book,  considerably 
more  than  100  years  old.  It  is  a  small  account  book, 
originally  intended  for  "  Tides  men  to  keep  their  accounts 
of  delivery  of  goods  from  on  shipboard."  It  was  evi- 
dently owned  awd  used  by  Ralph  Gorrell  during  the  18th 
century  as  a  Tidesman's  record,  but  was  afterwards  trans- 
formed into  a  family  record.  The  original  cash  entries 
were  in  pounds,  shillings  and  pence,  and  seemed  to  be 
for  "indigo."  The  first  entry  of  a  birth  record  reads: 
"Ralph  G.  Maxwell,  born  October  23rd,  1803."  Then 
follows  the  names  and  dates  of  births  and  deaths,  with 
the  notation  that  they  were  born  in  Ireland.  Adison  C. 
DeLay  was  born  July  24th,  1809,  in  France.  These  were 
great-grandparents  of  William  L.  Ferguson  on  his  moth- 
er's side.  The  book  has  every  appearance  of  extreme  old 
age,  being  bound  in  sheepskin,  the  pages  being  yellow  with 
age.  The  entry  on  the  last  page  in  the  book  is  of  special 
interest:  "February  1st,  1801,  Robert  Gorrell,  Dr.  to 
David  Gorrell,  to  cash  lent  you,  6  pounds,  10  shillings. 
North  Carolina  currency." 

William  L.  Ferguson  was  raised  on  a  farm,  attended 
the  country  schools,  after  which  he  took  a  course  at  the 
State  Normal  at  Warrensburg.  He  then  taught  for  two 
years  in  the  country  schools,  and  afterwards  was  principal 
of  the  schools  in  Holden,  Mo.,  for  three  years,  and  was 
also  principal  of  the  schools  at  Hallsville,  in  Boone 
County,  for  three  years.  He  came  from  Holden  to  South 
Greenfield  in  May,  1904,  and  engaged  in  the  general  mer- 
chandise business  with  J.  L.  Gilliland.  After  one  and  a 
half  years  he  became  interested  in,  and,  with  others,  organ- 
ized the  Farmers'  State  Bank  at  South  Greenfield,  and 
later  became  its  cashier,  which  position  he  still  holds. 

Mr.  Ferguson  was  married  in  Greenfield,  Mo.,  Decem- 
ber 22nd,  1901,  to  May  Boisseau,  daughter  of  C.  D.  and 
Sythia  Jane  (Gilliland)  Boisseau,  her  father  being  one  of 
the  influential  citizens  of  Dade  County,  having  been  a 


26 


member   of  the   state   legislature   from   Dade   County   for 
two  terms  and  prominent  in  Republican  politics. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ferguson  are  the  parents  of  one  child, 
Lucy  Lee,  born  August  6th,  1906.  Mr.  Ferguson  is  a 
member  of  the  Christian  church,  while  Mrs.  Ferguson 
holds  membership  in  the  Presbyterian  church  at  Green- 
field. He  is  an  Odd  Fellow,  a  M.  W.  A.,  a  Democrat  in 
politics,  and,  while  not  an  office-seeker,  he  has  held  many 
positions  of  honor  and  trust  in  his  community.  He  has 
been  Trustee  and  Treasurer  of  Washington  Township 
since  its  organization,  was  one  of  the  prime  movers  in  the 
establishment  of  the  village  school  at  South  Greenfield, 
was  active  in  the  erection  of  the  school  building,  has 
served  many  years  on  the  school  board,  both  as  director 
and  treasurer,  which  position  he  now  holds,  and  is  treas- 
urer of  the  city  of  South  Greenfield  and  of  the  I.  0.  0.  F. 
lodge  of  that  place. 

Mr.  Ferguson  has  been  one  of  the  leading  spirits  in 
the  good-roads  movement  in  Dade  County,  and  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Washington  Township  organization,  and  also 
as  president  of  the  Good-Roads  Committee  of  that  town- 
ship he  worked  incessantly  for  the  best  interests  of  the 
township  in  the  matter  of  voting  bonds  for  the  construc- 
tion of  17  miles  of  rock  road  in  his  township,  and  it  was 
largely  due  to  his  executive  ability  in  the  matter  of  ex- 
penditures that  the  township  was  able  to  build  such 
good  roads.. 

o 

THOMAS  RANDOLPH  FINLEY. 

Was  born  in  the  Territory  of  Arkansas  in  1819  upon 
a  farm,  and  received  only  a  common  school  education. 
He  emigrated  with  his  family  to  Kentucky,  where  he 
remained  two  or  three  years,  and  then  came  to  Dade 
County  in  1849  and  located  on  what  is  now  Pilgrim  Town- 
ship, where  he  bought  and  entered  land.  Here  he  raised 
his  family  and  accumulated  property  until  his  real  estate 
holdings  amounted  to  180  acres.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Home  Guards  during  the  Civil  war,  and  a  member  of 
the  Baptist  church,  but  later  became  a  member  of  the 


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Christian  church.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat.  He 
was  a  great  reader  and  very  conversant  with  the  bible, 
and  engaged  in  many  biblical  discussions. 

He  was  married  to  Mary  E.  Bandy  in  Arkansas.  She 
was  a  member  of  the  Christian  church.  To  this  union 
were  born  four  children,  three  of  whom  are  living: 

(1)  Milton  L.,  a  carpenter,  now  living  in  Colorado. 

(2)  Louisa  A.,  married  John  M.  Shelton. 

(3)  Delia  F.,  married  Robert  J.  West,  and  resides 
near  Roberts,  Ark. 

Louisa  A.  Finley  was  married  to  John  M.  Shelton 
November  10th,  1871.  He  was  a  son  of  John  D.  and  Ada- 
line  (Brown)  Shelton.  He  was  born  in  Tennessee  Au- 
gust 1st,  1847.  The  family  lived  in  Lawrence  County, 
Missouri,  in  an  early  day,  and  John  M.  came  to  Dade 
County  in  the  70 's,  and  located  near  Pilgrim  and  taught 
school  seven  years.  He  farmed  the  Finley  homestead 
and  died  there  Marh  14th,  1891.  He  was  a  successful 
farmer,  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church,  belonged  to  the 
I.  0.  0.  F.  and  was  a  Democrat  in  politics. 

He  enlisted  in  Company  E,  Forty-sixth  Regiment, 
Missouri  Infantry  Volunteers,  and  served  six  months,  until 
the  close  of  the  war.  He  was  but  18  years  of  age  when 
he  enlisted. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shelton  were  the  parents  of  three 
children: 

(1)  Stella,  born  on  the  Finley  homestead  February 
17th,    1873,    was   educated   in    the    home    schools    and    at 
Ozark    College    in    Greenfield.      Married    Albert    Daigh 
October  24th,  1893,  son  of  Thomas  J.  and  Mary  J.  (Willis) 
Daigh,  one  of  the  pioneer  families  of  Dade  County,  Richard 
Willis  having  settled  early  in  South  Township.     Albert 
and  Stella  Daigh  are  the  parents  of  one  child,  Offner  V., 
born  June  24th,   1894.     His  parents  reside  on  a  farm  in 
South  Township,  while  Offner  is  engaged  in  farming,  and 
also  in  automobiles. 

(2)  Luella,  born   on  the  Finley  homestead   October 
15th,   1874,  married  Dr.  W.  R.  Riley  of  Everton,  where 
she  now  resides. 


28  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

(3)  Douglas  Jones,  born  on  the  Finley  homestead 
December  1st,  1883,  and  is  now  farming  the  Finley  home- 
stead. He  married  Myrtle  Dickinson,  and  they  have 
three  children,  Thomas  Randolph,  Miriam  Lecelia  and 
James  Dickinson. 

Mrs.  Shelton  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  church. 
She  moved  to  Everton  in  1906,  and  is  now  living  a  retired 
life  in  that  citv. 


ANDREW  JACKSON  FRIAR. 

It  would  be  impossible  to  write  a  complete  history  of 
Dade  County  without  the  name,  "Friar,"  standing  out 
prominently  upon  almost  every  page.  The  subject  of 
this  sketch  is  a  man  who  is  properly  styled  as  being 
"indigenous  to  the  soil,"  having  spent  his  entire  life  upon 
the  old  homestead  which  his  grandfather  settled  in 
the  30 's. 

Andrew  Jackson  Friar  was  born  in  Dade  County,  Mis- 
souri, on  the  25th  day  of  February,  1863,  a  son  of  William 
and  Lucy  (Hudspeth)  Friar,  who  were  natives  of  Gilford 
County,  North  Carolina.  William  came  to  Dade  County 
at  the  age  of  18  years  with  his  father,  also  named  William 
Friar,  in  the  30 's.  They  came  overland  with  ox  teams,  and 
settled  upon  the  farm  where  Mr.  Friar  now  lives,  his 
grandfather  taking  up  about  400  acres  of  choice  land 
along  Turnback  creek,  much  of  which  was  splendid  bottom 
land.  On  this  farm  his  grandfather  and  grandmother 
lived,  served,  sacrificed  and  died.  They  raised  a  family 
of  eight  children,  all  of  whom  are  dead  except  Susan 
Preston,  widow  of  Isaac  Preston  (deceased),  who  is  still 
active  even  at  the  extreme  age  of  84  years. 

William  Friar,  the  father  of  Andrew  J.  Friar,  was 
married  in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  to  Lucy  Hudspeth, 
daughter  of  Andrew  Hudspeth,  once  sheriff  of  the  county. 
William  stayed  with  the  old  home  place,  and  after  the 
death  of  his  father  bought  out  the  other  heirs  and  made 
the  place  of  his  choice  his  permanent  home. 


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In  the  exciting  days  of  1849  William  contracted  the 
"gold  fever,"  and,  like  the  Argonauts  of  old,  he  set  sail 
in  a  Prairie  Schooner  to  the  golden  fields  of  California, 
and  after  a  period  of  some  years  returned  home  with  a 
goodly  supply  of  the  yellow  metal.  William  Friar  was 
the  father  of  seven  children,  Andrew  J.  being  the  third 
son.  Thad  and  Robert  died  in  Dade  County  years  ago. 
William  lives  in  Dade  County.  Nannie,  now  Mrs.  Judson 
Adamson  lives  in  Lawrence  County.  Susan  died  when  2 
years  of  age,  and  Lula  died  at  the  age  of  5  years. 

William  Friar  was  a  Democrat,  served  during  the 
Civel  war  in  the  Home  Guards  under  Colonel  Bailey,  and 
is  buried  at  the  Shiloh  cemetery.  He  owned  240  acres 
of  land  at  the  time  of  his  death,  was  a  good  man,  a  suc- 
cessful farmer,  took  great  delight  in  live  stock,  was  an 
upright  Christian  gentleman,  a  member  of  the  M.  E. 
church  (South),  and  died  as  he  lived,  honored  and  re- 
spected by  the  people  who  knew  him  best. 

Andrew  J.  Friar  has  always  lived  upon  the  original 
Friar  homestead.  At  his  mother's  death,  in  connection 
with  his  brother,  he  purchased  the  interest  of  the  remain- 
ing heirs,  and  divided  the  farm  so  that  he  acquired  160 
acres,  including  the  dwelling  house  built  by  his  father 
in  1876.  His  entire  life  has  been  spent  upon  the  farm,  and 
contentment  is  his  priceless  heritage.  Since  purchasing 
the  farm  he  has  erected  a  large  barn,  added  to  the  comfort 
and  convenience  of  the  dwelling,  and  made  other  valuable 
improvements  in  order  to  more  successfully  carry  on  his 
farming  and  live  stock  enterprises. 

On  the  7th  day  of  May,  1893,  he  married  Mollie 
Ruark,  a  native  of  Lawrence  County,  who  was  born  July 
10th,  1873,  a  daughter  of  Joshua  Wheeler  Ruark  and 
Selina  (Sutton)  Ruark,  the  former  being  a  native  of 
Indiana  and  the  latter  of  Newton  County,  Missouri.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Ruark  were  married  in  Newton  County,  Mis- 
souri. Joshua  Wheeler  Ruark  died  in  Lawrence  county 
June  6th,  1902,  at  his  farm,  where  he  had  resided 
36  years,  and  his  funeral  was  attended  by  practically 


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every  citizen  in  the  community.  His  remains  were  buried 
in  the  Sychamore  cemetery  of  that  neighborhood. 

Joshua  \V.  Ruark  was  6  years  old  when  he  first  came 
to  Dade  County.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  war 
he  enlisted  in  the  Federal  army  and  served  over  three 
years  in  Company  L,  Eighth  Missouri  State  Militia.  He 
was  captured  twice  and  barely  escaped  being  shot  while 
in  the  hands  of  "Bushwhackers."  At  one  time  he  and  a 
companion  were  in  swimming,  when  his  companion  was 
shot,  and  Mr.  Ruark  barely  escaped  a  like  fate. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ruark  were  the  parents  of  six  children: 

(1)  Theodosia,   married   William   Friar,   brother   of 
Andrew  J.  Friar. 

(2)  Belle,  now  Mrs.  James  McPherson  of  Lawrence 
County. 

(3)  Walter,  a  resident  of  Lawrence  County. 

(4)  Mollie,  wife  of  Andrew  J.  Friar  of  Dade  County, 
Missouri. 

(5)  Ely,  a   resident  of  Lawrence  County, 

(6)  Luther,  living  at  Miller,  Lawrence  County. 
Andrew   J.    Friar    and   wife    have    a    family    of   five 

children : 

(1)  Wana,  born  March  25th,  1894,  married  McKinley 
Terrell,   a   farmer  of  Lawrence   County,   Missouri.     They 
have   one   child,    Loreva,  born   September  17th,   1915. 

(2)  Freddie,    born    September    13th,    1895,    married 
Earl  Meek  of  Dade  County,  a  farmer  living  near  Emmett. 
They  have  one  child,  Willard,  born  February  29th,  1916. 

(3)  Joshua,  born  October  5th,  1897. 

(4)  Lelah,  born  November  12th,  1901. 

(5)  Vonscl,  born  February  12th,  1911. 

Mr.  Friar's  farm  is  well  adapted  to  stock  raising, 
being  well  watered  by  Turnback  creek,  and  produces 
bluegrass  in  abundance.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  Short- 
horn cattle  and  Shropshire  sheep,  and  annually  raises  a 
large  number  of  hogs.  A  gasoline  engine  is  utilized  in 
pumping  water,  washing  and  operating  other  farm  ma- 
chinery. 


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Mr.  Friar  and  wife  are  members  of  the  M.  E.  church 
(South),  in  which  organization  he  is  a  Trustee,  and  both 
are  much  interested  in  the  various  enterprises  of  the 
church.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  a  member  of  the 
Township  Board  and  for  two  years  served  as  Justice  of 
the  Peace.  Fraternally  Mr.  Friar  holds  membership  in 
the  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  and  the  W.  0.  W.  at  Everton. 

Tireless  industry,  unflinching  honesty  and  sterling 
integrity  are  the  characteristics  which  have  marked  the 
life  of  Mr.  Friar,  and  contributed  to  its  unmeasured  suc- 
cess. He  is  one  of  the  landmarks  socially,  morally  and 
financially  in  the  community  in  which  he  lives. 


WILLIAM  FRIAR. 

In  recounting  the  early  history  of  the  Friar  family, 
their  geneology,  early  settlement  and  achievements,  the 
attention  of  the  reader  is  called  to  the  extended  state- 
ment given  in  the  history  of  Andrew  Jackson  Friar,  found 
under  the  proper  caption  in  this  volume. 

William  Friar,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  on 
the  Friar  homestead  in  South  Township  on  the  waters  of 
Turnback  May  20th,  1865.  His  early  life  was  spent  on 
the  farm,  working  for  and  with  his  father.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  the  county,  and  on  May 
26th,  1889,  lie  was  married  to  Tlieodosia  Ruark,  a  Law- 
ranee  County  girl,  who  was  born  on  the  25th  day  of 
July,  1866.  Her  father,  Joshua  Wheeler  Rurak,  was  one 
of  the  most  prominent  citizens  of  Lawrence  County. 
There  were  six  children  born  of  this  union,  viz: 

(1)  Joshua    Floyd,    born    May    flth,    1890.      Married 
to  Alice  Terrel  November  9th,  1913.     Alice  was  born   in 
Lawrence  County.     Two  children  were  born  of  this  mar- 
riage, Orris,  born  October  23rd,  1914,  and  Harland  Theo- 
dore, born  October  8th,  1916. 

(2)  Susan,   born   August   28th,   1891.     Married   Au- 
gust 17th,  1913,  to  Marion  Loyd  Irby. 

(3)  Elsa,  born  Xocember  13th,  1893. 

(4)  Willie,  born  August  24th,  1896. 

(5)  Mollie,  born  January  31st,  1898. 


32  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

(6)     Nannie,  born  January  21st,  1900. 

In  the  year  of  1890  William  Frair  bought  80  acres 
of  land  from  George  Lieuallen,  which  was  little  improved, 
and  upon  which  was  a  small  house.  In  1910  he  erected  a 
nice  frame  dwelling  and  other  outbuildings. 

At  his  mother's  death  he  purchased  an  additional  80 
acres  of  No.  1  land  in  Turnback  bottom,  which  he  has 
since  highly  improved.  In  company  with  his  brother,  he 
is  the  owner  of  a  registered  jack  named  "Thunder,"  im- 
ported from  Tennessee,  and  is  engaged  in  breeding  and 
raising  mules  for  the  market.  His  farm  is  well  stocked 
with  cattle,  hogs  and  sheep,  having  a  splendid  flock  of 
Shropshires,  headed  by  a  registered  buck.  Turnback 
creek  furnishes  a  never-failing  supply  of  stock  water, 
which  is  materially  augmented  with  wells  and  a  windmill. 

In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat,  and  his  official  life  has 
been  confined  to  serving  two  years  upon  the  district  school 
board.  Air.  Friar's  ambition  in  life  has  been  directed 
toward  the  establishment  of  a  comfortable  farm  home,  sur- 
rounding himself  with  the  comforts  and  conveniences 
suitable  to  his  station  in  life,  cultivating  the  spirit  of  con- 
tentment and  enjoying  the  benefits  which  come  to  one  who 
is  willing  to  devote  his  time  and  talents  to  the  accom- 
plishment of  a  well-defined  purpose.  "By  their  fruits 
ye  shall  know  them,"  and  by  this  standard  Mr.  Friar  is 
willing  to  be  judged. 

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ROBERT  LEE  FRIAR. 

Born  in  Dado  County,  Missouri,  July  llth,  .1860,  a 
son  of  William  and  Lucy  (Hudspeth)  Friar,  While  in 
the  very  prime  of  life,  the  Death  Angel  called,  and  he 
answered  the  summons.  His  demise  occurred  on  the  25th 
day  of  February,  1S<K>,  lie  being  a  little  less  than  33  years 
of  age.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  a  Democrat  in 
politics,  but  neither  an  office-holder  nor  an  office-seeker, 
devoting  his  entire  time  and  energy  to  his  chosen  calling, 
hi  addition  to  fanning,  he  handled  considerable  live  stock. 
He  was  a  man  of  integrity  and  high  ideals,  being  a  mem- 
ber of  the  M.  E.  church  (South)  at  the  time  of  his  death. 


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He  was  married  on  the  20th  day  of  October,  1881,  to 
Arthusa  Ann  Burton,  who  was  born  in  Lawrence  County 
August  21st,  1861,  a  daughter  of  Milo  Burton  and  Mary 
(Hood)  Burton,  whose  biographies  are  given  at  length 
under  proper  caption  in  this  volume.  To  this  union  were 
born  five  children : 

(1)  James  Burton,  born  October  30th,  1882,  married 
Florence  Pilkington,  and  lives  in  Everton.    They  have  one 
child,  Howard  Burton  Friar. 

(2)  William    Alexander,    born    October    31st,    1885, 
married  Bytha  Mallory,  and  lives  on  the  homestead  with 
his  mother. 

(3  Robert  E.  Lee,  born  March  4th,  1888,  married 
Tressie  Irby,  and  lives  on  the  home  place.  They  have 
one  child,  Velma  Lee. 

(4)  Effie  L.,  born  March  13th,  1890. 

(5)  John    D.,    born    May   27th,    1892,   died   January 
13th,  1894. 

At  the  time  of  his  death  Mr.  Friar  was  the  owner 
of  292Xo  acres  of  land  in  Dade  County.  Just  at  the  time 
when  his  family  needed  him  the  most  Mr.  Friar  was 
called  home,  but  his  faithful  wife,  with  a  heroism  born 
of  necessity,  took  upon  herself  the  burden  of  managing 
their  large  farm,  the  care  of  the  children  and  the  mainte- 
nance of  the  home. 

In  this  unequal  struggle  against  adversity,  she  was 
ably  assisted  by  her  brother,  Walker  Burton,  who  made 
his  home  with  her  for  seven  years,  and  materially  assisted 
her  in  cultivating  the  farm  and  supporting  the  children. 
The  children,  too,  as  they  grew  older,  became  a  source  of 
aid  and  comfort,  so  that  in  1907  they  were  enabled  to 
build  a  large  barn,  and  in  1911,  a  splendid  farm  residence. 

The  farm  is  a  productive  one  and  supplied  with  water 
from  everlasting  springs.  Upon  its  splendid  pastures  a 
number  of  mules,  a  herd  of  grade  Whiteface  cattle  and 
thrifty  Poland-China  hogs  find  ample  feeding  grounds. 

Following  in  the  footsteps  of  their  father,  the  boys 
are  all  Democrats.  Notwithstanding  the  circumstances 
which  demanded  the  help  of  the  children  in  the  home,  Mrs. 


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Friar  has  been  able  to  give  each  of  her  children  a  fair 
chance  for  a  good  common  school  education,  and  she  has 
borne  the  affliction  of  an  All-Wise  Providence  with  a 
fortitude  which  is  commendable  to  a  degree  worthy  of 
emulation. 


ARKLEY  FRIEZE. 

The  Frieze  family  is  of  German  descent  coming  to 
America  during  the  18th  century  and  locating  in  North 
Carolina.  Later  they  crossed  over  the  mountains  and 
located  in  East  Tennessee  where  we  find  two  brothers, 
Jacob  and  David  who  married  sisters  by  the  name  of 
Milburn.  Jacob  Frieze  came  to  Missouri  in  1830  and  set- 
tled i1'  what  was  then  Polk  County.  David  moved  to 
Middle  Tennesse,  where  he  raised  two  sons.  The  oldest, 
John  Wilkerson  Frieze  was  born  August  10th,  1821  and 
the  younger,  Crawford  Frieze  remained  in  Tennesse  while 
John  came  to  Missouri.  Crawford  Frieze  was  a  Colonel  in 
the  Confederate  army  and  John  served  three  years  in  the 
Union  army. 

John  \V.  Frieze  was  married  in  1840  to  Ann  Pathiah 
Mills.  To  this  union  were  born  a  family  of  eight  children: 

(1)  J.  E.  Frieze  of  Cedar  County. 

(2)  J.  A.  Frieze,  now  deceased. 

(3)  Ark  ley  Frieze  of  Seybert,  Mo. 

(4)  Sarah  E.,  now  Mrs.  Melcher. 

(5)  Saline,  was  Mrs.  Chancy   (now  deceased). 
(G)     Kichard   Denton,  now  deceased. 

(7)  Margaret  Malinda.  now  Mrs.  Wellington  Depree 
of  Bona,  Mo. 

(8)  Idelia,  was  Mrs.  Webb   (now  deceased). 
During  the  year  1>S~J()  John  W.  Frieze  came  with  his 

family  to  Dade  County  from  Tennessee  in  ox  wagons.  They 
came  to  Dr.  Bender's  near  Dadcvillc,  an  old  neighbor  and 
friend  of  the  family  in  Tennessee  where  they  stayed  one 
year.  He  then  moved  over  on  Sons  Creek  and  remained 
there  one  year  but  was  so  dissatisfied  with  the  country 
that  he  loaded  up  his  things  and  started  back  to  Tennes- 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 35 

see.  He  got  as  far  as  Lawson  Hembree's,  near  Dadeville, 
where  he  was  persuaded  to  remain  in  Missouri. 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  civil  war  he  enlisted  in 
the  8th  Missouri  state  militia  under  Captain  Kirby 
and  served  three  years.  He  participated  in  the  campaigns 
against  the  raids  of  Coffey  and  Price.  He  died  July  10th, 
1881. 

Arkley  Frieze  was  born  in  Overton  County,  Tenn., 
May  26,  1845  and  came  with  his  father  to  Dade  county 
when  he  was  eleven  years  of  age.  He  worked  with  Joel  T. 
Hembree  in  running  a  saw  mill  and  he  helped  to  saw  the 
lumber  in  the  Dade  County  Court  House.  Also  in  many 
other  buildings  in  Greenfield.  After  that  he  worked  four 
years  in  the  Dadeville  flouring  mill  with  Mr.  Ingraham. 

On  the  19th  day  of  March,  1873  he  was  married  to 
Delitlia  Armildia  McPeak  and  moved  on  to  a  farm  north- 
east of  where  Bona  is  now  located.  Since  then  he  has 
been  engaged  in  general  farming,  stock  raising,  trading  in 
lands  and  in  1903  he  purchased  the  flouring  mill  at  Sey- 
bert,  and  the  farm  adjacent  thereto,  erected  him  a  splendid 
new  farm  dwelling  where  he  now  resides. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frieze  are  the  parents  of  six  children— 

(1)  Edwin,  born  February  18th,  1874,  a  lawyer  in 
the  city  of  Greenfield,  but  extensively  engaged  in  farming, 
stock  raising,  shipping  and  mining. 

(2)  John    Harmon,    born    April    5th,    1877,    a    large 
farmer  and  extensively  engaged  in  raising  and  shipping 
cattle,   horses,   hogs   and  mules.     He  lives   in   the  north- 
eastern part  of  the  county. 

(3)  Everett,  born  August  18th,  1879,  a  lawyer  on  the 
Pacific  coast,  formerly  represented   Dade   County  in  the 
Missouri  legislature. 

(4)  Vernon,  born  February  28,  1882,  a  lawyer  and 
extensive  farmer  and  stock  dealer  of  Dade  County. 

(5)  Bessie,  born  September  llth,   1884,  one  of  the 
brightest  students  that  ever  attended  the  Greenfield  High 
School,  graduated   from   that   institution   in   the   class   of 
1904;    she  since  has  taken  post  graduate  courses  in  the 
following  state  institution,  Missouri   University.     She   is 


36 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

easily  one  of  the  best  educated  young  women  in  South- 
west Missouri. 

(6)  Theodore,  born  June  6th,  1893,  also  a  graduate 
of  the  Greenfield  High  School,  a  splendid  student  and  a 
promising  young  man. 

While  Mr.  Frieze  himself  had  only  the  benefit  of  a 
common  school  education  he  has  made  a  specialty  of  giv- 
ing his  children  the  benefit  of  higher  education  and  has 
contributed  largely  of  his  means  in  giving  each  of  them  a 
fair  start  in  life  both  in  money  and  in  land.  Mr,  Frieze 
is  however  a  man  of  large  native  ability,  being  able  to 
give  the  tax  collector  from  memory  an  exact  legal  descrip- 
tion of  every  tract  and  parcel  of  land  he  owns  in  the 
county,  and  they  number  almost  a  score  and  many  of  them 
intricate  descriptions  by  metes  and  bounds,  a  feat  which 
few  men,  even  those  engaged  in  the  professions  could  ac- 
complish. 

By  reason  of  his  energy,  industry,  frugality  and  gen- 
eral application  to  business,  Mr.  Frieze  has  been  a  pros- 
perous man  and  has  accumulated  much  property.  He  is 
an  ideal  citizen,  a  Republican  in  politics  and  his  family 
are  members  of  the  Christian  church.  He  is  still  actively 
engaged  in  the  farming,  stock  raising,  shipping  and  mill- 
ing business.  His  home  is  at  Seybert,  some  ten  miles  north 
of  Greenfield  on  the  Sac  River,  his  farm  home  being  one 
of  the  few  buildings  which  constitute  the  village  of  Sey- 
bert, the  remaining  ones  being  a  store,  a  blacksmith  shop, 
a  few  other  dwellings,  a  splendid  new  Christian  church 
and  the  Seybert  mill. 


FRED  FRYE. 

Fred  Frye  was  born  in  Hanover,  Germany,  November 
4th,  1853.  His  parents  emigrated  to  the  United  States  in 
1854,  embarking  on  August  20th,  1854,  on  the  three-masted 
sailing  ship  Halifax,  and  after  eighteen  weeks'  stormy  voy- 
age landed  in  New  Orleans  on  the  day  before  Christmas, 
December  24th,  1854.  On  that  voyage  seventeen  persons 
died  and  were  buried  in  the  sea.  There  were  1654  emigrants 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE       37 

on  the  ship,  and  the  supplies  of  foodstuffs  and  water  ran 
short  and  had  to  be  proportioned  to  everybody  on  the  ship. 
When  we  landed  in  New  Orleans  we  were  met  by  my  uncle, 
William  Frye,  and  family,  of  that  city.  We  stayed  in  New 
Orleans  until  January  20th,  1855,  and  took  the  river  boat 
Louisiana  up  the  Mississippi  river  to  St,  Louis,  Mo.  This 
took  eleven  days  to  make  the  trip  to  St.  Louis.  On  our 
arrival  we  were  met  by  another  uncle,  named  Henry.  In 
St.  Louis  we  stayed  seven  days,  and  at  that  time  St.  Louis 
was  not  very  much  above  Fifth  Street  West.  From  St. 
Louis  we  started  on  two  ox  wagons  into  Southern  Illinois, 
Washington  County,  practically  a  wilderness  at  that  time. 
Forty-eight  miles  east  of  St.  Louis,  my  father  bought  a 
homestead  from  an  old  trapper  by  the  name  of  George 
Hood,  260  acres,  and  later  bought  more  land  from  the 
government,  and  some  from  the  Illinois  Central  railroad. 
There  were  no  towns,  no  schools,  no  churches,  within  ten 
miles  or  more,  and  we  had  to  get  the  provisions  from  St. 
Louis,  and  could  not  talk  the  American  language.  This 
was  an  uphill  business.  When  I  got  old  enough  to  go  to 
school  we  did  not  have  any  school,  and  my  father  taught 
me  and  my  sister  to  read  and  write,  to  be  sure,  in  German, 
because  he  did  not  know  anything  else.  In  1859  there  was 
quite  a  settlement  already,  and  they  built  a  log  school  house, 
and  our  first  teacher  was  an  old  farmer  by  the  name  of 
Riddle,  and  he  did  Riddle  us  once  in  a  while,  and  from  that 
time  on  we  had  better  sailing  and  things  were  coming  our 
way,  and  I  got  to  be  quite  a  boy  by  that  time,  and  soon  began 
to  look  at  the  girls. 

In  the  year  1860  there  was  a  little  town  started  in  our 
neighborhood,  called  New  Minden,  and  my  father  and  three 
other  men  built  a  largo  flour  mill,  as  that  proved  to  be  a 
good  wheat  country,  and  is  yet.  The  mill  was  of  250  bar- 
rels capacity,  and  took  eighteen  months  to  complete  it.  The 
mill  is  still  running.  The  same  mill  company  also  started  a 
general  store,  and  called  it  the  Mill  Store.  In  1862  my 
father  sold  his  one-fourth  interest  in  the  mill  for  $10,000 
and  bought  the  other  three-fourths  of  the  General  Store 
and  there  is  where  I  got  started  in  the  merchandise  busi- 


38  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

ness.  In  1868  on  November  1st  my  father  died  and  my 
mother  continued  in  the  business  until  1875  when  she 
sold  out  to  another  party  and  from  that  time  on  my  real 
life  began.  After  a  few  year's  courtship  with  the  girls  I 
got  married  on  April  17,  1876  to  my  present  wife,  Lily  and 
with  her  I  moved  back  on  the  farm  again  where  we 
worked  for  our  living  until  1881).  During  my  stay  on  the 
farm  I  held  several  public  offices  such  as  school  board, 
township  school  commissioner,  tax  collector  and  justice 
of  the  peace  and  manager  and  butter  maker  of  a  creamery. 
June  12,  1889  I  came  to  Lock  wood,  Mo.,  where  my- 
self and  children  built  a  creamery  which  we  operated  for 
about  ten  years  and  then  was  turned  into  a  mill  and  light 
plant  and  is  at  this  writing  still  in  operation.  December 
28,  1889  i  bought  a  half  interest  in  the  store  from  Martin 
Heiser,  known  at  that  time  as  Hanbein  &  Heiser  store  and 
then  changed  to  the  firm  name  of  Hanbein  &  Frye,  and 
was  operated  under  this  name  until  1897  when  Hanbein 
sold  his  half  interest  to  Fritz  Warren  and  the  firm  changed 
to  Frye  &  Warren  and  run  until  the  fall  of  1900  when  we 
sold  out  to  Shafer  &  Co.  In  1901  I  started  merchandise 
business  again  at  my  present  place  of  business.  During 
my  stay  in  Lock  wood  I  held  different  public  offices;  city 
council  three  years;  justice  of  the  peace;  director  of  bank; 
fair  board;  and  last  but  not  least,  member  of  county  court 
for  the  western  district  for  one  term.  This  was  an  up 
hill  business.  Wishing  all  the  Dade  County  People  the 
very  best  of  health,  success  and  prosperity. 

FRED  FRYE. 


JAMES  (HARVE)  FUQUA. 

Was  born  in  Putnam  county,  Mo.,  November  23rd, 
1S77,  a  son  of  William  and  Margaret  E.  (Harbert)  Fuqua, 
his  father  being  a  native1  of  Kentucky,  of  French-German 
origin,  born  January  18,  1826 — came  to  Dade  county  in 
1882  and  died  here  in  1903  at  the  age  of  77  years. 

William  Fuqua  was  a  farmer  in  Kentucky  and  also  at 
Unionville  in  this  state  but  in  coining  to  Greenfield  in  1882 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 3j) 

he  engaged  in  the  livery  business  which  he  followed  for 
one  year  and  then  removed  to  South  Greenfield  where  he 
continued  in  the  same  business.  He  later  engaged  in  the 
Hotel  business  at  South  Greenfield  but  the  last  few  years 
of  his  life  was  spent  on  a  little  farm  near  Neola.  He  how- 
ever moved  back  to  South  Greenfield  before  his  death. 
He  was  a  veteran  of  the  civil  war  but  was  discharged  on 
account  of  disability. 

Margaret  Elizabeth  Harbert  was  born  in  Putnam 
county,  Mo.,  June  26th,  1844,  and  is  still  living  in  South 
Greenfield.  Her  parents  were  Putnam  county  farmers, 
both  are  dead  and  buried  in  said  county.  She  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  M.  E.  church. 

William  Fuqua  and  wife  were  the  parents  of  eight 
children : 

(1)  Ida,  married  F.  M.  Thompson,  now  in  the  grocery 
business  in  Pittsburg,  Kas.  They  have  two  children,  Dot 
Oscar  and  Hattie. 

('2)  Hattie,  married  J.  M.  Turner,  a  loan  broker  of 
Trinidad,  Colo.  They  have  one  child,  Thelma. 

(3)  Laura,  married  J.  II.  Poe,  a  merchant  at  Penns- 
boro.    They  have  two  children,  Leona  and  Marion. 

(4)  William,  married  Pearl   White    (now  deceased.) 
He  is  a  machinist  at  Pittsburg,  Kas. 

(5)  James  H.  Fuqua. 

(6)  Lula,  married  Dr.  L.  S.  Couplin,  a  physician  at 
South  Greenfield.     They  have  two  children,  Elizabeth  and 
Marguerite. 

(7)  and  (8)     Twins — Allie  and  Alva — died  in  infancy. 
James  H.  Fuqua  was  raised  in  South  Greenfield,  Mo., 

where  in  boyhood  he  attended  the  public  schools  of  that 
place.  He  studied  the  telegraph  business  with  the  Frisco 
railroad  for  two  years  and  after  farming  for  some  three 
years  in  1900  he  went  into  the  general  merchandise  busi- 
ness at  Pennsboro,  where  he  continued  until  1911.  He  was 
cashier  for  the  Frisco  Railroad  at  Monett  for  about  one 
year,  when  he  came  to  South  Greenfield  in  October,  1912, 
and  purchased  the  hardware  stock  of  B.  J.  J.  Marsh,  to 
which  he  added  a  line  of  furniture  and  undertaking.  Later 


40  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

he  added  implements,  buggies,  carriages,  harness  and  farm 
supplies,  until  now  it  is  one  of  the  large  concerns  of  Dade 
County. 

In  the  year  1914  he  erected  a  complete  waterworks 
system  for  South  Greenfield,  and  later  on,  in  company  with 
J.  L.  Gilliland,  he  put  in  an  electric  lighting  system  for 
the  town,  which  is  run  in  connection  with  the  waterworks 
system. 

Mr.  Fuqua  is  the  owner  of  a  large  double  store  build- 
ing, which  he  occupies  with  his  merchandise  business,  a 
splendid  home  in  South  Greenfield,  and  a  small  farm  near 
town. 

In  1897  he  was  married  to  Laura  A.  Renfro,  who  was 
born  in  AYashington  Township  January  28th,  1880,  a 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  J.  (Merrick)  Renfro,  pio- 
neers of  Dade  County.  They  have  one  child,  Marie,  born 
near  South  Greenfield  in  1907. 

Mr.  Fuqua  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Christian 
church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows,  W.  0.  W.'s, 
and  votes  the  Republican  ticket.  As  a  citizen,  Mr.  Fuqua 
may  quite  properly  be  classed  with  those  known  as  "boost- 
ers." He  is  always  wide-awake,  outspoken  and  enthusias- 
tic for  any  cause  which  he  espouses.  He  is  especially  at- 
tentive to  his  own  affairs,  and  has  built  up  a  splendid 
business  by  reason  of  his  energy  and  industry. 


JESSE  GARVER. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  one  of  the  early  pioneers 
of  Western  Dade  County.  He  was  born  in  Elkbart  County, 
Indiana,  July  9th,  1840,  son  of  Frederick  and  Malinda 
(Ulery)  Garver.  His  father  and  mother  were  both  natives 
of  Ohio.  Frederick  Garver,  his  grandfather,  was  taken 
to  Michigan  at  a  very  early  date,  and  afterward  emi- 
grated to  Elkhart  County,  Indiana,  when  Indians  were 
plentiful  and  fur  trading  was  the  principal  commercial 
industry  of  the  country.  Amid  these  wild  scenes,  Fred- 
erick Garver  grew  to  manhood,  married  Malinda  Ulery, 
whose  father,  George  Ulery,  was  a  weaver  by  trade,  who 


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had  emigrated  to  Indiana  some  years  before.  Both  fami- 
lies were  of  German  descent  and  both  Frederick  and  Ma- 
linda  had  been  married  previous  to  1840.  In  1842  they 
came  to  Missouri  and  settled  near  Cartilage,  in  Jasper 
County,  where  they  entered  160  acres  of  land  from  the 
Government,  on  which  they  lived  for  18  years.  Finally 
they  sold  out  and  came  to  Dade  County,  buying  land  near 
the  western  line  of  the  county,  which  they  kept  for  18 
months,  and  sold  out  and  bought  120  acres  about  one  mile 
west  of  their  former  tract,  upon  which  they  lived  from 
February,  1859,  until  1889,  when  they  again  sold  out  and. 
moved  to  Greenfield.  His  father  died  there  July  17th, 
1891,  and  his  mother  died  there  on  September  19th,  1891. 
Frederick  Garver  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  both 
he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Baptist  church. 
They  were  the  parents  of  13  children,  three  of  whom  died 
in  infancy  and  two  later  in  life.  Eight  are  now  living, 
six  boys  and  two  girls. 

Sarah  died  leaving  one  child.  She  wras  the  wife  of 
B.  M.  Crandall,  both  now  deceased.  Hannah,  who  was 
Mrs.  Zimmerman,  died  and  left  no  children.  Those  living- 
are  as  follows: 

(1)  Jesse,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

(2)  Solomon,     married    Angeline    Steeley,     a    Dade 
County  girl,  now  deceased,  and  raised  a  family  of  nine 
children.     He  nowr  lives  in  Arkansas. 

(3)  Susan,  married  Ben  Cooley  and  lives  in  Green- 
field. 

(4)  Ellen,  married  Tom  Drysdale  and  lives  in  Polk 
Township. 

(5)  George,  married  Margaret  Steeley,  also  a  Dade 
County  girl.    They  now  live  in  Oklahoma. 

(6)  John,  married  Mrs.  Owens  and  lives  near  Ever- 
ton. 

(7)  Alva,    married    first    a    Miss    Cartell    of    Dade 
County  and  raised  a  large  family,  and  after  her  death  he 
re-married  in  Polk  Township. 

(8)  Dave,  married  Louisia  Grooms,  a  Dade  County 
girl.     They  now  live  near  Everton. 


42 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

When  the  Garver  family  first  settled  in  Missouri, 
neighbors  were  15  miles  apart  and  Indians  were  plentiful. 
In  those  days  Jesse  had  more  friends  among  the  Indians 
than  he  had  among  the  whites,  often  sleeping  with  them 
in  their  wig-warns  and  reposing  more  confidence  in  them 
than  in  the  whites,  for  the  white  men  of  the  country  in 
that  early  day  were  mostly  outlaws.  As  late  as  1850, 
most  of  the  present-day  cities  were  mere  trading  posts, 
and  where  fine  improved  farms  are  now  found,  in  that 
day  the  deer  and  turkey  roamed  at  will. 

Jesse  Garver  was  married  in  1862  to  Sarah  Ells- 
worth, a  native  of  New  York,  who  came  to  Bade  County 
about  1860.  To  this  union  were  born  10  children,  two 
of  whom  are  now  living.  Only  three  grew  to  maturity. 
One,  Margaret,  married  Charles  Cox,  and  died  leaving  six 
children.  Those  living  are: 

(1)  Lizzie,  married  George  Brobrugar.  They  live 
in  Barton  County  and  have  four  children. 

('2)  Nancy,  married  John  Ferguson.  They  now  live 
in  Carthage  and  have  two  children. 

Mr.  Garver  was  at  home  wrhen  the  Civil  war  broke 
out.  He  was  the  first  man  to  enlist  at  Golden  City,  in 
Company  E,  Fifteenth  Regiment,  Volunteer  Cavalry,  under 
Captain  Morris.  This  was  in  August,  1864.  He  served 
in  South  Missouri  and  all  through  Arkansas  for  11  months, 
and  was  discharged  June  30th,  1865,  at  Springfield,  Mo., 
afterwhich  lie  returned  to  Dade  County  and  settled  upon 
a  farm  of  64  acres  in  Grant  Township,  upon  which  he  has 
lived  and  farmed  ever  since. 

What  little  schooling  he  obtained  before  the  war  was 
received  in  Dade  County.  Schools  in  those  days  were 
very  primitive,  often  lasting  not  more  than  three  months 
during  the  year  and  conducted  practically  without  books. 
The  pupils  depended  largely  upon  the  store  of  knowledge 
possessed  by  the  teacher  and  the  three  R's  (reading, 
'righting  and  Yithmetic)  constituted  the  complete  course 
of  study.  Mr.  Garver  has,  however,  been  a  great  reader, 
and  is  a  well-informed,  self-educated  man.  He  has  been 
a  Republican  all  his  life,  and,  while  he  has  always  been 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE       43 

active  in  local  politics,  being  counted  as  one  of  the  "wheel 
horses"  in  his  township,  he  has  never  held  or  desired  of- 
fice. He  is  a  member  of  the  G.  A.  R.  post  at  Golden  City 
and  also  a  member  of  the  I.  O.  O.  F. 

Mr.  Garver  is  a  true  type  of  the  early  pioneer,  having 
lived  in  Dade  County  during  all  the  years  of  her  adversity 
as  well  as  her  prosperity.  He  has  seen  the  broad  prairies 
and  fertile  valleys  transformed  from  fields  of  game  to 
fields  of  grain.  Cities,  towns  and  villages  have  sprung 
up  under  his  gaze,  families  have  come  and  gone,  popula- 
tions have  changed,  but  Mr.  Garver  is  still  here  to  tell 
the  story. 

He  is  bearing  up  well  under  his  weight  of  years 
and  still  takes  a  lively  interest  in  the  passing  events.  He 
enjoys  the  confidence  and  respect  of  his  neighbors  and 
is  one  of  the  substantial  men  in  the  community  in  which 
he  lives. 


REV.  WILLIAM  J.  GARRETT. 

William  J.  Garrett,  born  May  4th,  1820,  departed 
this  life  June  16th,  1915,  being  at  the  time  of  his  death 
95  years  one  month  and  12  days  of  age. 

The  time  of  my  first  remembrance  of  Brother  Garrett 
dates  back  to  three  or  four  years  before  the  war.  1 
first  saw  him  at  the  old  Sand  Mountain  camp  ground. 
He  was  preaching  to  a  large  congregation  of  people.  I 
was  then  but  a  boy  of  15  or  16  years,  but  I  was  attracted 
by  his  earnestness  and  heard  him  to  the  close  of  his  dis- 
course, which  made  such  an  impression  that  I  never  for- 
got him,  and  always  thereafter  regarded  him  as  an  able 
minister. 

It  was  his  first  visit  to  the  annual  camp  meeting 
that  was  held  on  those  sacred  grounds.  He  soon  became 
endeared  to  the  vast  crowds  of  people  who  attended,  and 
was  always  there  during  some  part  of  those  meetings, 
and  was  gladly  received  by  the  people  and  loved  for  his 
work's  sake. 


•44 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

When  the  cloud  of  war  settled  down  on  our  country 
and  closed  for  a  time  these  precious  meetings,  I,  with 
many  young  men,  went  to  the  army.  I  am  told  that 
Brother  Garrett  was  ever  ready  through  those  trouble- 
years  to  preach  the  precious  gospel  wherever  his  lot  was 
cast,  though  1  only  heard  from  him  incidentally  until  the 
fearful  strife  was  over.  Brother  Garrett,  with  his  family, 
moved  to  some  place  not  far  from  Sedalia,  where  he 
labored  for  the  Master  until  the  cloud  of  war  passed 
away,  when  he  returned  with  his  family  to  Greenfield 
and  renewed  his  work. 

in  the  autumn  of  1886  the  cam])  meeting  was  resur- 
rected from  the  wreck  of  war,  and  the  hosts  of  Israel 
again  pitched  their  tents  on  the  old  camp  ground.  Brother 
Garrett  was  there,  and  was  one  of  the  ministers  who 
preached  most  ably  and  spiritually.  On  that  occasion 
a  great  revival  of  religion  followed,  resulting  in  the  salva- 
tion of  something  near  100  souls,  a  great  number  for  that 
early  day.  Among  the  converts  of  that  meeting  there 
were  three  young  men,  each  of  whom  in  after  years  be- 
came ministers  of  the  Cumberland-Presbyterian  church, 
namely,  W.  K.  Russell,  James  II.  Harriett  and  W.  E.  Shaw. 

It  was  truly  a  great  meeting.  It  was  estimated  that 
on  Sunday  night  there  were  140  seekers  at  the  altar  and 
among  them  were  45  soldier  boys  of  the  Sixth  Missouri 
Volunteer  Cavalry,  and  many  of  them  were  converted. 
It  is  due  Brother  Garrett 's  memory  that  I  speak  of  him 
as  a  great  preacher.  He  was  able,  resourceful  and  conse- 
crated, logical  in  his  deductions,  spiritual  in  his  delivery 
and  pleasant  in  his  address.  He  was  also  a  sweet  singer, 
and  there  was  a  pathos  in  his  great  gift  of  song  that  was 
truly  inspiring  and  encouraging  to  the  unconverted. 

Brother  Garrett  was  a  favorite  in  funeral  preaching, 
and  went  far  and  near,  in  his  sympathy,  when  called  to 
such  work.  lie  was  also  a  favorite  in  solemnizing  the 
marriage  rite,  as  his  record  indicates. 

When  I  was  a  licentiate  I  frequently  assisted  him 
and  Rev.  J.  I).  Montgomery  in  revival  work,  and  when  I 
was  ordained  to  the  full  work  of  the  ministry  he  was 


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among  the  number  of  consecrated  ministers  who  laid  his 
hand  upon  my  head. 

Brother  Garrett  loved  his  church,  with  its  doctrines. 
He  was  a  strong  man  in  its  councils,  and  was  therefore 
prized  in  his  presbytery,  and  in  synod,  and  was  frequently 
sent  as  a  commissioner  to  the  general  assembly. 

His  services  as  a  pastor  were  sought  by  the  best 
churches  in  his  presbytery,  and  his  field  work,  in  some 
way,  was  blessed  throughout  its  boundary,  lie  was  known 
and  respected  not  only  in  his  own  church,  but  also  by 
other  religious  people  wherever  he  went. 

Brother  (Barrett  leaves  a  respected  and  honorable 
family,  as  a  trophy  of  his  sterling  worth.  Many  will  rise 
up  in  the  judgment  and  call  him  blessed,  he  having  been 
instrumental  in  leading  them  to  the  Savior  of  men. 

May  his  mantle  fall  on  others  who  will  continue  the 
work  so  sucessfully  begun  and  completed  in  his  long  and 
useful  life.  W.E.SHAW. 


CHARLES  W.  GILLMAN. 

Financier,  farmer  and  stockman,  he  was  born  near 
Carlinville,  Ills.,  June  1st,  1864,  the  third  of  a  family  of 
seven  children,  a  son  of  Henry  Gilhnan,  a  native  of  Ger- 
many, who  came  from  the  Fatherland  many  years  ago  and 
located  in  Macoupin  County,  Illinois,  near  Carlinville. 
True  to  the  traditions  of  his  race,  he  was  an  energetic, 
frugal,  industrious  man,  and  prospered.  In  1861)  he 
came  to  Dade  County  and  purchased  a  large  tract  of  land 
in  Marion  Township,  upon  which  he  raised  large  num- 
bers of  horses,  mules,  sheep  and  cattle.  He  remained  on 
this  farm  until  about  four  years  prior  to  his  death,  when 
he  moved  to  Lockwood  and  retired  from  active  business. 
Fie  died  in  1009  at  the  age  of  75  years.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  voted  the  Democratic 
ticket  till  the  first  administration  of  Grover  Cleveland, 
after  which  time  he  aligned  himself  with  the  Republican 
party.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  owned  1,040  acres  of 
land,  a  fine  residence  in  Lockwood,  three  business  houses 


46  HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

and  a  large  amount  of  personal  property,  including  notes, 
mortgages  and  Government  Bonds. 

In  1893  Henry  Gillman,  H.  A.  Cunningham  and  J.  N. 
Burns  organized  the  private  bank  of  ''Gillman,  Burns 

6  Co.,"  which  operated  in  Lockwood  until  1896,  when  it 
was   changed   to   "Henry   Gillman   and   C.   W.   Gillman," 
and  so  continued  till  1903,  when  it  was  chartered  as  "The 
Bank   of  Lockwood,"  with  Henry  Gillman  as  President, 
C.  "W.  Gillman  as  Cashier  and  John  M.  Adams  as  Assistant 
Cashier.      About    three    years    before    the    death    of    his 
father  C.  W.  Gillman  became  the  President  of  the  insti- 
tution, and  still  holds  that  position. 

C.  W.  Gillman  came  to  Dade  County  with  his  father 
in  1869.  He  attended  the  common  schools  of  the  county, 
worked  on  the  farm,  and  when  coming  to  Dade  County 
helped  drive  1,4-00  sheep  from  Illinois  to  the  Dade  County 
farm.  His  schooling  was  quite  limited.  From  the  age  of 

7  years  up  to  the  time  he  was  12  year?  old  he  attended 
public  school,  and  later  attended  High  Schoo1   in  Green- 
field.    In  the  fall  of  1882  he  took  a  three  months    course 
in   Business  College  at   Sedalia,   returned   home,   and   ac- 
cepted a  position  in  the  "old"  Bank  of  Lockwood.     For 
many  years  he  has  owned  and  managed  many  farms  in 
the  vicinity  of  Lockwood.     At  the  present  time  his  real 
estate   holdings   amount   to   320   acres   in   Lockwood   and 
Marion   Townships,   and   he   buys,   sells,   feeds   and   ships 
cattle  and  hogs  extensively. 

For  a  number  of  years  Mr.  Gillman  lived  in  Lock- 
wood,  but  a  few  years  ago  he  purchased  160  acres  of  land 
lying  just  east  of  the  city  and  almost  joining  the  corporate 
limits.  Upon  this  he  erected  one  of  the  finest  country 
homes  in  the  state.  Equipped  with  a  modern  heating 
and  water  system  and  lighted  by  electricity,  it  is  modern 
in  every  respect.  In  keeping  with  his  progressive  in- 
stincts, Mr.  Gillman,  at  his  own  expense,  graded,  graveled 
and  macadamized  one-half  mile  of  road  leading  from  the 
city  to  his  farm  at  a  cost  of  about  $700,  thereby  setting  a 
good  example  for  his  less  progressive  neighbors. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE       47 

Mr.  Gillman  is  the  owner  of  two  automobiles,  of 
which  lie  makes  constant  use,  both  for  business  and 
pleasure. 

On  the  26th  day  of  October,  1898,  he  was  married  to 
Lucy  B.  Pursel,  a  native  Missouri  girl,  daughter  of  Alexan- 
der and  Annie  (McAllister)  Pursel,  of  Scotch  ancestry. 
They  came  to  Bade  County  from  North  Missouri  in  1892. 
He  died  in  1903.  His  widow  makes  her  home  with  C.  W. 
Gill  man. 

Henry  Gilhnan  and  wife  were  the  parents  of  seven 
children,  viz: 

(1)  Emma,    married    Henry    Miller,    a    farmer    of 
Marion  Township. 

(2)  John  H.,  a  farmer  in  Marion  Township. 

(3)  C.  W.  Gilhnan. 

(4)  George,  a  farmer,  lives  on  the  old  homestead. 

(5)  Frank,  lives  in  Lock  wood. 
(G)     Sophia,  lives  in  Lock  wood. 

(7)     Lizzie,  lives  with  her  mother  in  Lockwood. 

C.  W.  Gilhnan  and  wife  have  but  one  child,  Mary 
Helen,  born  April  26th,  1900.  She  is  a  characteristic 
High  School  girl,  enjoys  outdoor  sports  and  is  an  expert 
auto  driver. 

Mrs.  Gillman  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
He  is  a  Mason,  a  Shriner,  and  his  wife  belongs  to  the  East- 
ern Star.  In  politics,  Mr.  Gillman  is  an  active  Republican 
and,  while  never  a  candidate  for  an  office  himself,  his 
support  is  much  desired  by  those  of  more  ambitious  ten- 
dencies politically. 

Mr.  Gillman  is  yet  a  young  man  and  vitally  interested 
in  the  enterprises  of  his  business.  The  full  measure  of  his 
success  in  life  has  by  no  means  been  computed,  but  if  lie 
should  quit  the  stage  of  action  today  and  retire  to  private 
life,  the  following  motto  might  with  all  propriety  be 
emblazoned  upon  the  family  scroll:  ''From  Slieepfold  to 
Shrine!" 

Mr.  Gillman 's  financial  success  in  life  has  in  no  way 
changed  his  early  tastes  or  tendencies,  lie  is  a  plain 


48  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

man  of  the  plain  people.     Sociable,  accommodating  and 
kind  are  words  which  fitly  express  his  bearing  toward  his 


neighbors  and  his  friends. 


JAMES  L.  GILLILAND. 

Born  in  Johnson  County,  Missouri,  November  13th, 
1863,  son  of  Abel  Gilliland,  a  native  of  Tennessee,  born 
in  1809  and  died  in  1879,  or  Irish  ancestry.  Came  west 
when  a  young  man,  working  in  the  mines  near  St.  Louis, 
later  he  came  to  Johnson  County  and  entered  a  tract  of 
land,  erected  a  two-story  log  house  upon  it,  which  he 
afterward  weather-boarded.  He  was  a  man  of  simple 
tastes  and  retired  habits,  never  desiring  to  be  rich,  but 
always  lived  well.  He  was  very  liberal  in  his  political 
views,  choosing  the  man  rather  than  the  party,  and  in 
this  way  frequently  changed  the  form  of  his  ballot.  He 
married  Kathryn  Stewart  in  Missouri  and  raised  a  family 
of  nine  children: 

(1)  Nancy,    married    John    Heisey,    a    farmer    and 
blacksmith,    raising    a    family    of    six    children.      She    is 
now  dead. 

(2)  Jane,   married   C.   D.   Boisseau,   who   is   now   a 
prominent   citizen    of   Greenfield,   ex-member   of   the   Mis- 
souri  Legislature,   ex-mayor   of   the   city,   and   a   leading 
Republican  politician.    They  had  three  children. 

(3)  Laura,  married  Daniel  Boisseau,  an  attorney  of 
Warrensburg.     They  have  one  child,  0.  G.  Boisseau,  an 
attorney  and  Republican  politician  of  Holden,  Mo. 

(4)  Josephine,  married  John  Heisey,  now  deceased. 
She  is  living  in  Colorado.     They  had  no  children. 

(5)  George,  now  deceased. 

(G)  Alice,  the  present  wife  of  Hon.  C.  D.  Boisseau 
of  Greenfield.  Her  first  husband  was  Washington  Ren- 
nick,  by  whom  she  had  two  children. 

(7)     Mattie,  now  deceased. 

(N)  Joseph  S.,  a  farmer,  now  residing  in  Johnson 
County.  Married  Jennie  Ferguson.  They  have  three 
children. 


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HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 49 

(9)     James  L.  Gilliland. 

Mr.  Gilliland  was  raised  on  a  farm  and  received  a 
very  meager  education  by  attending  the  common  schools 
of  Johnson  County,  lie  remained  on  the  farm  until  1901, 
when  he  came  to  South  Greenfield  and  purchased  the 
grocery  business  then  being  conducted  y  J.  H.  Poe. 

In  the  grocery  business  Mr.  Gilliland  has  achieved 
a  reasonable  degree  of  success.  In  1914,  in  company  with 
J.  H.  Fuqua,  he  erected  and  equipped  an  electric  light 
plant  for  South  Greenfield. 

On  the  26th  day  of  August,  1907,  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Nellie  Miller  of  South  Greenfield,  a  daughter  of 
D.  R.  and  Mary  (De  Berry)  Miller,  born  in  1886.  Mr. 
Miller  is  a  retired  railroad  bridge  builder,  having  worked 
in  that  capacity  for  both  the  Rock  Island  and  Frisco 
railroads.  He  came  to  South  Greenfield  in  1881.  Mr. 
Miller  is  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  serving  on  the  Union 
side,  and  a  Republican  in  politics.  His  wife  is  a  member 
of  the  M..E.  church. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gilliland  have  no  living  children.  One 
child  was  born  of  this  marriage,  but  died  in  infancy. 

Mr.  Gilliland  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  I.  0.  0.  F. 


JOHN  L.  GLASS. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  in  Ohio,  "the 
Home  of  the  Presidents,"  on  the  17th  day  of  December, 
1851,  his  father,  Jacob  Glass,  and  his  mother,  Eliza  (Cou- 
ser)  Glass,  both  being  natives  of  the  same  state  and  both 
being  buried  there,  having  died  about  the  year  1908. 

Mr.  Glass  was  the  fourth  of  nine  children  to  attain 
adult  age,  all  of  whom  are  now  living,  except  his  youngest 
sister,  wrho  was  Mrs.  Elwood  Albright.  She  died  in  De- 
cember, 1893,  leaving  three  children.  The  remainder  of 
his  brothers  and  sisters  still  reside  in  the  state  of  Ohio. 

In  early  life  Mr.  Glass  gave  evidence  of  possessing 
mechanical  skill  above  the  ordinary,  and  was  appren- 
ticed to  a  harness-maker,  in  which  trade  he  became  very 


50  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 


proficient.  The  confinement  of  the  shop  not  being1  in 
keeping  with  his  instincts,  he  again  took  up  farm  work, 
where  he  was  employed  by  the  year  on  various  farms  in 
his  native  state  up  to  the  time  of  his  marriage,  after 
which  lie  was  employed  by  an  uncle  for  three  years.  In 
187!)  he  took  up  railroad  construction  \vork,  and  after 
two  years  came  west,  landing  in  Springfield,  Mo.,  on 
October  20th,  18S1. 

With  remarkable  foresight,  he  purchased  a  magnifi- 
cent tract  of  land,  consisting  of  120  acres,  which  lie  im- 
proved and  lived  upon  for  12  years,  during  which  time  he 
also  followed  the  stone  mason  trade,  his  farm  being  but 
three  miles  from  Springfield.  Desiring  a  greater  acreage, 
he  exchanged  his  Greene  County  farm  for  320  acres  in 
Smith  Township,  Dade  County,  where  he  now  lives,  and 
to  which  he  has  added  150  acres,  making1  him  one  of  the 
most  desirable  stock  farms  in  the  county.  When  he  ac- 
quired this  tract  of  land  in  IS!).']  it  was  poorly  improved, 
having  only  a  small  log  house,  but  few  acres  cleared,  and 
no  fencing  at  all. 

At  the  present  time  it  is  all  fenced  and  cross-fenced 
with  hog  wire,  most  of  the  land  is  in  a  high  state  of 
cultivation  and  beautified  with  commodious  buildings.  In 
1911  Mr.  Glass  constructed  an  eight-room  frame  farm 
dwelling,  with  a  modern  lighting  plant,  cement  walks  and 
porch,  a  splendid  barn  and  convenient  outbuildings.  A 
never-failing  spring  branch  furnishes  an  abundant  supply 
of  water  in  the  pastures,  while  the  house  and  barn  lots 
are  supplied  with  two  excellent  wells,  equipped  with  a 
modern  windmill. 

Mr.  Glass  has  been  able  to  start  each  of  his  boys  in 
life  with  an  SO-acre  farm  adjoining  the  homestead,  which 
speaks  well  for  his  generosity,  as  well  as  his  prosperity, 
lie  takes  great  delight  in  his  farming  enterprises  and 
manages  to  raise  and  market  at  least  one  carload  of  hogs 
each  year,  to  say  nothing  of  the  cream,  butter  and  eggs, 
and  other  farm  products  which  go  to  the  market  annually. 

John  L.  Glass  was  married  to  Kliza  Jane  Lucas,  a 
native  of  Pennsylvania,  on  the  (ith  day  of  April,  1875.  She 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 51. 

was  born  on  the  2nd  day  of  December,  1853,  and  is  still 
living.  Her  mother  and  step-father,  Isaac  P.  Edwards, 
came  to  Greene  County,  Missouri,  in  1881,  resided  on  a 
farm  north  of  Spring-field,  and  both  died  there. 

Mr.  Glass  is  the  father  of  five  children,  all  of  whom 
are  living. 

Thomas  F.  Glass,  his  oldest  son,  was  born  January 
4th,  1876,  was  married  to  Sadie  Brown,  a  native  of  Web- 
ster County,  and  they  now  reside  in  Dade  County  on  a 
farm  near  his  father's  home.  To  this  union  were  born 
six  children,  viz: 

Delia,  born  October  16th,  1901. 

Richard,  born  June  4th,  1904. 

Wilbert,  born   October  24th,   1906. 

John   Leonard,   born   March   16th,   1909. 

James  M.,   born  January  15th,   1912. 

Jake  Lester,  born  July  1.0th,  1914. 

His  second  son,  George  A.  Glass,  was  born  December 
17th,  1877.  and  was  married  to  Pina  Reich,  a  native  of 
Dade  County  They  also  have  six  children,  viz: 

Mabel,  born  April  9th,  1905. 

Ralph,  born  November  3rd,  1907. 

David,  born   April   17th,  1910. 

Helen,  born  July  15th,  1912. 

George,  born  December  17th.  1913. 

Charles,  born  September  25th.  1915. 

Their  oldest  daughter,  Susie,  was  born  September 
2nd,  1879,  and  married  John  L.  Berry.  They  settled  also 
in  Smith  Township,  are  engaged  in  farming  and  have  a 
family  of  eight  interesting  children,  viz: 

Bessie,  John  Lloyd,  Hazel  Ruby,  a  pair  of  twins 
named  Joseph  and  Jesse.  Orvy,  Cecil  and  Clyde. 

The  fourth  child  of  John  L.  Glass,  named  Jacob  0., 
was  born  September  9th.  1883.  and  married  Drue  Berry, 
a  native  of  Dade  County.  He  still  resides  on  the  old 
homestead  and  is  engaged,  with  his  father,  in  running 
the  farm. 

The  youngest  child,  Peachye.  was  born  August  15th. 
1890,  and  married  Rav  Barker,  a  native  of  Dade  Countv. 


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They  reside  on  a  Dade  County  farm,  and  are  the  happy 
parents  of  two  children,  viz:  Curtis  Leo  and  Ruby. 

Mr.  Glass  and  his  wife  have  long  been  members  of 
the  Christian  church,  the  former  having  been  an  elder 
for  six  years.  He  has  always  taken  an  active  part  in  poli- 
tics, and  by  nativity  and  tradition  was  a  Republican. 
In  1894  he  was  elected  Judge  of  the  Western  District  and 
served  in  that  capacity  two  years,  during  which  time  the 
"good  roads"  movement  was  inaugurated,  and  afterward, 
in  1911,  he  served  one  year  as  County  Highway  Engineer. 
He  has  been  a  member  of  the  school  board  in  his  home 
district  for  32  consecutive  years.  Most  men  have  a 
"hobby,"  and  if  this  fault  can  be  charged  to  Mr.  Glass,  it 
consists  of  just  three  things:  "Good  roads,  good  schools 
and  good  nomes  to  live  in."  AVhen  Mr.  Glass  came  to 
Dade  County  many  of  the  school  houses  were  without 
seats  and  school  interest  was  at  low  ebb.  He,  himself, 
having  a  good  common  school  education,  it  was  his  desire 
that  all  his  children  and  his  neighbor's  children  should 
enjoy  the  same  boon. 

As  an  assurance  that  Mi1.  Glass  shall  live  to  enjoy  a 
"green  old  age,"  he  is  now  blessed  with  22  grandchildren, 
and  one  remarkable  co-incident,  which  does  not  often 
occur  in  the  history  of  any  lamily,  is  this:  John  L.  Glass, 
his  son,  George,  and  his  grandson,  George,  were  all  born 
on  December  17th. 

The  history  of  Mr.  Glass  is  but  one  of  the  many  object 
lessons  taken  from  real  life,  which  demonstrate  what  in- 
dustry, energy,  honesty,  fixity  of  purpose  and  high  ideals 
will  accomplish.  The  owner  of  a  palatial  country  home, 
surrounded  by  family,  friends  and  all  the  necessities  of 
life,  there  is  no  reason  why  he  could  not  truthfully  say 
unto  his  children,  like  Jacob  of  old,  "The  blessings  of  thy 
father  have  prevailed  above  the  blessings  of  my  progeni- 
tors, unto  the  utmost  bound  of  the  Everlasting  Hills." 


JOHN   GLENN. 

Born  in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  July  10th,  1869,  son 
of  James   and   Martha    (Freedle)    Glenn.     His   father  and 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE       53 

mother  are  both  living.  His  father  is  a  native  of  Dade 
County  and  lives  at  Cony.  His  grandfather,  Jack  Glenn, 
was  one  of  the  very  first  settlers  of  the  county.  Various 
branches  of  the  Glenn  family  reside  in  Dade  County,  but 
principally  in  the  northern  and  eastern  part. 

John  Glenn  started  in  life  for  himself  at  the  age  of 
25  years.  He  received  only  a  common  school  education 
and  adopted  farming  as  his  occupation  in  life.  For  a 
number  of  years  he  cultivated  rented  land  and  was  suc- 
cessful. In  the  year  1908,  in  company  with  John  A.  Hall, 
he  purchased  289  acres  of  farm  land  near  Cony,  which 
they  owned  jointly  for  three  years,  and  then  divided  up. 
He  is  now  the  owner  of  a  fine  farm  of  145  acres,  all  in 
cultivation  except  10  acres,  fenced  and  cross-fenced.  He 
has  made  numerous  improvements,  including  a  modern 
barn  and  a  90-ton  silo.  He  is  engaged  in  general  farming 
and  stock  raising,  his  live  stock  enterprises  including 
horses,  cattle  and  mules. 

On  the  3rd  day  of  September,  1893,  he  was  married 
to  Miss  Orneda  Hall,  daughter  of  Adam  Hall,  a  pioneer 
merchant  of  Cony,  and  whose  history  is  given  at  length 
in  the  sketch  of  John  A.  Hall.  Mrs.  Omeda  Glenn  was 
born  in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  and  her  marriage  to  John 
Glenn  six  children  were  born. 

(1)  Ormal,  born  July  22nd,  1894.     Died  at  the  age 
of  3  weeks. 

(2)  McCoy,   born   March   8th,    1896,   married   Bessie 
Friend  September  20th,  1916,  and  they  are  now  farming 
in  South  Morgan  Township. 

(3-4)     Effie  and  Ester  (twins),  born  June  26th,  1899. 

(5)  Martha  L.,  born  October  12th,  1903. 

(6)  Ina  Cleo,  born  February  15th,  1907. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Glenn  are  members  of  "The  Church  of 
God,"  commonly  called  "Holiness,"  and  are  faithful  ad- 
herents to  the  cause  of  Christ.  Mr.  Glenn  is  a  Republican, 
and  active  in  the  local  affairs  of  the  community,  espe- 
cially the  schools,  having  served  several  years  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  school  board. 


54  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

JOHN  F.  GODFREY. 

A  native-  of  Washinglon  County,  Iowa,  born  July  15th, 
I860,  a  son  of  Abe  and  Mary  (Lewis)  Godfrey,  both  na- 
tives of  Ohio,  but  married  in  Iowa.  Abe  Godfrey  was  a 
veteran  of  the  Civil  war.  Both  he  and  his  wife  are  dead 
and  buried  in  Indiana. 

John  F.  Godfrey  was  next  to  the  youngest  of  a 
family  of  five  children.  He  stayed  at  home  till  30  years 
of  age,  working  for  and  with  his  father  till  he  was  16, 
when  his  father  died.  lie  taught  school  in  Jay  County, 
Indiana,  from  the  time  he  was  16  years  of  age,  three  of 
which  were  spent  in  Kansas,  and  at  the  age  of  30  years 
he  went  to  Oklahoma  and  bought  160  acres  of  land  in 
Lincoln  County.  On  the  road  to  Oklahoma  he  had  the 
good  fortune  to  marry  Carry  B.  Lewis,  who  was  also 
interested  in  Oklahoma  land.  She  was  teaching  school 
in  Pratt  County,  Kansas,  started  for  Oklahoma  single, 
but  returned  the  wife  of  John  F.  Godfrey.  This  hap- 
pened on  August  31st,  1S9L  She  was  also  a  native  of 
Iowa,  having  been  born  May  3(/th,  1872,  a  daughter  of 
W.  W.  Lewis  (now  deceased.) 

In  1*9!)  John  F.  Godfrey  sold  his  original  160  acres 
and  moved  to  another  160  acre  improved  tract,  where  lie 
remained  one  year,  selling-  it  and  buying  another  160- 
acre  improved  farm  in  Woods  County,  Oklahoma.  He  re- 
mained on  this  place  till  1910,  when  he  sold  out  and 
came  direct  to  Dade  County,  buying  a  farm  of  160  acres 
lying  directly  south  of  South  Greenfield.  Ninety-five 
acres  of  this  tract  is  in  cultivation  and  fairly  well  im- 
proved. He  has  erected  a  110-ton  silo  since  buying  this 
farm.  lie  is  engaged  in  general  farming,  has  about  20 
head  of  horses  and  mules,  45  head  of  cattle  and  200  head 
of  hogs.  The  farm  in  well  watered  and  especially  adapted 
for  raising  live  stock. 

Mr.  Godfrey  and  wife  were  the  parents  of  four 
children : 

(1)  Charles  Lewis,  born  July  15th,  1896.  Graduated 
from  the  Greenfield  High  School  in  1917. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 55 

(2)  Albert,  born  January  18th,  1893.  Graduated 
from  the  Greenfield  High  School  in  1917. 

(->)  Grace,  born  Dec.  19th,  1901,  is  now  at  home 
attending  school.  A  Freshman  in  the  Greenfield  High 
School  in  1917. 

(4)      Wilford,  born  August  15th,  1904. 

Mrs.  Godfrey  died  February  14th,  1912,  and  is 
buried  at  Pennsboro.  She  and  Mr.  Godfrey  were  both 
members  of  the  Christian  church. 

Mr.  Godfrey  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  was 
Deputy  County  Clerk  in  Pratt  County,  Kansas.  He  is  a 
man  of  good  education,  and  especially  well  informed  on 
the  current  events  of  the  day.  He  is  a  splendid  type  of 
the  self-made  man,  battling  in  early  life  against  adverse 
circumstances  and  coming  out  more  than  winner. 


MARION  C.  GOTHARD. 

The  man  whose  name  heads  this  sketch  is  one  of  our 
best-known  citizens,  and  has  done  and  is  now  doing  a 
vast  amount  of  good  in  our  midst.  He  was  born  in 
Cedar  County,  Nebraska  February  2nd,  1858,  a  son  of 
Archie  and  Susan  'Delosier)  Gothard,  both  natives  of 
Virginia,  and  came  here  at  an  early  date,  and  died  when 
their  only  child,  Marion,  was  a  small  lad.  He  was  raised 
by  his  grandfather,  Uncle  Jack  Gothard,  with  whom  he 
lived  until  19  years  of  age.  His  Grandfather  Gothard 
had  saved  the  money  coming  to  the  lad  from  the  govern- 
ment on  account  of  his  father  having  been  a  United  States 
soldier,  and  this  he  invested  in  40  acres  of  timber  land 
in  Cedar  County,  which  the  young  man  cleared  before 
lie  became  of  age. 

He  was  an  industrious  youth  and  prospered  from  the 
start,  and  added  200  acres  near  his  original  40,  paying 
$2.50  per  acre.  A  little  later  he  secured  an  other  40,  and 
so,  it  is  seen,  he  had  a  fine  start  in  life  when  quite  young, 
brought  about  by  his  desire  to  get  ahead  in  the  world 
and  his  close  application  to  business.  Now  having  280 
acres  of  good  land,  he  decided  to  get  married,  and.  ac- 


56  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

cordingly,  on  August  4th,  1881,  he  married  Miss  Belle 
Dodson,  who  was  born  in  Polk  County  January  4th,  1862, 
and  is  a  daughter  of  John  and  Martha  (Grady)  Dodson, 
both  natives  of  Tennessee,  and  came  to  Polk  County, 
Missouri,  at  an  early  day.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gothard  have 
been  born  six  children,  as  follows:  Hattie,  born  February 
14th,  1884,  now  Mrs.  William  Compton,  and  lives  near 
Everton,  in  this  county;  Zina  E.,  born  January  1st,  1887, 
received  a  fine  education  at  Dadeville,  Carthage  and 
Springfield  Normal,  and  is  now  teaching  at  dishing, 
Okla.,  where  she  has  been  for  the  past  four  years;  Archie, 
born  January  1st,  1890,  also  educated  at  Dadeville,  Chilo- 
cothe  and  Springfield  Normal,  has  taught  in  Oklahoma, 
as  well  as  Dade  County,  is  no\v  a  resident  of  Tulsa,  Okla.; 
Eunice  O.,  born  August  5th,  1892,  also  educated  at  Dade- 
ville, Carthage  and  Springfield  Normal,  and  is  teaching 
in  dishing,  Okla.;  Flossie  E.,  born  October  5th,  1896,  re- 
ceived the  same  school  advantages  as  her  two  older  sis- 
ters, is  now  a  successful  teacher  near  Broken  Arrow,  Okla.; 
Keba,  born  January  3rd,  1898,  is  attending  school  at  dish- 
ing High  School,  where  she  will  soon  graduate.  As  will 
be  noted  above,  Mr.  Gathard  determined  to  give  his  chil- 
dren the  very  best  of  school  advantages,  and  to  this  fact 
we  owe  his  coming  to  be  a  citizen  of  Dade  County,  for  he 
sold  out  his  Cedar  County  holdings  and  moved  to  Dade- 
ville, buying  residence  property,  and  in  1908  invested  in 
a  large  farm  of  455  acres,  all  in  one  body,  and  located  in 
Polk  Township,  close  to  Dadeville.  This  property  had 
few  buildings  and  was  not  any  too  well  improved.  Mr. 
Gothard  moved  his  town  residence  to  the  farm,  fenced  the 
place  with  wire  and  otherwise  greatly  improved  it,  so  that 
now  he  has  one  of  the  best  stock  farms  in  all  that  region. 
He  raises  considerable  stock,  uses  a  silo,  and  all  modern 
appliances. 

Mr.  Gothard  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  but  does  not 
care  for  office,  lie  desiring  to  spend  his  time  doing  good 
to  his  fellow-man,  for  he  is  a  gifted  speaker  and  is  a 
teacher  and  preacher  of  the  Church  of  God,  a  devoted 
religious  sect  that  has  a  large  following  in  this  county 


WILLIAM  KOHI.NSO.X  EATO.V 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE ET7 

and  which  comprises  men  and  women  of  our  first  families. 
Mr.  Gothard  is  a  fine  Christian  gentleman,  always  ready 
with  his  means  to  help  any  worthy  cause  for  the  good 
of  the  county  and  its  people.  He  is  in  the  forerank  of  our 
best  beloved  citizens.  His  life  is  an  inspiration  to  our 
young  people,  and  goes  to  show  what  a  clean  life,  honest 
business  methods  and  attention  to  the  higher  things  of  life 
will  surely  accomplish,  and  proves  that  it  pays  to  live 
a  perfect  life. 


CHARLES  WALKER  GRIFFITH. 

Was  born  at  Gettysburg,  Pa.,  November  6th,  1837,  and 
died  at  Greenfield,  Mo.,  August  23rd,  1893.  His  father, 
Jesse  Griffith,  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  his  parents 
coming  from  Wales.  They  were  potters,  but  farmed  during 
the  latter  years  of  their  residence  in  Pennsylvania.  James 
Griffith,  a  brother  of  Jesse,  left  children  who  reside  upon 
and  own  the  old  homestead  in  Pennsylvania.  Jesse  Griffith 
married  Jane  Walker,  of  Wales,  who  came  to  Pennsylvania 
with,  her  parents  and  was  married  there.  They  were  the 
parents  of  two  children : 

(1)  Charles  Walker,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

(2)  Mary,    married    Hiram    Merrill    and    moved    to 
Charleston,  111.    He  was  a  farmer.    She  died  there. 

The  parents  of  Charles  Walker  Griffith  moved  from 
Pennsylvania  to  Ohio  when  he  was  about  10  years  of  age. 
They  settled  on  a  farm,  where  Charles  attended  the  county 
schools  and  the  school  at  Marion  and  afterward  graduated 
from  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University  at  Delaware,  Ohio, 
taking  a  classical  course.  After  his  graduation,  he  taught 
in  the  public  schools  of  London  and  Bridgeport  in  Ohio. 
He  came  to  Greenfield  in  1870  through  the  persuasion  of  his 
friend,  Judge  0.  H.  Barker. 

While  living  at  Belief ountain,  Ohio,  where  for  a  time 
he  edited  the  Bellefountain  Republican,  in  August,  1863, 
he  enlisted  in  Company  A  of  the  125th  Ohio  Volunteers,  and 
after  Lee's  surrender  he  was  stationed  for  some  time  at 
Fort  Kearney,  Neb.  He  was  mustered  out  in  1866.  He 


58  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

recruited  a  company  at  Bellefonntain  and  was  elected  cap- 
tain, afterward  being  raised  to  the  rank  of  lieutenant-colonel 
of  his  regiment.  Later  he  went  to  London,  Ohio,  and  started 
the  London  Times.  Later  he  served  as  superintendent  of 
schools  at  Bridgeport,  Ohio,  and  there  he  was  married. 

In  1870  he  came  to  Dade  County  and  purchased  the 
Greenfield  Vedette,  which  he  edited  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death.  He  made  this  paper  a  live  wire  and  gave  to  it  a 
wide-spreading  influence  in  Southwest  Missouri. 

lie  was  a  irraceful,  trenchant  writer  and  became  well 
known  throughout  the  state,  in  which  he  had  a  wide  circle 
of  strong  and  enduring  admirers  and  friends.  He  was  an 
ardent  Republican  and  at  the  time  of  his  coming  to  Dade 
County  Democracy  was  in  the  saddle,  but  by  reason  largely 
of  his  influence  both  as  a  political  writer  and  organizer,  the 
political  com) ilexion  of  the  county  was  soon  changed.  He 
served  two  teems  as  county  treasurer  and  was  appointed 
postmaster  of  Greenfield  by  President  Harrison  in  1889, 
and  died  before  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office. 

He  was  one  of  the  oruani/ers  and  the  first  commander 
of  the  Greenfield  Post,  (i.  A.  R.  He  was  also  a  member  of 
the  local  Masonic  lodge  and  for  a  number  of  years  its  sec- 
retary.  Mr.  Griffith  was  also  admitted  to  the  bar  for  the 
practice  of  law  while  a  resident  of  Greenfield. 

He  was  married  on  the  loth  day  of  June,  1869,  to  Ella 
.ynch.  born  at  (  Hivesburg,  Knox  County,  Ohio,  March 
1S47,  daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel  Lynch  and  Sarah  (Ber- 
Lynch.  Samuel  Lynch  was  one  of  the  early  circuit 
riders  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  was  the 
financial  auent  of  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University  at  Dela- 
ware, Ohio,  \\here  he  and  his  wife  now  lie  buried  in  Grcen- 
\vi  io(l  ( Vinelery. 

Mrs.  Griffith  was  one  of  a  family  of  seven  children  and 
is  the  mother  of  five  children,  all  boys: 

(1  )  Robert  II.,  born  in  Toledo,  Ohio,  June  7th,  1870. 
He  now  resides  at  Washington,  D.  C.,  and  is  engaged  in  the 
government  service. 


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(2)  Philip   S.,   born   in   Greenfield,   Mo.,   March  3rd, 
1874,  owns  and  edits  the  Greenfield  Vedette,  married  Caro- 
line Johnson.     They  have  three  boys. 

(3)  Merrill  M.,  born  in  Greenfield,  Mo.,  January  23rd, 
1876.     Is  now  superintendent   of  Indian  Agency  at  Park 
Hill,  Okla.     He  was  married  to  Hattie  Cravens  in  South 
Dakota.     They  have  four  daughters. 

(4)  Roland  B.,  born  in  Greenfield,  Mo.,  March  6th, 
1881,  resides  in  Chicago,  is  engaged  in  the  printing  busi- 
ness; is  married  to  Mabel  Hughes. 

(5)  Arthur   C.,   born   in   Greenfield,   Mo.,   December 
25th,  1883,  is  engaged  in  the  printing  business  and  resides 
in  Kansas  City.    He  married  Delia  Dano  of  Greenfield  and 
they  have  one  daughter. 

Mrs.  Griffith  owns  a  beautiful  cottage  home  in  Green- 
field, which  she  occupies  as  her  home.  She  is  a  member  of 
Ebenezer  Presbyterian  church  of  the  city,  active  in  church 
work,  is  a  member  of  the  Xew  Century  Club,  the  AY.  R.  C. 
and  the  Eastern  Star. 


MICHAEL   GRISHAM. 

AYas  born  in  Clark  County,  111.,  March  llth,  1842,  son 
of  Thompson  and  Polly  (AYheeler)  Grisham.  They  were 
both  natives  of  Tennessee,  he  being  born  in  the  month  of 
March  and  she  in  the  month  of  May,  both  in  the  year  1817. 
Their  native  home  was  in  the  same  county.  They  were 
married  February  12th,  1835,  and  emigrated  to  Clark 
County  in  1836,  where  they  followed  farming  for  seven 
years,  then  came  to  Dade  County  in  1843  and  settled  at 
Cross  Roads,  about  one  mile  northeast  of  where  Everton 
now  stands.  He  purchased  a  claim  of  160  acres,  which  he 
occupied  for  two  years,  then  sold  out  and  entered  160  acres 
of  government  land  where  Michael  Grisham  now  lives.  The 
elder  Grisham  continued  to  occupy  this  farm  up  to  the 
time  of  his  death,  to  which  he  had  added  160  acres,  making 
a  farm  of  320  acres  at  the  time  of  his  decease.  Thompson 
Grisham  was  the  first  postmaster  at  Cross  Roads,  his  com- 
mission being  dated  some  time  in  the  50 's.  This  office  was 


60 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

discontinued  during  the  war  and  afterward  re-established. 
In  politics,  Thompson  Orisham  was  a  Democrat,  and  held 
the  office  of  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  many  years.  Both 
he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Baptist  church.  The 
original,  home-made,  pigeon-hole  desk  which  was  used  to 
hold  the  mail  at  Cross  Roads  and  the  legal  documents  of 
Rock  Prairie  township  is  still  in  the  possession  of  Michael 
Gri.sham.  Thompson  Grisham  died  in  Dade  County  Jan- 
uary 28th,  1877,  and  his  wife  died,  also  in  Dade  County, 
March  23rd,  1893,  and  both  are  buried  in  the  Sinking  Creek 
cemetery.  Ten  children  were  born  of  this  marriage  who 
lived  to  maturity: 

(1)  Margaret  J.,  born  November  27th,  1836,  married 
John  Wills,  a  native  of  Tennessee.  They  were  married  in 
Dade  County.  He  was  in  the  Confederate  army  and  was 
killed  at  the  battle  of  Helena,  Ark.  She  died  April  23rd, 
1859.  Her  son,  William  Thompson  Wills,  is  now  a  prom- 
inent man  in  Rock  Prairie  township. 

(-)  Martha  E.,  born  December  5th,  1838,  married  J. 
M.  Jones.  Both  are  now  deceased. 

(3)  Mary  C.,  born  September  16th,  1840,  married  G. 
A.  Hudson.     Both  are  now  living  on  the  old  Wills  home- 
stead in  Rock  Prairie  township. 

(4)  Michael,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

(5)  Samuel,  born  February  14th,  1844,  married  Eliza 
Woodard.     He  was  a  veteran  of  the   Confederate  army. 
Both  are  now  deceased. 

(G)  Xancy  E.,  born  October  7th,  1846,  married  Harve 
Underwood.  Both  are  now  deceased. 

(7)  Sarah  E.,  born  April  15th,  1849,  married  Silas 
Bell.    She  is  now  deceased. 

(8)  John  T.,  born  February  5th,  1852,  married  Sarah 
Lawrence,  who  died,  and  for  his  second  wife  married  Lizzie 
Tipton.     He  is  now  deceased.     His  widow  resides  in  Par- 
sons, Kas. 

(9)  James  S.,  born  July  22nd,  1854.     He  was  never 
married.     He  was  killed  August  5th,  1904,  by  lightning,  in 
Nebraska. 


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(10)  William  M.,  born  March  28th,  1858,  married 
Verdie  Buttram.  She  is  now  deceased.  He  is  living  in 
Hickory  County,  Mo. 

Michael  Grisham  remained  at  home  until  the  breaking 
out  of  the  Civil  war,  when  he  enlisted  in  Company  E,  15th 
Missouri  Cavalry,  under  Captain  E.  J.  Morris,  and  served 
two  and  a  half  years.  He  saw  active  service,  mostly  near 
home.  He  was  discharged  at  Springfield,  Mo.,  in  July,  1865. 

After  the  war  he  returned  home  and  farmed  with  his 
father  for  about  two  years.  He  first  purchased  eighty  acres 
of  timber  land  and  fifty  acres  of  prairie  near  his  father's 
farm.  He  partly  cleared  out  the  timber  land  and  then  sold 
it.  He  has  always  lived  on  the  old  Grisham  homestead. 
After  the  death  of  his  mother,  he  bought  out  the  other  heirs 
and  now  owns  398  acres,  all  in  one  body.  The  Frisco  rail- 
road crosses  his  land  and  it  is  also  traversed  by  Sinking 
Creek,  which  furnishes  it  with  fine  water,  together  with  a 
number  of  springs. 

Mr.  Grisham  is  now  living  practically  retired  from 
active  business  life.  He  was  married  on  the  3rd  day  of 
December,  1902,  to  Miss  Lucinda  Payne,  a  native  of  Ten- 
nessee, born  February  19th,  1858,  a  sister  of  Samuel  A. 
Payne  and  a  member  of  one  of  the  pioneer  families  of  Rock 
Prairie  township. 

Mr.  Grisham  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church,  a 
Democrat  in  politics,  active  in  local  affairs  and  a  man  of 
prominence  in  his  community.  He  has  never  aspired  to 
any  political  position,  but  has  devoted  his  entire  time  and 
energy  to  his  farming  enterprises.  lie  lias  maintained  well 
the  traditions  of  his  ancestors  by  living  a  life  of  strict 
sobriety,  honesty,  industry  and  practicing  the  Golden  Rule 
in  his  dealings  with  his  fellow  men. 


PHIL.  S.  GRIFFITH. 

Phil  S.  Griffith  was  born  in  Greenfield  on  March  3rd, 
1874,  and  succeeded  to  the  editorship  of  the  Greenfield  Ve- 
dette during  the  final  illness  of  his  father  in  1892.  He  is 
serving  his  second  term  as  mayor  of  Greenfield,  and  his 


62 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

second  term  as  member  of  the  Greenfield  School  Board. 
He  was  postmaster  under  President  Taft.  Is  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  K events  of  Springfield  Normal  School,  and 
serving  his  second  term  as  a  member  of  the  Republican 
State  Committee.  Is  a  member  of  the  various  branches  of 
Masonry,  including  both  York  and  Scottish  Kites,  the  Con- 
sistory and  the  Shrine.  Also  of  the  I.  0.  0.  F.,  B.  P.  0.  E., 
M.  \V*  A.  and  \V.  O.  \V.  Was  married  in  October,  1905,  to 
Miss  Caroline  Johnson.  They  have  three  children,  all  boys, 
Philip,  Charles  Walker  and  Kobert. 


J.  C.  GRISHAM. 

One  of  Dade  County's  prominent  native  sons  is  J.  C. 
Grisham  ..f  Kock  Prairie  Township.  He  was  born  October 
14th,  1877,  a  son  of  M.  II.  and  Catherine  (Blakey)  Gris- 
ham, who  were  both  natives  of  Dade  County,  and  married 
here.  John  C.  Grisham,  father  of  M.  11.,  and  grandfather 
of  J.  C.  Grisham,  of  this  review,  was  born  in  Tennessee 
and  came  to  Dade  County  in  a  very  early  day,  and  here 
married  Miss  Nancy  J.  Wheeler.  The  Wheeler  family 
were  among  the  first  pioneer  families  to  settle  in  Dade 
County,  and  more  data  will  be  found  regarding  them  in 
these  volumes.  M.  II.  Grisham  was  a  prominent  man,  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church  and  a  life-long  Repub- 
lican. He  died  March  28th,  1910,  while  his  wife  is  still 
living  on  the  old  home  place  at  the  age  of  04  years.  J.  C. 
Grisham  was  fourth  in  order  of  birth  of  five  children 
born  to  his  parents.  The  others  are:  Clara,  is  the  wife  of 
W.  S.  Wilson,  a  sketch  of  whom  will  be  found  elsewhere; 
Minnie,  is  now  Mrs.  W.  II.  Wingo  of  Los  Angeles,  Cal.; 
Wiley  K.  is  a  farmer  of  Polk  Township,  and  Edith  is 
living  at  home  with  her  mother,  and  one  child  died  in 
infancy.  J.  C.  Grisham  remained  at  home  until  lie  was 
2.')  years  of  age,  and  had  the  usual  experience  of  the 
tanner  bo\,  receiving  a  good  education  and  learning  the 
business  of  farming.  December  25th,  1900,  he  married 
Miss  Amy  Crane,  who  was  born  in  Indiana  November  22nd, 
187S,  and  is  a  daughter  of  Cyrus  and  Lillie  (Ireland) 


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Crane,  both  natives  of  Indiana,  emigrating  to  Tennessee 
in  an  early  day  and  then  to  Kansas,  then  to  Dade  County, 
where  they  engaged  in  farming.  Mr.  Crane  is  now  living 
in  Walnut  Grove,  Greene  county,  while  his  wife  died  Jan. 
5th,  1913.  lie  was  a  resident  of  Dade  County  for  some 
t \venty  years  before  he  retired.  Mr.  Grisham  first  went 
to  farming-  on  his  own  account  on  an  80-acre  tract  be- 
longing to  the  old  Grishain  homestead.  He  had  bought 
this,  and  after  improving  it  and  adding  other  acreage,  he 
traded  it  for  other  land,  and,  in  fact,  bought,  sold  and 
traded  different  places  until  he  finally  secured  his  present 
fine  farm  of  270  acres.  He  has  greatly  improved  this 
farm  with  fences  and  clearing,  until  now  he  has  200  acres 
in  cultivation  and  well  improved  with  buildings,  and  a 
130-ton  silo.  Here  he  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock 
raising  on  a  large  scale.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Grisham  have 
been  born  four  children,  as  follows:  Forest  0.,  born 
February  18th,  1902;  Thelma  Fern,  born  August  8th, 
1903;  Ferrel  Delight,  born  May  22nd,  1905;  Michael  Cyrus, 
born  August  8th,  1915.  This  fine  family  of  children  are 
all  at  home  and  receiving  the  best  of  educational  advan- 
tages. Mr.  Grisham  is  a  Republican  and  prominent  in 
the  affairs  of  the  county.  Pie  is  a  booster  along  all  lines. 
He  is  in  favor  of  good  roads  and  free  public  schools.  In 
short,  Mr.  Grisham  is  counted  among  our  most  prominent 
farmers,  and  is  a  broad-minded  gentleman,  always  ready 
to  assist  with  his  time  and  money  any  worthy  enterprise 
that  is  for  the  good  of  the  county  or  its  people. 


JOHN  F.  GREGORY. 

Was  born  in  the  state  of  Illinois  December  3rd,  1843, 
son  of  David  L.  and  Lydia  (Green)  Gregory,  both  natives 
of  New  York.  They  were  married  at  Ostego,  X.  Y.,  and 
came  to  Illinois  in  1835.  There  is  in  the  possession  of  the 
Gregory  family  a  printed  history  of  their  genealogies, 
beginning  with  John  Gregory,  born  about  the  year  1300, 
Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Frisely  and  Ashfordby,  married 
Maude,  daughter  of  Sir  Roger  Moton,  Knight  of  Peckle- 


64  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  «.ND  ITS  PEOPLE 

ton,  Leicestershire,  England.  Then,  beginning  witli 
Hezekiah  Gregory  II,  who  married  Hanah  Gardner  about 
the  year  1800,  with  his  10  brothers  and  sisters  tbey  have 
practically  a  complete  family  tree.  John  F.  Gregory,  the 
subject  of  this  sketch,  is  a  grandson  of  John  Gregory, 
born  July  29th,  1781,  one  of  the  11  children  of  Hezekiah 
Gregory. 

John  F.  Gregory  was  18  years  of  age  at  the  breaking 
out  of  the  Civil  war,  when  he  enlisted  in  Company  D, 
Eighty-sixth  Illinois,  under  Captain  Hitchcock,  at  Peoria, 
Tils.  He  marched  first  under  General  Sheridan,  and  was 
all  through  his  southern  campaign.  Participated  in  the 
battles  of  Missionary  Ridge,  Chicamaugua,  was  in  the 
march  from  Atlanta  to  the  Sea  with  Sherman,  saw  con- 
tinuous service  for  three  years,  but  was  never  wounded 
nor  taken  prisoner.  He  was  discharged  June  26th,  1865, 
at  Chicago.  In  August,  1865,  he  attended  the  review  of 
the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic  by  President  Lincoln. 
His  military  service  covered  26  engagements. 

On  the  6th  day  of  November,  1866,  he  was  married  to 
Blanche  Lawrence,  \vlio  was  fifth  in  point  of  birth  of  a 
family  of  eight  children,  four  boys  and  four  girls,  six  of 
whom  are  living.  She  was  born  April  27th,  1845,  at 
Erie,  Penn.,  daughter  of  John  Horatio  and  Sarah  Evans 
Lawrence.  Her  father  was  born  January  2nd,  1806,  at 
Birmingham,  England,  and  her  mother  was  born  August 
7th,  1818,  a  native  of  Oswego  County,  New  York.  Her 
father  was  a  soldier  in  the  British  army,  served  eight 
years  in  India  as  an  offier  and  was  transferred  to  the 
Canadian  service.  Later  he  was  mustered  out,  and  came 
to  Now  York,  where  he  met  and  married  his  wife,  the 
mother  of  Mrs.  Gregory.  He  died  in  1889  and  his  wife 
died  in  1892. 

John  F.  Gregory,  at  the  time  of  his  marriage,  started 
out  as  a  farmer,  buying  80  acres  of  land  in  Triquois 
County,  Illinois,  where  he  lived  and  farmed  for  11  years, 
when  he  exchanged  it  for  240  acres  of  unimproved  land 
in  AVoodson  County,  Kansas.  After  living  upon  the  Kan- 
sas land  for  10  years,  he  traded  it  for  130  acres  in  Dade 


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County.  This  was  in  1888.  It  was  an  old,  improved 
place  at  that  time,  but  Mr.  Gregory  has  erected  practically 
all  the  buildings  which  are  now  on  the  place.  He  built 
the  dwelling  house  in  1898,  and  since  then  many  fine  out- 
buildings. He  cleared  out  about  80  acres,  so  that  it  is  now 
all  in  cultivation. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gregory  are  the  parents  of  12  children, 
two  dying  in  infancy.  Those  living  to  maturity  were: 

(1)  David  L.,  born  August  13th,  1867,  died  Novem- 
ber 16th,  1915,  aged  48  years.  He  married  Emma  Morerer, 
a  native  of  Nebraska,  who  now  resides  at  El  Paso,  Tex. 
They  have  two  children,  Blanche  and  Robert  Roy. 

'(2)  Edgar  W.,  born  October  12th,  1868,  'married 
Mrs.  Vesta  Summers.  He  is  a  carpenter,  located  at  San 
Diego,  Cal. 

(3)  Lula  G.,  born  February  28th,  1870,  married  D. 
Wessel  Ten  Broeck,  a  mail  clerk  in  New  York.    They  have 
four  children,  Herman,  Ruth,  Robert  arid  Alice. 

(4)  Francis    M.,    born    October    8th,    1871,    married 
Grace  Merchant.     They   live  in  Peoria,  111.,   and   he  is   a 
traveling  salesman.     They  have  one  child,  Wayne  L. 

(5)  Ida,    born    March    5th,    1873,    married    Thomas 
Knapp,  a  barber.     They  live  in  Cleo,   Okla.     They  have 
one  child,  George. 

(6)  Lucian  Lee,  born  September  4th,  1875,  married 
Alma  Wilkins,  a  native  of  Dade  County.    He  is  a  carpenter 
and  lives  at  El  Paso,  Tex.     They  have  two  children,  Gra- 
don  and  Juanita. 

(7)  Orange     G.,     born     May     14th,     1877,     married 
Amanda  Hudspeth,   a   native   of  Dade   County;   she   died 
September   30th,    1912,    at   the   age    of   35   years,   leaving 
three  children,  John  R.,  Joe  IT.  and  TAicile. 

(8)  Alonzo  J.,  born  April  23rd,  1879,  married  Fern 
Notestine.     He  is  a  farmer,  and  they  live  at  Trivoli,  Ills. 
They  have  three  children,  Richard,  Edith  and  Harold. 

(9)  Robert   H.,   born   November   2nd,   1884,   lives   in 
Kansas  City,  Kas.,  and  is  a  mail  clerk.     Married  Mamie 
Caldwell.     They  have  two  children,  Alberta   and  Robert. 
The  mother  died  June  7,  1917. 


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(10)  Roy  George,  born  November  24th,  1890,  mar- 
ried Jessie  Quick,  a  native  of  Bade  County,  lives  and  is 
farming  on  the  home  place. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gregory  are  living  practically  a  retired 
life  on  their  farm.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  but 
has  never  desired  a  public  office,  preferring  a  quiet  home 
life  and  the  prosecution  of  his  farming  industries.  lie  has 
always  taken  an  active  part  in  school  matters  and  has 
served  many  years  as  a  member  of  the  school  board.  He 
is  an  active  member  of  the  G.  A.  R.,  and  Mrs.  Gregory 
takes  great  delight  in  the  \V.  R.  0.  Mr.  Gregory's  mother 
was  a  lineal  descendant  of  General  Nathaniel  Greene. 
Three  of  Mr.  Gregory's  boys  served  in  the  Spanish-Ameri- 
can war,  Lucien,  Edgar  and  Orange.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Gregory  celebrated  their  50th  (Golden)  wedding  anniver- 
sary in  November,  1916. 


JOHN  A.  HALL. 

One  of  the  most  prominent  business  men  of  Dade 
County  is  John  A.  Hall  of  Corey  and  Greenfield.  He  is 
a  native  of  Dade  County  having  been  born  here  March  6, 
1861.  He  is  a  son  of  Adam  Hall  and  Lucinda  (Coose) 
his  wife,  natives  of  Kentucky  and  Lincoln  County,  Mo., 
respectively.  Adam  Hall  was  brought  to  Missouri  in  1826 
by  his  father,  John  Hall  who  was  one  of  the  very  early  set- 
tlers of  northern  Missouri.  Adam  Hall  and  his  wife  wcie 
married  in  Lincoln  County  and  came  south  to  Dade  County 
in  I860.  They  rented  land  for  a  time,  later  buying  a  farm 
upon  which  they  lived  until  their  deaths.  Mr.  Hall  served 
in  the  Sixth  Missouri  State  Militia  during  the  Civil  War. 

John  A.  Hall  is  a  self-made  man  in  every  sense  of  the 
word.  He  has  practically  supported  himself  since  he  was 
lf>  years  of  age.  The  first  money  that  he  ever  earned  was 
for  working  out  at  $6.fjO  per  month  in  the  winter  and  $10 
during  the  summer  season.  His  opportunity  for  schooling 
was  exceedingly  limited,  although  at  present  time  he  is  by 
no  means  an  uneducated  man,  having  improved  every  op- 
portunity for  self-education  by  reading  and  observation. 


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He  early  worked  in  the  mines,  bought  and  sold  mining  and 
farming  property  and  is  today  considered  one  of  our  sub- 
stantial citizens.  He  was  married  December  3,  1882  to 
Martha  J.  Bennett,  who  was  born  November  12,  1864,  in 
Jefferson  County,  Illinois,  a  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Mary 
(Scott)  Bennett,  who  emigrated  to  Missouri  in  1866  and 
became  prominent  farmers  of  Dade  County,  was  born 
November  24,  1826.  He  died  February  1,  1897;  she  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1830,  and  died  October  15,  1899. 

To  John  A.  Hall  and  his  wife  were  born  14  children, 
four  of  whom  died  in  infancy.  Those  living  are:  Clyde  M., 
born  December  6,  1883,  married  Kate  Glenn  and  lives  in 
Corey;  John  Calvin,  born,  September  16,  1885  married 
Lissie  Cantrell  and  live  near  Dadeville;  Ada  0.,  born 
August  5,  1892,  married  Charles  Glenn,  a  farmer  of  Dade 
County;  Charles  A.,  born  October  23,  1894,  married  Bertie 
Glenn,  a  resident  of  Corey;  Veda,  born  January  10,  1898, 
is  living  at  home ;  Vada,  born  January  6,  1900,  married 
Ad  Morgan,  a  farmer  living  near  Dadeville;  Howard  A., 
born  December  3,  1903;  Loyd  Forrest,  born  December  13, 
1905;  Vida,  born  September  10,  1910  and  Theodore  Roose- 
velt, born  May  13,  1912,  all  living  at  home. 

At  present  Mr.  Hall  is  a  large  dealer  in  mining  prop- 
erty and  is  practically  buying  the  entire  output  of  the  Zinc 
and  lead  mines  of  Dade  County.  He  is  also  a  farmer  own- 
ing 200  acres  in  one  tract,  one-quarter  interest  of  a  106- 
acre  tract,  one-third  interest  in  an  eighty,  and  one-half  in- 
terest in  a  forty.  186  acres  of  this  is  good  mining  land. 
Mr.  Hall  is  one  of  our  foremost  business  men  and  the 
money  he  pays  out  annually  for  ore  produced  within  the 
boundaries  of  this  comity  is  safely  estimated  at  $50,000.00. 
For  twenty  years  the  miners  of  this  county  have  depended 
upon  John  Hall  to  dispose  of  their  ore,  and  to  say  that 
he  has  always  treated  them  fair  and  square  is  beyond 
doubt.  Mr.  Hall  has  ahvays  been  a  republican  and  very 
active  in  the  counsels  of  his  party.  He  served  as  deputy 
Sheriff  for  a  term  of  four  years  in  1900.  John  Hall's 
word  is  as  good  as  his  bond.  His  is  known  to  every 
man,  woman  and  child  in  this  county  and  his  reputation 


68  HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

for  honesty  in  all  his  business  dealings  is  unquestioned. 
He  is  one  of  our  native  sons  of  whom  we  are  justly 
proud. 


HON.  J.  WILLIAM  HANKINS. 

Was  born  in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  January  27th, 
1879,  son  of  George  AY.  and  Ann  (Dunn)  Hankins,  both 
natives  of  Dade  County,  the  father  having  been  born  near 
Everton  in  1854.  They  were  married  in  Dade  County 
about  the  year  1878  and  settled  on  a  farm.  He  is  still  liv- 
ing on  a  farm  south  of  Everton.  The  mother  died  in  1880. 
J.  William  Hankins  was  the  only  child  of  this  marriage  to 
grow  to  riaturity.  His  father,  for  a  second  wife  married 
Rebecca  Dilday  a  descendent  of  a  pioneer  of  Dade  County 
family.  His  father  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  lie  has  not  been  a  farmer  all  his 
life,  but  is  now  in  business  at  Picher,  ()kla.  He  was  in  the 
hardware  business  in  Everton  for  about  12  or  14  years  and 
was  one  of  the  prominent  citizens  of  that  place. 

J.  William  Hankins  received  most  of  his  education  in 
Dade  county,  attending  first  the  common  schools  and  the 
High  School  in  Everton  and  later  the  William  Jewel  col- 
lege at  Liberty.  He  remained  at  home  on  the  farm  up  to 
the  date  of  his  marriage,  February  llth,  1900  to  Miss 
Edith  Dickinson,  a  native  of  Indiana,  born  in  1881,  came 
to  Dade  county  with  her  parents  about  1882,. 

Five  children  were  born  of  this  marriage: 

(1)  Howard  D.,  horn  February  llth,  1901. 

(2)  Reta  Xellene,  born  April  1,'Uh,  1904. 

(3)  Mary  Etheline,  born  September  2nd,  1910. 

(4)  Elizabeth  Rebecca,  born  January  27th,  1914. 

(5)  James   William,  born  January  5th,  1916. 

Mr.  Hankins  lives  on  his  father's  old  homestead  about 
one  mile  south  of  Fverton.  He  is  engaged  in  general 
farming,  fruit  farming  and  dairying.  He  operates  a  farm 
of  120  acres  and  is  successful.  He  keeps  Jersey  cattle  and 
a  good  grade  of  hogs. 


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In  politics  Mr.  Hankins  is  an  active  Republican,  a 
member  of  the  school  board  and  enthusiastically  in  favor  of 
good  roads.  In  1914  he  was  elected  to  the  Missouri  Legis- 
lature and  served  one  term.  During  the  session  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Elections,  Constitutional  Amendment  and 
Township  Organization  Committees.  He  was  succeeded  by 
Hon.  W.  S.  Pelts,  and  was  by  appointment  made  Minority 
Clerk  of  the  49th  General  Assembly. 

Mr.  Hankins  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Baptist 
church  and  was  licensed  to  preach  in  1902  which  occupa- 
tion he  follows  in  connection  with  his  farming  enterprises. 

Mr.  Hankins  is  what  is  generally  styled  a  self-made 
man,  having  no  rich  relatives  or  influential  friends  to 
boost  him.  The  progress  he  has  made  in  the  world  has 
been  due  largely  to  his  own  efforts.  He  is  a  man  of  strong 
will  power,  courageous  and  energetic,  and  pursues  his  ob- 
jects in  life  with  great  determination.  While  in  the  Mis- 
souri Legislature  his  vote  was  always  recorded  in  favor 
of  the  farmer  and  laboring  man,  and  his  efforts  were  di- 
rected especially  in  the  interest  of  the  rural  schools.  It 
is  needless  to  state,  also,  that  upon  all  moral  questions 
coming  before  the  legislature,  Mr.  Hankins  lifted  his  voice 
and  cast  his  vote  in  the  right  direction. 

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WILLIAM  HARPER. 

The  older  members  of  the  Harper  family  were  natives 
of  England  and  their  early  life  was  as  stormy,  tempestu- 
ous and  full  of  danger  as  the  ocean  between  this  and  their 
native  land. 

William  Harper,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born 
in  Norfolk,  England,  April  llth,  1843,  son  of  Benjamin 
and  Mary  (Pendel)  Harper,  both  of  whom  were  natives 
of  England,  were  married  and  raised  a  family  of  nine 
children  there. 

William  was  next  to  the  youngest  in  point  of  birth. 
In  the  fall  of  1852  an  older  brother,  Joseph,  came  to 
America.  He  was  the  forerunner  of  the  Harper  family 
in  the  United  States.  The  vessel  upon  which  Joseph 


70  HISTORY  OF  UADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

sailed  encountered  stormy  weather  and  was  buffeted  by 
wind  and  wave  for  eight  weeks,  and  was  finally  wrecked 
on  the  Portuguese  Islands,  but  after  some  delay  Joseph 
finally  landed  in  New  York,  where  he  farmed  for  two 
years,  then  emigrated  to  Wisconsin,  farming  there  for 
\'l  years,  alter  which  he  took  up  a  homestead  in  Minne- 
sota, upon  which  he  resided  seven  or  eight  years,  going 
from  there  to  Nebraska,  where  he  bought  land  and  lived 
till  the  time  of  his  death. 

In  the  spring  of  K,.'5  hi.-  father  came  over,  bringing 
three  of  his  boys  with  him,  lienjamin,  Henry  and  John, 
leaving  the  mother  and  smaller  children  behind.  The 
following  fall  the  mother  took  sail  with  the  remaining 
four  children,  William,  Martha,  Mary  and  Sarah,  who 
was  then  married  to  lienry  Kitteringham,  who  accompa- 
nied them,  his  other  sister,  Alice,  having  previously  sailed 
with  her  sister-in-law  in  IS'rJ.  On  the  way  over  cholera 
broke  out  on  shipboard,  with  no  attending  physician, 
and  4-'»  pas-eiigers  died  and  were  buried  at  sea,  among 
them  William's  mother.  The  remainder  of  the  family 
settled  in  New  York  for  a  time,  where  his  father  died  in 
J^o.")  in  Pennlsville. 

William  Harper  eventually  went  to  Wisconsin,  where 
he  stayed  a  number  of  years,  then  to  Minnesota.  He 
followed  farming.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  war 
he  enlisted  in  the  Fnion  army  in  Company  E,  Eighth 
Wisconsin  Volunteer  Iniantry,  under  Captain  William 
('.  Young,  and  served  three  years  under  Colonel  George  W. 
Robins.  Few  soldiers  saw  more  of  the  war  or  engaged 
in  more-  important  battles,  the  very  mention  of  which 
causes  th<-  hair  to  stand  on  end.  Among  them  were  the 
following:  Frederickstown,  New  Madrid,  Island  No.  10, 
Farmington,  Cornith,  luka.  Holly  Springs,  Jackson, 
Champion's  Hill,  Mechanicsbiirg,  \  icksburg,  Shreavesport, 
Nashville,  TiiM-ombc,  (Jermantown  and  (luntown.  He  was 
never  wounded  or  taken  prisoner.  He  was  discharged  at 
Memphis,  Tenn.,  September  Kith,  1Mi4,  and  returned  home. 

He  was  married  in  Fairboult  County,  Minnesota, 
August  LJ.'h'd,  IMJS,  to  Carrie  Laws,  who  was  born  in 


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England  April  24th,  1850,  daughter  of  Major  and  Maria 
(Hensbey)  Laws,  both  born  in  England,  married  there, 
came  to  the  United  States  in  185S,  settled  in  Iowa,  near 
the  north  line  of  the  state,  where1  they  farmed  and  where 
they  also  both  died. 

At  about  the  time  of  his  marriage  William  Harper 
took  up  a  homestead  of  1(>0  acres,  where  they  lived  for 
five  years,  then  removed  to  Iowa,  where  he  bought  a  40- 
acre  tract  of  land,  which  he  worked,  and  also  worked  out 
till  coming  to  Dade  County  in  1888.  On  his  arrival  in 
Dado  County  he  bought  SO  acres  of  land  in  Center  Town- 
ship, north  of  Greenfield,  where  he  now  lives  and  which 
he  still  owns.  Here  he  farmed  and  prospered,  buying  an 
additional  40  acres,  making  him  120  acres  in  one  body. 
They  are  now  living  practically  a  retired  life  in  comfort 
and  contentment. 

William  Harper  and  wife  have  been  blessed  with  a 
family  of  H)  children,  all  of  whom  are  living: 

(1)  Edwin    E.,    born    February    8th,    1870,    married 
Emma   Oakley,   a   native   of   Dade   County.     They   live   in 
Plattville,   Weld  County,  Colorado,  where  they  are  home- 
stead farmers. 

(2)  Frederick   W.,   born   September  3rd,   1872,   mar- 
ried  Belle  Smith  of  Minnesota.     They  live  in  Idaho  and 
have  a  family  of  six  children,  Eva,  Myrtle,  Eddie,  Ernest, 
Gerald  and  Elmer. 

(.'])  Ellen  M.,  born  December  15th,  1873,  married 
Philip  Duffy  a  Dade  County  farmer.  They  have  two  chil- 
dren, Neva  and  Raymond. 

(4)  Charles   W.,   born    September   22nd,    1876,   mar- 
ried Millie  Judd  of  Greenfield,  live  in  Sac  Township  and 
have   10  children,   Orvil,   William,  Eliza,   Ethel,  Florence, 
Elsie,  Lena,  John,  Josie  and  Lee. 

(5)  Edith  E.,  born  October  3rd,  1878,  married  David 
Vaughn  of  Dade  County,  live  in  Sac  Township,  and  have 
four  children,  Virgil,  Bertha,  Osa  and  Goldie. 

(6)  Florence  S.,  born  October  30th,  1880,  educated 
in   the  schools  of   Dade  Ctunty,   attended  Ozark   College, 


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has  taught  throe  terms  of  school  in  franklin  district,  and 
is   still   living  at   home. 

(7)  Sherman    J.,    born    January    1st,    1883,    married 
Leoua    Williams,    live    in    West    Center   Township.      They 
have    five    children,    Floyd,    Gladys,     Bernice,    Ora    and 
Blanche. 

(8)  Mary    A.,    born    February    2nd,    1885,    married 
Arthur  Rose,  a  farmer,  living  in  Oklahoma.     They  have 
three  children,  Maurice,  Archie  and  Vera. 

(9)  Carrie  A.,  horn  January  1st,  1887,  married  Hugh 
Duffy,  a  farmer  in  North  Township.     They  have  six  chil- 
dren, Oda,  Theinia,  Mabel.  Earl,  Carl  and  AVilma. 

(10)  Ilarrie   11,    born    October    19th,    1889,   in    Dade 
County,   married  Jessie   Owens   of  Greenfield   and   live   in 
North  Center  Township,   working  the   home  farm.     They 
have  two  children,  Eugenia  and   Dorothy. 

By  the  above  record  it  will  be  seen  that  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Harper  have  08  living  grandchildren. 

Mr.  Harper  is  a  member  of  the  G.  A.  R.  Post  at 
Greenfield,  a  Republican  in  politics,  never  aspired  to  hold 
an  ofiice,  preferring  a  quiet  home  life  and  its  enjoy- 
ments to  the  turmoil  of  the  political  whirl. 


JUDGE  G.  W.  HAMIC. 

Was  horn  in  East  Tennessee  on  the  1st  day  of  April, 
1840,  son  of  Martin  and  Xancy  (Magee)  Hamic,  both  na- 
tives of  Tennessee,  where  they  were  married  and  where 
they  both  died.  They  were  farmeis  and  had  a  family 
of  six  children,  George  W.  being  fourth  in  point  of  birth. 
All  stayed  in  Tennessee  except  James,  who  came  to  Dade 
County  about  187:1  He  followed  farming  in  Dade  County 
four  of  five  years  and  then  returned  to  Tennessee,  where 
he  died. 

George  W.  Hamic  came  to  Dade  County  in  1870.  He 
had  followed  farming  in  Tennessee  up  to  that  time.  Parf 
of  the  trip  was  made  by  railway  and  partly  by  wagon. 
He  settled  on  a  farm  about  one  and  one-half  miles  south 
of  South  Greenfield.  He  first  bought  an  unimproved  80 


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acres  of  land,  upon  which  ho  built  a  log  house,  cleared 
out  most  of  it  and  did  \vell  in  fanning.  In  1874  he 
erected  a  good  log  house  and  outbuildings,  and  was  mar- 
ried to  Sarah  Bowman  September  14th,  1874.  She  was 
born  in  Tennessee  May  27th,  184!).  daughter  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  (Evans)  Bowman.  They  came  to  Dade  County 
about  1868  and  settled  about  one  and  one-half  miles  south 
of  South  Greenfield.  They  were  farmers  and  very  suc- 
cessful, lie  died  in  Dade  County,  and  her  mother  re- 
turned to  Tennessee,  and  died  there. 

G.  W.  Hamic  and  wife  retired  from  active  farm  work 
in  1913  and  moved  to  South  Greenfield,  where  he  bought 
a  fine,  comfortable  home.  They  arc  the  parents  of  five 
children,  all  living: 

(1)  Yidie  Ellen,  born  July  8th,  1875,  married  Robert 
Jeffreys,  a  Dade  County  farmer.     They   have   one   child, 
Edgar. 

(2)  William  David,  born  March  10th,  1877,  married 
Carrie  Grewell,  a  native  of  Colorado.     He  is  a  barber  of 
Loveland,  Colo.,  and  they  have  one  child,  AYilla  M. 

(3)  May  Elizabeth,  born  September  3rd,  1884,  mar- 
ried  Ellis    Tatum    of    Everton,    Mo.,    the    Frisco    railroad 
agent.     They   have   one   child,   Paul   Ellis. 

(4)  Albert  AY.,  born  May  22nd,  1887,  married  Irene 
Steed,  a  native  of  Kansas.     He  lives  in  Kansas  City  and 
is  with  Montgomery,  Ward  &  Co.     They  have  three  chil- 
dren, Albert,  William  Robert  and  George. 

(5)  Efrie,  born  February  19th,  1890.     She  is  at  homo. 
Mr.    Hamic    is    a    Republican    in    politics    and    was 

elected  judge  of  the  county  court  in  Dade  County  in  1904 
on  that  ticket,  and  served  with  distinction  for  one  term. 
As  a  judge,  he  was  always  fair,  clear-headed  and  impar- 
tial. He  has  served  as  director  on  the  local  school  board 
for  many  years.  He  sold  his  fine  farm  in  1917.  He  has 
always  been  a  prominent  man  in  local  affairs  and  a 
leader  in  public  enterprises. 

George  W.  Hamic  is  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war, 
having  enlisted  in  Company  D,  First  Tennessee  Infantry, 
under  Captain  J.  W.  Branson,  and  served  three  years  and 


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-10  days.  He  was  engaged  in  the  battles  of  Murphrees- 
boro,  Chattanooga,  and  was  with  Sherman  in  his  march 
"From  Atlanta  to  the  Sea."  He  was  discharged  at  Xash- 
ville,  Trim.,  September  17th,  1804. 

Mr.  Hamie  is  a  man  \\lio  enjoys  the  confidence  and 
respect  of  his  neighbors,  a  (jniet,  unassuming-  man  of  few 
words,  but  firm  and  resolute  in  his  undertakings.  Dade 
County  boasts  of  no  better  citizen  than  Judge  George  \V. 
Mamie. 


HUGH  HARRISON. 

Was  born  in  Giveniield,  Mo.,  June  4th,  1874,  a  son  of 
John  Harrison,  who  died  in  Greenfield,  Mo.,  in  the  year 
1D17  at  the  age  of  !>:}  year>.  The  elder  Harrison  was  of 
English  ancestry.  Hugh  Harrison  was  raised  in  Green- 
field, attended  the  public  schools,  spent  several  years  in 
the  Advocate  office,  and  was  assistant  postmaster  under 
\V.  K*.  Howies  in  the  Cleveland  administration.  He  was 
employed  in  that  vocation  for  four  years,  and  in  18D8  he 
engaged  in  the  furniture  business  with  his  brothers,  Edwin 
and  Charles,  under  the  style  and  firm  name  of  Harrison 
Hros.,  in  which  business  he  is  still  engaged. 

lie  was  married  in  October,  1S(.)S,  to  Eleanor  Kate 
Shafer,  who  was  born  in  Greenfield  in  1*74,  a  daughter 
of  Judge  L.  \V.  and  Jennie  (Howies)  Shafer,  her  father 
in  his  lifetime  having  served  a  part  of  one  term  as  circuit 
judge  of  the  Twenty-sixth  Judicial  Circuit. 

In  politics  Mr.  Harrison  is  an  active  Democrat.  Era- 
ternally  he  is  a  member  of  all  four  branches  of  the  A.  E. 
vV  A.  M.,  and  has  filled  the  various  official  positions  in  the 
Masonic,  M.  \V.  A.  and  \V.  O.  \V.  lodges.  He  is  an  expert 
embalmer  and  undertaker,  and  enjoys  a  splendid  business, 
both  in  the  furniture  and  the  undertaking  departments. 
Mrs.  Harrison  is  a  lady  of  culture  and  refinement,  of  a 
splendid  family,  active  in  club  work,  and  successfully 
manages  the  business  of  Harrison  Hros.  on  occasions  of 
temporary  absence  of  her  husband. 


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ALBERT  CLINTON  HAYWARD. 

Among  the  venerable  native  sons  of  Dade  County, 
none  is  more  worthy  of  an  honorable  mention  than  the 
gentleman  whose  name  stands  at  the  head  of  this  article. 
Mr.  Hayward  was  born  in  Dade  County  July  22nd,  1842, 
and  has  spent  his  life  in  our  midst.  The  son  of  Edward 
and  Caroline  (Smith)  Hayward,  he  is  a  native  of  Buffalo, 
N.  Y.,  while  his  wife  was  born  in  Eastern  Tennessee.  He 
was  a  musician  and  an  exceptionally  fine  dancer,  as  were 
all  of  his  sons.  He  made  a  trip  from  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  to 
Detroit,  Mich.,  on  skates,  by  way  of  Lake  Erie,  beating 
train  time,  the  year  he  was  21  years  old. 

Mr.  Hayward  Sr.  enlisted  in  the  United  States  army 
and  served  in  the  Black  Hawk  war,  and  later  drifted  into 
Dade  County,  where  he  found  and  married  his  wife  in 
1840.  Miss  Smith  was  a  daughter  of  one  of  the  first  pio- 
neer families  of  this  section  of  Missouri.  lie  was  a  ship- 
builder and  a  skilled  carpenter  by  trade,  and  it  is  a  well 
known  fact  that  he  built  a  great  many  of  the  early  build- 
ings of  the  county,  among  them  the  mill  at  Hulston,  which 
was  called  Pemberton  Mills  at  that  early  date.  He  died 
here  in  1896,  while  his  wife  had  preceded  him,  passing 
away  in  1883.  They  raised  a  large  and  useful  family. 
Albert  was  the  oldest,  and  the  following  is  a  complete 
list,  giving  their  places  of  residence  as  far  as  is  known: 
AVilliam  Dixon  and  Meridith  are  residents  of  Kansas; 
Almira,  now  Mrs  Gains  Carmack  of  Canada ;  Emma,  who 
married  C.  L.  Pyle,  is  now  deceased:  John  lives  near 
Neola,  Dade  County;  Edward  died  about  18%;  Bettie,  now 
Mrs.  William  MeCracken  of  Arkansas;  Charles  is  in  Cedar 
County,  Missouri;  Roberta,  now  Mrs.  Morgan  Litle  of 
Dade  County,  and  Matilda  married  Anna  Pyle  and  is 
deceased.  Albert  C.  Hayward  was  a  wide-awake  and  in- 
dustrious youth.  He  remained  at  home,  working,  until 
the  war  broke  out,  when  he  enlisted  November  1st,  1861, 
in  Company  E,  Sixth  Missouri  Volunteer  Cavalry,  and 
served  two  years  and  four  months,  and  was  discharged  at 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  February  17th,  1864,  on  account  of  dis- 


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ability.  He  returned  home  in  a  weakened  condition,  was 
nominated  on  the  Republican  ticket  for  county  assessor 
and  was  elected  in  18(55,  and  soon  after,  on  March  15th, 
1800,  was  married  to  Harriet  Adelia  Hector,  who  was  a 
native  of  Tennessee,  born  September  12th,  1847,  and  a 
daughter  of  Grigsby  and  Angeline  (Butler)  Rector,  both 
natives  of  Tennessee,  and  married  there  in  1845,  and  emi- 
grated to  Dade  County  in  1852,  settling  on  100  acres  of 
government  land  near  Dadeville.  Grigsby  Rector  enlisted 
in  the  Confederate  army  and  was  killed  while  in  active 
service  in  Arkansas,  but  no  records  are  obtainable  as  to 
the  circumstances.  Mrs.  Rector  is  still  living,  at  the  ad- 
vanced age  of  88  years,  making  her  home  with  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Hay  ward.  Of  her  six  children,  with  whom  she  was 
left  and  foi  whom  she  had  to  provide  during  the  war, 
there  are  four  now  living.  They  are  Mrs.  I  lay  ward,  Mrs. 
L.  C.  Dunaway  of  Dadeville,  Mrs.  Dr.  C.  K  Wilson  of 
Memphis,  Tex.,  and  Mrs.  David  Tackett  of  Stockton,  Cedar 
County,  Missouri. 

Mr.  Hay  ward,  subject  of  this  sketch,  followed  the 
carpenter  trade  and  also  fanned,  but  did  not  secure  any 
land  in  his  own  name  until  1807,  when  he  bought  120  acres 
in  Sac  Township.  This  was  partly  improved,  had  a  small 
low  house  and  little  land  cleared,  and  upon  this  tract  he 
lived  for  21  years,  prospered,  and  added  several  small 
tracts.  In  1*88  he  sold  out  his  Sac  Township  holdings 
and  bought  240  acres  of  improved  land  in  North  Morgan 
Township,  where  he  now  lives  in  a  nice,  large  frame  resi- 
dence. H<>  1ms  prospered  greatly  and  is  now  considered 
one  of  the  wealthy  fanners  of  that  section  of  the  county. 
His  present  land  holdings  comprise  his  original  purchase 
of  2-40  acre-  and  a  fine  120  adjoining  him  on  the  east  and 
100  acres  in  section  11  still  further  east,  making  520  acres 
of  the  finest  land  the  county  affords.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hay- 
ward  have  been  blessed  with  a  fine  family,  of  whom  they 
are  justly  proud.  There  are  six  children  living,  as  follows: 
Ina.  born  April  2!>th,  1874,  married  F.  M.  Perkins,  lives 
in  Cedar  County  and  have  two  children,  Ombra  Marion 
and  Amos  Ilayward  Perkins;  Albert  Clinton,  born  April 


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27th,  1876,  lives  in  Springfield,  where  he  is  a  prominent 
attorney,  and  has  one  child,  named  Edgar  Marion  Albert 
Hayward;  Ada  Madge,  born  June  29th,  1876,  is  a  finely- 
educated  young  woman,  and  is  living  at  home  with  her 
parents;  Hubert  II.,  born  June  22nd,  1882,  is  a  business 
man  of  Greenfield;  William  Henry,  born  July  25th,  1886,  is 
working  the  home  place,  and  Homer,  born  September  24th, 
1888,  lives  in  Dadeville. 

Mr.  Hayward,  as  well  as  members  of  his  family,  are 
much  interested  in  good  public  schools  and  have  been 
active  in  their  advancement,  Mr.  Hayward  having  served 
on  the  school  board  for  over  30  years,  and  his  wife  was 
a  teacher  for  some  years  before  her  marriage,  while  Miss 
Ada  Madge,  after  receiving  a  fine  education  at  the  Evert.cn 
High  School  and  the  State  Normal  at  Springfield  and  the 
Normal  at  Warrensburg,  spent  ten  years  in  teaching  in 
Dade,  Cedar  and  Polk  Counties.  In  politics  Mr.  Play  ward 
is  a  Republican  and  stands  high  in  the  councils  of  his 
party.  He  is  now  township  collector.  Mr.  Hayward  is  a 
broad-minded  business  man,  always  ready  to  help  with 
his  time  and  money  any  enterprise  for  the  good  of  the 
county.  Ho  is  a  booster  for  good  roads,  progressive 
enough  to  own  and  drive  an  automobile,  a  member  of  the 
Christian  church,  in  which  he  is  prominent,  as  is  his  wife, 
a  member  of  the  G.  A.  R.  at  Springfield,  and  an  all-around, 
highly-respected  and  desirable  citizen,  and  a  man  we  all 
delight  to  honor.  May  he  live  long  among  us  and  enjoy 
his  declining  years  to  the  full.  His  is  a  life  well  worthy 
of  emulation  bv  our  children  and  their  children's  children. 


EX-JUDGE  JOEL   T.  HEMBREE. 

Deceased. 

The  late  Joel  T.  Hembree  was  one  of  Dade  County's 
foremost  citizens.  He  was  born  in  Roane  County,  Ten- 
nessee, October  21,  1824,  and  was  the  son  of  Isaac  and 
Mary  (Blake)  Hembree,  and  the  grandson  of  Joel  Hem- 
bree, wlio  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  and 
who  emigrated  to  Roane  Conntv,  Tennessee,  in  1806. 


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Isaac  Hembrec  was  born  in  Startensburg  District, 
South  Carolina,  in  1796,  and  was  of  Welch  ancestry.  He 
was  but  10  years  of  age  when  he  went  with  his  parents  to 
Tennessee,  and  in  that  state  grew  to  manhood.  He  was 
married  in  Roane  County  in  1823,  and  in  1852  came  to 
Cedar  County,  Missouri,  locating  one-half  mile  east  of 
Stockton,  lie  died  in  1864,  having  been  very  prominent 
in  Cedar  County  affairs,  and  served  as  judge  of  that 
county.  He  was  a  soldier  of  the  war  of  1812  and  was 
twice  married.  His  second  wife  was  Miss  Selissa  S.  Price, 
a  native  of  Tennessee,  who  died  in  1883.  Mr.  Hembree's 
first  wife,  Mary  Blake,  was  born  in  Roane  County,  Ten- 
nessee, in  1S03,  and  died  in  1836.  She  was  the  mother  of 
seven  children,  Joel  T.  being  the  eldest.  He  was  reared 
to  farming,  and  also  assisted  his  father  in  running  a 
mill  and  cotton  gin,  was  proficient  in  operating  a  ma- 
chine, and  also  assisted  his  father  in  running  a  distillery. 
In  February,  1850,  he  married  Miss  Nancy  Hembree,  a 
cousin,  who  was  born  in  Roane  County,  Tennessee,  in  1830. 
Two  children  were  born  to  them,  Marrietta  C.,  who  mar- 
ried \V.  C.  Marcum,  who  are  now  both  deceased,  and 
Charles  C.,  who  is  now  a  resident  of  New  York  City.  The 
same  year  of  his  marriage  Mr.  Hembree  left  his  native 
^tate  and  moved  to  Dade  County,  Missouri,  locating  six 
miles  northeast  of  Greenfield.  He  was  a  large  land-owner, 
po>sessing  some  1.200  acres,  and  was  a  very  successful 
farmer.  August  12th,  1M>2,  he  enlisted  in  the  Enrolled 
Militia,  and  in  November  of  the  following  year  he  enlisted 
in  Company  F,  Fifteenth  Missouri  Cavalry,  serving  until 
July  1,  lS(Jf),  when  he  was  discharged  at  Springfield,  Mo. 
He  was  a  brave  and  gallant  soldier  and  was  promoted  to 
the  rank  of  second  lieutenant. 

Mr.  llembree  was  a  Democrat  in  politics  up  to  the 
war,  his  fir>t  presidential  vote  being  cast  for  General 
('ass  in  ls4s.  Since  and  during  the  war  he  affiliated  with 
the  Republican  party.  After  the  war  he  returned  to 
farming,  which  he  continued  until  1887,  when  he  entered 
the  milling  business.  In  1  Sf>4  he  lost  his  wife,  and  in 
April  of  the  subsequent  year  he  married  Miss  Nancy  Hays, 


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a  native  of  Indiana,  born  in  1834.  Kour  children  were 
the  result  of  this  union,  as  follows:  Louis  J.,  who  is 
living  in  Idaho;  Hugh  A.  of  Los  Angeles,  Cal.;  Isaac  A., 
living  near  Seybert,  Dade  County,  and  Harriett  C.,  who 
died  young.  Mrs.  Heinbree  died  in  January,  1864.  In 
March  of  that  same  year  Mr.  llembree  married  Miss 
Sarah  J.  Marcum,  who  was  born  in  Tennessee  December 
29th,  1843,  ><}  daughter  of  John  \V.  and  Melissa  (Craig) 
Marcum,  natives  of  Tennessee  and  Kentucky,  respectively. 
They  came  to  Dade  County  in  185(5,  settling  six  miles 
northeast  of  Greenfield,  \vhere  they  bought  and  entered 
land  living  there  until  their  demise.  They  were  both  buried 
in  the  Hays  cemetery.  To  this  couple  were  born  five  chil- 
dren, of  whom  Mrs.  Hembree  was  the  oldest. 

To  Joel  T.  Hembree  and  his  wife,  Sarah  J.  Marcum, 
were  born  ten  children,  namely,  Mollie,  born  September 
24th,  1805,  is  living  with  her  mother  at  Everton,  Mo.; 
Ida  M..  born  August  23,  1867,  is  now  Mrs.  Robert  Brock- 
man  of  Carthage,  Mo.,  and  they  have  two  children,  Harry 
B.,  born  January  1st,  1889,  married  Chloe  Baldridge,  a 
native  of  Iowa,  and  they  have  two  children,  Robert  and 
Catherine,  they  residing  in  Sedalia,  Mo.,  and  Mary,  born 
March  6th,  1892,  is  now  Mrs.  Ernest  A.  Mayabb  of  Joplin, 
Mo.;  Otis  C.,  born  March  14,  1869,  married  Martha  Hem- 
bree, and  they  have  three  boys,  Mary  G.,  James  and 
Belton.  He  is  a  prominent  farmer  of  Cedar  County. 
Sarah  Annis,  born  May  17,  1872,  married  Thomas  A. 
Sharp,  a  prominent  business  man  of  Springfield,  Mo. 
They  have  one  child,  Sallie,  born  July  9th,  1907.  Maud.', 
born  July  14th,  1877,  is  the  wife  of  Judge  John  J.  Mac- 
Connell,  a  complete  sketch  of  whom  may  be  found  else- 
where. Joel  M.,  born  May  28th,  1875,  married  Grace 
Smith,  a  native  of  Indiana,  and  they  are  the  parents  of 
five  children,  namely,  Sadie,  Mildred,  Joel  Reeves,  'Laura 
and  Susie  Lucile.  They  reside  in  Kelso,  Wash.  Susie  L., 
born  April  25,  1877,  is  now  Mrs.  Frank  Carlock  of  Ever- 
ton. Grant,  born  September  28th,  1879,  married  Lillie 
McConnell,  a  native  of  Virginia,  where  they  are  now  liv- 
ing. They  have  four  children,  George,  Kathryn,  Lucile 


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and  Joel  Frank.  James  G.,  born  July  7th,  1881,  is  a 
miner  of  Kellog,  Idaho.  Dana  Byrd,  born  July  20th,  1883, 
is  a  resident  of  Long  Beach,  Cal. 

Joel  T.  Hembree  served  as  presiding  judge  of  the 
county  court  for  four  years  and  was  public  administrator 
for  two  years.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  frater- 
nity in  Greenfield  Lodge  No.  446  and  was  also  a  member 
of  the  Greenfield  Post  Xo.  75,  G.  A.  R.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Christian  church.  He  died  August  21,  1913,  at  the 
advaned  age  of  89  years,  after  having  lived  a  life  of  ex- 
treme activity  and  of  great  usefulness  to  his  county  and 
.state.  He  was  a  man  beloved  by  all.  His  descendants 
are  among  our  very  best  citizens,  and  Dade  County  will 
ever  keep  green  the  memory  of  this  fine,  Christian  gentle- 
man. His  widow,  Mrs.  Sarah  J.  Hembree,  now  resides  in 
her  beautiful  home  at  Everton,  Mo.,  where  she  numbers 
her  friends  by  the  hundreds.  Truly,  Joel  T.  Hembree  set 
an  example  of  morality  and  right  living  that  would  be 
well  for  our  children  to  follow.  He  made  a  success  in 
life  and  passed  away  secure  in  the  faith  of  the  Christian 
church.  Peace  to  his  memory. 


OREN  V.  HEMBREE. 

Was  hoi-n  in  Morgan  Township,  Dade  County,  Mis- 
souri, January  7th,  1855,  son  of  Hugh  L.  Hembree,  who 
died  in  1901  at  about  the  age  of  76  years.  He  came  to 
Dade  County  with  his  parents  in  1832  and  located  at 
Melville.  They  were  farmers.  His  father's  name  was 
James  llembree.  They  remained  a  while  in  Dade  County 
and  then  moved  to  Arkansas,  and  in  1842  or  1843  they 
returned  to  Dade  County.  They  were  originally  from 
Tennessee.  They  entered  and  bought  land  in  Morgan 
Township.  Hugh  L.  llembree  was  a  young  man  when  he 
came  to  Dade  County.  He  had  the  advantage  of  but  little 
schooling,  about  three  months  in  all.  He  served  in  the 
I'liion  army  during  the  Civil  war,  but  was  discharged  for 
disabilities.  He  had  attained  the  rank  of  corporal.  After 


\v.  J.  DAVIS. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 81. 

the  war  he  resumed  his  farming  occupation,  and  died  at 
the  home  of  Oren  V.  Hembree. 

The  mother  of  Oren  V.  Hembree  was  formerly  An- 
nette Bender,  a  native  of  Tennessee.  She  had  a  common 
school  education,  was  of  German  ancestry,  a  daughter  of 
Samuel  Bender,  who  came  from  Germany,  settled  in 
Tennessee,  and  later  came  to  Dade  County.  This  was 
about  the  year  1840.  He  was  a  noted  physician  and  well 
known  in  Dade  County.  He  married  Mary  Dawes,  a  lady 
of  English  ancestry.  The  Hembrees  were  of  Irish-English 
extraction. 

Hugh  L.  Hembree  and  wife  were  the  parents  of  12 
children,  nine  of  whom  grew  to  maturity. 

Oren  V.  Hembree  was  raised  on  a  farm,  and  attended 
district  school  and  a  select  school  at  Dadeville.  At  the 
age  of  25  years  he  began  the  study  of  medicine.  He  at- 
tended lectures  at  the  St.  Louis  Medical  College  and  in 
the  Missouri  School  of  Medicine  at  St.  Louis,  and  finally 
graduated  from  the  Louisville  Medical  College,  getting 
his  diploma  in  1895.  He  began  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession in  Boone  County,  Arkansas,  and  later  opened  an 
office  in  Dadoville.  He  -practiced  a  number  of  years  before 
his  final  graduation.  He  continued  the  practice  in  Dade- 
ville till  the  year  1915,  when  he  moved  to  Greenfield. 

He  is  attaining  considerable  success  at  the  county 
seat.  He  was  married  in  1883  to  Etta  Stillwell,  born  in 
Missouri,  but  married  in  Boone  County,  Arkansas.  By 
this  union  three  children  were  born,  one  growing  to 
maturity : 

(1)  Greta,  born  in  Dade  County  in  1892,  graduated 
from  Warrenshurg  High  School  and  took  practically  a 
full  course  at  the  "VVarrensburcr  State  Normal,  and  after- 
ward taught  school.  She  was  married  to  Samuel  Allen, 
a  farmer,  in  Boulder.  Wyo.  She  has  one  child,  Leona 
May,  about  2  years  old. 

Etta  Stilwell  Hembree  died  several  years  ago,  and  for 
his  second  wife  Mr.  TTemhreo  married  Minnie  TTawley, 
born  in  Aurora,  Lawrence  County,  Missouri,  in  September, 
1878,  daughtor  of  Harvev  and  Marv  (Shoemaker)  Hawlev. 


82  HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

To  this  union  one  child  was  born,  Ariel  Maxine,  Novem- 
ber 22nd,  1908. 

Mr.  Hembree  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  church, 
while  his  wife  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church.  He  is 
an  Odd  Fellow  and  a  member  of  the  W.  0.  \V.  Politically 
Dr.  Hembree  votes  the  Republican  ticket.  He  holds  mem- 
bership in  the  Southwest  Missouri  Medical  Association. 

Since  coming  to  Greenfield  he  has  purchased  a  neat 
little  cottage  on  Wells  street,  and  is  enjoying  a  good 
practice  in  his  chosen  profession. 


DAVID   HIGGINS. 

The  enrly  life  and  history  of  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  was  one  of  poverty,  sorrow  and  adversity.  lie  was 
born  at  Fayetteville,  Ark.,  March  L'Oth,  1858,  son  of  Lin- 
ville  Higgins  and  Sarah  (\Yoodrow)  Higgins.  Both  his 
parents  were  married  in  North  Carolina  and  were  among 
a  number  of  families  who  came1  west  from  the  old  "Tar 
Heel''  state,  and  located  in  Arkansas  in  an  early  date, 
where  land  was  cheap  and  plentiful.  His  father  took  up 
iand  when  David  was  yet  a  very  small  boy.  Mis  mother 
died  about  the  year  18(>0,  and  about  a  year  later  the  next 
tragedy  of  his  life  occurred.  His  father  was  called  to 
the  door  of  his  home  at  the  dead  hour  of  midnight,  and, 
without  warning,  was  shot  seven  times  and  instantly 
killed.  The  dastardly  deed  was  the  work  of  "Bush- 
whackers.1' David  was  sleeping  with  his  father  at  the 
time,  and  can  well  remember  the  bloody  incident.  His 
father  had  two  sons  in  the  Civil  war,  one  wearing  the 
blue  and  the  other  the  gray.  John  was  in  the  Con- 
federate service,  and  afterward  died  near  Greenfield,  and 
his  widow  still  lives  in  that  city.  His  brother,  Moses, 
.joined  the  I'liion  forces  and  died  of  disease  in  the  service. 
Besides  David,  there  was  one  other  brother,  William,  who 
died  in  Dade  County  about  '20  years  ago,  and  three  sis- 
ters, vi/:  .lane,  who  first  married  John  (.'rider,  lie  died, 
and  she  afterward  married  Martin  Van  Horn  of  Dade 
County.  Both  are  now  deceased.  "Nannie,  his  second  sis- 


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tor,  died  in  Dado  County,  single,  wlion  about  2H  yoars  of 
ago.  Nina,  his  yonngost  sistor  married  Witt  Vaughn. 
She  diod  about  the  year  1900,  leaving  a  family  of  three 
children. 

David  Higgins,  at  the  ago  of  4  yoars,  was  brought 
from  Arkansas  to  Dado  County  by  his  older  sister  and 
brother,  William.  They  came  overland,  and,  in  company 
with  a  number  of  neighbors,  settled  near  Greenfield. 

Young  David,  during  those  years,  was  buffeted  from 
pillar  to  post,  living  first  with  one  family  and  then  with 
another,  until  finally  an  old  settlor  by  the  name  of  Paten 
Gardner  took  pity  on  the  boy  and  gave  him  a  home  for 
five  years.  David  was  9  years  of  age  when  his  oldest 
brother  returned  from  the  war,  rented  a  farm,  and,  in 
company  with  his  oldest  sister,  established  a  home.  It 
was  in  this  homo  that  David  grow  to  manhood,  attending 
the  neighborhood  schools,  working  out  for  his  board, 
farming  during  the  summer  season  and  supporting  himself 
while  attending  Ozark  College  in  Greenfield. 

At  the  age  of  "2'2  years  he  married  Eliza  Catos,  a  native 
of  Dado  County,  who  was  born  December  5th,  1853,  a 
daughter  of  Xowol  Catos  and  Mary  (Snadon)  Catos,  the 
former  being  a  native  of  North  Carolina,  while  the  latter 
was  a  native  of  Kentucky.  Mr.  Catos  was  a  saddler  by 
trade  and  came  to  Greenfield  at  a  very  early  date,  when 
there  were  but  few  houses  in  the  town,  and  opened  a  store. 
He  did  not  follow  the  mercantile  occupation  long,  but 
became  a  farmer  upon  a  tract  of  land  containing  80  acres, 
which  ho  purchased  and  which  is  now  within  the  corpo- 
rate limits  of  Greenfield.  I  a  few  yoars  he  sold  this  tract 
of  land  and  moved  to  a  farm  of  640  acres  which  his  wifo 
heired  from  the  estate  of  William  Snadon,  the  grandfather 
of  Mrs.  Higgins. 

David  Higgins  and  Eliza  Catos  wore  married  on  the 
6th  day  of  August,  1879.  Two  children  were  born  of  this 
marriage,  Lydia  Mary,  who  married  James  Carr  of  Green- 
field, Mo.,  and  L.  D.  Higgins,  each  of  whom  are  given  an 
extended  mention  in  another  chapter  in  this  history. 


84 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Mr.  Higgins  purchased  his  first  land  in  Dade  County 
in  1881,  a  40-acre  tract,  all  in  cultivation,  which  he  still 
owns.  It  is  located  in  South  Township  and  comprises  a 
part  of  his  present  farm.  Since  moving  upon  this  land, 
Mr.  Higgins  has  been  prosperous  to  such  an  extent  that 
in  1891  he  bought  100  acres  in  Washington  Township. 
He  also  occupied  and  cultivated  a  splendid  farm  of  180 
acres  which  his  wife  heired  from  her  mother,  a  daughter 
of  William  Snaden.  Mr.  Higgins  has  added  to  his  origi 
nal  purchase,  until  he  now  has  380  acres  in  his  home  place, 
the  140  acres  that  he  first  purchased,  or  520  acres  in  all, 
after  having  given  a  farm  to  his  son,  L.  D.  Higgins.  Mrs. 
Higgins  also  owns  in  her  own  right  an  undivided  one- 
fifth  interest  in  320  acres  in  South  Township,  which  came 
to  her  from  her  uncle,  William  Snaden,  now  deceased. 

Mr.  Higgins  is  still  actively  engaged  in  farming  enter- 
prises, raising  graded  Whitoface  cattle,  buying  and  selling 
horses  and  mules,  raising,  feeding  and  shipping  one  or  two 
carloads  of  stock  each  year. 

In  politics  Mr.  Higgins  has  always  affiliated  with  t'>e 
Democratic  party,  and  in  church  membership  he  belongs 
to  the  M.  E.  church  (South.)  His  office-holding  career 
has  been  confined  to  that  of  school  director,  which  office 
he  has  filled  for  12  years.  He  is  a  director  of  the  R.  S. 
Jacobs  Banking  Co.  of  Greenfield,  and  was  one  of  its 
original  stockholders.  He  lias  always  been  an  ardent  sup- 
porter of  the  public  schools,  and  exemplifies  his  road- 
boosting  by  personally  grading  the  roads  adjoining  his 
farms.  His  real  estate  holdings  are  among  the  most  desir- 
able, as  well  as  valuable,  in  Dade  County,  and  he  is  one 
among  the  many  old  settlers  to  enjoy  the  luxury  of  riding 
in  an  up-to-date  equipment  manufactured  by  Henry  J. 
Ford. 


LYNVILLE  D.  HIGGINS. 

Born  in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  July  llth,  1882,  son 
of  David  and  Ann  Eliza  (Gates)  Higgins,  the  former  being 
a  native  of  South  Carolina  and  the  latter  a  native  of  Dade 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 8£ 

County,  being  a  daughter  of  Xewell  Gates,  who  was  one 
of  the  leading  pioneer  citizens  and  office-holders  of  Dade 
County. 

Lynville  D.  Iliggins  entered  upon  the  game  of  life 
when  he  was  18  years  of  age,  following  the  ancient  advice 
to  go  west,  which  he  did,  landing  in  Colorado,  and  for 
four  months  worked  in  a  lumber  yard,  when  thought?  of 
the  home  land  and  his  father's  house  brought  him  back 
to  Dade  County,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  with  his 
father  on  the  home  place  till  1904,  when  he  purchased  120 
acres  in  Washington  Township.  At  that  time  the  land 
was  poorly  improved,  but  in  1910  he  added  SO  acres  to  his 
original  purchase,  and  in  September,  1916,  his  wife  pur- 
chased 1:20  acres  adjoining,  making  a  fine  farm  of  320 
acres  in  one  block.  In  1915  they  erected  perhaps  the 
finest  farm  residence  in  the  county,  consisting  of  eight 
rooms,  all  elegantly  furnished,  modern  in  every  respect, 
hot  and  cold  water  throughout,  the  admiration  and  delight 
of  everyone  who  visited  them.  In  less  than  two  years, 
however,  the  fire  fiend  claimed  this  elegant  structure  for 
a  victim,  causing  a  total  loss,  except  a  few  articles  of  fur- 
niture. 

Splendid  barns  and  outbuildings  were  constructed  in 
keeping  with  the  other  appointments  of  the  farm. 

Mr.  Higgins  is  an  extensive  feeder  and  shipper  of  live 
stock.  In  politics  he  is  a  democrat,  but  not  an  office- 
seeker,  is  a  booster  for  good  roads,  financially  as  well  as 
verbally. 

On  the  5th  day  of  March,  1904,  he  was  married  to 
Capitola  Johnson,  a  daughter  of  J.  F.  Johnson,  one  of  the 
wealthiest  as  well  as  most  distinguished  citizens  of  the 
county.  He  was  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  but  came  to 
Dade  County  in  an  early  day,  engaged  in  milling,  farming, 
banking  and  money-lending,  being  successful  in  every  line 
and  at  the  time  of  his  death  left  a  large  estate,  both  Here 
and  in  Pennsylvania. 

Capitola  was  born  November  2nd,  1884,  an  educated 
lady  of  refined  tastes  and  queenly  habits,  active  in  Coun- 
try Club  work  and  sagacious  in  business. 


86  HISTORY  OF   DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS   PEOPLE 


To    tliis    union    two    children    were    born: 

(1)  Kioise,  born  December  8th,  1908. 

(2)  Mary   Frances,   born    August   l>b'th,   1911. 

Mrs.  lliggins  is  a  nu  inlx-r  of  tlie  Presbyterian  church. 


L.    B.    HIGGINS. 

One  of  the  very  prominent  men  of  the  western  side 
of  Dade  County  is  L.  B.  lliggins  of  Cedar  Township.  He 
was  born  in  Allegheny  County.  North  Carolina,  October 
loth,  18.">8,  a  son  of  William  and  Mary  Ellen  (Andrus) 
lliggins,  both  natives  of  North  Carolina,  where  they  were 
married,  and  came  to  bade  County,  Missouri,  in  1873, 
buying  a  half  section  of  land  in  Cedar  Township.  This 
was  raw  land,  the  only  improvement  being  a  small  house. 
lie  and  his  family  went  to  work  industriously  to  break  and 
improve  the  place.  They  fenced  the  entire  tract  with  rails. 

When  William  IIiggin<  and  his  wife  came  to  Missouri 
they  brought  a  family  of  seven  children,  and  had  one  child 
born  to  them  after  their  arrival  in  this  country.  A  brief 
record  of  this  family  is  as  follows:  Yalegia  is  now  Mrs. 
C.  C.  Duncan  of  bade  County.  Calvin  J.,  who  died  in  1894, 
was  one  of  the  early  school  teachers  of  bade  County;  he 
married  Sarah  Martin,  who  is  also  deceased;  they  raised 
a.  family  of  three  children  who  are  now  prominent  citizens 
of  this  part  of  Missouri,  being  Mrs.  Gertrude  Gray,  K.  W. 
Higgins  and  Grace  K.  Pearson;  the  first  two  named  are 
teachers  of  Barton  County,  Missouri.  Aby,  now  Mrs.  H.  J. 
Taylor  of  Barton  County.  David  Iv.  lives  in  Kaston,  Colo., 
where  he  is  farming.  Joseph  II.  is  a  farmer  of  bade 
County.  Mollie,  now  Mrs.  K.  M.  Cross  of  Dade  County. 
Phoeby  is  now  Mrs.  C.  A.  Martin  of  Colorado.  L.  B.  is 
the  subject  of  this  review. 

L.  B.  Iliggins  received  some  schooling  in  early  life, 
but,  of  course,  was  not  given  the  advantages  that  our  chil- 
dren of  today  are  receiving.  He  is,  however,  a  well-edu- 
cated man,  having  always  been  a  great  reader  and  has 
profited  by  observation.  He  has  always  lived  on  the  home 
place,  known  as  the  old  Higgins  homestead,  which  he  now 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 87 

owns.  His  father  passed  away  about  1895,  who  at  one 
time  owned  as  much  as  640  acres  of  good  land.  He  gave 
each  of  his  children  a  good  start  in  life  in  the  shape  of 
40  acres  each,  lie  was  a  soldier  in  the  Confederate  army, 
in  which  he  was  conscripted,  but  only  served  a  short  time, 
lie  was  a  republican  in  politics  and  a  member  of  the  Bap- 
tist church,  and,  taken  altogether,  was  a  highly-respected 
Christian  gentleman.  His  wife  passed  away  July  19,  1908. 

L.  B.  Higgins  has  made  a  success  of  farming  and 
stock  raising.  He  started  his  farm  operations  for  himself 
on  80  acres  of  the  original  homestead,  40  acres  of  which 
he  had  received  from  his  father,  and  an  adjoining  40  he 
purchased  from  one  of  his  brothers.  He  later  bought  80 
acres  adjoining  him  on  the  south,  making  160  acres  in  a 
body,  which  is  one  of  the  fine  farms  of  Cedar  Township. 
This  place  is  all  fenced  with  wire  and  has  good  outbuild- 
ings, and  in  1897  Mr.  Higgins  built  a  large  frame  resi- 
dence. On  March  '27,  1881,  he  was  married  to  Lydia  L. 
Taylor,  who  was  born  March  28,  1864,  in  northern  Mis- 
souri, a  daughter  of  Perry  H.  and  Mary  R.  (Allen)  Taylor, 
who  were  married  in  Chariton  County,  Missouri,  and 
came  to  Dade  County  in  1873,  settling  in  Cedar  Township, 
where  he  carried  on  farming  and  merchandising.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  war.  He 
died  October  13,  1914,  while  his  wife  is  still  living,  at  the 
advanced  age  of  75,  at  Milford,  Mo.  They  were  the  par- 
ents of  a  fine  family,  five  of  whom  are  now  living.  They 
are  as  follows:  Matilda,  who  is  now  Mrs.  Dr.  T.  H. 
Duckett  of  Milford,  Mo.;  John  \V.  Taylor  is  a  resident 
of  Colorado1  Molly,  now  Mrs.  J.  A.  Rector  of  Barton 
County,  Missouri;  Laura,  now  Mrs.  AV.  M.  Crookston  of 
Rock  Springs,  Wyo. 

To  Mr.  and  Airs.  L.  B.  Higgins  have  been  born  two 
children,  as  follows:  Eva,  born  October  18,  1884,  married 
E.  W.  Wagaman,  a  farmer,  of  Barton  County,  and  they 
have  three  children,  May,  Blanche  and  Hester;  AVilla, 
born  November  26,  1887,  married  J.  F.  Wagaman  of 
Fruita,  Colo.,  where  they  reside,  and  have  a  fine  family 
of  five  children,  named  Roy,  Paul,  Orval,  Hazel  and  Earl 


88  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Bryant.  Mr.  Higgins  is  an  active  Kepublican.  In  1894 
he  was  elected  as  county  assessor,  serving  two  years,  dur- 
ing which  time  he  lived  in  Greenfield.  He  has  served  two 
years  as  township  assessor,  was  elected  this  year  (1917) 
to  the  same  office,  and  for  thirty  years  has  been  a  member 
of  the  school  board.  He  and  his  wife  are  consistent  mem- 
bers of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  (South)  at  Cedar- 
ville.  Fraternally  Mr.  Higgins  is  a  member  of  the  A.  F. 
&  A.  M.  at  Milford,  and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America 
at  Jerico.  Too  much  cannot  be  said  of  the  high  standing 
of  this  fine  family.  As  a  general  farmer  and  stock  raiser, 
Mr.  Higgins  ranks  second  to  none.  He  has  lived  a  Chris- 
tian life,  and  morally  his  entire  record  is  above  reproach, 
and  he  numbers  his  friends  by  the  hundreds  in  both  Dade 
and  Barton  Counties  lie  is  a  broad-minded,  courteous 
Christian  gentleman,  who  it  is  a  pleasure  to  meet  and 
know,  and  we  do  not  hesitate  to  place  him  in  the  front 
rank  of  Dade  County's  very  best  citizenship. 


WILLIAM  M.  HOEL. 

Horn  at  Lockwood,  Mo.,  November  L}8th,  1881,  son  of 
William  H.  and  Mary  J.  (llollowpeter)  Hoel,  being  the 
youngest  of  a  family  of  four  children,  three  of  whom  are 
now  deceased.  His  father  was  a  native  of  New  York  of 
English  ancestry.  Enlisted  in  the  One  Hundred  and 
Fourth  Pennsylvania  Regiment,  and  served  three  years  in 
the  Civil  war,  when  he  was  discharged  for  disability. 
Came  to  Dade  County  about  the  year  1870,  located  at 
King's  Point,  where,  in  company  with  his  brother,  Charles 
E.  Hoel,  he  conducted  a  general  merchandise  store,  until 
the  building  of  the  railroad  through  the  county  and  the 
founding  of  Lock  wood,  1881,  when  they  moved  to  the  new 
town  and  established  one  of  the  first  general  merchandise 
stores  in  the  (dace,  under  the  name  of  Hoel  Bros.  Of 
late  years,  William  B.  Hoel  has  been  engaged  in  the  real 
estate  business  at  Lockwood,  where  he  now  resides,  at 
the  age  of  74  years.  He  is  a  member  of  the  M.  E.  church, 
a  local  preacher,  an  Odd  Fellow,  and  also  a  member  of 


HOMK    OF    W.    -J.     DAVIS,     LO<  K\VOOI>. 

Taken  Six  Months  After   Work   Was  Started. 


SAMK    HOMK   TWO    VKAHS    LATKK. 


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the  G.  A.  R.,  and  a  Republican  in  politics.  His  wife,  Mary 
J.  Hoel,  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  of  Dutch  parentage, 
daughter  of  Mathias  and  Mary  Hollowpeter,  farmers, 
originally  from  Holland.  She  is  now  deceased.  They  were 
the  parents  of  five  hildren,  their  oldest  dying  in  infancy: 

(2)  Cora,   married   Benjamin   Langhlin,   a    Colorado 
ranchman,  botli  of  whom  are   now  deceased.     They   had 
four  children. 

(3)  Katherine,    married    C.    T.    AVooldridge,    a   real 
estate  man  in  Kansas  City.     She  is  now  deceased,  leaving 
two  children. 

(4)  Gertrude  R.,  married  Homer   Laughlin,  a  Colo- 
rado ranchman.    She  is  now  deceased,  leaving  one  child. 

(5)  William  M.  Hoel. 

William  M.  Hoel  was  reared  to  manhood  in  Lock- 
wood,  lie  attended  the  public  schools  of  the  city,  entered 
Marionville  College  in  1896,  taking  the  scientific  course, 
graduating  in  1900,  after  which  he  entered  a  medical 
school  in  Kansas  City,  graduating  in  190(3,  after  which 
he  located  at  Sheridan,  Wyo.,  in  the  practice  of  his  pro- 
fession. In  1912  he  returned  to  Lockwood  and  took  up 
the  general  practice  of  medicine,  with  splendid  success. 

In  1906  he  was  married  to  Ella  E.  Stetzler,  a  lady  of 
refinement  and  culture,  born  at  Abilene,  Kas.,  in  1886. 
She  was  a  daughter  of  George  W.  and  Jane  Stetzler,  who 
moved  from  Illinois  to  Kansas  and  then  to  Kansas  City. 
He  was  a  general  contractor  by  occupation. 

William  M.  Hoel  and  wife  are  the  parents  of  one 
child,  Luella  May,  born  in  1908.  They  are  both  members 
of  the  M.  E.  church.  Mr.  Hoel  united  with  the  Elks  at 
Sheridan,  Wyo.,  is  a  member  of  the  local  W.  0.  W.,  and 
is  its  physician,  also  a  member  of  the  American  Medical 
Association.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics. 

His  cottage  home  is  one  of  the  most  picturesque  in 
the  city,  being  among  the  first  of  the  bungalow  type  to 
be  erected.  Mr.  Hoel  and  wife  are  noted  for  their  hos- 
pitality and  are  active  in  church  and  civic  circles. 

He  is  now  a  First  Lieutenant  in  the  U.  S.  Army 
located  at  Camp  Doniphan,  Okla. 


1»U  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

FREDERICK   HODDE. 

Germany  has  given  to  this  country  thousands  and 
thousands  ol  her  native-  sons  to  enrich  our  citizenship,  and 
To  the  sons  of  Germany  we  are  indebted  to  a  large  extent 
i or  the  wonderful  advancement  of  these,  the  United  States 
of  America. 

Frederick  Hodde  was  born  in  Westphale,  Germany, 
October  4,  1S.")1,  a  son  of  Charles  Frederick  Jlodde  and 
Mary  \Vlieinenn,  his  wife,  lie  was  born  in  France  in 
1M)1,  and  she  in  France  in  1802.  His  father,  grandfather 
of  our  subject,  Frederick  Hodde,  was  a  soldier  under 
General  Napoleon,  and  was  in  the  Russian  campaign, 
where  he  was  frozen  to  death  near  Moscow.  Russia,  in 
ISO!).  Charles  Frederick  Hodde  in  later  life  was  a  farmer 
of  Germany.  They  were  Lutherans  in  religious  belief 
and  were  forced  into  Germany  from  France  by  the  Catho- 
lics, who  confiscated  their  property  about  the  year  18112. 
They  received  land  from  the  German  government,  and 
here  he  grew  to  manhood,  was  educated  and  lived  until 
he  died,  in  ISSJ.  His  wife  preceded  him,  in  18SL 

Frederick  Hodde  received  his  education  in  Germany, 
and  followed  the  occupation  of  farming  up  until  he  was 
.'!0  years  of  age.  He  married  there  a  Miss  Louise  Bock, 
who  died  about  187!),  after  bearing  him  one  son,  named 
William  Hodde,  who  is  now  a  prosperous  farmer  of  Dade 
County,  where  he  married  Mary  Brunner,  and  they  have 
live  children.  Frederick  Hodde  married  as  his  second 
wile  in  Germany  Miss  Louise  Winkelmann  in  1871),  and  in 
1  xS0  emigrated  to  America,  coming  to  Missouri,  bringing 
his  new  wife  and  his  small  son,  William.  They  spent  some 
two  vears  in  St.  Louis,  where  he  worked  at  carpentering 
and  in  the  lumber  business,  and  came  to  Dade  County  in 
1SVL'.  For  the  first  three  years  they  rented  land  in  Marion 
Township,  then  bought  1  (iO  acres,  upon  which  they  lived 
for  JO  years.  Here  Frederick  Hodde  prospered  exceed- 
ingly. He  \\\->\  added  an  SO-acre  tract,  joining,  then  a 
!>!)  acre  tract,  then  a  ,V>  acre  tract,  and  built  him  a  very 
line  house.  In  1^1)  he  bought  40  acres,  where  he  now 
lives,  and  to  thU  he  has  added  a  '20.  lie  owned  at  one 


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time  as  many  as  454  acres  of  some  of  the  best  land  that 
Dado  County  affords,  which  speaks  volumes,  for  Frederick 
Hodde,  and  also  for  Dade  County,  for  ho  began  with  prac- 
tically nothing1.  His  second  wife  died  in  September,  1896, 
leaving  six  children,  as  follows:  Henry,  of  Texas;  Charles, 
of  North  Missouri;  Frederick,  of  Iowa;  Minnie,  now  Mrs. 
YV.  \V.  Bohno.  of  Lockwood  Township;  Mary,  now,  Mrs. 
Fred  Pepinbrink,  of  Grant  Township,  and  Fmma,  now 
Mrs.  Ernest  Rosenthal,  of  Iowa.  Again,  on  September  20, 
J911,  Mr.  llodde  married  Anetta  (Duncan)  Cornell,  the 
widow  of  \\".  F.  Cornell,  who  died  in  1904,  leaving1  four 
children,  as  follows:  Lee  Cornell  of  Colorado;  Ara,  now 
Mrs.  R.  C.  DoYault  of  Nebraska,  and  mother  of  one  child, 
Viona;  James  Cornell  of  Nebraska,  and  Lloyd,  who  was 
accidentally  killed  in  1915,  at  the  age  of  12  years. 

Frederick  Hodde  has  given  all  of  his  children  the 
advantages  of  tine  educations,  as  well  as  material  help 
with  land,  money,  etc.  He  has  sold  some  of  his  land, 
but  he  is  still  a  hard-working  man.  Ho  manages  and 
works  some  220  acres,  with  his  usual  success.  He  also 
owns  land  in  German}'.  Fred  Hodde  is  a  red-hot  Repub- 
lican, but  he  does  not  care  to  hold  office.  He  ranks,  first 
among  our  citizenship,  into  which  he  was  naturalized  in 
the  year  1S95.  It  is  indeed  a  pleasure  to  meet  and  know 
this  line  gentleman.  His  home  is  hospitable1,  and  one  can 
learn  much  along  all  lines  during  a  few  hours'  conversa- 
tion with  this  German-American  of  such  wide  experience. 
We  are  proud  to  own  Frederick  Hodde  as  a  citizen  of 
Dade  County.  lie  and  his  kind  have  been  a  blessing  to 
this  part  of  the  state  of  Missouri,  and  our  earnest  wish  is 
that  he  may  live  long  and  always  remain  a  citizen  of  this 
county,  where  he  is  held  in  the  highest  esteem  by  all  who 
know  him,  and  they  are  many. 


MARTIN  VAN  BUREN  HOLMAN. 

Among  the  venerable  citizens  of  Dade  County,  none 
is  better  known  and  respected  than  Uncle  Van  Holman, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch.  He  was  born  in  Overtoil  County, 


92  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Tennessee,  April  4th,  184U,  the  son  of  William  and  Mary 
Holman,  both  natives  of  North  Carolina,  where  they  were 
married,  and  emigrated  to  Tennessee  over  100  years  ago. 
Uncle  Van  was  the  youngest  of  eleven  children  that  lived 
to  be  grown,  but  out  of  this  large  family  he  is  the  only  one 
now  living.  Uncle  Van  remained  in  Tennessee  until  he 
was  17  years  old,  when  he  started  north  with  a  party 
named  Carter.  He  had  a  team  and  a  little  money,  so  when 
Mr.  Carter  decided  to  locate  further  east,  he  pushed  on 
to  Dade  County,  as  did  his  partner  and  friend,  John  Belk. 
lie  bought  80  acres  of  partly  improved  land  in  1859  and 
stayed  on  this  for  some  three  years,  at  which  time  lie 
moved  to  Cedar  County,  buying  280  acres  adjoining  Stock- 
ton. Farming  this  for  about  five  years,  he  decided  to  re- 
turn to  good  old  Dade  County,  and  consequently  sold  his 
Cedar  County  holdings,  and  bought,  in  1870,  320  acres  in 
Polk  Township.  For  some  seven  years  he  farmed  on  this 
place,  then  bought  a  tract  of  172  acres,  where  he  now 
lives,  later  adding  a  fine  240  adjoining  him  on  the  south 
and  east,  which  he  later  gave  to  his  son,  Oliver.  Uncle 
Van  has  always  been  an  industrious  citizen  and  has  pros- 
pered through  the  years,  and  by  fair  dealing  has  not 
only  become  one  of  the  wealthy  men  of  the  county,  but 
has  won  for  himself  the  name  of  being  one  of  our  fore- 
most citizens,  beloved  and  honored  by  all,  young  and  old 
alike.  He  married,  November  15th,  1860,  Mrs.  Jane  (Lang- 
ford)  Holman.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Andy  J.  Holman, 
who  came  to  Dade  County  in  1851,  leaving  his  daughter 
back  in  Tennessee,  where  she  had  married  a  Mr.  Langford. 
About  185!)  Mr.  Langford  died,  leaving  his  wife  and  two 
children,  so  Andy  Holman,  the  widow's  father,  returned 
to  Tennessee,  brought  her  and  the  children  out  to  Dade, 
and  Uncle  Van  promptly  took  possession  of  her  as  his 
wife,  for  he  had  known  her  as  a  young  lady  in  Ten- 
nessee. To  this  union  there  were  eight  children,  as  fol- 
lows: William  S.,  now  deceased,  and  a  sketch  of  him  will 
be  found  elsewhere;  Newton  E.,  born  October  23rd,  1864, 
married  Miss  Maggie  Cowan  and  lives  in  South  Morgan 
Township;  Ida  Isabel,  born  in  1867  and  died  in  1884;  Zora, 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 5KJ 

born  August  5th,  1869,  married  William  Dunn,  and  lives 
in  Polk  County;  Oliver  and  Olive,  twins,  born  May  5th, 
1872,  Olive  dying  at  the  age  of  7,  and  Oliver  is  a  farmer 
of  Polk  Township  (see  his  sketch  in  this  volume);  Landen 
O.,  born  May  31st,  1875,  now  a  farmer  of  Cedar  County; 
Fannie,  born  October  23rd,  1879,  now  Mrs.  Mose  Anderson 
of  Polk  County.  Uncle  Van  has  twenty-nine  grandchil- 
dren. The  mother  of  these  children  died  in  1900,  and  Mr. 
Holman  married  as  his  second  wife  Mary  Jane  Stockton, 
who  was  born  September  llth,  1861,  and  a  daughter  of 
Andrew  Jackson  Stockton,  who  was  a  pioneer  of  Dade 
County.  Uncle  Van  served  in  the  state  militia  for  nine 
months  under  Captain  Morris.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  poli- 
tics, but  never  desired  to  hold  office,  always  preferring  to 
devote  his  time  to  his  large  business  interests  and  his  fine 
family.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  church.  Uncle 
Van  has  ranked  among  our  largest  land-owners,  having 
held  at  one  time  over  2.400  acres.  He  gave  his  children 
good  starts  in  life  with  fine  farms,  and  so  has  disposed  of 
all  his  land  except  480  acres,  which  he  rents  out,  and  is 
taking  a  well-deserved  rest.  Mr.  Holman  has  always  been 
liberal  with  his  means  and  time  to  further  any  cause  that 
would  help  the  county.  He  is  in  favor  of  good  roads  and 
free  public  schools.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
Citizen's  Bank  of  Walnut  Grove,  Greene  County,  and 
served  on  its  board  of  directors  for  many  years.  He  still 
holds  his  stock  in  this  bank,  but  has  given  up  the  work 
on  the  board  to  younger  men.  Truly,  this  fine  old  gentle- 
man is  worthy  of  the  high  esteem  in  which  he  is  held.  In 
his  declining  years  he  is  happy  and  cheerful,  delights  to 
talks  of  the  affairs  of  the  country,  and  it  is  a  pleasure  to 
visit  this  kindly  gentleman.  May  lie  live  long.  He  has 
been  a  blessing  to  our  country  through  all  these  years, 
and  we  appreciate  him  to  the  full. 


OLIVER  H.   HOLMAN. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  23  years  of  age  when 
lie  commenced  business  for  himself.     During  his  boyhood 


94  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

d'dys  he  had  attended  the  common  schools  of  the  county, 
and  later  attended  the  Dadeville  Academy.  He  worked 
at  home  with  his  father  until  he  married,  then  bought  a 
I  arm  of  200  acres  in  Polk  Township  on  Sac  river.  He 
remained  on  this  farm  five  years,  when  he  sold  out  and 
purchased  another  farm  of  240  acres,  all  in  one  body, 
in  the  same  township.  At  the  time  of  his  purchase  this 
place  was  fairly  well  improved,  but  Mr.  Holman  has 
cleared  out  some  GO  acres,  and  done  lots  of  fencing  and 
cross-fencing,  much  of  it  hog-tight,  built  new  barns,  re- 
modeled the  dwelling-  house,  built  a  127-ton  silo  in  1914, 
and  has  added  40  acres  to  his  original  purchase,  so  that 
now  his  farm  consists  of  280  acres.  He  is  a  breeder  of 
registered  Shorthorn  cattle,  having  a  herd  of  20  cows 
and  one  registered  male  "Master,"  also  twenty  yearlings. 
He  also  raises  hogs  quite  extensively,  being  partial  to  the 
Poland-Chinas.  Mr.  Holman  also  handles  quite  a  nice 
Hock  of  sheep,  and  finds  them  to  be  profitable. 

On  the  22nd  day  of  December,  1895,  Oliver  II.  Hol- 
man was  married  to  Laura  Graham,  born  March  1st,  1874, 
daughter  of  Thomas  B.  and  Ann  Eliza  (Harris)  Graham, 
her  father  being  born  March  1st,  1832,  and  her  mother 
February  27th,  1843,  and  were  married  October  6th,  1870. 
Her  father  was  born  in  Ray  County,  Missouri,  but  came  to 
Cedar  County  with  his  father  when  9  months  old.  He 
still  owns  the  old  home  place  settled  by  his  father  in  1832. 
Mrs.  Ilolman  was  the  second  of  a  family  of  three  chil- 
dren. One  brother,  James  li.  Graham,  is  a  business  man 
and  postmaster  at  Centralia,  Okla.  He  married  Joie  Hart- 
icy  of  Cedar  County,  and  now  owns  about  200  acres  of 
valuable  land  in  Oklahoma.  Her  sister,  Sallie  Graham, 
died  single  at  the  age  of  35  years. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ilolman  have  a  family  of  five  children, 
all  at  home: 

(1)  Thomas   V.,  born   Xoveinber  6th,   1896. 

(2)  Dwight,   born   October  16th,   1898. 

(3)  Olive  Berniece,  born  May  10th,  1901. 

(4)  Rollo  Oliver,  born  January  14th,  1904. 

(5)  Laura  Eunice,  born  February  26th,  1910. 


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Mrs.  Ilolamn  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
Mr.  Holrnan  is  a  Democrat,  a  wide-awake,  progressive, 
public-spirited  man,  and  a  booster  for  good  roads.  Has 
been  a  member  of  the  school  board  for  three  years. 


W.  C.  HOWELL. 

Was  born  in  Dado  County,  Missouri,  August  4th,  1880, 
a  son  of  W.  E.  and  Maggie (  Jordan)  ITowell,  both  of  whom 
are  living.  W.  E.  ITowell  was  a  native  of  Ohio  and  Maggie 
Jordan  was  a  native  of  Tennessee.  Both  came  to  Dade 
County  at  about  the  close  of  the  Civil  war  and  wore 
married  here.  Tie  is  a  farmer  of  Washington  Township. 
They  raised  a  family  of  three  children: 
'(1)  W.  C.  Howell  is  the  oldest. 

(2)  John    D.    married    Hettie    M.    Staggs    of    Clay 
County,  Missouri.     They  have   t\vo   living  children,  Lena 
and    Lucile. 

(3)  Bertha,  now  Mrs.  Ernest  Russell.     They  reside 
in   Greene   County,   Missouri,   and    have    one   living   child, 
Myrtle.     Mr.  Russell  is  a  farmer. 

W.  C.  Howell  received  his  education  in  the  common 
schools  of  Dade  County,  and  remained  at  home  until  1898, 
working  out  for  six  years,  and  in  1904  bought  his  first 
tract  of  80  acres  of  land  in  Washington  Township.  He 
still  owns  this  land.  It  was  fairly  well  improved  at  the 
time  he  bought  it.  He  was  living  as  a  tenant  on  the  G.  S. 
Mitchell  farm  at  the  time  of  his  marriage  to  Joanotto 
Mitchell  April  ,>d,  1904.  She  was  born  in  Dade  County 
May  27th,  1877,  daughter  of  Gorham  S.  and  Louisa  (Rabb) 
Mitchell.  Mr.  Mitchell  was  a  native  of  Maine,  as  also  wa1- 
his  wife.  They  were  married  in  Maine  in  1 86->  and  eam<> 
to  Cook  County,  Illinois,  and  bought  80  acres  of  land, 
which  now  joins  the  city  of  Chicago.  lie  kept  this  land 
for  two  or  three  years  and  then  sold  out  and  came  1o 
Dade  County.  This  land  lias  since  become  immensely 
valuable.  On  his  arrival  he  purchased  200  acres  of  land 
whore  his  daughter  resides.  He  carried  on  genera]  farm- 
ina1  and  stock  raising  and  erected  a  substantial  residence 


96  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

and  log  out-buildings.  He  died  on  this  farm  March  3rd, 
1907  and  is  buried  at  Pennsboro.  His  widow  is  still  living 
on  the  old  homestead  at  the  age  of  74  years.  Mr.  Mitchell 
was  a  Republican  in  politics,  a  member  of  the  Cumberland 
Presbyterian  church  and  the  father  of  three  children : 

(1)  Fannie,  now  Mrs.  S.  W.  Cox. 

(2)  Flora  L.,  unmarried,  lives  on  the  old  homestead 
with  her  mother. 

(3)  Jeanottc,  now  Mrs.  W.  C.  Howell.    W.  C.  Howell 
and  wife  are  the  parents  of  two  children: 

(1)  Edrie,  born  January  9th,  1906. 

(2)  Chalmers,  born  December  8th,  1913. 

Mr.  Howcll  is  engaged  in  general  farming  and  has 
bought  out  the  Mitchell  heirs  until  he  now  owns  160  acres 
of  the  original  Mitchell  homestead  and  an  adjoining  80 
acres  making  320  acres  in  Dado  county.  He  has  built  a 
fine  barn,  cleared  out  over  half  the  place,  built  a  silo  of 
110  tons  capacity.  His  place  is  well  fenced,  all  hog-tight, 
cross-fenced,  well  watered  with  springs,  well  and  wind- 
mill. In  addition  to  general  farming,  Mr.  Howell  handles 
a  large  amount  of  stock,  being  a  breeder  of  white-face 
cattle  of  which  two  males  and  six  females  are  registered. 
He  has  a  herd  of  15  grade  cows  and  feeds  and  keeps  all 
told  about  50  head.  He  also  raises  a  number  of  mules  for 
market  each  year,  keeping  a  fine  jack  and  raises  about  14 
colts  and  tries  to  market  two  or  three  span  of  fine  mules 
each  year.  Mr.  I  To  well  also  finds  sheep  raising  profitable 
and  lias  a  small  flock  on  the  farm.  His  machinery  is  mod- 
ern and  up-to-date.  In  fact  Mr.  Howell  is  a  first  class 
Farmer  and  stock  man  in  every  respect.  He  is  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics,  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church  and  be- 
longs to  the  W.  ().  AV.  No  better  man  can  be  found  in 
Washington  Township  than  Mr.  Howell,  and  he  and  his 
family  enjoy  the  confidence  and  respect  of  the  community. 


TAYLOR  H.  HUNT. 

For    forty-seven   years   Taylor  H.   Hunt   has    been   a 
citizen  of  Dade  county  and  during  all  this  time  he  has  been 


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considered  one  of  our  foremost  progressive  men.  Tennes- 
see has  given  us  many  of  her  very  best  sons  and  Mr.  Hunt 
is  no  exception  to  the  rule.  He  was  born  in  East  Tennes- 
see, February  6,  1847,  a  son  of  Washington  and  Polly  Car- 
oline (Wilson)  Hunt.  Mr.  Hunt's  paternal  grand  parents 
were  Wm.  and  Margaret  (Finley)  Hunt  and  were  natives 
of  the  state  of  Georgia  where  they  were  married  and  came 
to  Tennessee  at  an  early  day  where  he  bought  a  large 
portion  of  the  Tellico  Plains.  In  Georgia  he  was  the  owner 
of  a  large  gold  mining  property  which  he  sold  for  a  vast 
sum  of  money  which  was  considered  a  fortune  in  those 
early  days.  Here  on  this  tract  of  fine  land  in  Tennessee 
Wm.  Hunt  and  his  wife  passed  away  leaving  to  their  eight 
boys  and  two  girls  this  large  acreage  which  made  each  of 
them  a  fine  home  and  here  Washington  Hunt,  father  of 
Taylor  Hunt,  was  married  and  made  his  home  until  his 
death.  Taylor  Hunt  received  100  acres  from  his  father 
and  upon  this  land  he  lived  for  eight  years  having  been 
married  in  the  mean  time  to  Sarah  Lucinda  Farmer,  on 
February  6th,  1867.  To  this  union  were  born  three 
children  as  follows:  Jesse  E.,  born  November  27,  1870 
and  married  Eva  Kirby  and  they  reside  in  Texas ;  Lou  T., 
born  May  28,  1872,  married  Mary  Hunt  and  he  is  de- 
ceased ;  Laguarda  L.,  born  October  6th,  1874,  married  Hat- 
tie  Lake  and  they  live  in  Fair  Play,  Polk  county,  Missouri 
where  he  is  a  prominent  physician.  Mr.  Hunt  married 
again  on  February  21,  1886,  Miss  Alice  Wilson,  a  native  of 
Greene  County,  Mo.,  where  she  was  born  April  6th,  1860. 
Her  father  was  a  pioneer  settler  of  Greene  county.  To  this 
second  union  six  children  were  born  and  in  order  of  birth 
they  are  as  follows :  Norma  D.,  born  June  14th,  1888,  has 
received  a  fine  education,  having  finished  high  school  at 
Dadeville  and  spent  some  time  at  the  Springfield  Normal. 
She  was  awarded  a  life  certificate  in  1913  and  started 
teaching,  first  she  taught  one  year  at  Bona  then  two 
years  at  Pennsboro,  two  at  Everton  and  two  at  Richland 
high  while  at  the  present  she  is  teaching  in  the  high 
school  at  Bishop,  Texas ;  Ira  A.,  born  September  21,  1889, 
received  fine  education  having  spent  three  years  at  Drury 


_98 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

college  and  three  years  in  Washington  University  at  St. 
Louis  where  he  graduated  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
and  is  now  a  prominent  attorney  of  Bishop  and  Kingsville, 
Texas;  Wm.  A.,  born  September  27,  1891,  well  educated 
and  is  farming  in  Cedar  county.  He  married  Bernice 
Thomason  and  have  a  daughter,  Irene ;  Lillie  P.,  born 
June  12,  1893,  received  her  education  in  Dadeville  high 
and  Springfield  Normal  and  was  given  a  life  certificate 
in  1913  and  is  now  teaching  in  the  high  school  at  Mount 
Vernon,  Lawrence  County,  Missouri;  Finley  C.,  born  July 
19th,  1895,  graduate  of  Everton  High  School,  is  at  home 
running  the  home  place ;  Lena  G.,  born  July  16th,  1897, 
also  finished  her  education  at  Everton  and  Springfield 
Normal  and  is  now  teaching  in  the  public  schools  near 
Mount  Vernon,  Mo.  Well  may  Taylor  H.  Hunt  and  his 
estimable  wife  be  proud  of  their  fine  family  for  they  are  a 
credit  to  our  county  and  we  are  proud  to  owrn  them  as 
native  sons  and  daughters.  Taylor  H.  Hunt  came  to  us  in 
1880  and  for  six  years  rented  land  arid  farmed,  then 
bought  himself  a  fine  farm  of  110  acres  although  unim- 
proved he  soon  made  it  so  for  he  built  a  small  house  in 
1890  and  shortly  after  enlarged  it  and  has  continued  to 
improve  his  home  until  he  now  has  one  of  the  really  at- 
tractive residences  in  the  county.  Mr.  Hunt  has  been  a 
successful  farmer  and  has  added  to  his  land  until  at  the 
present  writing,  he  has  140  acres  of  as  fine  land  as  there 
is  in  the  county  and  all  of  it  in  cultivation  but  about  ten 
acres.  He  has  all  modern  machinery  and  conveniences  in- 
cluding acetylene  gas  for  lighting.  Mr.  Hunt  has  made  a 
practice  of  keeping  good  stock  and  has  made  a  specialty  of 
mules  now  owning  one  very  fine  jack  named  "Sampson." 
Mr.  Hunt  is  a  democrat  in  politics  and  he  and  his  wife 
belong  to  the  Baptist  church  of  which  he  is  a  deacon  and 
also  director  of  building.  We  always  find  Mr.  Hunt's 
influence  on  the  side  of  right  and  progress,  he  is  a  firm  be- 
liever in  good  roads,  free  public  schools,  and  temperance. 
A  fine  broad  minded  gentleman  is  Mr.  Hunt,  ever  ready 
with  his  time  and  means  to  further  any  cause  for  the 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 99 

good  of  the  county,  he  is  a  credit  to  our  county  and  state, 
may  he  live  long  among  us. 


R.  S.  JACOBS  BANKING  COMPANY. 

The  Articles  of  Association  of  the  R.  S.  Jacobs  Bank- 
ing Company  are  dated  May  9th,  1892,  and  the  Certificate 
of  Incorporation  from  the  Secretary  of  State  is  dated 
May  12th,  1892,  and  was  filed  for  record  in  Dade  county, 
May  14th,  1892.  The  five  directors  named  in  the  Articles 
of  Association  for  the  first  year  were :  R.  S.  Jacobs,  John  H. 
Howard,  Thomas  J.  Van  Osdell,  J.  L.  Wetzel  and  Lewis 
Renfro. 

It  was  expected  to  commence  business  on  June  1st, 
1892,  but  Thomas  J.  Van  Osdell,  who  was  a  director  and  had 
been  agreed  upon  for  the  position  of  Cashier  was  seriously 
sick  on  that  day,  and  died  on  June  3rd.  1892. 

The  first  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  was  held 
June  10th,  1892,  and  at  that  time  Mason  Talbutt  was  elected 
a  director  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of  Thomas 
J.  Van  Osdell. 

The  second  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors  was  held 
June  13th,  1892,  and  at  that  meeting  J.  L.  Wetzel  was 
elected  cashier — which  position  he  has  held  to  this  date— 
and  at  this  meeting  the  Board  of  Directors  bought  of  R.  S. 
Jacobs  &  Co.  (a  firm  composed  of  R.  S.  Jacobs  and  Thorn. 
J.  VanOsdell,  who  had  been  engaged  in  the  Private  Bank- 
ing business  for  several  years)  the  bank  building,  safe  and 
other  fixtures  for  the  sum  of  twelve  thousand  dollars. 

R.  S.  Jacobs  was  a  director  and  president  of  the  bank 
from  the  time  of  organization  to  the  date  of  his  death,  Jan- 
uary 31st,  1899,  and  Capt.  John  H.  Howard  was  then  elected 
president  (having  been  vice  president  from  the  beginning) 
and  served  until  June  16th,  1906,  when  he  resigned.  Capt. 
John  H.  Howard  died  September  23rd,  1906. 

Mason  Talbutt  was  elected  a  director  June  10th,  1892, 
and  has  been  on  the  board  since  that  date ;  was  vice  presi- 
dent while  Capt.  Howard  was  President,  and  has  been 
president  since  June  16th,  1906. 


100 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

The  dividends  paid  on  each  share  of  stock  amount  to 
$237  and  were  paid  semi-annually,  and  in  the  meantime  the 
stock  has  more  than  doubled  in  value. 

The  present  Board  of  Directors  are :  Robert  S.  Long, 
David  Riggings,  J.  C.  Shouse,  Ben  M.  Neale,  R.  H.  Merrill, 
J.  L.  Wetzel  and  Mason  Talbutt.  The  present  officers  are 
Mason  Talbutt,  president;  Robert  S.  Long,  vice  president; 
J.  L.  Wetzel,  cashier ;  R.  H.  Merrill,  asst.  cashier  and  Leon 
Hall,  clerk. 

The  last  official  statement  of  this  bank,  under  a  call 
from  the  state  bank  commissioner,  is  dated  March  5th,  1917, 
and  is  as  follows : 

No.  828. 

OFFICIAL  STATEMENT. 

Of  the  financial  condition  of  the  R.  S.  Jacobs  Banking 
Co.,  at  Greenfield,  state  of  Missouri,  at  the  close  of  business 
on  the  5th  day  of  March,  1917,  published  in  The  Vedette,  a 
newspaper  printed  and  published  at  Greenfield,  state  of 
Missouri,  on  the  15th  day  of  March,  1917. 

RESOURCES. 

Loans  and  discounts,  undoubtedly  good  on  per- 
sonal or  collateral $152,840.47 

Loans,  real  estate 25,322.93 

Overdrafts    4,689.07 

Bonds  and  stocks 3,154.06 

Real  estate  (banking  house) 8,500.00 

Furniture  and  fixtures 2,000.00 

Due  from  other  banks  and  bankers,  subject  to 

check    17,038.30 

Cash  items 827.76 

Currency 2,748  00 

Specie    6,030.85 


Total    $223,151.44 

LIABILITIES. 

Capital  stock  paid  in $  25,000.00 

Surplus  fund  25,000.00 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 101 

Undivided  profits,  net 3,621.45 

Due  to  banks  and  bankers,  subject  to  check 1,468.49 

Individual  deposit  subject  to  check 109,181.19 

Time  certificates  of  deposit 58,880.31 


Total   $223,151.44 


B.  FRANK  JOHNSON. 

Born  in  Cedar  County,  Missouri,  March  31st,  1872,  son 
of  John  Fletcher  and  Ellen  Amanda  (Ridall)  Johnson,  both 
now  deceased.  John  Fletcher  was  a  native  son  of  Luzerne 
county,  Pcnn.,  born  March  10th,  1834  and  his  father  was 
born  in  England,  coming  to  this  country  many  years  ago. 
John  F.  Johnson  came  to  Cedar  County,  Mo.,  in  1866  and 
bought  460  acres  of  land  near  Cane  Hill.  He  returned  to 
Pennsylvania  and  married  Miss  Ellen  Amanda  Ridall,  Fsb- 
ruary  1st,  1869.  She  was  of  English  ancestry.  This  newly 
married  couple  came  to  the  Cedar  County  farm  when  Se- 
dalia  was  the  nearest  railroad  point.  When  this  farm  was 
first  purchased  the  dwelling  house  consisted  of  a  log  cabin, 
but  Mr.  Johnson  erected  a  more  pretentious  domicile  be- 
fore going  to  Pennsylvania  for  his  bride.  The  farm  was 
mostly  timber  land  which  Mr.  Johnson  cleared  out  and  im- 
proved. 

Seeing  the  possibilities  of  a  good  flouring  mill  with 
everlasting  water  power,  Mr.  Johnson  erected  and  com- 
pleted a  splendid  mill  at  Seybert  and  started  its  operation 
January  1st,  1872,  and  continued  to  operate  it  with  suc- 
cess until  1887. 

His  mother,  who  was  formerly  Miss  Mary  Ann  Sey- 
bert was  brought  to  the  farm  in  Cedar  county  and  resided 
with  her  son  until  1890.  About  the  year  1887  Mr.  Johnson 
sold  the  Seybert  mill  to  C.  W.  Montgomery  and  moved  to 
Greenfield  to  live.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
Bade  County  Bank  and  was  its  first  vice  president.  He 
was  elected  its  president  in  1890  and  held  that  position  un- 
til his  death.  He  died  in  Greenfield  April  6th,  1893  and 
his  wife  survived  him  a  few  years,  departing  this  life  in 


102 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Greenfield  March  30th,  1916.  At  one  time  Mr.  Johnson 
owned  more  than  2,000  acres  of  land  in  Dade  and  Cedar 
counties.  He  was  a  man  of  large  affairs  and  owned  a 
large  estate  in  Pennsylvania  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

John  F.  Johnson  was  raised  in  Pennsylvania,  quit 
school  at  the  age  of  17  years  and  entered  the  mercantile 
business  at  Beach  Haven  and  continued  therein  until 
1865.  He  was  a  man  of  wide  information  and  practically 
self  educated. 

His  first  vote  in  Missouri  wTas  cast  at  Madison  town- 
ship in  Cedar  county  and  it  was  one  of  but  two  democratic 
votes  cast.  In  the  erection  of  the  Seybert  mill  the  pine 
lumber  was  hauled  by  ox-teams  from  Fort  Scott.  Nearly 
all  the  machinery  was  hauled  from  Boonville.  The  original 
wheel  that  operated  the  corn  burr  was  made  by  Marion 
Swingle.  Just  a  few  days  before  the  final  touches  were 
put  on  the  mill  a  flood  came  and  washed  out  most  of  the 
dam.  It  had  to  be  re-built.  Mr.  Johnson  remodeled  the 
mill  in  1881,  put  in  what  is  known  as  a  combination  mill, 
and  afterward  took  this  out  and  put  in  a  full  modern 
roller  plant.  This  last  transformation  required  about 
three  years. 

In  after  years  Mr.  Johnson  erected  many  buildings 
in  Greenfield  and  remodeled  others,  among  the  most  im- 
portant being  the  old  Delmonico  Hotel  building. 

John  F.  Johnson  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church 
while  his  wife  was  a  Presbyterian.  He  was  a  democrat  in 
politics,  served  as  Presiding  Judge  of  the  county  court 
one  term. 

Mr.  Johnson  and  wife  were  the  parents  of  seven 
children: 

(1)  Lottie  E.,  died  in  1874  at  the  age  of  4  years. 

(2)  B.  Frank  Johnson. 

(3)  Walter  P. 

(4)  May,  married  Floyd  Van  Osdell. 

(5)  Carrie,  married  Phil  S.  Griffith. 

(6)  Capitola,  married  Lynville  D.  Higgins. 

(7)  Ira. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 103 

B.  Frank  Johnson  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  Dade  county  and  Ozark  college  at  Greenfield. 
From  1893  to  1897  he  was  engaged  in  the  milling  business 
at  the  old  Hoyle  water  mill,  two  miles  east  of  Greenfield. 
In  1897  he  moved  to  a  farm  in  Cedar  County  consisting  of 
320  acres  North  of  Cane  Hill.  In  1900  he  built  a  fine 
modern  residence  and  is  extensively  engaged  in  general 
farming  and  stock  raising. 

On  the  llth  day  of  May,  1893  he  was  married  to 
Martha  Young,  a  native  of  Dade  county  who  was  born 
September  18th,  1870,  daughter  of  Marshall  Young,  Sr. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Johnson  are  the  parents  of  four  child- 
ren: 

(1)  Phyllis,  born  March  23rd,  1896,  in  Dade  county. 
She   was   married   to   Lawrence   Rountree    in   September, 
1915,  a  farmer  of  Cedar  county.     They  have  one  child, 
John  Franklin,  born  September  17th,  1916. 

(2)  John  Fletcher,  born  December  7th,  1903. 

(3)  Byron,  born  September  7th,  1909. 

(4)  Dorothy,  born  August  9th,  1914. 

B.  Frank  Johnson  is  a  democrat  in  politics,  is  a  pro- 
gressive citizen  and  a  good  roads  booster,  drives  an 
Overland  car  and  is  the  owner  of  the  old  Marshall  Young 
homestead  of  140  acres  in  Sac  Township. 


IRA  H.  JOHNSON. 

Son  of  J.  F.  Johnson,  (deceased)  a  native  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, who  came  to  Dade  County  in  an  early  day  and  en- 
gaged in  the  milling  business  at  Seybert.  He  was  an  ex- 
tensive farmer,  stock  raiser  and  feeder  and  spent  the  latter 
part  of  his  life  in  the  city  of  Greenfield,  being  President  of 
the  Dade  County  Bank  and  presiding  Judge  of  the  County 
Court.  He  was  a  man  of  large  means  and  left  a  valuable 
estate  both  in  Dade  County  and  in  his  native  state  Penn- 
sylvania. 

Ira  H.  Johnson  was  born  in  Dade  County  October  17th, 
1885,  was  married  November  1st,  1908  to  Dena  Montgomery, 
born  July  13th,  1885,  a  daughter  ofBenjamin  Montgomery 


104  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

who  resides  near  Cane  Hill  in  Cedar  County,     To  this  union 
were  born  three  children: 

(1)  Edna,  born  September  7th,  1909,  is  now  attending 
school. 

(2)  Beatrice,  born  August  19,  1912. 

(3)  Ira  Harold,  born  June  28,  1914. 

Mr.  Johnson  is  a  farmer  and  owns  a  farm  of  360  acres 
in  Ernest  Township,  all  finely  improved,  where  he  resides, 
and  a  farm  of  260  acres  in  Center  Township  west  of  Green- 
field. He  devotes  his  entire  time  to  his  farming  and  stock 
feeding  enterprises  although  he  is  a  large  stockholder  in 
the  Dade  County  Bank  at  Greenfield.  He  has  erected  a 
splendid  8-room  dwelling  house  on  his  farm  and  surrounded 
the  same  with  good  out-buildings  and  many  other  improve- 
ments. It  is  decidedly  the  best  improved  farm  in  the 
Township.  The  farm  water  supply  is  obtained  from 
a  never  failing  well  300  feet  deep.  Mr.  Johnson  handles 
from  4  to  6  car  loads  of  cattle  and  hogs  each  year. 

Politically  Mr.  Johnson  has  always  voted  the  Democrat 
ticket.  He  supports  and  attends  the  Christian  church, 
drives  a  Ford  car  and  is  a  booster  for  good  roads.  His 
farm  reflects  the  energy  and  industry  of  its  proprietor, 
and  his  home  is  one  of  happiness,  contentment  and  pros- 
perity. 


JOHN  HARRISON. 
Deeased. 

Among  the  noted  pioneers  of  Greenfield  few  were 
better  known  and  none  more  highly  esteemed  and  re- 
spected than  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  John  Harrison 
was  born  in  Boone  County,  Missouri,  May  22nd,  1825,  and 
diod  at  the  home  of  his  son,  Edwin  Harrison,  in  Green- 
field, Mo.,  in  November,  1916.  He  was  the  son  of  George 
and  Malinda  (Lynes)  Harrison,  and  the  grandson  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  (Harris)  Harrison.  George  Harrison  was 
born  in  Alexander,  Va.,  September  3rd,  1800,  and  was 
left  an  orphan  when  but  a  small  boy.  After  the  death  of 
his  parents  he  was  taken  by  his  uncle,  a  Mr.  Dennis,  who 


WILLIAM     RAUBINGER 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  105 

removed  to  Woodford  County,  Kentucky,  and  here  George 
learned  the  saddler's  trade.  When  a  young  man  he  went 
to  Old  Franklin,  Howard  County,  Missouri,  and  shortly 
afterward  to  Columbia,  Boone  County,  Missouri,  where 
he  was  married  March  24th,  1824,  to  Miss  Malinda  Lynes. 
Mr.  Harrison  died  in  Hempstead  County,  Arkansas,  Sep- 
tember 22nd,  1859.  His  wife  was  born  in  Madison  County, 
Kentucky,  August  12th,  1803,  and  when  5  years  of  age 
her  parents,  Joseph  and  Mary  Lynes,  moved  to  St.  Louis, 
and  from  thence  to  Boone  County,  Missouri,  being  among 
the  early  pioneers  to  that  part  of  the  state.  For  a  number 
of  years  since  1851  Mrs.  Harrison  made  her  home  with  her 
daughter,  Elmira  Meng,  at  Dover,  Mo.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Harrison  were  the  parents  of  four  children,  John  Harri- 
son grew  to  maturity  in  Boone  County  and  obtained  a 
fair  education  in  the  common  schools  of  that  county. 
Shortly  after  leaving  home  he  commenced  working  at  the 
harness-maker's  trade,  but  a  few  years  later  took  up 
merchandising  at  Walnut  Grove,  Greene  County,  Missouri. 
On  the  18th  day  of  May,  1853,  he  was  married  to  Miss 
Mary  E.  Foushee,  daughter  of  William  and  Narcissa 
(Hunt)  Foushee  of  St.  Charles  County,  Missouri,  and 
a  native  of  Clayborne  County,  Tennessee,  born  in  1883. 
William  Foushee  was  a  native  Virginian.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Harrison  were  born  nine  children: 

(1)  Roger  H.,  now  deceased,  for  a  number  of  years 
a    prominent   physician   at   Gainesville,   Tex. 

(2)  Charles,    a    harness-maker    in    Greenfield,    un- 
married. 

(3)  Mark  E.,  a  dentist  by  profession,  formerly  of 
Nevada,  Mo. 

(4)  Edwin,  cashier  of  the  Dade  County  Bank,  mar- 
ried, and  lives  in  Greenfield.     Has  one  son,  Roger,  who 
is  now  a  captain  in  the  United  States  Army. 

(5)  Ralph,  now  a  major  in  the  United  States  Army. 

(6)  William,    for    a   number    of   years    engaged    in 
manufacturing  in  New  Mexico. 

(7)  Ruth,  now  deceased. 

(8)  Elmira. 


106 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

(9)  Hugh,  business  manager  of  the  firm  of  Harrison 
Bros.,  furniture  and  undertaking,  in  Greenfield,  Mo. 

After  his  marriage  John  Harrison  located  in  Bolivar, 
Mo.,  where  he  established  a  saddlery  and  harness  shop, 
and  where  he  remained  until  after  the  war.  In  1866  he 
became  a  citizen  of  Greenfield  and  established  a  harness 
shop,  in  which  business  he  remained  until  the  time  of  his 
death.  In  May,  1885,  he  was  appointed  postmaster  of 
Greenfield.  He  held  this  office  four  years,  to  the  entire 
satisfaction  of  the  community.  In  politics  Mr.  Harrison 
was  always  a  Democrat,  casting  his  first  vote  in  1848  for 
General  Taylor.  Mr.  Harrison  was  an  active  man  in  local 
affairs,  serving  a  number  of  years  on  the  school  board 
and  in  the  city  council.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Chris- 
tian church.  Mr.  Harrison  was  one  of  those  quiet,  un- 
assuming sort  of  men,  frugal  and  industrious  in  his  own 
business  and  carefully  avoiding  any  entanglements  in  the 
affairs  of  other  men.  He  died  at  a  ripe  old  age,  honored 
and  esteemed  bv  all  who  knew  him. 


JOHN  M.   JONES. 

Among  the  largest  and  most  succcessful  farmers  of 
Eastern  Dade  County  we  must  mention  John  M.  Jones 
of  Rock  Prairie  Township.  He  was  born  April  30th,  1864, 
in  Lawrence  County,  Arkansas,  a  son  of  John  M  and  Mary 
E.  (Hector)  Jones. 

Joint  M.  Jones  Sr.  was  born  in  middle  Tennessee,  near 
Nashville,  January  3rd,  1836,  and  died  August  30th,  1863. 
1 1  is  wife,  Mary  Hector,  was  born  in  Warren  County,  Ken- 
tucky, May  12th,  1S41.  She  is  now  living  in  Rock  Prairie 
Township,  widow  of  William  C.  Jones,  whom  she  married 
after  her  first  husband's  death.  John  M.  Jones  Sr.  and 
William  C.  Jones  were  brothers.  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Jones 
has  every  reason  to  remember  vividly  the  Civil  war  time 
in  Da<le  County.  Her  first  husband,  John  M.  Jones,  met 
a  tragic  death  at  the  hands  of  an  assassin.  He  enlisted 
in  the  Missouri  State  Militia  at  Dadeville  and  had  re- 
turned to  his  home  for  a  few  days  to  arrange  his  business 


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matters,  when  he  was  killed  from  ambush  the  day  before 
he  was  to  take  up  his  duties  in  the  Militia.  He  left  one 
son,  William  M.  Jones,  while  John  M.  Jones,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch,  was  born  a  few  months  after  his  father's 
murder.  As  stated  before,  Mrs.  Jones  married  for  her 
second  husband  William  C.  Jones,  a  brother  of  John  M., 
and  by  him  she  had  two  children,  Julia  A.,  now  Mrs. 
Henry  Bullington  of  Rock  Prairie  Township,  and  George 
A.  Jones,  who  lives  in  Arizona.  Both  the  paternal  and 
maternal  gandparents  of  John  M.  Jones  Jr.  were  pioneers 
of  Dade  County.  Samuel  Jones  and  Rodha  Butler,  his 
wife,  grandparents  of  John  M.  Jones  Jr.,  were  married 
in  Tennessee  and  came  to  Dade  County  overland  in  wagons 
in  1851.  He  entered  some  three  or  four  hundred  acres  of 
land  and  carried  on  a  large  business  in  horses.  He  was 
considered  a  very  wealthy  man  in  his  day.  He  owned 
many  slaves.  He  would  accumulate  large  droves  of  horses 
and  drive  them  into  different  parts  of  the  south  for  sale. 
At  the  time  the  Civil  war  broke  out  he  and  his  son,  John 
Sr.,  father  of  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  were  in  the  mer- 
cantile business  in  Dade  County.  They  opened  one  store 
at  Cross  Roads  and  had  another  at  Dilday's  Mill.  War 
conditions  here  made  it  so  dangerous  for  his  property  and 
business  that  he  went  to  Texas,  taking  his  slaves  and 
considerable  money.  He  was  accidentally  killed,  being 
kicked  by  a  mule.  His  wife  died  in  about  1878. 

Martin  and  Nancy  Rector,  grandparents  of  John  M. 
Jones  Jr.,  came  to  Dade  County  in  the  fall  of  1846,  and 
both  died  here.  John  M.  Jones  Jr.  received  a  good  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  Dade  County  and  Ozark 
College  at  Greenfield.  He  taught  school  in  Dade  County 
for  some  six  years,  and  was  with  Scott  Bros,  of  Kansas 
City,  Mo.,  railroad  contractors,  for  whom  he  kept  books 
for  four  years,  after  which  he  returned  to  Dade  County 
and  married  Mary  I.  Patterson,  who  was  born  in  Dade 
County  November  28th,  1869,  and  was  a  daughter  of  J.  D. 
Patterson  and  Margaret  Trailer.  (A  complete  sketch  of 
whom  will  be  found  elsewhere.)  For  three  years  after 
his  marriage  Mr.  Jones  farmed  on  160  acres  of  rented  land 


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in  Rock  Prairie  Township,  moved  to  Everton,  and  there 
entered  the  mercantile  business,  where  he  kept  a  general 
store  for  12  years,  subsequently  selling  out  to  Parker  & 
Dye,  who  had  been  his  partners,  and  moved  to  his  present 
location,  which  is  considered  one  of  the  finest  farms  in  this 
part  of  Missouri.  He  bought  160  acres  of  Mr.  Patterson, 
his  father-in-law,  who  also  gave  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Jones, 
an  adjoining  160  acres.  This  was  well  improved  land, 
and  here  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jones  have  carried  on  general 
farming  and  stock  raising  and  have  been  very  successful 
in  their  operations.  In  1917  he  added  108  acres  joining, 
making  428  acres  in  a  body. 

In  1905  Mr.  Jones  built  a  fine  12-room  brick  residence, 
which  is  one  of  the  very  few  brick  dwellings  in  this 
county.  It  is  modern  in  every  respect,  hot  and  cold  water, 
bath  and  lights.  Mr.  Jones  has  numerous  fine  large  out- 
buildings, including  a  cement  silo  with  a  130-ton  capacity, 
and  one  stave  silo  of  130-ton  capacity.  This  silo  was  one 
of  the  first  built  in  this  section  of  the  county;  in  fact,  it 
can  be  said  that  Mr.  Jones  was  probably  the  first  in  the 
county  to  become  interested  in  the  silo  as  a  farm  institu- 
tion. He  is  a  high-grade  stock  man,  raises  and  breeds 
pure  Angus  cattle,  and  his  herd  of  50  head  is  one  of  the 
best  that  can  be  found  in  South  Missouri.  He  handles  a 
large  number  of  Poland-China  hogs  and  also  raises  and 
breeds  sheep  to  quite  an  extent.  He  is  a  breeder  and 
finisher  of  fine  horses.  He  ranks  first  in  the  county, 
making  a  specialty  of  saddlers  and  trotting  horses. 

To  Mr.  and  Airs.  Jones  have  been  born  four  children: 
Floy  B.,  born  February  26th,  1892,  married  Ross  Haley, 
a  farmer  of  Rock  Prairie  Township,  and  they  have  one 
child,  Adrain  Gather  Haley;  J.  Fay  was  born  June  7th, 
1894,  is  at  homo,  is  a  graduate  of  Everton  High  School,  and 
now  assistant  cashier  of  the  Citizen's  Bank  of  Everton.; 
Ruth  Beryl,  born  August  30th,  1896,  is  attending  school 
and  lives  at  home,  and  Ula  Forrest,  born  June  13th,  1899, 
is  also  at  home. 

Mr.  Jones  is  an  active  Democrat  and  has  served  as 
township  treasurer.  He  does  not,  however,  aspire  to  office, 
much  preferring  to  spend  his  time  and  energy  in  the  con- 


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duct  of  his  large  business  interests.  Mr.  Jones  is  one  of 
our  foremost,  progressive  farmers,  broad-minded  and  ever 
ready  to  take  his  part  in  any  enterprise  for  the  betterment 
of  the  county  and  its  people,  is  an  active  booster  for  good 
roads  and  believes  in  free  public  schools.  His  judgment 
is  sought  upon  all  subjects  of  public  interest.  While  a 
fine-class  horseman,  he  also  sees  the  advantage  of  the 
automobile,  as  he  owns  and  drives  a  fine  Buick  Six.  John 
M.  Jones  is  known  almost  to  every  man,  woman  and  child 
in  this  county,  and  his  fine  farm  home  is  one  of  the  show 
places  of  Eastern  Dade  County.  His  fine  residence  can 
be  seen  for  miles  around.  John  M.  Jones  stands  in  the 
front  rank  of  Dade  County  in  citizenship.  His  word  is  as 
good  as  his  bond.  Dade  County  needs  more  men  of  his 
caliber. 


JAMES  R.  JEFFREYS. 

One  of  the  most  highly  respected  and  beloved  citizens 
of  Dftde  County  is  James  R.  Jeffreys  of  Washington  Town- 
ship. He  was  born  in  Middle  Tennessee  April  7th,  1844, 
the  son  of  Dr.  M.  N.  Jeffreys  and  Hannah  L.  Hill,  his 
wife,  both  natives  of  North  Carolina,  where  they  were  mar- 
ried and  where  Mr.  Jeffreys  was  a  practicing  physician 
for  many  years,  but  subsequently  moved  to  Turnerville, 
Ky.,  where  he  carried  on  his  profession  until  his  death, 
which  occurred  in  his  84th  year,  and  his  wife  returned  to 
the  old  home  in  Middle  Tennessee,  where  she  passed 
away  some  years  later.  James  Jeffreys,  of  this  review, 
remained  at  home  and  attended  school  up  to  the  time  of 
the  Civil  war.  He  was  attending  school  at  Middleton, 
Tenn.,  at  the  time,  and  he,  with  sixteen  other  students, 
walked  out  from  school  in  a  body  and  formed  what  later 
became  Company  G,  Tennessee  Volunteer  Cavalry.  They 
elected  Adolphus  Gates  captain,  and  the  company  was 
recruited  in  the  neighborhood  and  was  destined  to  see 
hard  service  Mr.  Jeffreys  was  in  the  thick  of  the  fight 
and  was  wounded  in  the  hip  at  the  battle  of  Harrisburg, 
which  laid  him  up  for  some  three  months  and  later  was 
wounded  in  the  hand  and  arm.  He  was  taken  prisoner  of 


110 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

war  near  Clifton,  on  the  Tennessee  river,  was  paroled  after 
two  months,  and  returned  to  his  company.  Besides  others, 
he  saw  service  in  the  battles  of  Fort  Donaldson,  Shilo, 
Farmington,  Tupelo,  Franklin,  Tenn.;  Perry ville,  Ky.; 
Okalona,  Miss.;  Fort  Pillar,  Tenn.;  Paduka,  Ky.;  Pontatak, 
Miss.;  Nashville  and  Chattanooga,  Tenn.,  and  Dalton,  Ga. 
When  the  war  closed  Mr.  Jeffreys  found  himself  in  Ala- 
bama, and  he  made  his  way  home  overland  to  Tennessee, 
but  when  he  arrived  he  found  that  everything  had  been 
destroyed,  but  he  took  up  the  task  of  making  a  living 
and  home  for  himself  by  farming,  at  which  he  could  not 
get  started  in  a  satisfactory  manner,  so  after  three  years 
of  hard  work  he  decided  to  emigrate  to  Missouri,  which  he 
did,  in  company  with  his  brother,  Al  S.  Jeffreys.  They 
landed  in  Greenfield  March  29th,  1869,  and  for  some  time 
Mr.  Jeffreys  worked  out  at  different  places  until  he  got 
a  start,  and  in  1871  purchased  a  team  and  rented  16  acres 
of  land  on  Turnback  Creek,  and  on  which  he  raised  a  crop. 
This  was  the  beginning,  and  he  continued  to  rent  land 
for  two  years,  when  he  married  one  of  Dade  County's 
fairest  daughters,  Miss  Nancy  McMillan,  and  moved  to 
40  acres  which  was  part  of  the  old  McMillan  homestead. 
Here  they  lived  and  prospered,  and  Mr.  Jeffreys  soon 
bought  out  one  of  the  other  McMillan  heirs,  and  thereby 
added  another  40-acre  tract,  this  giving  them  80  acres  of 
good  land,  and  things  began  to  move  faster,  so  that  in  a 
short  time  he  was  able  to  buy  two  adjoining  40 's,  making 
them  160  acres  in  a  body,  and  which  is  now  one  of  the 
fine  farms  in  the  county.  His  son,  James  C.  Jeffreys,  now 
lives  on  and  operates  the  home  place,  which  is  situated 
just  east  of  South  Greenfield.  Mrs.  Jeffreys  died  May 

10th, ,  after  a  long  and  useful  life,  and  she  was  beloved 

by  all  who  knew  her.  She  was  the  mother  of  two  boys, 
who  are  now  numbered  among'  our  best  citizens.  The 
oldest,  James  C.,  married  Minnie  Tye,  a  native  of  Dade 
County,  and  they  have  four  children,  as  follows:  James 
R.,  Kathryn,  Ester  H.  and  Bedford  Forrest.  The  second 
son,  Robert  N.,  is  a  prominent  farmer  of  Washington 
County,  and  they  have  one  son,  Albert  Edgar. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 111 

James  R.  Jeffreys  is  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  has 
served  as  justice  of  the  peace  at  South  Greenfield  for 
twelve  years,  and  has  also  served  on  the  school  board 
and  as  road  commissioner  for  many  years.  Fraternally 
he  is  a  member  of  the  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  Chapter,  Council 
and  Commandry  at  Greenfield,  and  a  prominent  member 
and  officer  of  the  U.  C.  V.  Camp.  Truly,  Mr.  Jeffreys  is 
one  of  our  best  known  and  greatly  appreciated  citizens. 
He  has  done  his  share  in  the  building  up  of  the  county, 
and  also  of  South  Greenfield,  where  he  owns  the  brick 
structure  where  the  drug  store  is  located,  as  well  as  other 
business  buildings  and  a  good  town  residence.  Mr. 
Jeffreys  has  lived  a  clean  and  upright  life,  and  his  memory 
will  always  remain  green  through  the  numberless  years 
after  he  shall  have  gone  to  his  final  rest.  We  of  the 
younger  generation  may  well  emulate  the  example  of 
Uncle  Jim  Jeffreys,  and  it  is  to  such  as  he  that  Dade 
County  does  honor  in  these  volumes  of  history. 


ULYSSES  S.  KERAN. 

Of  Scotch-Irish  ancestry  and  retaining  many  of  the 
commendable  characteristics  of  his  early  parentage,  Ulys- 
ses S.  Keran  was  born  November  28th,  1867,  in  Fort  Scott, 
Kas.,  his  father,  Asariah  A.  Keran,  a  native  of  Hamilton 
County,  Ohio,  of  Scotch-Irish  parentage  dying  in  Dade 
County  in  1896  in  his  73rd  year.  His  father,  John  Keran, 
came  from  Scotland  and  settled  in  Hamilton  County,  Ohio, 
in  a  very  early  day.  He  was  a  minister  of  the  Protestant 
Methodist  church.  John's  wife  was  Mary  (Clements) 
Keran,  of  English  ancestry.  They  spent  their  remaining 
days  in  Edgar  County,  Illinois. 

A.  A.  Keran  was  one  of  a  family  of  eight  children, 
two  boys  and  six  girls,  only  two  of  whom  are  now  living. 
He  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  and  was  assigned  to  a 
Kansas  regiment,  of  which  he  was  surgeon.  His  brother. 
William,  was  also  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  serving  in  an 
Illinois  regiment.  A.  A.  Keran  was  raised  on  an  Illinois 
farm,  going  there  with  his  parents  when  a  small  boy.  He 


112  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

attended  the  country  and  public  schools  of  Paris,  111.  He 
then  engaged  in  teaching  for  some  time.  In  the  meantime, 
he  read  medicine  at  Paris,  and  was  one  of  the  first  gradu- 
ates of  the  Rush  Medical  College  of  Chicago.  After 
graduation  he  practiced  medicine  at  Paris,  111.,  and  later 
went  as  physician  and  surgeon  to  a  colony  in  Minnesota. 
He  came  to  Centerville,  Apponoose  County,  Iowa,  and 
after  practicing  there  for  some  time  emigrated  to  Fort 
Scott,  Kas.,  after  which  he  practiced  his  profession  at  Mt. 
Vernon,  in  Lawrence  County,  and  finally  ended  his  days 
at  the  home  of  his  son,  Ulysses,  in  Lockwood. 

In  early  life  he  joined  the  Methodist  church,  in  which 
organization  he  was  a  local  preacher,  a  man  of  strong 
will  power,  deep  convictions  and  vigorous  speech.  His 
Republicanism  was  as  uncompromising  as  his  religion. 

A.  A.  Keran  was  married  to  Catharine  Dick,  who  was 
born  in  Oldham  County,  Kentucky,  and  died  in  1894,  at 
the  age  of  73  years.  She  was  of  German  descent,  her 
parents,  Richard  and  Lucy  Dick,  moving  to  Edgar  County, 
Illinois,  in  the  early  days  and  were  farmers.  They  were 
members  of  the  Methodist  Protestant  church.  She  had 
two  brothers,  Solomon  Dick  and  Nicholas  Dick,  who  were 
veterans  of  the  Civil  war.  There  were  six  children  in  the 
Keran  family,  three  boys  and  three  girls,  viz: 

(1)  Jennie  J.,  married  John  Kingsburg,  a  veteran 
of  the  Civil  war,  who  died  of  wounds  received  in  service. 
She  is  now  living  at  Mystic,  la. 

(2)  John   T.,   living   at   Elizabeth,    Colo,    a   retired 
farmer.    A  veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  serving  in  a  Kansas 
regiment. 

(3)  Ann,   married   Joseph    P.    Jones.     She    is    now 
deceased. 

(4)  Prince  Albert,  living  at  Lockwood,  and  engaged 
in  the  real  estate  business. 

(5)  Martha  E.,  married  Elmer  E.   Gray,  a  farmer. 
They  reside  at  Capron,  Okla. 

(6)  Ulysses    S. 

Either  from  choice  or  by  dint  of  dire  necessity,  Ulys- 
BCS  S.  Keran  remained  upon  the  farm  till  25  years  of  age. 


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As  a  boy  ho  attended  the  common  schools,  receiving  a  fair 
education.  In  1891  he  came  to  Lockwood  and  engaged  in 
the  real  estate  business.  In  1896  he  was  elected  mayor  of 
the  city  and  served  two  years.  This  was  his  entry  into 
the  political  field.  In  1898  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  Dade 
County  and  was  re-elected  again  in  1900.  He  has  the 
distinction  of  being  one  of  the  best,  if  not  the  very  best, 
sheriff  Dade  County  ever  had. 

At  the  close  of  his  second  term  as  sheriff  he  returned 
to  Lockwood  and  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Farm- 
ers' State  Bank  of  that  place.  During  the  next  two  years 
he  served  as  vice  president,  and  after  that  was  elected 
cashier,  which  position  he  still  holds. 

He  was  married  on  the  14th  day  of  March,  1889,  to 
Jessie  B.  Harwell,  born  at  Sparta,  111.,  May  26th,  1868, 
daughter  of  Joseph  C.  and  Gene  (Walker)  Harwell.  They 
resided  on  a  farm.  One  child  was  born  to  this  union, 
Otho  II.,  born  in  Lockwood,  Mo.,  October  4th,  1894.  He 
graduated  from  Lockwood  High  School  and  had  a  two- 
year  course  at  the  state  university  at  Columbia.  He  is 
now  second  assistant  cashier  in  the  Farmers'  State  Bank 
at  Lockwood.  He  was  married  on  the  29th  day  of  June, 
1916,  to  Miss  Irma  Caldwell,  and  lives  in  a  handsome  bun- 
galow adjoining  the  parental  roof. 

Mrs.  Keran  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
Mr.  Keran  holds  membership  in  the  I.  0.  0.  F.  and  the 
M.  AY.  A.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  a  booster 
for  everything  that  pertains  to  the  general  welfare  of  his 
community. 

Mr.  Keran  has  attained  his  greatest  financial  success 
by  wise  and  judicious  investments  in  real  estate.  Being 
a  good  seller  as  well  as  a  good  buyer,  he  has  prospered 
in  that  line  to  a  remarkable  degree.  His  home  is  one  of 
the  best  in  Lockwood,  both  in  point  of  structural  value 
and  furnishings.  He  is  a  man  who  enjoys  the  brighter 
nde  of  life  and  wears  the  smile  which  will  not  rub  off. 
Affable,  congenial  and  courteous,  Mr.  Keran  is  a  man 
with  whom  it  is  a  pleasure  to  meet  and  be  associated  with. 


114 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

JOHN  A.  KING. 

Born  in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  February  6th,  1850, 
son  of  William  N.  and  Sarah  M.  (McConnell)  King,  a 
full  biographical  sketch  being  given  of  each  of  them  in 
the  biography  and  history  of  R.  C.  King  in  this  volume. 

John  A.  King  received  his  meager  schooling  in  Dade 
County,  and  is  practically  self-educated,  and  remained 
at  home,  working  with  his  father,  until  he  was  28  years 
of  age.  On  the  14th  day  of  February,  1878,  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Nancy  Ann  Lyon,  who  was  born  January  10th, 
1858,  in  Cedar  County,  Missouri,  daughter  of  William 
James  and  Sarah  A.  (Cowan)  Lyon,  both  natives  of  Ten- 
nessee. They  were  married  in  Tennessee  and  came  to 
Missouri  in  the  late  50 's.  The  mother  died  in  early  life 
and  her  father  re-married,  and  died  in  Cedar  County  in 
May,  1899.  He  was  a  farmer,  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and 
served  one  term  as  public  administrator  of  Cedar  County. 
He  farmed  extensively  and  was  a  big  dealer  in  live  stock. 
By  his  first  wife  (mother  of  Mrs.  King)  he  had  two  chil- 
dren, Mrs.  King  and  Mary,  who  married  Pleasant  R. 
Holbert  of  Cedar  County,  both  now  deceased,  leaving 
seven  children.  Mrs.  Lyon,  mother  of  Mrs.  King,  was 
married  in  early  life,  previous  to  her  marriage  to  Mr. 
Lyon,  to  a  Mr.  Lightner  of  Tennessee.  One  child  was 
born  of  this  marriage,  a  son,  who  became  a  noted  doctor, 
and  practiced  many  years  in  Dade  County.  His  name  was 
Dr.  William  Cowan  Lightner,  and  he  married  a  sister  of 
John  A.  King.  Losing  his  health  in  Missouri,  he  emi- 
grated to  Texas,  where  he  died.  His  widow,  Mrs.  M.  J. 
Lightner,  now  resides  at  208  West  Street,  Tulsa,  Okla. 

John  A.  King,  about  the  time  of  his  marriage,  had 
received  from  his  father  58'/>  acres  of  splendid  land  in 
North  Morgan  Township.  He  had  cleared  out  and  built 
a  house  1G  by  32  feet,  two  rooms,  and  here  he  took  his 
bride.  He  was  an  industrious  and  energetic  man,  and 
prospered.  He  added  to  his  original  tract  until  he  had  a 
fine  farm  of  315  acres,  all  in  one  body.  PTe  had  built  a 
splendid  six-room,  two-story  frame  dwelling  upon  it.  In 
1910  he  retired  from  the  farm  and  purchased  a  three  and 


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one-half-acre  tract  adjoining  Greenfield  on  the  east,  with 
a  large  residence  and  a  view  overlooking  the  city. 

He  has  made  many  improvements  since  purchasing, 
in  the  way  of  porches,  sidewalks,  etc.  The  residence  is 
supplied  with  city  water,  electric  lights,  and  is  modern  in 
every  respect.  Since  purchasing  the  above,  Mr.  King 
has  added  to  it,  until  now  his  home  place  consists  of  18% 
acres. 

Mr.  and  Mrs,  King  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  the  wife  being  especially  active  in  church  work. 
Mr.  King  is  a  Demorat,  but  has  never  held  a  public  office, 
being  a  man  of  simple  tastes  and  devoted  to  his  home  life. 

In  the  fall  of  1914  he  sold  his  farm  in  North  Morgan 
Township  to  Benton  Wilson  of  Greenfield. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  King  are  the  parents  of  10  children: 

(1)  Ollie  M.,  born  January  3rd,  1879,  married  Lon 
McPeak. 

(2)  Reuel,  born  February  13th,  1881. 

(3)  Roy,  born  August  3rd,  1883. 

(4)  Nell,    born    March    7th,    1886,    married    Rollo 
Lindley. 

(5)  Julian,  born  December  19th,  1888,  married  Sam 
Duffy,  and  lives  on  a  farm  one  and  one-half  miles  south- 
west of  Greenfield. 

(6)  Gladys,  born  December  25th,  1891. 

(7)  Finis. 

(8)  Floy  (twin  of  Finis),  born  May  7th,  1895. 

(9)  Opal,  born  October  14th,  1898. 

(10)  Weldon,  born  June  10th,  1901. 

By  energy,  industry  and  close  application  to  business, 
Mr.  ;;nd  Mrs.  King  have  been  able  to  retire  from  the 
strenuous  activities  of  life,  and  are  now  living  retired 
in  an  elegant  home  upon  an  income  which  is  the  fruits 
of  hard-earned  toil. 


ROY  KING. 

Was  born  in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  in  North  Morgan 
Township,    August    2nd,    1883,    son    of   John    and    Nancy 


116  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

(Lyon)  King,  members  of  one  of  the  pioneer  families  of 
Dade  County,  whose  biographical  sketch  appears  at  length 
in  this  history. 

Eoy  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Dade  County,  and 
finished  in  the  High  School  at  Dadeville.  He  remained  at 
home  on  the  farm  until  1907,  when  he  was  married  March 
30th  to  Lake  Hailey,  who  was  born  February  15th,  1887. 
At  this  time  he  bought  a  160-acre  farm  in  South  Morgan 
Township,  in  connection  with  his  brother,  Ruel,  which 
they  worked  together  till  1909,  when  he  purchased  the 
old  Benjamin  Pyle  farm  of  287  acres  in  North  Morgan 
Township,  west  of  Bona.  This  was  an  improved  farm, 
with  a  large  frame  residence  erected  in  1894  by  J.  C. 
Shouse. 

Since  purchasing-  this  farm  he  has  been  engaged 
largely  in  the  live  stock  business,  feeding  most  all  of  the 
grain  raised  on  the  place.  He  keeps  a  registered  White- 
face  bull  and  feeds  a  carload  of  cattle  or  more  eacli  year. 
He  also  raises  from  two  to  three  span  of  horses  and  mules 
for  market  each  year.  In  hogs,  he  prefers  the  Duroc- 
Jersey,  and  keeps  thoroughbred  stock  of  this  kind.  His 
farm  of  287  acres  lies  in  one  body,  is  well  watered  with 
wells  and  spring  branch,  and  upon  which  he  has  made 
numerous  improvements  in  the  way  of  fencing  and  cross- 
fencing  with  hog  wire,  and  lias  installed  a  hydraulic  ram 
to  throw  water  from  the  spring  into  the  house  and  barns. 
His  outbuildings  are  good,  and  he  erected  a  new  barn  in 
1913  and  also  a  120-ton  silo. 

Mrs.  King  is  a  daughter  of  Kobert  L.  and  Ann  Eliza 
(Langford)  Hailey,  who  reside  in  North  Morgan  Town- 
ship, Tiear  Bona. 

Mr.  ami  Mrs.  King  are  each  members  of  the  Christian 
church.  TTI  politics  Mr.  King  is  a  Democrat,  is  a  good- 
roads  man  and  drives  a  Ford  car.  Tie  is  an  up-to-date, 
progressive  farmer,  and  one  of  the  rising  young  men  of 
the  county. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  King  are  the  parents  of  three  children: 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 117 

(1)  Denzel  Virginia,  born  August  16th,  1908. 

(2)  Robert  Carlos,   born  September   1st,   1912. 

(3)  John  Eldon,  born  April  30th,  1914. 


ROBERT  C.  KING. 

One  of  the  foremost  citizens  of  the  northeastern  part 
of  Dade  County  is  Robert  C.  King  of  North  Morgan 
Township.  He  was  born  in  Dade  County,  on  the  place 
where  he  now  lives,  July  5th,  1854,  a  son  of  William  N. 
King  and  Sarah  M.  McConnell,  his  wife,  both  of  whom 
were  natives  of  Tennessee,  and  emigrated  to  Missouri  at 
an  early  date,  coming  overland  to  Dade  County  as  their 
objective  point.  They  settled  on  360  acres  of  partly  im- 
proved land  diretly  north  of  Dadeville.  Here  they  went 
to  farming  in  earnest,  and  improved  the  property  with 
buildings,  fencing,  etc.  They  were  prosperous  and  ac- 
cumulated much  lands,  raised  a  fine  family  of  children, 
and  passed  away  here,  loved  and  respected  by  all.  He 
died  November  2nd,  1890,  while  his  wife  passed  away 
some  years  previous,  November  28th,  1877.  They  were 
both  consistent  Christians,  being  members  of  the  Cum- 
berland Presbyterian  church.  He  was  a  Democrat  all  his 
life,  and  at  one  time  served  as  justice  of  the  peace.  Of 
the  family  born  to  this  fine  couple  there  are  five  now 
living.  They  are: 

John  A.,  of  Greenfield;  Mary  J.,  widow  of  J.  W. 
Lightner,  now  living  in  Oklahoma;  Robert  C.,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch^  J.  L.,  of  Greenfield,  and  David  T.,  of  North 
Morgan  Township.  Of  those  deceased,  Thomas  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  United  States  Army  during  the  Civil  war,  and 
died  from  diseases  contracted  therein.  Four  children  were 
born  and  died  m  infancy. 

Robert  C.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  has  always  lived 
on  the  place  where  he  was  born.  His  father  lived  with 
him  in  his  declining  years.  Mr.  King  has  always  made  a 
business  of  farming.  He  has  been  very  successful,  and 
now  owns  the  greater  part  of  the  old  homestead,  having 
bought  out  the  other  heirs.  His  fine  farm  of  220  acres 


118 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

lies  in  a  solid  body  and  is  practically  all  under  cultivation. 
It  is  well  fenced  and  cross-fenced,  and  the  improvements 
ure  all  that  could  be  desired.  On  May  10th,  1873,  Mr. 
King  married  Allie  E.  Hailey,  who  was  born  July  4th, 
1861,  a  daughter  of  Allen  and  Eva  (King)  Hailey,  who 
were  early  settlers  of  Dade  County.  To  this  union  have 
been  born  five  children,  four  of  whom  are  living:  Eva  F., 
born  February  17th,  1897,  died  in  the  prime  of  life  Januarv 
18th,  1913;  Clara  Bell.,  born  March  18th,  1884,  married 
Flay  Davis  of  North  Morgan  Township,  and  they  have 
two  children,  Geraldine  and  another;  Raymond,  H.,  born 
January  7th,  1886,  married  Miss  Bertie  Long,  and  lives  in 
South  Morgan  Township,  and  they  have  one  child,  Wilbur 
F.;  Harry  (r.,  born  October  3rd,  1887,  married  Sadie  Black- 
ford  of  Portland,  Ore.,  where  they  now  reside;  Myrtle 
Rosa,  born  July  12th,  1891,  married  Fred  Hulston,  a 
farmer  of  Washington  Township,  and  they  have  one  chlid, 
John  Kenton. 

Mr.  King  now  lives  practically  retired,  enjoying  a 
well-deserved  rest,  after  these  years  of  strenuous  activi- 
ties, although  he  manages  his  large  farm  almost  entirely. 
Tn  politics  he  is  a  Democrat,  but  never  has  sought  or 
desired  office,  preferring  to  devote  his  time  to  his  business 
interests  and  to  his  home.  He  is  one  of  our  best  citizens, 
always  ready  and  willing  to  devote  his  time  and  means 
to  any  cause  for  the  good  of  the  county.  He  and  his 
wife  are  both  consistent  Christians,  being  members  of 
the  Christian  church. 

The  name  of  King  in  Dade  County  has  always  stood 
for  advancement  and  good  citizenship.  Mr.  King  is 
heartily  in  favor  of  our  free  public  school  institutions, 
and  is  lined  up  right  on  the  subject  of  good  roads.  No 
better  citizen  can  be  found  in  Dade  County,  and  the  story 
as  told  by  his  life  shows  what  can  be  accomplished  by 
honesty,  close  application  and  consideration  for  others. 
Mr.  King's  life  exemplifies  all  of  these  attributes,  and  yet 
he  has  succeeded  in  life  in  every  way.  Our  young  people 
of  today  may  well  emulate  his  example. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 119 

ROY  C.  KING. 

One  of  the  most  prominent  of  the  young  men  of  the 
eastern  side  of  the  county  is  Roy  C.  King,  of  this  review. 
Mr.  King  was  born  March  25th,  1879,  in  Polk  County, 
close  to  the  Dade  County  line.  His  father  was  Robert  R. 
King,  who  was  born  in  1848,  the  son  of  Henry  King,  who 
was  one  of  the  very  earliest  pioneers  of  what  is  now  Polk 
County.  Robert  R.  King  served  in  the  Civil  war  in  the 
Sixth  Missouri  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  died  in  Polk 
County  in  the  year  1893.  He  married  Mrs.  Minervia  A. 
(Hayter)  Kirby,  the  widow  of  Sharp  Kirby,  a  sketch  of 
whom  will  be  found  under  the  name  of  Dr.  B.  B.  Kirby. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  King  were  the  parents  of  four  boys,  as 
follows:  Fred,  married  Maggie  Cowan  and  lives  in  Polk 
County;  Roy  C.,  of  this  review;  William  Arirgil,  who  is  a 
prominent  dentist  of  Kansas  City,  Mo.;  Elwyn,  married 
Miss  Lora  Hicks,  and  lives  on  the  home  place  with  his 
mother,  Mrs.  Robert  King.  Mr.  King  had  one  son  by  a 
former  marriage  to  Miss  Bell  Bacon,  who  died  leaving 
her  infant  son,  Jesse  B.  King,  who  is  now  a  farmer  of 
Dade  and  Polk  Counties.  The  King  family  are  very 
prominent  people  of  Polk  County,  and  have  lived  so  close 
to  the  Dade  County  line  that  we  claim  them  anyway.  Roy 
C.  King  remained  at  home  until  he  was  30  years  of  age, 
and  had  the  usual  experiences  of  the  farmer  boy,  working 
and  attending  school.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools  at 
Dadeville  and  the  Dadeville  Academy.  On  October  3rd, 
1905,  he  married  Miss  Dollie  Wheeler,  who  was  born  June 
29th,  1882,  a  daughter  of  John  and  Jane  Wheeler,  and  of 
whom  more  extended  mention  may  be  found  elsewhere. 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Roy  King  were  born  three  beautiful 
children,  as  follows:  Thelma,  born  July  28th,  1906: 
Muriel,  born  March  6th,  1911;  Cathryn  Annett,  born  May 
22nd,  1914.  In  1908  Mr.  King  came  to  Dade  County  to 
become  a  permanent  citizen,  moving  onto  the  old  Wheeler 
homestead.  This  fine  place  was  one  of  the  very  first  to 
be  settled  in  the  county,  and  was  the  first  property  of 
Uncle  Jim  Wheeler,  grandfather  of  Mrs.  King.  This  farm 
comprises  226  acres  of  fine  land,  all  improved  except  40 


120 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

acres  in  timber,  and  one  now  may  see  fine  specimens  of 
Whiteface  cattle,  as  Mr.  King  usually  keeps  around  100 
head,  as  well  as  many  hogs  and  other  stock.  He  believes 
in  the  silo  and  has  a  150-ton  cement  silo  on  his  place. 

Mr.  King  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  has  been 
active,  but  does  not  care  for  office,  preferring  to  devote 
his  time  to  his  large  business  interests  and  his  fine  family. 
He  is  one  of  our  hustling  young  farmers,  and  is  alive  to  all 
modern  improvements,  and  can  always  be  found  ready 
and  willing  to  assist  in  any  enterprise  that  makes  for  the 
good  of  the  county  or  its  people.  He  is  a  booster  for  good 
roads  and  free  public  schools. 


REUEL  KING. 

One  of  the  prominent  farmers  and  business  men  of 
the  younger  generation  of  Morgan  Township  is  Reuel 
King.  He  is  a  native  of  the  county,  born  here  February 
13th,  1881,  a  son  of  John  A.  King  and  Nancy  Lyon,  his 
wife.  (A  complete  sketch  of  John  A.  King  and  family  will 
be  found  in  another  section  of  this  volume.) 

Reuel  King  received  his  education  entirely  in  Dade 
County.  He  remained  at  home  until  he  was  25  years  of 
age.  In  1907  he  bought  160  acres  of  fine  land  one  and  one- 
half  miles  northeast  of  Dadeville.  This  was  an  improved 
place  and  known  as  the  Thomas  Courtney  farm.  Mr.  King- 
lias  one  of  the  finest  residences  of  the  county,  up-to-date  in 
(  very  way,  and  can  be  seen  from  miles  around.  Indeed, 
it  is  one  of  the  show  places  of  the  county.  The  residence 
is  a  two-story,  seven-room  house,  with  a  large  cement 
collar  constructed  under  the  dwelling.  Its  outbuildings 
are  large  and  commodious,  including  a  fine  garage.  He 
lias  improved  quite  extensively  himself.  It  is  well  fenced 
with  wire  and  the  place  is  watered  by  a  living  branch. 
Mr.  King  carries  on  general  farming  and  stock  raising 
and  is  quite  an  extensive  feeder.  He  will  feed  from  two 
to  three  cars  of  hogs  yearly,  and  raises  a  number  of  mules 
for  the  market  each  year.  lie  is  a  lover  of  fine  stock,  hav- 
ing one  registered  stallion  named  Louis  Hatch,  No.  577GO, 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 121 

a  standard-bred  breeding  horse,  and  also  a  very  fine 
8-year-old  Jack,  named  Joe.  Besides  the  mules  he  raises, 
lie  also  buys  and  fits  for  the  market. 

Mr.  King  married  first  Hannah  Rowe,  a  native  of 
Dade  County  and  a  daughter  of  William  Caton.  She  died 
in  1912,  and  Mr.  King  married  for  his  second  wife,  on 
December  31,  1914,  Miss  Florence  Mitchell,  who  was  born 
February  29,  1880,  three  and  one-half  miles  northeast  of 
Greenfield,  a  daughter  of  M.  L.  Mitchell  and  wife.  (A 
complete  sketch  of  M.  L.  Mitchell  and  family  may  be  found 
elsewhere.)  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  King  has  been  born  one 
daughter,  Eleanor,  on  September  20,  1916. 

In  politics  Mr.  King  is  a  Democrat.  He  can  always 
be  found  ready  and  willing  to  assist  in  any  undertaking 
that  is  for  the  betterment  of  the  county.  He  is  a  staunch 
friend  of  free  schools  and  a  booster  for  good  roads.  Reuel 
King  is  truly  one  of  our  very  finest  young  men.  He  comes 
from  one  of  Dadc  County's  foremost  families,  and  we  pre- 
dict that  the  future  holds  great  things  for  him  and  his. 
Mrs.  King  died  September  14th,  1917. 


FRANK   E.   KING. 

Was  born  in  Benton  County,  Indiana,  July  8th,  1868, 
son  of  David  L.  and  Sophia  (Veil)  King,  the  former  being 
a  native  of  Kentucky,  born  October  6th,  1825,  and  died 
September  3rd,  1903,  while  the  latter  was  a  native  of  New 
Jersey,  born  June  21st,  1833,  and  died  February  28th,  1910. 
The  Veils  moved  to  Peru,  Ind.,  at  an  early  date,  while 
the  Kings  located  at  Logansport.  Both  families  were 
farmers,  and  it  was  here  that  the  young  people  met  and 
were  married.  After  their  marriage  they  engaged  in 
farming  in  Indiana,  but  in  1886  they  came  to  Missouri, 
bringing  with  them  a  family  of  three  boys  and  two  girls. 
These  children  were  all  married  excepting  Frank: 

(1)  John,  now  living  at  4133  Bell  street.  Kansas 
City,  did  not  locate  in  Missouri  at  first,  but  went  to  Kan- 
sas, and  after  a  short  time  settled  in  Kansas  City,  and  is 
now  occupied  as  superintendent  of  a  car  barn  for  the 
Metropolitan  Street  Railway. 


122 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

(2)  Lavina,  who  was  Mrs.  James  Watson,  lived  on 
a  farm  for  some  14  years,  when  they  moved  to  Aurora, 
where  she  died,  leaving  a  family  of  four  girls.    Mr.  Watson 
recently    died    in    Montana. 

(3)  Olive,    who    was    Mrs.    A.    B.    Elmore,    died    in 
Greenfield  in   1904,   leaving  one  child.     Mr.  Elmore   still 
resides    near    Aurora. 

(4)  Daniel,  an  engineer  on  the  Missouri  Pacific  Rail- 
road, lived  in  Dade  County  about  seven  years,  then  went 
to  Kansas,  and  later  to  Kansas  City. 

(5)  Frank  E.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

David  L.  King  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  both 
he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  United  Brethren 
church. 

At  the  age  of  16  years  Frank  E.  King  not  only  sup- 
ported himself,  but  became  the  mainstay  and  support  of 
his  father  and  mother.  In  the  year  1893,  by  selling  almost 
every  vestige  of  personal  property  owned  by  him,  he  suc- 
ceeded in  making  the  first  payment  on  an  80-acre  farm 
near  Pilgrim.  The  land  was  only  partly  improved,  and 
was  a  poor  farm,  but  he  stuck  to  it  for  a  year  and  a  half, 
when  he  sold  out,  and  for  the  next  few  years  engaged  in 
buying,  improving,  selling  and  trading  farms,  until  the 
year  1905,  when  he  was  elected  superintendent  of  the 
Dade  County  Poor  Farm,  which  position  he  held  five  years. 
In  1909  he  bought  106  acres  of  land  lying  four  miles  south- 
west of  Greenfield.  At  that  time  the  place  was  in  a  bad 
state  of  improvement,  the  house  being  unfinished,  the 
fences  down  and  fence  rows  grown  up.  In  a  short  time 
Mr.  King  had  finished  up  the  house,  erected  new  outbuild- 
ings, fenced  and  cross-fenced,  much  with  hog-tight  wire, 
and  improved  the  lawn,  so  that  he  had  one  of  the  most 
attractive  and  desirable  farms  in  the  county.  The  entire 
farm  was  in  cultivation  excepting  14  acres,  including  some 
fine  clover  pasture.  For  a  number  of  years  Mr.  King 
engaged  in  general  farming  and  stock  raising,  making  a 
specially  of  Peivheron  horses  and  Shropshire  sheep  and 
of  feeding  hogs  for  the  market.  In  the  matter  of  hogs,  he 
was  partial  to  the  Duroc-Jerseys.  In  1916  Mr.  King  sold 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 123 

this  farm  for  a  handsome  price,  and  moved  to  Greenfield, 
where  he  bought  the  old  Bailey  homestead,  consisting  of 
a  two-story  brick  residence  and  several  acres  of  land. 
Since  buying  this  place  he  has  remodeled  the  house,  re- 
painted, and  constructed  new  porches,  until  it  is  now  one 
of  the  best  homes  in  the  city. 

In  1895,  on  the  3rd  day  of  September,  he  was  married 
to  Lula  Bender,  a  native  of  Dado  County,  born  April  4th, 
1874,  daughter  of  Henry  Clay  and  Katharine  T.  (Begley) 
Bender.  Her  father  and  mother  were  natives  of  Tennes- 
see, but  came  to  Missouri  a  number  of  years  ago. 

Mr.  and  Mrs  Bender  raised  a  family  of  eight  children: 
residing  for  the  most  part  in  Jasper  County,  Missouri: 

(1)  Mrs.  Alva  L.  White  of  South  Greenfield. 

(2)  0.   Carl,   now  deceased. 

(3)  Rella  M.,  now  Mrs.  R.  M.  Girton. 

(4)  Bicknell. 

(5)  Harold. 

(6)  Lulu,  now  Mrs.  Frank  E.  King. 

(7)  Lillian    T.,    now    Mrs.    Lillian    T.    Whitlock,    a 
teacher  in  Carthage,  Mo. 

(8)  Gale  L.,  now  Mrs.  George  Cowherd  of  Kansas. 
Frank  E.  King  is  one  of  the  active  Republicans   of 

Dado  County,  and  has  been  one  of  the  most  enthusiastic 
good-roads  boosters  in  Southwest  Missouri.  Both  himself 
and  wife  are  active  members  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyte- 
rian church  and  devote  much  of  their  time  and  means  to 
the  varied  enterprises  of  that  organization. 

Mr.  King  is  now  living  the  life  of  a  retired  farmer, 
but  this  retirement  is  only  temporary.  He  is  still  young 
and  active,  drives  a  Ford  car,  and  is  one  of  the  substantial 
citizens  of  the  community. 


JONATHAN  LEANDER  KING. 

Was  born  in  Morgan  Township,  Dade  County,  Mis- 
souri, April  7th,  1859,  son  of  William  N.  and  Sarah  (Mc- 
Connell)  King.  His  father  was  born  November  7th,  1820, 
in  Tennessee,  and  died  November  12th,  1890,  at  the  age 


124 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

of  70  years.  He  was  a  son  of  William  Harvey  King,  of 
English  ancestry,  pioneers  of  Tennessee.  William  N. 
King  was  raised  on  a  farm  and  lived  in  a  community 
where  school  opportunities  were  poor,  consequently  his 
education  was  meager.  He  came  to  Dade  County  in  1850 
and  purchased  320  acres  of  land  in  Morgan  Township.  At 
that  time  it  was  mostly  timber  land  and  unimproved.  He 
built  a  log  house,  in  which  he  installed  his  wife,  two 
daughters  and  three  sons.  He  was  an  industrious  man 
and  a  successful  farmer,  as  well  as  a  stock  raiser.  Before 
his  death  all  but  40  acres  of  the  land  had  been  put  in 
cultivation.  About  the  year  1870  he  replaced  the  log 
cabin  with  a  modern  farm  residence.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  church,  and  during  the  Civil 
war  Ids  sympathies  were  with  the  South,  but  owing  to 
physical  disability  he  was  unable  to  enlist  in  the  army. 
He  was  a  life-long  Democrat  and  for  years  justice  of  the 
peace  for  Morgan  Township. 

His  wife,  Sarah  Melissa  McConnell,  daughter  of 
Thomas  McConnell,  was  born  in  Tennessee  February  9th, 
1^22,  and  died  in  November,  1876.  She  was  of  English 
anr-cstry  and  attended  the  country  schools.  Her  parents, 
and  also  those  of  her  husband,  died  in  Tennessee.  They 
were  members  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  church. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  N.  King  were  the  parents  of 
.10  children,  five  of  whom  are  living: 

(1  )  John  A  ,  born  in  Tennessee  in  1849,  now  resides 
in  Greenfield,  a  retired  farmer. 

(•_')  Robert  C.,  born  in  Dade  County  in  1854,  and  is 
now  living  on  the  old  homestead  in  Morgan  Township. 

C»)  Mary  I).,  born  in  Dade  County  April  28th,  1852, 
married  Dr.  William  Lightner.  She  is  now  a  widow  and 
lives  with  her  daughter  in  Tulsa,  Okla. 

(4)     Jonathan  Leander,  the  subjet  of  this  sketch. 

C»)  David  T.,  born  in  Dade  County  March  Gth,  1864, 
lives  on  part  of  the  old  homestead,  but  owns  other  land. 

J.  L.  King  was  raised  on  the  old  homestead  in  Mor- 
gan Township,  attended  the  common  schools  of  the  com- 
munity, and  on  the  16th  day  of  October,  1879,  was  married 


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to  Mary  A.  Lyman,  born  in  Morgan  Township  October  5th, 
1859,  daughter  of  John  and  Permelia  (Pyland)  Lyman. 
Her  father  came  to  Greene  County,  Missouri,  when  8 
years  of  age  with  his  parents,  and  in  1854  located  in  Mor- 
gan Township,  where  he  met  his  wife,  and  while  still  a 
resident  of  Green  County  was  married.  Soon  thereafter 
he  took  up  his  residence  in  Morgan  Township,  on  the 
county  line,  part  of  the  farm  being  in  Polk  County.  Per- 
molia  Pyland  was  a  daughter  of  Bennett  and  Elizabeth 
(Pyland)  Pyland  (both  of  same  name.)  They  came  to 
Dade  County  from  Tennessee  in  an  early  clay,  and  both 
died  on  the  old  Pyland  homestead.  They  were  the  parents 
of  eleven  children. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  L.  King  are  the  parents  of  four  chil- 
dren: 

(1)  Lora,    born    on    the    old    family    homestead    in 
Morgan   township,   November   5th,   1881,   graduated   from 
the  William  Wood  college   (for  girls)   at  Fulton,  Mo.,  in 

1902,  making  a  specialty  of  music.     She  was  married  in 
September,   1907   to  R,  >.   Murphy   of  Greenfield.     They 
have  two  children,  King  and  Lora  Lee. 

(2)  Jewell,  born   in   Morgan  township   on  the   King 
homestead,  August  14th,  1889,  graduated  from  the  Green- 
field high  school  in  class  of  1910,  married  John  0.  Howard 
in  1911.     He  is  a  machinist  and  resides  at  Clovis,  N.  M. 
They  have  one  child,  Mary  Emma. 

(3)  Theo,   born   on   the  King  homestead  in   Morgan 
township,  January  1st,  1897,   graduated  from  the  Green- 
field high  school  in  the  class  of  1915  and  is  now  engaged 
in  teaching. 

J.  L.  King  remained  on  his  farm  in  Morgan  Town- 
ship where  he  was  engaged  in  general  farming,  stock  rais- 
ing, making  a  specialty  of  young  mules,  until  the  year 

1903,  when   he  moved  to  Greenfield,  having  been   elected 
Presiding  Judge  of  the  County  Court. 

He  served  his  first  term  from  1903  till  1907  and  was 
re-elected  to  the  same  office  in  1910  and  served  another 
four-year  term.  After  moving  to  Greenfield  Mr.  King  pur- 
hased  a  farm  of  160  acres  lying  4  miles  northeast  of  the 


126 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

city  and  a  fine  city  home  on  King's  Highway  at  the 
eastern  limits  of  the  city  and  commanding  a  fine  view  of 
Turnback  valley.  He  personally  managed  his  farming  and 
stock  raising  enterprises  while  Judge  of  the  County  Court. 

Mr.  King  in  politics,  is  an  active  Republican  hav- 
ing participated  in  numerous  campaigns  both  primary  and 
general.  He  is  a  zealous  fighter  and  a  good  loser.  He  be- 
lieves in  putting  ginger,  "pep"  and  enthusiasm  into 
everything  which  he  undertakes,  whether  politically,  re- 
ligiously or  financially.  During-  his  last  administration  as 
Presiding  Judge  of  the  County  Court  the  good-roads  move- 
ment reached  its  zenith  in  Bade  county.  More  bridges 
were  erected,  more  concrete  culverts  built  and  more  miles 
of  road  graveled  in  those  four  years  than  in  the  pre- 
ceeding  forty  years.  It  might  also  be  mentioned  that  the 
crowning  feature  of  his  first  administration  was  the  pay- 
ment of  the  old  railroad  bonded  debt  which  had  been 
a  ghost  and  a  nightmare  to  the  tax-payers  of  the  county 
for  almost  half  a  century. 

Fraternally,  Mr.  King  is  a  member  of  the  M.  W.  A. 
and  the  I.  0.  0.  F.  He  has  always  been  a  republican  al- 
though the  King  family  have  been  democrats  from  "who 
laid  the  chunk."  Mr.  King  and  his  entire  family  are  act- 
ive members  of  the  Christian  church,  Mr.  King  having 
been  an  officer,  and  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  School 
for  many  years. 


W.  A.  KING. 

Was  born  in  Sullivan  county,  Tenn.,  October  19th, 
1861,  son  of  James  H.  and  Elizabeth  C.  (McConnell)  King, 
the  former  being  a  native  of  Tennessee  while  the  latter 
was  born  in  Washington  County,  Va.  They  were  married 
in  Virginia  and  died  there. 

In  early  manhood  James  II.  King  came  to  Dade 
county  and  lived  with  his  uncle,  William  King  for  two 
years.  During  this  time  he  was  severely  crippled  with  a 
corn-knife  after  which  he  returned  to  Tennessee  where 
he  married,  engaged  in  farming  until  the  date  of  his 


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death.  From  the  family  record  we  glean  the  following 
data : 

James  Plarvey  King  was  born  February  15th,  1834, 
was  married  to  Elizabeth  McConnell,  April  22nd,  1858. 

Elizabeth  (McConnell)  King  was  born  December  15th, 
1836,  and  died  March  14th,  1869. 

James  H.  King  was  the  father  of  eight  children,  viz: 

William  Andrew  (the  subject  of  this  sketch)  born 
October  19th,  1861. 

Thomas  Johnathan,  born  August  25th,  1864,  died  De- 
cember 5th,  1881. 

James  Harvey,  Jr.,  born  June  6th,  1867,  now  lives  in 
Portland,  Ore. 

Moses  L.,  born  May  6th,  1870,  now  lives  in  Tennessee. 

Elizabeth  J.,  was  born  October  18th,  1872,  lives  in 
Tennesee. 

Eliza  E.,  born  July  20th,  1878,  now  lives  in  Tenn. 

Mary  Haworth,  born  January  5th,  1881,  and  now  re- 
sides at  Ashville,  N.  C. 

William  A.  King  remained  at  home  in  Tennessee  until 
he  was  20  years  of  age  when  he  came  to  Missouri  and 
entered  school,  graduating  from  the  Sedalia  Business  Col- 
lege, making  a  specialty  of  telegraphing  and  came  to 
South  Greenfield  in  1882  as  a  substitute  agent  for  the 
Frisco  railroad,  which  position  he  held  for  four  months 
when  he  received  the  appointment  as  agent  at  Everton. 
He  remained  at  Everton  two  and  one-half  years  when  he 
was  transferred  to  South  Greenfield  where  he  remained 
until  1890.  His  next  position  was  agent  at  Mt.  Vernon 
where  he  remained  ten  years  and  was  finally  transferred 
to  the  office  at  Greenfield  where  he  remained  three  years. 
About  1888  he  had  purchased  a  farm  of  124  acres  on 
Sons  Creek.  In  1901  he  sold  his  Sons  Creek  farm  and 
bought  a  farm  of  87  ares  adjoining  Greenfield  on  the  west. 
There  were  no  improvements  on  this  place,  but  in  1903 
he  erected  a  fine  frame  dwelling,  built  commodious  out- 
buildings, planted  a  large  family  orchard  and  moved  onto 
the  place  where  he  has  since  resided.  In  addition  to  his 


128  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

home  farm,  Mr.  King  owns  an  80-acre  farm  on  the  Arcola 
road  3  miles  north  of  Greenfield. 

He  is  engaged  in  general  farming,  stock  raising  and 
feeding  both  hogs  and  cattle  for  the  market.  For  a  num- 
ber of  years  Mr.  King  was  interested  in  breeding  standard- 
bred  trotting  horses  and  during  that  time  owned  many 
splendid  specimens  of  tho  breed. 

In  1887,  on  the  10th  clay  of  May,  William  A.  King 
was  married  to  Aimer  E.  "Hulston,  daughter  of  Christo- 
pher and  Nancy  C.  Hulston,  her  mother  being  a  Kirby, 
one  of  the  pioneer  families  of  the  county. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  King  are  the  parents  of  eight  children, 
all  living  but  one: 

(1)  Jennie  Blanche,  born  April  7th,  1889,  married 
to  J.  Leslie  Horton  October  1st,  1914,  a  native  of  Dade 
county.     They  have  one  child,  John  King  Horton. 

(2)  Nellie  Cecil,  born  July  28th,  1890,  graduate  of 
Springfield  Business  College.     Is  a  stenographer  by  pro- 
fession and  lives  in  Greenfield. 

(3)  James  W.,  born  March  24th,  1893,  died  October 
10,  1897. 

(4)  Harold  L.,  born  April  5th,  1895,  a  graduate  of 
the   Greenfield   high   school,  has   spent  two  years   at   the 
state  university  taking  an  Agricultural  course  and  is  now 
a  member  of  the  Hospital  Corps  of  the  U.  S.  Navy. 

(5)  Elizabeth  C.,  born  January  14th,  1898,  a  grad- 
uate of  the  Greenfield  High  School. 

(6)  Lora  Irene,  born  December  28th,  1901,  is  now  at- 
tending school. 

(7)  William  Andrew,  born  July  8th,  1904,  is  now  in 
school. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  King  are  industrious,  home-loving, 
Christian  people,  with  an  intelligent,  interesting  family  of 
children  and  much  to  be  thankful  for.  Mr.  King  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  W.  O.  W.  being  a  charter  member  of  the  Mt. 
Vernon  Lodge. 


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DR.  BENJ.  A.  KIRBY. 

Among  the  younger  professional  men  of  Bade  County, 
Dr.  B.  B.  Kirby  stands  among  the  first  rank,  a  native 
of  Polk  County,  Mo.,  he  was  born  September  10th,  1866, 
a  son  of  Sharp  S.  Kirby  and  Minerva  Hayter,  his  wife, 
natives  of  Kentuckey  and  Tennessee,  respectively.  Sharp 
Kirby  died  in  early  life  when  Dr.  Kirby  was  only  three 
years  of  age  and  his  wife  married  again  to  Robt.  R.  King. 
Dr.  B.  B.  Kirby  received  a  good  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Polk  County  and  the  old  Baptist  College  at 
Boliver,  Mo.  from  which  he  graduated  in  1889.  He  was 
early  interested  in  medicine  and  entered  the  Missouri 
School  of  medicine  at  St.  Louis,  now  known  as  the  Wash- 
ington University,  and  received  his  degree  in  1894.  He 
located  at  once  at  Dadeville  beginning  what  has  since 
proved,  a  large  and  lucrative  practice.  Mr.  Kirby  was 
married  Aug.  14th  1895  to  Miss  Lillie  Carr  a  native  of 
Dade  County  born  Dec.  12th  1876,  a  daughter  of  Abe 
and  Amanda  (Stanley)  Carr,  extended  mention  of  whom 
will  be  found  under  the  name  of  James  Carr,  their  son.  To 
this  union  of  Dr.  Kirby  and  Miss  Lillie  Carr  were  born 
seven  children;  namely:  Ruth,  now  attending  the  Spring- 
field Normal  where  she  is  taking  music;  George,  Lillian, 
Virginia,  Conrad,  all  at  home  and  receiving  the  best  of 
educational  advantages1  Paul,  now  deceased,  and  the 
youngest  died  in  infancy,  unnamed.  Dr.  Kirby  has  al- 
ways lived  in  Missouri  with  the  exception  of  one  year 
spent  in  southwest  Kansas,  where  he  proved  up  on 
160  acres  of  land  under  the  Old  Soldiers'  heirs  act.  This 
tract  of  land  he  still  owns,  as  well  as  a  larger  acreage  in 
Dade  and  Polk  Counties.  As  a  diversion  from  the  strenu- 
ous practice  of  medicine,  Dr.  Kirby  finds  great  pleasure 
in  managing  his  large  farming  interests,  which  comprise 
the  tract  known  as  the  old  Carlock  farm  in  Polk  Township, 
containing  570  acres,  and  also  200  acres  located  in  South 
Morgan  Township  of  Dade  County  and  Jackson  Township 
of  Polk  County.  Dr.  Kirby  is  a  large  stock  man,  being 
interested  in  cattle,  hogs  and  sheep.  He  fits  for  market 
from  four  to  six  carloads  of  hogs  and  cattle  yearly.  His 


130  HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

fine  fllock  of  Shropshire  sheep,  numbering  about  75  head, 
is  one  of  the  largest  and  best  in  the  county.  Dr.  Kirby 
does  not  hesitate  to  state  that  he  considers  sheep  a  de- 
sirable addition  to  the  stock  farm,  and  he  rates  them 
among  his  sure  money-makers.  It  is  his  experience  that 
ihere  is  little  if  any  danger  from  wolves  arid  dogs.  He 
is  a  believer  in  the  silo,  also,  having  two  large  silos  on 
his  places,  with  a  capacity  of  about  280  tons.  He  has 
been  successful  with  alfalfa,  now  having  an  acreage  of  12 
acres,  and  is  intending  to  expand  along  this  line,  and  he 
strongly  advises  others  in  Dade  County  to  try  this  valu- 
able crop. 

Dr.  Kirby,  aside  from  his  extensive  practice  and  his 
large  farming  stock  interests,  finds  time  to  devote  to  the 
social  affairs  of  his  town.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Wood- 
men of  the  World  and  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the 
Christian  church,  in  which  they  are  active,  and  he  has  had 
the  distinction  of  being  an  elder  for  the  past  three  years. 
Dr.  Kirby  is  an  active  Republican,  and  may  always  be 
found  ready  to  do  his  duty  in  political  affairs.  To  meet 
Dr.  Kirby  and  not  feel  at  ease  is  impossible.  His  high 
education,  good  breeding  and  constant  good  nature  and 
courteous,  smiling  personality  is  a  tonic  to  any  person, 
sick  or  well,  and  comes  without  price.  Such  men  are 
indeed  a  blessing  to  any  community.  He  is  a  booster  for 
good  roads  and  f re ;  schools,  and  always  ready  to  help 
in  any  worthy  cause.  He  is  liberal  and  broad-minded, 
a  citizen  of  real  value  and  an  honor  to  his  county  and  his 
;>tate.  May  he  live  long  and  prosper. 


DR.  THOMAS  R.  KYLE. 

Was  born  in  Hancock  County,  East  Tennessee,  on 
the  IMth  day  of  November,  1850,  a  son  of  William  M. 
and  Roxie  Lana  (Delph)  Kyle.  His  father  was  a  native 
of  Illinois,  but  raised  in  Tennessee,  while  his  mother  was 
a  native  of  Tennessee,  in  which  state  they  were  married 
and  raised  their  family  of  10  children,  seven  of  whom  are 
now  livintr. 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  131 


The  father  was  a  farmer  all  his  life,  and  moved  to 
Ozark  County,  Missouri,  where  he  retired,  the  mother 
dying  about  the  year  1892. 

Thomas  R.  Kyle  remained  at  home  until  23  years  of 
age.  He  received  a  good  common  school  education,  and 
after  teaching  school  for  a  period  he  entered  the  study 
of  medicine  at  Baltimore  Medical  College  in  1876,  and 
afterward  practiced  medicine  in  his  home  county  for  20 
years. 

He  was  married  in  Hancock  County,  Tennessee.  No- 
vember 23rd,  1879,  to  Rebecca  J.  Robinett,  a  native  of 
Tennessee,  by  whom  he  had  one  daughter,  Minnie  J.,  now 
Mrs.  Dr.  J.  K.  Baker  of  Tennessee.  His  wife  died  March 
6th,  1881.  For  his  second  wife  he  married  Mary  Ann 
Roller  on  the  23rd  day  of  March,  1882,  a  native  of  Scott 
County,  Virginia,  and  to  this  union  two  children  were 
born,  one  dying  at  the  age  of  2  months.  The  other,  Maud 
E.,  is  a  well-educated  and  accomplished  young  woman, 
a  teacher  by  profession,  but  living  at  home  during  vaca- 
tions. 

Dr.  Kyle  came  to  Dade  County,  Missouri,  in  1903,  and 
located  at  Dadeville,  where  he  remained  for  six  years, 
after  which  he  moved  to  Greenfield,  where  he  now  resides. 
After  coming  to  Missouri  he  spent  two  years  in  the  Kansas 
City  Medical  College,  from  which  institution  he  graduated 
in  1903. 

Since  coming  to  Greenfield  the  doctor  has  built  up  a 
Jarge  and  extensive  practice.  He  owns  one  of  the  sub- 
stantial homes  of  the  city,  located  on  its  principal  resi- 
dence street. 

In  politics  Dr.  Kyle  is  a  Republican,  but  has  never 
been  an  office-seeker.  Fraternally  he  is  a  Mason,  belong- 
ing to  Washington  Lod^e  in  Greenfield. 


WILLIAM  J.  LANDERS. 

A  history  of  Dade  County  not  containing  a  sketch  of 
William  J.  Landers  of  the  historic  little  town  of  Dadeville 
would  be  a  disappointment  to  the  great  multitude  of  ad- 


132 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

miring  friends  of  Mr.  Landers.  Mr.  Landers  stands  in 
the  foremost  ranks  of  Dade  County's  prominent  citizens. 
A  native  of  Dade,  born  November  25,  1850,  and  the  de- 
scendent  of  two  of  the  very  first  pioneer  families  of  the 
county.  He  is  the  sen  of  William  B.  and  Nancy  (Hoover) 
Landers.  His  father  came  to  Dade  County  in  1832  when 
a  young  man;  after  having  spent  a  few  years  of  his  early 
life  in  and  around  St.  Louis,  Mo.  The  Landers  family, 
as  well  as  the  Hoover  family,  were  undoubtedly  natives 
of  Tennessee  William  Landers  Sr.  entered  land  in  this 
county  in  the  early  30 's  near  Dadeville,  and  was  a  pros- 
perous farmer.  He  was  a  Whig  and  later  a  Republican, 
and  served  as  justice  of  the  peace  in  1870.  He  was  a 
Christian  gentleman  and  belonged  to  the  Cumberland 
Presbyterian  church.  He  was  of  the  best  pioneer  stock 
and  has  handed  down  to  his  descendents  those  sturdy 
and  desirable  qualities.  William  J.  Landers  remained 
at  home,  working  for  and  with  his  father,  until  he  was 
30  years  of  age.  He  had  bought  30  acres  of  Sac  River 
bottom  land,  paying  $12.50  an  acre,  just  previous  to  his 
marriage  in  1880,  and  this  he  started  out  to  put  in  shape 
lor  a  home  for  his  bride.  Tie  built  a  three-room  cabin, 
and,  being  then  ready  for  life  on  his  own  account  and 
having  great  faith  in  the  future  and  in  good  old  Dade 
County,  he  married  November  18th,  1880,  Miss  Margaret 
C.  Wheeler,  a  daughter  of  one  of  our  oldest  and  most 
respected  citizens,  Uncle  Sam  Wheeler,  a  sketch  of  whom 
appears  in  another  section  of  this  work.  Miss  Wheeler 
came  from  the  same  class  of  pioneer  stock  as  Mr.  Lan- 
ders, and  it  is  no  wonder  that  this  fine  couple  made  a 
success  of  life  from  the  time  of  their  union.  From  the 
first  they  prospered,  doing  general  farming,  and  all  the 
time  getting  ahead,  until,  at  this  writing,  they  have  one 
farm  of  260  acres,  in  a  body,  in  Polk  Township,  also  240 
acres  of  the  old  Tarrant  homestead  in  South  Morgan 
Township,  as  well  as  80  acres  of  mining  land  in  Polk 
Township,  h:  the  McGee  mining  district,  and  also  known 
as  Bugle  Ridge,  or  Pea  Ridge.  This  mining  property  is 
boing  developed  through  different  parties,  to  whom  Mr. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 133 

Landers  leases  the  property,  taking  a  royalty  which 
yields  a  nice  income.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Landers  are  living 
now  practically  retired,  having  moved  to  the  town  of 
Dadeville  in  1900,  where  he  bought  and  remodeled  a  home 
in  the  heart  of  :he  town,  and  since  coming  to  Dadeville 
has  been  more  or  less  active  in  the  affairs  of  the  place. 
He  is  a  Republican  and  has  been  elected  as  mayor  of 
Dadeville,  serving  for  several  years. 

To  Mr.  and  Mr?.  Lenders  have  been  born  two  chil- 
dren, Clifford,  born  September  30th,  1886,  and  married  to 
Miss  Cora  McConnell,  and  they  have  three  children,  Wil- 
liam Hollis,  Dennis  and  John  Dalton;  Dorris,  born  October 
7th,  1890,  married  Charles  T.  Maze,  a  farmer  of  Dade 
County,  and  they  have  three  children,  Leon,  Marion  Violet 
and  Mary  Elizabeth. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Landers  are  supporters  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian church,  while  he  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  order 
and  also  the  I.  0.  0.  F.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Landers  are 
members  of  the  Eastern  Star  and  Rebeccas. 

To  much  cannot  be  said  of  the  good  that  Mr.  Landers 
has  done  in  this,  his  native  county.  He  has  always  been 
9  progressive  thinker  and  active  in  any  movement  for 
die  public  good,  always  ready  with  his  time  and  money 
for  any  worthy  cause.  When  they  leave  us  on  the  long 
journey,  they  will  leave  behind  them  the  influence  of  lives 
well  spent,  filled  with  kind  deeds  to  others,  and  their 
works  shall  never  die.  We  delight  to  honor  such  grand, 
good  men  and  women  as  the  subjects  of  this  sketch,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  William  J.  Landers. 


OTTO   R.   LEE. 

Was  born  in  Galloway  County,  Missouri,  December 
22nd,  1884,  son  of  James  Lee,  who  was  born  in  Kentucky 
September  21st,  1838,  of  English-Scotch-Irish  parentage,  a 
third  cousin  of  Robert  E.  Lee  of  Confederate  fame.  James 
Lee  was  a  son  of  James  and  Martha  (Davis)  Lee,  the 
mother  being  a  first  cousin  of  Jefferson  Davis,  President 
of  the  Confederacy. 


134  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

James  Lee  came  to  Indiana  with  his  parents  and 
settled  near  Indianapolis  about  1858.  He  was  a  farmer, 
as  also  were  his  parents  before  him,  in  Kentucky,  where 
they  were  slave  owners.  James  Lee  Sr.  died  before  the 
breaking  out  of  the  Civil  war,  and  his  widow  re-married. 
He  was  the  father  of  four  children,  two  of  whom  are 
living,  John  living  in  Wichita,  Kas.,  and  he  has  a  sister 
living  in  Indiana. 

James  Lee  was  married  to  Flora  Ottinger,  born  in 
Tennessee,  and  died  September  7th,  1913,  lacking  two 
months  of  being  69  years  of  age.  Her  parents  came  to 
Tennessee  from  Virginia,  and  were  of  the  German  F.  F. 
V.'s.  The  Ottingers  moved  to  Indiana  about  1856  and 
settled  near  Whitestown  and  died  there.  Mrs.  Lee  had  a 
common  school  education,  and  was  a  member  of  the  M.  E. 
church,  as  also  was  her  husband.  He  was  a  Mason  and 
Mrs.  Lee  a  member  of  the  Order  of  Eastern  Star.  James 
Lee  was  always  a  Democrat. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lee  were  the  parents  of  eleven  children: 

(1)  Washington  S.,  resides  at  Omaha,  Neb.,  and  is 
engaged  in  the  grocery  business. 

(2)  Idfi,  married  George  A.  Holt,  a  farmer  of  Gallo- 
way County,  now  deceased.     Her  second  husband  is  Fred 
L.  Henley  of  Los  Angeles,  Calif. 

(3)  Etta  L.,  married  Ross  Rebman,  a  Pullman  con- 
ductor.    They  reside  in  St.  Louis. 

(4)  Robert  E.  Lee,  assistant  superintendent  of  the 
United  Street  Railway  Service,  St.  Louis. 

(5)  William  J.,   a   manufacturer   of  ladies'   notions 
at   Chicago. 

(6)  Rosa  May,  married  Frank  F.  Rebman,  salesman 
for   the   International    Harvester   Company,    and    lives    in 
St.  Louis. 

(7)  Marvin  C.,  a  dentist,  at  AVinclsor,  Mo. 

(8)  John  R.,  a  dentist,  at  Yersailes,  Mo. 

(9)  Otto  1?.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

(10)  Lillian,    head    milliner    in    a    large    department 
store,  Seattle,  Wash. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  135 

The  third  child  of  this  family  was  Lenora,  who  fell 
from  a  horse,  breaking  her  spine,  and  dying  at  the  age 
of  3  years. 

Otto  K.  Lee  was  raised  on  a  Galloway  County  farm, 
attended  the  country  schools,  and  later  entered  the  dental 
department  of  the  St.  Louis  University  in  1904,  and  re- 
ceived his  diploma  in  Dental  Surgery  May  20th,  1907. 
Was  examined  by  the  State  Board  of  Dental  Surgery  the 
following  June  and  given  his  certificate  to  practice  June 
19th,  1907. 

He  located  at  Dadeville  and  opened  an  office  for  the 
practice  of  his  profession,  and  remained  there  till  1909. 
He  still  continues  to  make  professional  calls  at  Dadeville, 
but  has  his  principal  office  at  Greenfield,  and  is  recognized 
as  the  leading  dentist  of  Southwest  Missouri.  He  still 
remains  unmarried.  Fraternally  Dr.  Lee  is  a  member 
of  the  Masonic  Lodge  Xo.  558  at  Dadeville,  Mo.,  and  be- 
longs to  the  Springfield  District,  State  and  National  Dental 
Associations.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics.  He  takes 
great  pride  in  his  profession,  and  strives  to  excel  by  pro- 
viding himself  with  the  very  latest  appliances  belonging 
to  the  art  of  dental  surgery,  and  to  these  he  adds  a  skill 
and  technical  knowledge  which  is  little  less  than  mar- 
velous. 

His  father  is  still  living  and  makes  his  home  with 
{?.  daughter  in  St.  Louis.  He  is  78  years  of  age. 


JOHN  CYRUS  LINDLEY. 
(Deceased.) 

Was  born  September  llth,  1852,  on  the  old  home- 
stead in  Dade  County,  two  miles  north  of  Bona,  in  North 
Morgan  Township,  son  of  John  Lindley,  one  of  the  pioneer 
settlers  of  the  county.  His  father  was  born  August  9th, 
1806,  and  was  killed  during  the  war.  His  mother,  Mary 
Lindley,  was  born  February  25th,  1811. 

On  the  25th  day  of  January,  1877,  John  C.  Lindley 
was  married  to  Florence  Hailey,  who  was  born  in  Dade 
County  November  23rd,  1854. 


136 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

John  Cyrus  Lindley  departed  this  life  in  Dade  County 
October  lOtn,  1902,  leaving  a  family  of  seven  children,  all 
now  living  in  Dade  County  except  Elmer,  who  lives  in 
New  Mexico: 

(1)  James  Walter,  born  September  6th,  1877. 

(2)  John  Elmer,  born  February  21st,  i879. 

(3)  Mary   Eva,   born   February   8th,    1881,    married 
Landon  Holman,  a  farmer,  and  lives  north  of  Arcola. 

(4)  Laura  Jane,  born  February   1st,   1883,  married 
Bert  Davis,  lives  north  of  Arcola. 

(5)  Alvin  Rollo,  born  February  7th,  1885. 

(6)  Frank  Lee,  born  August  llth,  1887. 

(7)  Riley  Joe,  born  August  31st,  1892. 

Mr.  Lindley  in  his  lifetime,  was  a  staunch  democrat, 
a  member  of  the  Christian  church,  and  a  successful  farmer 
and  business  man  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  owned 
2,000  acres  of  land  in  Dade  and  Cedar  counties.  In  1891 
he  built  a  fine  residence  on  his  farm  in  Dade  County. 

Mrs.  Lindley  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  church  at 
Bona. 


ALBERT  0.  LITCHFIELD. 

Born  in  Virginia,  August  22nd,  1848,  son  of  William 
and  Catherine  (Upson)  Litchfield,  both  natives  of  Vir- 
ginia and  married  there.  William  Litchfield  was  a  carpen- 
ter by  trade  and  moved  to  Kentucky  in  1850,  settled  upon 
a  farm  which  he  bought  in  Lewis  county,  where  he  farmed 
and  worked  at  his  trade  until  the  time  of  his  death  in 
1856.  After  his  death  his  widow  married  Benjamin 
Flanders,  a  farmer. 

Albert  0.  Litchfield  has  one  sister  living,  Mary  Ellen, 
now  Mrs.  William  Ruark  of  Portsmouth,  Ohio,  three  half 
sisters  and  one  half  brother  living  in  Ohio  and  Ken- 
tucky. 

Mr.  Litchfield  received  his  schooling  in  Kentucky. 
Ho  left  home  at  the  age  of  17  years,  worked  out  farming 
;md  in  the  lumber  business  and  finally  entered  the  lumber 
business  on  his  own  account,  making  shingles,  lumber,  op- 
erating saw  mills  arid  conducting  lumber  yards  and  also 
raising  tobacco. 


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HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 137 

On  the  25th  day  of  December,  1872  lie  was  married  to 
Margaret  A.  Hampton,  who  was  born  in  Kentucky  July 
19th,  1843,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Pool)  Hamp- 
ton, both  natives  of  Kentucky,  were  farmers  and  lived  and 
died  there. 

Mr.  Litchfield  farmed  in  Kentucky  until  1890  when 
he  came  to  Dade  Ccunty  through  the  influence  of  D.  T. 
Wilkins,  a  brother-in-law,  who  had  settled  in  Greenfield. 
On  his  arrival  in  Dade  County,  he  rented  the  Wilkins  farm 
and  cultivated  it  for  six  years  then  bought  a  40-acre  tract 
in  Center  Township  where  they  lived  for  a  year  or  two 
then  rented  the  Bob  West  farm  near  his  40  acres  where 
they  lived  and  farmed  for  10  years.  In  1904  he  sold  his 
40  acre  tract  and  bought  the  Kit  McMillen  farm  of  121 
acres  adjoining  South  Greenfield. 

Since  purchasing  this  farm  Mr.  Litchfield  has  made 
many  improvements  and  has  fenced  a  considerable  portion 
of  it  with  hog-tight  wire.  He  also  purchased  and  addi- 
tional 5-acre  tract  adjoining  the  two  of  South  Greenfield. 
He  has  improved  and  enlarged  the  dwelling  and  con- 
structed a  cement  outside  cellar. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Litchfield  are  the  parents  of  two  child- 
ren: 

(1)  William,  died  in  infancy. 

(2)  Bettie   Florence,   born  July   3rd,   1877,   married 
January  26th,  1902  to  Claude  H.  Ayres,  a  native  of  Kansas 
who  was  born  January  16th,   1877.     Four  children  have 
been  born  of  this  marriage: 

(1)  Baby  died  in  infancy. 

(2)  Audrey  Alice,  born  March  19th,  1905. 

(3)  Oren  Dale,  born  August  6th,  1907. 

(4)  Leota  Kathryn,  died  at  the  age  of  nine  months. 
Mr.  Ayres  and  Mr.  Litchfield  farm  together  on  the 

home  place.    Mr.  Litchfield  is  a  democrat,  and  both  him- 
self and  wife  are  members  of  the  Christian  Church. 

In  addition  to  general  farming,  Mr.  Litchfield  has 
raised  some  short-horn  cattle.  He  is  a  public  spirited  man, 
deeply  interested  in  good  roads  and  annually  feeds  a  car 
load  or  more  of  hogs  for  the  market. 


138  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

JOHN  B.  LORAH. 

AVas  born  in  Defiance  County,  Ohio,  February  13th, 
1860,  son  of  Daniel  and  Samantha  (Morris)  Lorah.  His 
father  was  a  native  of  Ohio  while  his  mother  hailed  from 
Indiana.  His  father  came  to  Carroll  county,  Mo.,  shortly 
after  the  war.  He  was  a  farmer  and  lived  there  10  years 
then  came  to  Bates  County.  He  farmed  there  a  few  years 
and  then  moved  to  New  Madrid  Co.  He  died  there  about 
the  year  1898,  his  wife  having  preceded  him  more  than  20 
years. 

John  B  Lorah  is  the  2nd  in  point  of  birth  of  a  family 
of  five  children.  He  received  his  education  in  Missouri, 
and  came  to  Dade  county  in  1898.  He  is  a  saddler,  harness 
and  shoemaker  by  trade.  He  first  run  a  shop  in  Bona  for 
eight  years,  then  moved  to  Aldrich  in  Polk  county  for  five 
years,  then  located  ir  Dadeville  where  he  lived  until  com- 
ing to  Greenfield. 

lie  is  a  democrat  and  was  elected  treasurer  of  Dade 
county  upon  that  ticket  at  the  election  of  1916.  His  ma- 
jority was  80,  a  fine  showing  in  a  county  with  a  normal 
Republican  majority  of  approximately  400.  He  is  now 
living  in  Greenfield  attending  to  the  duties  of  his  office. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  church,  sober,  industrious 
and  well  qualified  to  fill  the  office  to  which  he  has  been 
elected. 


ALBERT  LUCAS. 

As  an  inspiration  to  young  men  who  start  out  in  the 
world  under  adverse  circumstances,  the  life  and  history 
of  Albert  Lucas  may  be  helpful.  Pie  was  born  in  Camden 
county,  Mo.,  February  24th,  1875,  a  son  of  John  Lucas  and 
Elizabeth  (Richardson)  Lucas.  His  father  was  born  in 
Pennsylvania,  while  his  mother  was  a  native  of  Camden 
county.  John  Lucas  came  to  Missouri  in  an  early  day 
while  yet  a  single  man  and  married  in  Camden  county.  He 
was  a  fanner  and  raised  his  family  in  Camden  county. 
Both  lie  and  his  wife  are  dead  and  buried  in  that  county. 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  139 

He  was  a  man  of  little  property  and  unable  to  give  his 
children  the  beriefit  of  an  extended  education. 

Albert  Lucas  received  his  very  meager  education  in 
the  public  schools  in  Camden  county  which  were  far  be- 
iow  the  standard  of  up-to-date  efficiency.  He  left  home  at 
17  years  of  age  to  carve  out  his  own  fortune  in  the  world. 
In  1892  he  landed  in  Dade  county  where  he  had  neither 
friends,  relatives  noi  acquaintances  and  without  a  dollar 
in  money.  For  five  years  he  worked  as  a  farm  hand  on  the 
farm  of  Ewing  Morris,  then  at  other  places  in  the  neigh- 
borhood, when  the  wanderlust  took  possession  of  him, 
leading  him  to  the  state  of  California.  After  spending  one 
year  on  the  Pacific  coast  he  returned  to  Dade  county  and 
worked  for  four  years  on  the  William  Preston  farm. 

On  the  17th  of  August,  1899  he  reached  the  real  turn- 
ing point  of  his  career  when  lie  married  Miss  Kate  Morris, 
a  native  of  Dade  county,  daughter  of  J.  Monroe  Morris 
and  Mary  Jane  (Maniece)  Morris.  At  this  time  he  rented 
200  acres  of  the  Morris  farm  and  cultivated  it  for  five 
years  and  then  purchased  117  acres  of  the  Morris  estate. 
This  land  was  well  improved  except  a  barn.  Since  his 
marriage  Mr.  Lucas  has  prospered  exceedingly  well,  hav- 
ing purchased  an  additional  76  acres  making  him  193  acres 
of  splendid  farming  land  in  Smith  township. 

In  1910  Mr.  Lucas  erected  a  commodious  barn  and 
added  other  out-buildings  to  his  farm  improvements. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lucas  have  two  children: 

(1)  Mary  Opal,  born  July  21st,  1901. 

(2)  Clarence  Albert,  born  September  6th,  1903. 
Both  are  attending  school. 

Mr.  Lucas  is  a  progressive  farmer  and  cattle  feeder. 
He  feeds  for  the  market  one  car  of  cattle  and  two  car 
loads  of  hogs  each  year  and  raises  many  mules.  His 
farm  is  well  supplied  with  water  from  spring  branch  and 
wells.  It  is  well  fenced  and  highly  improved.  Mr.  Lucas 
and  wife  are  members  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian 
church.  Pie  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  with 
membership  at  Greenfield,  an  Odd  Fellow  and  AV.  0.  AV. 
with  membership  at  Pennsboro. 


140  HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND   ITS   PEOPLE 

By  reason  of  his  prosperity  Mr.  Lucas  is  able  to  drive 
an  Overland  car,  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  a  booster  for 
good  roads  and  always  votes  "yes"  on  the  proposition  of 
increased  taxation  for  good  schools.  He  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  school  board  for  six  years.  Thus  from  penury 
and  poverty  he  has  attained  prominence,  popularity  and 
prosperity,  not  by  any  mystic  witchcraft  or  wizardry,  but 
by  the  old-fashioned  method  of  honesty,  integrity  and  in- 
dustrv. 


JONATHA  J.  McCONNELL. 

A  native  of  Dade  county,  born  three  and  one-half 
miles  north  of  Dadeville,  September  12th,  1852,  son  of 
Rufus  and  Susan  (King)  McConnell.  His  father  was  a 
native  of  Virginia  and  his  mother  a  native  of  Tennessee. 
They  were  married  in  Tennessee  and  came  to  Missouri 
about  1849.  Jonatha  J.  was  the  first  child  born  of  this 
family  in  Dade  County.  His  sister,  Mary,  married  Henry 
Clay  Marcum,  both  of  whom  are  now  deceased,  leaving 
a  family,  a  sketch  of  which  will  be  found  in  another  place 
in  this  history.  His  older  brother,  Elbert  H.  McConnell, 
is  now  a  resident  of  Alhambra,  Cal.  His  other  sister  died 
at  a  very  early  age.  Rufus  McConnell,  his  father,  pur- 
chased 200  acres  of  partly  improved  land  in  Dade  County, 
but  died  in  1855  His  widow  afterward  married  John 
Marcum,  and  they  are  now  both  deceased,  leaving  no 
children. 

Jonatha  J.  McConnell  was  thrown  upon  his  own  re- 
sources when  16  years  of  age.  After  his  mother's  second 
marriage  he  lived  with  his  brother  until  his  marriage. 
He  married  his  first  wife,  Mary  Fletcher  Thompson,  a 
native  of  Ohio,  on  the  21st  day  of  February,  1878.  To 
this  union  were  born  six  children,  four  of  whom  are  now 
living,  viz: 

(1)  Baby,   died    in   infancy. 

(2)  Lucy  Pearl,  grew  to  womanhood,  married  Shelby 
Osborn,  an  attorney  of  Stockton,  Cedar  County,  Missouri, 
she  died  leaving  one  child,  Rowena  McConnell  Osborn. 


HISTORY   OF  DADE   COUNTY   AND   ITS   PEOPLE  141 

(3)  Rufus,  born  on  the  15th  day  of  September,  1881. 
Married  Mertie  Toler,  a  native  of  Indiana.     They  reside 
on  a  farm  in  Sac  Township,  and  have  five  boys,  Alvin  E., 
William  Wilbur,  John  T.,  Charles  Lester  and  Carl  R. 

(4)  William    Edward,    born    December    17th,    1883. 
Married  Maude  Vaughn,  a  native  of"  Dade  County,  daugh- 
ter of  Price  Vaughn.    They  are  farming  in  Sac  Township 
and  have  three  girls,  viz:  Huldah  L.,  Vera  E.  and  Helen  0. 

(5)  J.  Arthur,  born  December  13th,  1885.     Married 
Mamie  Carlock,  a  native  of  Dade  County,  a  daughter  of 
James  Madison  Carlock.     They  now  reside  upon  a  farm 
in  Sac  Township  and  have  three   children,  viz:     Clinton 
A.,  Raymond  E.  and  Mildred  E. 

(6)  Mary  Edna,   born  March   15th,   1888.     Married 
M.  A.  Young,  have  one  child,  John  Marshall  Young. 

Jonatha  J.  McConnell's  first  wife  died  July  19th,  1890, 
arid  on  December  10th,  1891,  he  was  married  to  Charity 
Maude  Hembree,  a  daughter  of  Judge  Joel  Hembree.  To 
this  union  were  born  nine  children,  all  living: 

(1)  0.  Elbert,  born  January  27th,  1893.     He  is  now 
attending  the  state  university  at  Columbia,  taking  a  course 
in  agriculture.     Will  graduate  in  1918. 

(2)  Ida  May,  born  September  8th,  1894. 

(3)  Guy  B.,  born  July  31st,  1896.     Married  Minnie 
C.  Montgomery  October  7th,  1916. 

(4)  Howard   G.,   born   March    1st,    1898,    is    still    at 
home. 

(5)  Sarah  Elma,  born  May  22nd,  1901. 

(6)  Emery  Allison,  born  July  23rd,  1904. 

(7)  Gordon  Lee,  born  December  30th,  1906. 

(8)  Frances  Mildred,  born  July  28th,  1909. 

(9)  Donald  Hembree,  born  April  6th,  1914. 

After  the  death  of  his  father,  Jonatha  J.  received 
some  land  from  his  estate,  and  by  buying  out  some  of 
the  heirs  he  started  with  100  acres  lying  northeast  of 
Dadeville.  Here  he  built  a  house,  made  many  improve- 
ments and  resided  till  1889,  when  he  traded  it  for  170 
acres  on  Sac  river  adjoining  Seybert.  This  land  was 
little  improved,  but  year  by  year  he  has  added  to  its  value 


142  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

and   acreage,   until   he   has   now   256   acres   of   fine   land, 
highly  improved,  making  it  a  splendid  country  home. 

In  addition  to  raising  general  crops,  Mr.  McConnell 
has  had  good  success  with  alfalfa,  to  which  his  bottom 
land  is  naturally  adapted.  In  keeping  with  the  natural 
resources  of  his  farm,  Mr.  McConnell  raises,  feeds  and 
markets  a  large  number  of  cattle  and  hogs  each  year. 

Mr.  McConnell  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Christian 
church.  He  has  served  one  term  as  judge  of  the  County 
Court  from  the  .Eastern  district  from  191 4  to  1916.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  W.  0.  W.,  and  while  a  member  of  the 
County  Court  did  much  toward  the  good-roads  movement 
in  the  county. 

While  there  has  been  nothing  of  a  spectacular  nature 
in  the  life  of  Mr.  McConnell,  he  is  nevertheless  one  of 
those  quiet,  reserved,  conservative  sort  of  citizens  that 
are  always  to  be  relied  upon  in  matters  affecting  the 
general  welfare  of  the  community. 


THOMAS  K.  MCCONNELL. 

It  would  be  impossible  to  write  a  complete  history 
of  Dade  County  without  making  frequent  mention  of  the 
name,  McConnell  This  family  was  among  the  pioneers 
and  the  various  branches  of  the  family  have  figured 
largely  in  all  the  principal  events  connected  with  the 
growth  and  development  of  the  county. 

Thomas  K.  McConnell,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was 
horn  in  Dade  County  July  27th,  1873,  son  of  John  S.  and 
Mary  Ann  (King)  McConnell,  the  former  being  a  native 
of  Washington  County,  Virginia,  and  born  in  that  state 
February  IHh,  1820,  while  the  latter  was  born  in  Ten- 
nessee August  8th,  1829.  They  were  married  in  Polk 
County,  Missouri,  in  1862.  John  S.  McConnell  had  been 
previously  married  to  a  lady  in  Virginia,  who  died,  leaving 
three  children,  who  accompanied  him  to  Missouri.  He 
finally  settled  iu  Cedar  County,  Missouri,  on  government 
land.  He  was  the  first  county  judge  of  Cedar  County, 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 143 

and    prominent    in    Democratic    political    circles    of    that 
county. 

John  S.  McConnell  later  came  to  Bade  County  and 
settled  on  a  farm  of  320  acres  near  Hulston's  Mill,  which 
tract  of  land  is  still  owned  by  members  of  his  family. 

To  his  second  marriage  were  born  five  children,  four 
of  whom  grew  to  maturity,  but  only  one  (Thomas  K.)  is 
now  living.  John  S.  McConnell  was  a  prominent  man 
in  Dade  County,  taking  an  active  part  in  all  public  mat- 
ters. ITe  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and 
also  of  the  Masonic  order,  and  died  August  16th,  1892. 
His  wife  died  July  17th,  1916. 

Thomas  K.  McConnell  received  his  entire  education 
in  Dade  County,  first  in  the  common  schools  and  later 
in  Ozark  College  in  Greenfield.  He  was  17  years  of  age 
when  his  father  died.  He  made  a  specialty  when  in 
school  of  civil  engineering  and  surveying.  His  first  public 
office  was  that  of  County  Highway  Engineer  in  1908-1909, 
and  in  1912  he  was  elected  County  Surveyor  of  Dade 
County  for  a  four-year  term,  during  which  time  the  office 
was  combined  with  that  of  County  Highway  Engineer. 

Prior  to  the  time  of  his  service  as  County  Highway 
Engineer,  IIP  was  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business  in 
Greenfield,  making  a  specialty  of  boots,  shoes  and  gents' 
furnishings.  About  the  time  of  his  entry  into  the  office 
of  Highway  Engineer  the  good-roads  movement  was  be- 
ing agitated  in  Dade  County,  which  resulted  in  the  voting 
of  $30,000  in  Center  Township,  $17,000  in  Washington 
Township,  and  many  thousands  of  dollars  by  subscription 
in  various  parts  of  the  county  for  the  purpose  of  building 
rock  roads  and  bridges.  During  his  term  of  office  he 
surveyed,  platted,  drew  plans,  specifications  and  estimates 
of  cost  of  more  than  50  miles  of  rock  roads  in  the  county 
and  more  than  100  bridges,  large  and  small,  were  con- 
structed under  his  direct  supervision. 

Mr.  McConnell  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  a  member 
of  the  Presbyterian  church,  has  attained  the  Knights 
Templar  degree  in  Masonry  and  is  a  resident  of  the  city 


144  HISTORY  OF  DAPE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

of  Greenfield,  living  in  a  commodious,  comfortable,  modern 
residence,  which  he  erected  in  1915. 

He  was  married  on  the  28th  day  of  October,  1908,  to 
Rosa  E.  Scroggs,  born  in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  October 
llth,  1882,  daughter  of  John  E.  Scroggs,  a  prominent 
member  of  another  Dade  County  pioneer  family.  To  this 
union  two  children  were  born:  Mary  Virginia,  born  No- 
vember 18th,  1909..  and  Lora  Bell,  born  August  20th,  1917. 

In  the  spring  of  1917  Mr.  McConnell  purchased  the 
William  L.  Scroggs  grocery  stock,  in  company  with  his 
brother-in-law,  R  E.  Wasson,  under  the  firm  name  of 
McConnell  &  Wasson,  and  are  now  enjoying  a  splendid 
trade  in  that  line. 

In  addition  to  his  mercantile  business,  Mr.  McConnell 
is  an  extensive  farmer,  owning  260  acres  of  the  old  McCon- 
nell homestead,  all  in  one  body,  which  he  has  named 
"The  Spring  Farm,"  where  he  feeds  annually  for  market 
a  large  number  of  hogs  and  cattle,  having  a  preference 
for  the  Whiteface  cattle  and  Poland-China  hogs.  He 
etill  maintains  a  lively  interest  of  "good  roads,"  and  is 
active  in  farmers'  clubs  and  community  organizations. 


JOHN  B.  MCCONNELL. 

A  native  of  Dade  County,  Missouri,  was  born  August 
29th,  1861,  son  of  Thomas  and  Narcissa  (Patterson)  Mc- 
Connell. His  father  was  a  native  of  Virginia,  but  came 
to  Dade  County  very  early,  and  married  here.  He  died 
shortly  after  the  close  of  the  war.  His  mother  re-married, 
her  second  husband  being  Eldridge  Miller.  They  are  now 
both  deceased. 

Thomas  and  Narcissa  McConnell  were  the  parents  of 
two  children:  John  B.  and  Alex.  The  latter  served  two 
terms  as  sheriff  of  Dade  County,  married  Laura  Scroggs, 
{ind  they  are  now  living  in  the  west.  His  motlior  raised 
two  children  by  her  second  marriage:  Charles  I.  Miller  and 
Clarence,  a  Dade  County  farmer. 

John  B.  McConnell  lived  with  his  mother  and  step- 
father until  he  was  20  years  of  age,  then  went  back  to 


CHARLES    F.    NEWMAN. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 145 

the  old  McConnell  homestead,  being  the  land  which  his 
father  entered  from  the  government,  and  consisting  of 
28U  acres  of  splendid  land.  He  received  140  acres  from 
his  father.  The  house  on  the  old  homestead  was  burned 
during  the  war,  supposedly  by  the  Kinch  West  raiders, 
and  this  part  of  the  land  came  to  John  B.  When  he  came 
into  possession  of  this  land  he  went  to  work  with  a  will, 
and  has  made  it  one  of  the  leading  farms  of  the  county. 
He  has  prospered  and  has  added  to  his  holdings  until 
now  lie  has  305  acres,  all  in  one  body,  and  a  five-acre 
tract  in  Dadeville.  In  1887  he  built  a  fine  six-room  dwell- 
ing house  on  the  land,  two  stories  high,  and  now  has  it 
equipped  with  a  modern  acetylene  lighting  plant.  The 
farm  is  well  watered  with  wells,  springs  and  branches, 
and  is  all  in  cultivation  excepting  40  acres.  Mr.  McConnell 
is  engaged  in  general  farming  and  stock  raising,  including 
cattle,  horses,  hogs  and  mules. 

He  was  married  on  the  28th  day  of  December,  1881, 
to  Ella  Norn  Kirby,  born  in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  Sep- 
tember 1st,  1863,  daughter  of  James  M.  and  Mary  J. 
(Grisham)  Kirby. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  McConnell  are  the  parents  of  three 
children : 

(1)  Hugh   A.,   born    November   30th,    1885,    married 
Cytha  Berry.     Pie  is  farming  in  Dade  County  northwest 
of  Dadeville      They   have   two    children:     Frances,    born 
April  23rd,  1913    and  Junior,  born  April  2nd,  1915. 

(2)  Clara    Ester,    born    June    17th,    1888,    married 
Vernon   Grisham,    a   native   of  Jasper   County,   Missouri, 
but  now   resides   in   Dade   County   on   her   father's   farm. 
They   have   two   children:   Lavon,    born   July    17th,    1911, 
and  Elladean,  born  October  9th,  1914. 

(3)  James  Ralph  Benton,  born  December  28th,  1899. 
He  is  now  attending  school  at  Dadeville. 

Mrs.  McConnell  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church. 
Politically  Mr.  McConnell  is  a  militant  Republican,  has 
never  aspired  to  be  an  office-holder,  but  has  always  taken 
great  interest  in  local  matters,  especially  those  pertaining 
to  roads  and  schools.  He  has  served  as  a  member  of  the 


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local  school  board  for  a  number  of  years  and  has  demon- 
strated his  faith  in  the  good-roads  movement  by  purchas- 
ing and  driving  a  Ford  car,  not  as  a  mark  of  distinction, 
but  as  an  act  of  sound  sense  and  good  judgment. 


W.  Y.  McLEMORE. 

There  is  probably  no  better  known  man  in  eastern 
Dade  County  than  W.  Y.  McLemore,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch.  He  is  a  native  of  our  county,  having  been  born 
here,  in  Center  Township,  February  15th,  1852,  a  son 
of  Archiband  McLemore,  who  was  born  in  Kuox  County, 
Tennessee,  in  1817,  a  son  of  Archibald  McLemore,  who 
was  a  native  of  North  Carolina,  and  emigrated  to  Knox 
County,  Tennessee,  where  he  met  and  married  Sarah 
Plumley  in  1820,  later  moving  to  Monroe  County,  Ten- 
nessee, where  he  died  in  1825,  his  wife  having  pass<>d 
away  the  year  before,  in  1824.  They  were  the  parents  of 
eleven  children,  of  whom  Archibald  Jr.  was  the  seventh 
in  order  of  birth  After  his  father's  death  he  went  to 
li\e  with  his  older  brother,  Abram,  with  whom  he  stayed 
until  he  became  of  age.  In  1 827  he  assisted  the  governor 
of  Tennessee  to  remove  the  Cherokee  Indians  from  Ten- 
nessee to  their  reservation  in  Indian  Territory,  now  Okla- 
homa. On  September  15th.  1842,  he  married  Miss  Mollie 
Brown,  who  was  born  in  North  Carolina  in  1817.  She  was 
a  daughter  of  Robert  and  Jennie  (Dennis)  Brown,  who 
moved  to  Monroe  County,  Tennessee,  from  North  Caro- 
lina about  1820.  In  1842  Archibald  McLemore  emigrated 
to  Dade  County  and  settled  two  miles  northeast  of  (ireen- 
field  on  a  farm  which  later  became  known  as  the  John 
Higgins  farm.  Mr.  McLemore  remained  here  only  two 
years,  however,  returning  to  Tennessee  on  account  of 
iiis  poor  health.  In  1840  he  again  came  to  Dade  County 
and  settled  on  a  place  on  Sac  river  five  miles  northeast  of 
Greenfield,  .'ind  here  he  farmed  and  raised  stock  and  add<  d 
to  his  landed  holdings  until  he  had  205  a  ores  of  good 
land.  Here  he  died  in  11)05,  an  honored  and  respected 
citizen.  Of  his  family  there  were  six  children,  as  follows: 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 147 

Mary,  died  in  1886  at  age  of  43;  Robert  S.,  a  resident  of 
Oklahoma,  where-  has  large  farming  interests,  and  also 
has  a  fine  farm  in  Dade  County '•  Sarah  Ann,  now  Mrs. 
James  McConncll  of  Dade  County;  William  Y.,  the  subject 
of  this  sketch;  pauline,  now  Mrs.  George  W.  Wilson  of 
Everton;  J.  M.,  n  large  stock  and  ranchman  of  Oklahoma. 
Mr.  McLemore  was  a  fine  Christian  gentleman.  He  was 
a  Democrat  before  the  war,  but  after  this  ended  he  voted 
the  Republican  ticket. 

William  Y.  McLemore  remained  at  home,  farming 
and  getting  his  education,  until  he  was  26  years  of  age, 
after  which  he  entered  a  business  career,  going  into  par- 
tnership with  Gfo.  W.  Wilson,  and  opened  up  a  general 
store  at  Cross  Roads  in  1878.  When  the  railroad  came 
through  the  county  he  and  Mr.  Wilson  moved  to  Everton, 
where  they  built  the  first  store  building  ever  erected  there, 
thereby  becoming  the  pioneer  merchants  of  Everton.  In 
1882  Mr.  McLemore  sold  out  his  interest  to  James  G. 
Wilson,  brother  of  George  Wilson,  and  two  years  later 
formed  a  partnership  with  his  two  brothers,  R.  F.  and 
J.  M.  McLemore,  and  opened  up  a  general  store  at  Ever- 
ton, known  as  the  McLemore  Brothers.  They  continued 
together  until  1898,  when  J.  M.  McLemore  bought  out  the 
entire  business.  W.  Y.  McLemore  was  elected  County  Re- 
corder in  1902  rind  served  four  years.  In  1908  he  went 
to  Porum,  Okla.,  where  he  was  engaged  in  the  mercantile 
business,  and  a^o  dealt  in  land,  remaining  there  until 
1914,  when  he  came  back  to  Everton,  and,  in  connection 
with  George  W.  Wilson,  organized  the  Bank  of  Everton 
from  the  private  bank  of  George  W.  Wilson.  Mr.  Mc- 
Lemore is  now  the  vice  president  of  this  thriving  insti- 
tution, while  Mr.  Wilson  is  president.  A  complete  sketch 
of  this  bank  will  be  found  elsewhere  in  this  work.  Later 
on,  Mr.  McLemore  and  Mr.  Wilson  organized  the  Everton 
Hardware  Company,  which  is  a  going  business,  and  how 
else  could  it  be  when  Mr.  McLemore  is  general  manager 
and  George  W.  Wilson  is  president?  Mr.  McLemore  is 
also  an  extensive  land  owner.  He  has  440  acres  of  good 
land  in  Oklahoma.  On  April  21st,  1881,  Mr.  McLemore 


148  HISTORY   OF    BADE   COUNTY   AND   ITS   PEOPLE 


married  Miss  Serepta  C.  Wheeler,  who  was  born  in  Polk 
Township,  Dade  County,  February  16th,  1859,  a  daughter 
of  Calvin  and  \scenith  (Carlock)  Wheeler,  pioneers  of 
Dade  County,  settling  in  Polk  Township,  where  they 
farmed  for  years,  and  later  engaged  in  merchandising 
at  Cross  Roads  until  his  death.  They  were  fine  Christian 
people,  and  more-  may  be  found  about  these  people  else- 
where. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McLemore  have  been  born  eight 
children,  as  follows:  Clyde  is  a  prominent  attorney  of 
Billings,  Mont.;  Maude  Elsie  died  when  a  child;  Clarence 
is  assistant  cashier  in  the  Bank  of  Everton;  Forest  is  a 
musician  and  teacher;  Ray  is  in  the  hardware  business 
with  his  father;  Dewey  is  a  graduate  of  Everton  High 
School  and  took  a  course  in  Springfield  Normal;  Carl, 
who  is  a  graduate  of  Everton  High  School,  and  Greta  are 
at  home.  Mr.  McLemore  is  a  prominent  Republican 
and  prominent  in  the  Presbyterian  church.  Too  much 
cannot  be  said  for  the  high  standing  of  this  fine  citizen 
and  his  family.  They  are  in  the  front  rank,  and  Mr. 
McLemore 's  success  as  a  business  man  is  due  to  his  close 
application  to  business  and  bis  unswerving  honesty  in  all 
matters.  His  word  is  as  good  as  his  bond  anywhere,  and 
his  many  friends  are  outspoken  in  praises  of  himself,  his 
family  and  his  business  methods.  What  more  could 
mortal  man  desire  and  what  higher  recommendation 
could  one  receive?  Mr.  McLemore  is  a  courteous,  kindly, 
Christian  gentleman,  and  Dade  County  may  be  congratu- 
lated in  having  such  high-grade  men  within  its  borders. 


CHRISTOPHER  COLUMBUS  McLEMORE  SR. 

A  member  of  one  of  the  large  pioneer  families  of  Dade 
County,  vras  born  in  Monroe  County,  Tennessee,  May 
loth,  1^:>7,  son  of  John  and  Delila  (Breden)  McLemore, 
both  natives  of  Tennessee,  having  been  married  there  and 
came  overland  to  Dade  County  in  1852  witli  a  family  of 
nine  children,  five  boys  and  four  girls.  Three  of  the 
boys  are  still  living  in  Dade  County:  William  McLemore 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 149 

of  South  Greenfield,  Patrick  McLemore  of  Washington 
Township  and  C.  C.  McLemore.  Of  his  sisters,  Cynthia 
is  the  widow  of  David  Spain,  Dialtha  is  the  widow  of 
Perry  Farries,  now  living  in  Greenfield.  He  has  one 
brother,  Marion,  who  resides  in  Texas. 

Both  his  father  and  mother  died  in  Bade  County  and 
are  buried  at  the  Mt.  Zion  cemetery  in  Smith  Township. 

When  John  McLemore  first  came  to  the  county  he 
purchased  160  -icres  of  land  in  Washington  Township, 
which  he  improved  and  added  to,  until  at  the  date  of  his 
death  he  owned  300  acres.  After  his  father's  death, 
C.  C.  McLemore  purchased  the  interest  of  the  other  heirs 
and  became  the  owner  of  the  old  homestead. 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  war  Mr.  McLemore, 
in  company  with  his  partner,  Dan  Bailey,  went  to  Colo- 
rado and  purchased  160  acres  of  land  in  Weld  County, 
where  the  city  of  Greeley  now  stands.  They  bought  and 
sold  livestock,  dealt  in  land,  and  prospered.  In  1863 
Mr.  McLemore  ^old  out  his  Colorado  interests  and  re- 
turned to  the  land  of  plenty  in  Dade  County,  where  he 
settled  upon  an  SO-acre  tract  of  land  heired  by  his  wife 
and  where  he  now  lives.  From  this  time  on  he  engaged 
extensively  in  raising,  buying  and  shipping  cattle,  invest- 
ing his  profits  in  land,  until  at  one  time  he  was  the  owner 
of  1,000  acres,  lie  gave  each  of  his  sons  a  fine  farm  to 
start  them  in  life,  so  that  now  he  has  but  440  acres  in 
the  original  home  place,  all  in  one  body  except  the  rail- 
road right-of-way. 

On  the  5th  day  of  January,  1868,  C.  C.  McLemore 
was  married  to  Sarah  Ann  Ragsdale,  who  was  born  in 
Dade  County  November  7th,  1842,  a  daughter  of  Joshua 
Ragsdale,  a  native  of  Tennessee,  and  Sarah  (Turner) 
Ragsdale,  a  native  of  North  Carolina.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Ragsdale  were  married  in  Tennessee. 

C.  C.  McLemore  and  wife  are  the  parents  of  eight 
children,  two  of  whom  are  dead:  Florence  died  in  in- 
fancy. Ella  died  unmarried  at  the  age  of  45.  She  was 
born  April  30th,  1870,  and  died  February  7th,  1916.  One 
daughter,  Hattie,  born  March  19th,  1872,  married  John 


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F.  Daugkerty,  a  Cumberland  Presbyterian  preacher,  and 
also  a  farmer.  They  live  in  the  vicinity  of  South  Green- 
field. The  five  boys  are  as  follows: 

(1)  J.  B.,  born  December  21st,  1868,  lives  at  home 
and  farms  with  his  father.  Is  a  Democrat  and  active  in 
politics,  having  served  as  Judge  of  the  Eastern  District 
one  term. 

('2)  Perry,  born  January  16th,  1874,  married  Maggie 
Withrow,  a  native  of  Dade  County.  They  have  one  child 
living,  Georgie  Marie,  and  one  died  in  infancy. 

(3)  Koy,    born    October    27th,    1875,    married    Lula 
Withrow,    a    native    of    Dade    County.      They    have    two 
children,  Nellie   Beatrice  and  Albert  Jacob. 

(4)  Clark,    born    June    14th,    1882,    married    Willie 
Tanner,  a  native  of  Dade  County.     They  have  three  chil- 
dren: Kubie,  Lummie  Christine  and  Georgie  May. 

(5)  Christopher    Columbus    Jr.,    born    March    27th, 
188S,    married    Katie    Duffy,    a    native    of    Dade    County. 
They  have  two  children,  Anna  Lucile  and  Mary  Ellen. 

Mr.  McLemore  has  one  of  the  excellent  farms  of  Dade 
County,  well  stocked  with  splendid  breeds  of  cattle  and 
horses.  The  farm  is  now  being  managed  by  his  youngest 
son.  On  the  father's  farm  is  kept  a  registered  Hereford 
bull,  while  at  the  farm  of  Bailey,  his  son,  are  kept  a 
French  Coach  Stallion  and  a  Kentucky  Jack. 

Mr.  McLemore  is  a  Democrat,  and  active  in  politics. 
He  has  been  a  member  of  the  school  board  for  many  years, 
and  both  he  and  his  wife  are  active  members  of  the 
Cumberland  Phcsbyterian  church.  He  was  one  of  the 
organizers  of  the  Dade  County  Mutual  Fire  Insurance 
Company,  and  f\»r  years  was  a  member  of  the  board  of 
directors  of  the  Dade  County  Agricultural  and  Mechanical 
Society,  and  as  an  exhibitor  has  taken  perhaps  as  many 
if  not  more  live  stock  premiums  than  any  other  man 
in  the  countv. 


HARMON  P.  McPEAK. 
Deceased. 

Harmon    P.   McPeak,   late   prominent  citizen    of   Dade 
County,   was  born   in  Tennessee   October   19th,   1825.     He 


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was  a  son  of  Mathcw  and  Elizabeth  (Powell)  McPeak, 
who  came  to  Dade  County,  Missouri,  in  1837,  and  took  up 
land  from  the  government,  and  remained  here  until  1852, 
when  they  went  to  California  in  search  of  gold,  taking 
their  entire  family  with  the  exception  of  Harmon  P.,  who 
had  married  four  years  previous  and  decided  to  stick  to 
Dade  County  to  make  his  fortune,  which,  as  it  turned  out, 
he  was  successful  in  doing.  He  married  Miss  Emily 
Asbell  February  10th,  1848,  who  was  born  in  Kentucky 
February  3rd,  1830,  and  brought  by  her  parents  to  Dade 
County  in  1837,  therefore  being  Dade  County  pioneers 
in  the  true  sense.  Harmon  McPeak  served  in  the  State 
Militia  for  a  time  dining  the  Civil  war,  but  was  discharged 
on  account  of  sickness.  After  the  war  was  over  he  en- 
tered 80  acres  of  good  land,  and  upon  this  he  and  his 
wife  both  lived  during  their  entire  lives,  and  this  property 
is  now  in  the  possession  of  their  youngest  son,  Leonidas, 
a  sketch  of  whom  may  be  found  elsewhere.  Harmon 
McPeuk  was  a  success  as  a  farmer  and  stockman.  He  put 
his  land  in  a  high  state  of  cultivation  and  prospered  ex- 
ceedingly, adding  to  his  landed  interests  until  he  had  at 
one  time  over  1,000  acres.  He  was  the  father  of  a  large 
family,  and  sometime  previous  to  his  death,  which  took 
place  December  28th,  1906,  he  had  given  his  many  broad 
acres  to  his  children.  His  wife  lived  for  some  years, 
passing  away  January  19th,  1917.  To  this  fine  couple 
were  born  eleven  children,  eight  of  whom  are  still  living. 
They  were:  John,  born  November  19th,  1848,  a  resident 
of  Idaho;  Mary  Ann,  born  November  8th,  1850,  is  now 
Mrs.  Clovis  DePee  of  Colorado;  Debitha  Armilda,  born 
August  4th,  1853.  now  Mrs.  A.  Frieze,  see  sketch  of  the 
Frieze  family :  James  Elijah,  born  December  17th,  1855. 
and  died  February  1st,  1892,  leaving  two  children;  Susan 
Pauline,  born  February  15th,  1858,  died  October  7th,  1862; 
Neoma  Mariah,  born  May  20th,  1861,  and  died  in  1884: 
Theodore,  born  February  6th,  1863,  a  farmer  of  Cedar 
County;  Mathew  Pearce,  born  December  10th,  1865,  a 
sketch  of  whom  will  be  found  elsewhere;  Dora,  born 
March  20th,  1868,  is  now  Mrs.  C.  C.  Redwine  of  California; 


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Florence,  born  April  4th,  1870,  is  now  Mrs.  Pete  Morgan 
of  Dade  County;  Leonidas  of  Dade  County.  Harmon  Mc- 
Poak  and  his  wife  were  both  members  of  the  Christian 
church  and  were  devoted  to  the  Christian  cause.  He  was 
a  lover  of  fine  stock  and  much  interested  in  the  develop- 
ment of  our  free  public  school  system,  and  served  many 
years  as  school  director.  Truly,  the  memory  of  these  esti- 
mable people  shall  never  die,  for  their  good  works  will 
always  rise  up  to  bless  them,  and  the  fine  family  they 
have  left  behind  them  arc  a  blessing  to  our  county. 
There  are  no  words  adequate  to  express  the  high  regard 
and  love  felt  for  this  venerable  couple,  so  lately  departed 
from  our  midst. 

o — 


M.  P.  McPEAK. 

M.  P.  McPeak,  son  of  Harmon  P.  and  Emily  (Asbell) 
McPeak,  Dade  County  pioneers,  was  born  in  Dade  County 
December  10th,  1865.  (See  sketch  of  Harmon  McPeak 
for  family  and  war  record.) 

During  his  boyhood  and  early  manhood  M.  P.  McPeak 
lived  at  his  father's  home,  attending  school  and  helping 
with  the  farm  work.  He  was  given  a  schooling  at  the 
Christian  College  at  Ash  Grove,  Greene  County,  and  at 
the  age  of  22,  in  the  year  1887,  he  bought  80  acres  of 
timber  land  in  North  Morgan  Township,  and  went  to 
work  clearing  it  up  for  the  purpose  of  making  a  home 
for  himself,  built  a  small  one-room  house,  and  here  he 
"bached"  for  nine  long  years,  all  this  time,  with  the 
exception  of  two  years  spent  in  the  states  of  Idaho  and 
Washington,  hammering  away  to  improve  his  land.  His 
father  gave  him  an  adjoining  40,  also  timber  land,  and  this, 
too,  he  cleared,  fenced  and  generally  improved.  On  this 
40  he  eventually  built  his  present  fine  residence.  On 
March  3rd,  1896.  he  married  one  of  Dade  County's  finest 
daughters,  Miss  Kate  Wilson,  born  March  7th,  1871,  a 
daughter  of  Alfred  and  Sara  Jane  (Russell)  Wilson. 
Alfred  Wilson  came  from  Nashville,  Tenn.,  to  Dade  County 
when  but  a  lad  of  12  years.  He  was  twrice  married,  his 


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first  wife  being  Miss  Mary  Lou  Davis,  and  by  whom  ho 
had  two  children  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  M.  P.  McPeak  have 
been  born  eight  children,  all  of  whom  are  living  at  this 
writing.  They  are:  Lucy  E.,  born  December  23rd,  1896, 
married  December  23rd,  1915,  to  Gilbert  L.  Maxwell,  a 
farmer  of  Dado  County,  and  they  have  one  child,  James 
Lowell,  born  October  25th,  1916;  Theo.  J.,  born  November 
14th,  1898,  and  married  Perry  Stockton,  a  farmer  of 
South  Morgan  Township,  in  December,  1916;  Zora  B., 
born  September  8th,  1900;  Ida  Xeoma,  born  July  8th,  1902; 
Anna  Leona,  born  November  22nd,  1904-'  Emma  E.,  born 
September  10th,  1906;  Flora  Mildred,  born  September 
29th,  1908;  Kate  Regina,  born  December  24th,  1911,  all 
living  at  home  and  receiving  the  very  best  of  educational 
advantages.  Mr.  McPeak  is  a  general  farmer  and  stock- 
man, feeds  largely  and  uses  all  the  up-to-date  methods 
and  uses  silage  10  advantage.  lie  has  a  160-ton  silo  on 
his  place.  This  wide-awake  farmer  has  certainly  made  a 
success  of  his  business,  and  his  farm,  with  its  fine  eight- 
room  residence  and  large  barns  and  outbuildings,  is  one 
of  the  show  places  of  the  county.  The  farm  now  com- 
prises 320  acres.  300  in  cultivation,  all  fenced  and  cross- 
fenced,  well  watered  with  wells,  springs  and  branch.  The 
house  is  fitted  with  acetylene  gas  and  all  modern  appli- 
ances, which  are  now  enjoyed  by  all  the  family  and  appre- 
ciated, yet  the  little  house  where  Mr.  McPeak  first  made 
his  start  is  the  actual  place  of  birth  of  all  eight  of  the 
children,  and  they  all  still  love  the  old  place,  even  though 
they  now  reside  in  so  fine  a  residence. 

Mr.  McPeak  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  but  has  never 
sought  or  desired  office,  preferring  to  devote  his  time  to 
his  large  farming  and  stock  interests  and  to  his  fine 
family.  A  man  of  fine  breding,  courteous,  and  not  a  bit 
stuck-up,  pleasant  to  meet,  a  gentleman  of  the  first  water, 
we  do  not  hesitate  to  place  him  in  the  front  rank  of  our 
citizenship. 

o 

LON  McPEAK. 

Among  the  prominent  farmers  and  stock  men  of 
eastern  Dade  County  we  must  mention  Lon  McPeak  of 


154  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

North  Morgan  Township.  He  is  a  native  of  this  county, 
born  December  28th,  1873,  a  son  of  Harmon  P.  and 
Emma  (Asbell)  McPeak,  a  complete  sketch  of  whom  may 
be  found  elsewhere  in  this  volume.  Lon  McPeak  is  the 
youngest  of  eleven  children  born  to  his  parents.  He  has 
always  resided  on  the  home  place,  and  now  owns  a  large 
portion  of  the  original  McPeak  homestead.  Mr.  McPeak 
was  educated  in  the  common  and  high  schools  of  Dade 
County,  and  alsr  attended  the  Christian  College  at  Ash 
Grove.  Greene  County.  On  June  17th,  1893,  he  married 
one  of  Dade  County's  fairest  daughters,  Miss  Ollie  M. 
King,  born  January  3,  1879,  a  daughter  of  John  King  of 
Greenfield,  Mo.,  and  of  whom  a  complete  sketch  appears 
elsewhere.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McPeak  have  been  born  three 
children,  all  at  home  and  receiving  the  advantages  of 
good  educations.  They  are  Leonidus  Doyle,  born  April 
3rd,  1906;  Harmon  King,  born  March  IQth,  1909,  and 
Gladys  Lavern,  born  January  17th,  1912.  Previous  to  hi? 
father's  death,  Mr.  McPeak  received  162  acres  of  the  old 
homestead,  and  started  farming  and  stock  raising  on  his 
own  account,  his  father  and  mother  both  making  their 
home  at  their  son's  place,  and  both  passed  away  here. 
(See  sketch  of  Harman  and  Emma  McPeak.)  Lon  Mc- 
Peak lias  made  farming  a  business  and  has  succeeded.  He 
lias  added  to  his  holdings  until  he  now  owns  210  acres  of 
the  very  best  of  Dade  County  land.  His  large  residence 
can  be  seen  from  miles  around,  and  on  this  fine  farm  he 
raises  and  feeds  much  stock,  dealing  in  hogs,  cattle  and 
mules.  On  this  place  can  be  found  a  large  120-ton  silo 
and  all  modern  machinery  and  conveniences.  Besides  this 
farm  Mr.  McPeak  owns  160  acres  in  southeastern  Ar- 
kansas. Mr.  McPeak  is  a  clean-cut,  progressive  business 
man,  and  everything  around  his  place  shows  thrift  and 
careful  attention.  He  is  a  Republican  and  a  good  booster 
for  any  enterprise  for  the  good  of  the  county.  Good  roads 
and  good  free  public  schools  find  in  him  a  firm  friend, 
lie  has  served  on  the  school  board.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
McPeak  come  from  two  of  our  most  prominent  pioneer 
families  and  are  among  the  very  best  that  the  county 
of  Dade  numbers  as  its  native  sons  and  daughters. 


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FELIX  H.  McGEE. 

One  of  the  most  prominent  and  best-known  native 
sons  of  Dade  County  is  Felix  McGee,  whose  name  heads 
this  review.  He  was  born  in  Dade  County  on  the  Nancy 
A.  McGee  farm,  just  east  of  where  he  now  resides.  He 
was  born  July  23rd,  3861,  the  son  of  Abner  H.  and  Nancy 
Adaline  (Hoyle)  McGee.  The  father  was  a  native  of 
North  Carolina,  borr  December  30th,  1820,  and  died  in 
Greene  County  March  23rd,  1863,  while  a  prisoner  of  war 
at  Springfield.  ITis  wife,  Nancy  A.,  was  a  native  of  Ten- 
nessee, born  November  28th,  1829,  and  died  in  Dade 
County  October  17th,  1897.  The  grandfather  of  Felix 
McGee  was  Daniel  McGee,  and  was  among  the  very  early 
settlers  of  Dade  County,  as  also  was  Uncle  Peter  Hoyle, 
his  maternal  grandfather,  and  of  whom  more  mention  is 
made  elsewhere.  Felix  McGee  was  the  youngest  of  eight 
children,  as  follows:  Mary,  born  February  12th,  1850, 
married  Frank  Kagsdale,  and  is  now  deceased;  Cordelia, 
born  March  17tr.,  1851,  is  now  Mrs.  Cleve  Cantrell  of 
Frisco,  Tex.;  Sarah,  born  November  17th,  1852,  is  now 
Mrs.  Thad  Lawrence  of  Portland,  Ore.;  Alice,  born  April 
24th,  1854,  is  Miv  Pete  Clardy  of  McKinney,  Tex.;  Iloyle, 
born  April  5th,  1858,  married  Adaline  Hurst,  and  they 
live  in  Lockwood,  Dade  County;  Daniel,  born  in  1857, 
and  David,  born  in  1860,  both  dying  in  infancy.  Felix 
McGee  now  lives  in  the  heart  of  what  is  now  known  as  the 
McGee  Diggins,  a  prosperous  zinc  mining  camp.  His 
father  and  Ruben  Cantrell  had  built  a  line  fence  of  rock, 
little  thinking  tliat  they  wrere  building  out  of  fine  zinc 
ore,  known  now  as  gray  silicate.  Ore  was  first  discovered 
on  this  place  in  1775,  the  earliest  date  that  zinc  ore  was 
known  to  exist  in  the  county.  Gray  Silicate  lay  on  top 
of  the  ground,  and  was  found  to  exist  in  large  pockets 
all  over  this  section.  The  old  stone  fence  built  years 
before  was  sold,  and  brought  a  tidy  sum  to  Mrs.  McGee, 
and  the  property  has  since  been  mined  and  has  netted 
a  large  sum.  Many  mines  are  being  worked  now,  and  the 
place  is  a  hustling  mining  camp,  the  ore  being  hauled  to 
Everton  and  Greenfield,  where  permanent  markets  are 


156  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

to  be  found.  Mr.  McGee  is  now  the  owner  of  204  acres, 
all  of  which  is  raining  land,  and  he  has  10  acres  under 
mining  lease,  which  is  producing  in  a  satisfactory  manner. 
Mr.  McGee  was  married  November  25th,  1S85,  to  Ella 
F.  Wheeler,  who  was  born  May  8th,  1868,  a  daughter  of 
Isaac  and  Martha  (Brown)  Wheeler,  natives  of  Tennessee 
and  Kentucky,  respectively.  The  father  is  now  deceased, 
while  the  wife  is  living  in  Bade  County  on  the  old  home 
place,  which  is  located  directly  on  the  Polk  and  Dade 
County  line.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  McGee  have  been  born 
throe  fine  children,  as  follows:  Claude,  born  September 
16th,  1SS6,  married  Miss  Grace  Prater;  Leslie,  born  May 
li'th,  1890,  and  Jerlie,  born  January  15th,  1892,  all  living 
at  home,  and  the  two  sons  are  engaged  in  farming  and 
mining  on  the  home  place.  Mr.  McGee  and  his  wife  are 
members  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  he  is  a  member  of 
the  W.  0.  W.,  while  he  and  his  sons  are  all  members 
of  the  I.  0.  0.  F.  at  Dadeville.  Mr.  McGee  is  a  Democrat 
in  politics,  and,  while  not  desiring  office  of  any  kind,  he 
is  interested  in  the  affairs  of  the  county,  and  can  always 
be  counted  upon  to  give  of  his  means  and  time  to  any 
worthy  enterprise  that  is  for  the  good  of  the  county  and 
its  people.  A  broad  minded  and  courteous  gentleman,  he 
stands  in  the  front  rank  of  our  best  citizenship,  and  his 
name  is  above  reproach  in  every  way.  Always  honorable 
in  all  his  dealings,,  he  has  earned  for  himself  a  reputation 
second  to  none,  and  he  and  his  family  are  a  credit  to  our 
countv. 


GEORGE  WILOUGHBY  MALLORY. 

Starting  in  life  from  the  humble  surroundings  of  a 
log  Ccibin  in  an  isolated  community,  George  Wiloughby 
Mallory  has  made  wonderful  strides  in  winning  his  way 
in  the  world.  He  was  born  in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  on 
the  17th  day  of  January,  1853,  a  son  of  William  Perkins 
and  Marcrarct  (Meeks)  Mallory.  His  father  was  a  native 
of  Kentucky,  while  his  mother  was  a  native  of  Dade 
County.  They  were  married  in  this  county.  W7illiam 


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P.  Mallory  camo  to  Dade  County  when  a  child  with  his 
father,  John  Mallory,  who  settled  near  Antioch  church 
in  South  Township,  where  he  died  long  ago.  His  son, 
William  P.  Mallory,  was  a  farmer  and  raised  a  family 
of  seven  childrer.  six  boys  and  one  girl. 

George  W.  Mallory  was  third  in  the  order  of  birth, 
but  his  father  had  been  previously  married,  his  first  wife 
being  Bettie  Scott,  of  the  pioneer  Scott  family,  and  they 
had  one  son,  William  Jesse. 

At  the  lime  of  his  death  William  P.  Mallory  was  the 
owner  of  107  acres  of  good  land,  which  is  now  owned  by 
George  W.  The  log  house  originally  erected  on  the  land 
is  still  standing.  George  W.  Mallory  has  one  sister,  Tisa 
Ann,  and  four  brothers,  Thomas  Wood  Mallory,  Francis 
Marion  Mallory,  James  Morgan  Mallory  and  John  Miles 
Mallory,  all  living  in  Dade  County. 

George  W.  remained  at  home  till  the  death  of  his 
father,  in  1SS2.  He  wras  married  August  30th,  1884,  to 
Lucy  Thomas  Jones,  who  was  born  July  29th,  1862,  a 
daughter  of  W.  T.  and  Minta  E.  Jones. 

George  W.  Mallory  and  wife  are  the  parents  of  six 
children: 

(1)  Ha  Ellen,  born  June  24th,  1886. 

(2)  Burley  Perkins,  born  December  22nd,  1888. 

(3)  Elzie  Vrhomas,   born   October   7th,   1889. 

(4)  Arley,  born  February  27th,  1893. 

(5)  Claytor,  born  December  2nd,  1894. 

(6)  Baby,  died  in  infancy,  unnamed. 

About  the  time  of  his  father's  death  George  W.  Mal- 
lory bought  an  80-acre  tract  of  railroad  land  at  $2.00  per 
acre. 

It  is  upon  this  land  where  his  residence  now  stands. 
It  was  raw  land,  excepting  six  acres  and  a  small  log 
cabin.  By  industry  and  great  perseverance  he  succeeded 
in  making  for  himself  and  family  a  comfortable  home. 
]n  1897  he  rented  the  farm  and  moved  to  Everton,  in  order 
to  better  educate  his  children.  For  seven  years  he  was 
engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits,  first  in  the  grocery  and 
produce  business  with  numerous  partners,  and  finally  in 


158 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

the  dry  goods  business  with  E.  Carander.  He  finally  sold 
out  and  returned  to  the  farm.  Mr.  Mallory  had  prospered 
to  such  a  degree  that  he  is  now  the  owner  of  395  acres 
of  land  all  in  one  body,  300  acres  of  which  is  in  cultivation, 
much  of  it  in  Turnback  bottom.  His  land  is  well  watered 
and  well  improved.  He  now  lives  in  a  comfortable  frame 
residence,  surrounded  by  good  outbuildings,  and  handles 
annually  a  large  number  of  hogs  and  about  30  head  of 
Whiteface  cattle. 

Mr.  Mallory  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Christian 
church  at  Antioch.  He  is  a  Democrat,  a  member  of  the 
W.  0.  W.  lodge  at  Everton,  and  has  been  a  member  of 
the  school  board  for  six  years,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
town  board  as  well  as  justice  of  the  peace,  on  his  second 
term. 

Mr.  Mallory  is  one  of  the  substantial  farmers  of 
South  Township,  and  enjoys  his  prosperity  with  rustic 
simplicity. 


EDGAR  P.  MANN. 

From  the  sticks  to  the  stars  is  a  long  leap,  and  one 
that  is  seldom  attained  by  mortal  man  during  the  span 
of  a  single  life,  yet  there  are  many  instances  recorded 
in  history  where  boys  have  attained  positions  of  promi- 
nence late  in  life  after  many  years  of  hardship  and 
struggle  in  rising  above  obscurity. 

Edgar  P.  Mann  was  born  upon  a  farm  in  Warren 
County,  Missouri.  April  9th,  1858.  His  grandfather, 
Thomas  Mann,  was  born  in  Burks  County,  North  Caro- 
lina, came  as  a  young  man  to  St.  Louis  in  1812,  and  after- 
ward settled  in  Lincoln  County,  Missouri,  in  1815,  where 
lie  married  and  \vhere  his  son,  Josiah  Mann,  was  born  in 
!*_!.'>.  Josiah  Mann  was  married  in  Warren  County,  Mis- 
souri, to  Elizabeth  Judith  Moore  in  1844,  to  which  union 
eight  children  were  born:  Thomas  W.,  died  in  infancy: 
Mary  J.,  now  the  widow  of  Thomas  W.  Mahan,  lives  in 
Kansas  City;  Dr.  John  A.,  lives  in  Wellington,  Mo.;  Joseph 
H.,  lives  at  Leadville,  Colo.,  and  is  a  railroad  engineer' 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 159 

Edgar  P.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch;  George  L.,  a  lawyer, 
living-  at  Sapulpr,  Okla. ;  Dr.  Frank  W.,  lives  at  Welling- 
ton, Mo.,  and  Robert  L.,  a  merchant,  living  at  Welling- 
ton, Mo. 

Elizabeth  J.  Mann  died  at  Wellington,  Mo.,  in  March, 
1899,  and  her  husband,  Josiah  Mann,  died  at  the  same 
place  in  May,  1905.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  all  his  family 
was  reared  on  a  farm,  all  the  children  being  born  on  the 
farm  in  Warren  County,  Missouri,  where  the  parents  set- 
tled when  they  were  married,  except  Robert  L.,  who  was 
born  in  St.  Loui^  County  on  a  farm.  Josiah  Mann  moved 
with  his  family  from  Warren  County  to  St.  Louis  County 
in  18fi5,  arriving  there  the  day  after  the  night  of  Lin- 
coln's assassination.  They  moved  from  the  St.  Louis 
County  farm  to  a  farm  near  Wellington,  in  Lafayette 
County,  Missouri,  in  December,  1872. 

William  Moore,  the  maternal  grandfather  of  Edgar 
P.  Mann,  married  Eleanor  Gravelly,  botl  natives  of 
Virginia,  and  emigrated  from  Henry  County,  Virginia, 
to  Warren  County,  Missouri,  in  1840,  and  settled  upon 
a  farm  near  Warrenton,  the  county  seat.  William  Moore 
died  there  in  1858,  and  his  widow,  Eleanor  Moore,  died 
at  the  home  of  Josiah  Mann  in  Lafayette  County  in  1890. 
They  had  one  son,  who  died  soon  after  reaching  majority, 
and  six  daughters,  all  of  whom  married  and  settled  in 
Missouri,  as  have  all  the  descendants  of  both  the  Mann 
and  Moore  families,  with  few  exceptions. 

Edgar  P.  Mann,  when  7  years  of  age,  moved  with  his 
parents  from  Warren  County  to  a  farm  in  St.  Loui« 
County,  and  at  the  age  of  1-1-  years  moved  with  them  to 
a  farm  in  Lafay3tte  County,  Missouri,  where  he  grew  to 
maturity.  Tie  received  his  education  in  the  common 
schools,  the  graded  school  at  Wellington,  Mo.,  and  after- 
ward attended  the  State  Normal  School  at  Warrensburg, 
Mo.  He  taught  school  three  years  in  Lafayette  County, 
arid  was  for  one  year  principal  of  the  schools  at  Welling- 
ton. Desiring  to  become  a  lawyer,  he  moved  to  Lexington, 
Mo.,  where  he  entered  the  law  office  of  John  S.  Black- 
well,  a  leading  lawyer  of  that  place,  as  well  as  of  Central 


160  HISTORY  OF   DADE   COUNTY  AND   ITS  PEOPLE 

Missouri,  during  which  time  he  did  clerical  work  in  the 
various  county  offices  to  pay  his  way  while  pursuing  his 
law  studies.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  before  Hon. 
John  P.  Strothev,  Circuit  Judge,  at  Lexington,  Mo.,  De- 
cember 21st,  1881,  after  three  years  of  study,  during  all 
of  which  time  he  was  permitted  to,  and  did,  practice  in 
the  Probate  Court  and  tried  cases  in  the  justices'  courts 
all  over  Lafayette  County,  and  was  required  by  his  pre- 
ceptor to  draw  all  his  pleadings  and  instructions  in  civil 
cases,  and  the  indictments  found  by  the  Grand  Jury,  as 
well  as  all  legal  papers  drawn  in  the  office,  without  using 
any  forms  to  go  by,  it  being  his  preceptor's  theory  that 
such  practice  was  important  in  obtaining  a  legal  educa- 
tion. The  result  was  that  when  Mr.  Mann  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  he  was  able  to  draw,  without  the  aid  of  any 
kind  of  form,  any  legal  conveyance  then  in  use  and  any 
form  of  pleading  used  in  court  procedure.  After  his 
admission  to  the  bar  he  remained  for  a  while  in  the 
office  of  Mr.  Bl^.ckwell,  then  agreed  to  become  one  of  a 
party  of  young  men  to  emigrate  to  Tacoma,  Wash.,  but 
after  severing  his  relations  with  Mr.  Blackwell  he  was 
persuaded  by  his  mother  to  remain  in  Missouri.  In  look- 
ing over  Southwest  Missouri  for  a  location  to  practice, 
on  recommendation  of  Judge  D.  P.  Stratton  he  came  to 
Greenfield  August  28th,  1883,  and  the  next  day  moved 
into  an  office  on  the  east  side  of  the  square  with  Captain 
Alfred  Kennedy,  and  began  his  legal  career.  In  October, 
1S84,  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Judge  Mason  Talbutt, 
a  pioneer  attorney  of  Greenfield,  which  continued  till 
.January  1st,  1901.  At  that  time  Mr.  Mann  received  the 
appointment  of  District  Attorney  for  the  K.  C.,  Ft.  S.  &  M. 
Railroad  Company,  and  moved  to  Springfield  to  fill  that 
position  and  also  to  engage  in  the  general  practice  of  law. 
That  company  sold  to  the  Frisco  September  1st  following, 
and  Mr.  Mann  was  offered  the  position  of  General  Attor- 
ney for  the  Frisco,  with  offices  in  St.  Louis,  which  offer 
he  refused,  remaining  in  Springfield  and  engaging  in  the 
general  practice  until  February,  1904,  when  he  was  again 
appointed  District  Attorney  by  the  Frisco  company,  which 


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HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 161 

position  he  still  holds,  in  addition  to  his  general  practice 
in  the  law  firm  of  Mann,  Todd  &  Mann. 

Mr.  Mann  has  also  been  active  in  civic  affairs  since 
going  to  Springfield.  He  is  now  president  of  the  Spring- 
field Club,  chairman  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Young 
Woman's  Christian  Association,  an  elder  in  the  Calvary 
Presbyterian  church,  director  in  and  general  attorney  for 
the  United  Iron  Works  Company,  and  a  director  in  the 
Springfield  Grocery  Company.  Fraternally  Mr.  Mann  has 
attained  the  Knights  Templar  degree  in  Masonry,  and  is 
also  an  Odd  Fellow. 

Edgar  P.  Mann  was  married  in  Greenfield,  Mo.,  on 
the  2nd  day  of  June,  1887,  to  Mary  Elizabeth  Clark, 
daughter  of  Captain  S.  R.  and  Margaret  A.  Clark.  To 
this  union  were  born  two  children: 

(1)  Frank    Clark    Mann,    born    in    Greenfield,    Mo., 
September  2nd,  1888.  educated  at  Rolla  and  at  the  State 
University   at   Columbia   law   department,   and   is   now   a 
partner  in  his  father's  office  at  Springfield.    He  was  mar- 
ried  to   Marjorie   Potts   of  Boone   County,   Missouri    and 
they  have  two  children :  Edgar  P.,  born  October  28th,  1914, 
and  Mary  Marjorie,  born  November  4th,  1916. 

(2)  Mildred,   born    at   Greenfield,   Mo.,   March   31st, 
1891,    married    to   John    F.    McGregor,    secretary    of    the 
McGregor-Noe  Hardware  Company  of  Springfield. 

In  politics  Mr.  Mann  is  a  Democrat,  and  the  only 
office  he  ever  held  was  that  of  mayor  of  the  city  of  Green- 
field, elected  on  a  Citizens'  ticket  for  two  successive  terms, 
and  was  also  a  member  of  the  school  board.  Was  never  a 
voluntary  candidate  for  any  office,  but  always  took  an 
active  part  in  every  political  campaign,  either  as  a  plat- 
form speaker  or  member  of  the  executive  committee.  He 
served  as  a  member  of  the  Democratic  State  Committee 
from  1895  to  1898,  and  was  presidential  elector  for  the 
Sixth  Congressional  District  in  1900. 

Notwithstanding  his  many  successes,  Mr.  Mann  is 
still  a  plain  man,  whose  heart  and  sympathy  is  with  the 
common  people.  He  takes  great  delight  in  recalling  the 
many  pleasant  experiences  connected  with  his  early  life 


162  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

in  Greenfield.  In  convrsation  recently  with  the  writer  of 
this  sketch,  when  his  personal  career  was  being  dis- 
cussed and  his  many  legal  victories  recounted,  Mr.  Mann, 
in  his  very  modest  way,  used  language  something  like  this: 

"If  I  were  writing  my  own  history,  trying  to  charac- 
terize my  professional  record  accurately,  I  would  lay  no 
emphasis  upon  the  amount  of  big  litigation  that  I  have 
been  engaged  in  or  upon  any  notable  victories  I  have 
won  in  the  courts,  nor  upon  the  fact  that  I  have  attained 
some  reputation  as  a  corporate  lawyer.  The  legal  work 
that  I  would  point  to,  if  asked  to  designate  the  thing  I  am 
proudest  of,  is  my  record  as  attorney  for  the  little  old 
Greenfield  &  Northern  Railroad  Company  when  I  was 
a  young,  inexperienced  lawyer.  Relying  entirely  upon  my 
own  resources  and  without  consulting  with  anyone  else, 
I  became  attorney  for  the  proposed  Greenfield  &  Northern 
Railroad  and  drew  its  original  charter  and  all  of  the 
amendments  thereto,  and  condemned  its  right-of-way  and 
depot  grounds,  wrote  its  bonds  and  wrote  the  deed  of 
trust  securing  the  same.  I  wrote  its  construction  con- 
tracts. I  attended  to  all  of  its  title  deeds  and  decrees 
in  court  vesting  the  title  in  the  corporation  to  that  and 
other  property.  I  wrote  the  record  of  its  corporate  meet- 
ings, its  board  of  directors,  and  all  of  the  resolutions  and 
everything;  and,  in  fact,  did  all  of  the  legal  work  in  con- 
nection with  it  during  its  entire  existence  as  an  independ- 
ent corporation,  and  during  that  period  attended  to  all 
of  its  litigation  in  court.  When  that  road  was  bought 
by  the  old  Kansas  City  Fort  Scott  &  Memphis  Railroad 
Company,  Mr.  Miller,  its  owner,  was  informed  by  General 
Nettleton,  president  of  the  purchasing  road,  and  Wallace 
Pratt,  its  general  counsel,  that  the  deal  could  not  be  con- 
summated for  several  months  by  reason  of  the  fact  that 
he  had  had  a  young,  inexperienced  country  lawyer  do  his 
it'gal  work,  which  involved  the  very  right  of  the  corpora 
lion  to  exist,  and  the  title  to  all  of  its  property  and  the 
validity  of  its  bonds:  that  they  were  sure,  in  consequence, 
that  the  work  h:id  been  done  wrong,  and  that  it  would 
have  to  be  done  over  again.  I  sent  them  the  complete 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  163 

records  in  my  possession  belonging  to  the  legal  depart- 
ment of  the  Greenfield  &  Northern,  and  Mr.  Miller  sent 
them  the  rest.  In  one  week's  time  they  called  us  to  Kansas 
City  ready  to  take  the  property  over  and  pay  for  it  with- 
out the  dotting  of  an  'i'  or  the  crossing  of  a  "t."  Mr. 
Pratt  and  Mr.  Nettleton  stated  that  this  was  the  only  ab- 
solutely perfect  railroad  record  they  had  ever  seen,  and 
stated  that  if  the  records  of  the  old  Kansas  City,  Fort 
Scott  &  Memphis  Railroad  had  been  kept  with  the  same 
accuracy  and  the  same  painstaking  degree  of  care  de- 
voted to  all  of  its  organization  work,  the  company  would 
have  been  saved  many  thousands  of  dollars.  And  Mr. 
Pratt,  the  general  solicitor,  then  and  there  stated  to  me 
that  if  I  would  take  it  he  would  give  me  the  first  vacancy 
on  his  staff  of  attorneys  for  the  railroad,  and  that  was 
the  beginning  of  my  career  as  a  railroad  attorney.  I 
speak  of  this  as  an  illustration  of  the  fact  that  in  my 
judgment  whatever  degree  of  success  I  have  made  as  a 
lawyer  has  been  the  result  of  hard  work  and  painstaking 
care,  rather  than  of  the  possession  of  any  degree  of 
ability  above  the  ordinary." 


JAMES    S  MARSHALL. 

Who,  among  our  citizenship,  is  due  more  honor  and 
praise  than  the  man  or  woman  who  devotes  years  to  the 
teaching  of  our  young?  To  successfully  take  this  great 
work  upon  one's  shoulders  means  more  than  being  merely 
educated;  it  met-.ns  a  great  devotion  to  the  cause,  and 
requires  a  tact  that  when  it  is  in  evidence  is  almost 
uncanny.  All  honor  to  our  teachers,  who  receive  all  too 
little  for  their  precious  services  and  devotion.  Such  a 
one  was  James  S.  Marshall  during  his  teaching  career 
among  us  of  over  twenty  years.  Twenty  years  he  spent 
in  starting  our  future  citizens  on  the  road  to  usefulness, 
who  can  estimate  the  value  of  his  work,  and  the  good 
he  has  done  for  the  \oung  of  this  county?  James  S.  Mar- 
shall is  a  native  of  Cedar  County,  Missouri,  born  Decem- 
ber 23,  1868,  a  son  of  John  Marshall  and  Mary  M.  McCon- 


164  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

nell,  his  wife,  natives  of  West  Virginia  and  Virginia, 
respectively.  Mary  McConnell  was  brought  to  Dade 
County  when  a  very  small  child  by  her  parents,  more 
extended  mention  of  whom  will  be  found  elsewhere  in 
this  work.  John  Marshall  was  in  the  prime  of  life  when 
he  came  to  Dade  County,  just  prior  to  the  Civil  war.  He 
enlisted  in  the  Sixth  Missouri  Volunteer  Cavalry  and 
served  his  country  with  valor  for  about  four  years.  After 
the  war  he  engaged  in  farming,  in  which  he  was  success- 
ful, and  at  the  time  of  his  death,  October  23rd,  1913,  he 
owned  156  acres  of  good  land  in  Sac  Township,  Dade 
County,  where  his  widow  now  resides.  They  had  seven 
children,  of  whom  James  S.  was  the  oldest.  The  others 
are:  Rob't  A.,  a  business  man  of  Greenfield;  J.  W.  and 
W.  H.,  both  farmers  of  Dade  County;  one  sister,  Ella, 
married  George  Jones,  and  died  leaving  one  child,  Mabel, 
who  is  married  to  Troy  Johnson,  a  farmer  of  Sac  Town- 
ship. Another  sister  died  in  early  life,  unmarried.  John 
Marshall  was  a  highly  respected  citizen.  He  was  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  a  member  of  the  G.  A.  R.  and  a  con- 
sistent member  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  church. 
James  S.  Marshall  received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Dade  County  and  studied  for  two  years  in  the 
Dadeville  Academy,  and  started  teaching  at  the  age  of 
-'2  years.  In  all,  he  has  devoted  20  years  of  his  life  to 
this  commendable  work.  He  taught  at  Greenfield  one 
year,  Carlock  district  one  year,  Sand  Mountain  two  years, 
Flint  Hill  and  Jones  districts  one  year  each,  then  for 
seven  years  at  the  Speight  School,  following  this  with  five 
years  in  the  Cave  district,  one  year  at  Shady  Grove,  and 
his  last  two  years  in  the  Stockton  District.  That  he  was 
proficient  in  his  work  goes  without  saying.  During  this 
time  he  was  saving  of  his  money,  and  was  able  to  buy  him 
a  farm  of  80  acres  in  Sac  Township.  He  never  made  his 
home  on  this,  however,  but  he  kept  it  for  eight  years  and 
in  HlOfJ  he  sold  this  tract  and  bought  GO  acres  of  improved 
land  in  South  Morgan  Township,  where  he  now  lives. 
This  farm  is  on  the  main  Greenfield  and  Dadeville  road, 
and  is  well  improved  and  all  in  cultivation  and  equipped 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  165 


with  good  buildings  In  1912  he  built  a  new  residence, 
cutting  the  limber  and  building  the  building  with  his  own 
hands,  lie  carries  on  a  deal  of  stock  raising,  raising 
good  horses  and  the  Poland-China  hogs.  Mr.  Marshall 
was  married  March  18th,  1896,  to  Miss  Alice  Rainey,  who 
was  born  in  Howell  County,  Missouri,  October  29th,  1875, 
a  daughter  of  Enos  and  Amanda  (Northington)  Rainey, 
both  natives  of  Tennessee,  where  they  were  married,  and 
came  to  Missouri  at  an  early  day,  settling  in  Howell 
County,  near  West  Plains,  where  he  died  about  1878.  The 
mother  came  to  Dade  County,  bringing  her  three  daugh- 
ters, in  1878,  and  nettled  in  South  Morgan  Township. 
She  raised  her  three  girls,  who  are  all  living  and  married, 
besides  Mrs.  Marshall.  Minnie  married  Elisha  Dodson 
and  lives  in  Oregon  County,  Missouri,  and  Matilda  is  the 
wife  of  R.  W.  Smith  of  Monett,  Mo. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Marshall  have  been  born  five  chil- 
dren, all  of  whom  are  at  home  and  receiving  the  advan- 
tages of  good  educations.  They  are,  in  order  of  birth: 
Cleo,  born  December  21st,  1897;  Kyle,  born  February 
21st,  1901;  Rainey,  born  March  21st,  1904;  Ralph,  born 
March  26,  1909;  Blanche,  born  September  21st,  1913.  Mr. 
Marshall  has  always  been  a  staunch  Democrat,  has  served 
as  township  assessor  for  two  years,  and  was  appointed 
postmaster  at  Dadeville  on  July  4th,  1914,  which  position 
he  now  holds  and  fills  with  entire  satisfaction  to  the 
citizens  of  Dadeville.  Mr.  Marshall  is  a  member  of  Twi- 
light lodge  No.  103,  I.  0.  0.  F.,  and  the  W.  0.  W.  at  Dade- 
ville. Of  the  progressive  thinkers  of  the  county  Air.  Mar- 
shall is  in  the  first  rank.  Finely  educated,  popular  and 
of  pleasing  personality,  he  numbers  his  friends  by  the 
hundreds  in  all  parts  of  the  county.  He  is  a  broad- 
minded  gentleman,  a  booster  for  good  roads  and  free 
public  schools,  liberal  with  his  time  and  money  for  all 
worthy  undertakings  for  the  good  of  the  county  and 
state.  A  man  living  a  clean  life  and  setting  an  example 
it  is  well  for  our  young  people  to  follow.  So  say  we, 
all  of  us. 


166  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

THOMAS  J.   MASSEY. 

Born  iii  Lacledc-  County,  Missouri,  July  19th,  1864, 
son  of  Henry  and  Amanda  (Robertson)  Massey.  His 
father  was  born  in  Tennessee  and  died  in  1904  at  the  age 
of  83  years.  The  Masseys  were  early  settlers  in  Ten- 
nessee, and  followed  farming.  Henry  was  a  veterinary 
surgeon  and  came  with  his  family  to  Missouri  in  1837 
and  squatted  on  a  piece  of  government  land.  A  short 
time  before  the  Civil  war  he  settled  in  Laclede  County, 
where  lie  homesteadcd  a  tract  of  land  and  built  a  log 
cabin,  in  which  he  lived  while  he  improved  the  land. 
For  some  two  years  previous  to  the  war  lie  was  a  resident 
of  Dade  County,  where  his  first  two  children  were  born. 
At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  war  he  enlisted  in  a 
cavalry  regiment  in  the  Union  army  and  served  three 
and  one-half  years.  He  received  a  sabre  wound  at  the 
battle  of  Chattanooga.  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  re- 
turned to  his  Missouri  farm,  where  he  lived  and  pros- 
pered, lie  handled  considerable  live  stock  and  enjoyed 
a  large  clientele  as  a  veterinary  surgeon.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  G.  A.  K.  and  voted  the  Democratic  ticket  all 
his  life. 

Amanda  (Robertson)  Massey  was  a  native  of  Indiana, 
and  died  in  191 L'.  at  the  age  of  76  years.  She  was  of 
German  ancestry,  a  member  of  the  M.  E.  church  and  the 
mother  of  12  children. 

Thomas  J.  Massey  was  raised  on  a  farm,  and  attended 
country  schools  and  high  school  at  Ilartville,  Wright 
County,  Missouri.  He  read  medicine  at  home  and  entered 
Old  Northwestern  Medical  College  at  St.  Joseph.  Mo.,  in 
l-sv^,  and  graduated  in  1891.  Previous  to  his  graduation, 
however,  in  1889.  he  hung  out  his  shingle  at  Duncan, 
Webster  County,  and  remained  there  eight  years.  From 
there  he  went  to  Hart vi lie,  and  after  practicing  one  year 
came  to  Lock  wood.  This  last  move  was  made  in  1899. 
Dr.  Massey  is  now  considered  one  of  the  leading  physicians 
in  Southwest  Missouri,  having  a  large  and  ever-increasing 
practice.  It:  19()."i  hr-  took  a  post-graduate  course  al 
Polyclinic  Institute  of  Chicago. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  167 


Dr.  Massey  has  prospered  financially  as  well  as  pro- 
fessionally, lie  now  owns  a  IGO-acre  farm  in  Grant  Town- 
ship, and  SO  acres  in  Smith  Township,  a  half  interest  in 
the  Massey  &  Smith  drug  business  in  Lockwood,  and  is 
a  stockholder  in  the  Allen-Pheiffer  Chemical  Company  of 
St.  Louis.  In  addition  to  this,  he  has  one  of  the  finest 
homes  in  Lockwood. 

He  was  married  in  1889  to  Miss  Mabelle  Savior,  who 
was  born  in  Douglass  County,  Illinois,  in  1867,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Allen  and  Lydia  (Daniels)  Savior.  Mr.  Savior  was 
a  farmer.  Both  are  now  deceased.  Dr.  Massey  and  wife 
were  the  parents  of  two  children,  only  one  of  whom  is 
now  living: 

(1)  Pearne,   born   in    Webster   County   in   1891,   and 
died  in  Dado  County  January  8th,  1914. 

(2)  Ruby,  born  in  Webster  County  August  1st,  1894, 
and  is  a  clerk  in  his  father's  drug  store. 

Dr.  Massey  and.  wife  are  members  of  the  Baptist 
church,  lie  is  a  member  of  the  local  lodges  of  Masons  and 
Odd  Fellows,  a  member  of  the  Dade  County  Medical  As- 
sociation and  a  Democrat. 

No  field  of  activity  in  life  offers  greater  opportunity 
than  the  medical  profession  to  develop  the  best  there  is 
in  a  man.  It  tries  a  man's  courage,  his  patience  and  his 
conscience.  Dr.  Massey  has  demonstrated  the  fact  that 
he  possesses  all  thr'.-e  of  the  above  medical  graces.  He 
has  given  the  best  of  his  life  and  his  service  to  the  poor, 
as  well  as  the  rich,  and  charity  patients  have  received  the 
same  conscientious  treatment  as  the  millionaire. 


ERNEST  L.  MAXWELL. 

Among  the  highly  successful  and  enterprising  farm- 
ers of  Dade  county  we  must  mention  Ernest  L.  Maxwell 
of  South  Morgan  township.  Mr.  Maxwell  is  a  native  of 
Dade  County  having  been  born  here  March  23,  1869  a  son 
of  Henry  C  Maxwell  and  Catherine  (Woody)  Maxwell  is 
e  native  of  Illinois  and  was  brought  here  by  his  parents  at 
an  early  day.  His  father  Bluford  Maxwell  settled  in 


168  HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 


eastern  Dade  Countv  where  they  took  up  land  and  pros- 
pered and  spent  their  lives  here,  both  are  deceased  and 
are  buried  in  Polk  county,  Mo.  Ernest  Maxwell's  mother 
Catherine  Woody  was  a  daughter  of  James  Calvin  and 
Elizabeth  (Alexander)  Woody,  a  pioneer  family  of  Dade 
county;  a  more  complete  history  of  the  Woody  family 
may  be  found  in  the  sketch  of  John  Woody,  a  brother  of 
Mrs.  Maxwell. 

Ernest  Maxwell  was  the  only  child  of  his  parents, 
at  an  early  age  he  went  to  live  with  his  grandfather 
Woody  and  stayed  with  him  until  he  was  twenty-one 
years  of  age,  the  last  year  he  received  a  share  of  the 
crops  and  it  was  then  that  he  married  and  started  out  for 
himself.  He  first  rented  80  acres  of  land  making  a  good 
crop  the  fir^t  year,  he  continued  to  rent  land  for  some 
seven  years  at  different  places  in  Dade  county  but  in  1897 
bought  210  acres  in  Sac  township,  known  as  the  old 
Grisham  farm  which  he  improved  greatly  and  stayed  there 
about  nine  years,  then  rented  the  old  Woody  place,  all  the 
time  getting  ahead  in  better  shape  so  in  1910,,  having  sold 
his  Sac  township  farm,  bought  330  acres  in  South  Morgan 
township,  where  he  now  lives.  This  place  had  been  rented 
for  years  and  was  i:i  a  rundown  condition  but  Mr.  Max- 
well was  just  the  mar  to  put  this  fine  place  back  in  shape. 
He  went  to  work  with  his  usual  energy  and  skill,  fenced 
and  cross  fenced  it,  built  a  fine  large  barn  and  improved 
the  house  and  generally  put  things  in  first  class  shape. 
He  now  has  one  of  the  very  best  farms  in  Dade  County, 
280  acres  in  a  fine  state  of  cultivation  and  50  acres  of 
fine  timber.  There  is  no  doubt  but  that  a  large  body  of 
ore  will-  be  found  on  this  place  as  it  lays  close  to  Corey 
where  the  best  zinc  mines  in  the  country  are  located. 
Mr.  Maxwell  does  general  farming  and  stock  raising,  is 
progressive  in  every  way,  he  has  found  that  alfalfa  is 
a  good  crop  on  ins  land  and  he  also  believes  in  sheep  as 
money  makers.  He  now  has  a  fine  flock  of  45  head  which 
have  a  great  deal  more  than  paid  their  way  and  Mr. 
Maxwell  is  proud  of  the  fact  that  he  has  raised  this 
flock  from  a  pair  of  sheep  given  him  by  his  father-in-law 


ISOM  A.  YOUNG  AXD  FAMILY. 


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lit  the  time  of  his  marriage.  Mr.  Maxwell  is  a  large  breed- 
er of  Whiteface  cattle.  He  now  has  four  registered  heffers 
and  one  male  "Weldon  Success,"  No.  548418. 

Mr.  Maxwell  is  also  a  large  feeder  of  hogs,  getting 
ready  for  market  two  to  three  carload  a  year.  He  has  an 
ideal  stock  farm,  has  plenty  of  good  water  furnished  by 
springs  and  wells  as  well  as  a  good  spring  branch. 

Mr.  Maxwell  was  married  November  11,  1890  to  Miss 
Eva  A.  Clabough,  who  was  born  in  Dade  county,  August 
6th,  1874,  a  daughter  of  James  M.  and  Barbara  (Grisham) 
Clabough,  both  of  whom  were  natives  of  Dade  county  and 
came  of  pioneer  families.  Both  are  now  deceased  and  a 
more  complete  record  may  be  found  elsewhere  in  this 
volume. 

To  Mr.  and  .Mrs,  Ernest  Maxwell  have  been  born  four 
children,  the  record  of  this  family  is  as  follows:  Gilbert  L., 
born  January  6th,  1892  and  married  Lucy  McPeak  and 
they  live  in  South  Morgan  township  and  have  one  child, 
James  Lowell,  born  October  25th,  1916 >  Flora,  born  Jan- 
uary 27th,  1894  and  married  Elmer  T.  McConnell,  a  farmer 
of  Sac  township  and  they  have  two  children,  Christine, 
born  March  25th,  1914  and  Jona  Gale,  born  November  13, 
1916,  Josephine,  born  July  8th,  1916,  and  Eunice,  born 
August  21st,  1907,  both  at  home  and  attending  school. 

Mr.  Maxwell  is  a  republican  and  active  in  his  party, 
he  has  served  on  the  school  board  for  many  years  and  has 
never  shirked  his  duty  to  his  county  or  state  in  any  way, 
he  is  one  of  our  leading  citizens,  always  ready  to  lend  a 
hand  to  any  enterprise  for  the  good  of  all  the  county,  he 
is  active  in  the  interests  of  good  roads  and  free  public 
schools,  in  short,  he  is  the  type  of  citizen  that  we  need 
more  of,  he  has  been  very  successful  in  a  financial  way  but 
it  can  be  said  of  him  that  his  success  has  been  won  by 
strictly  fair  dealing  and  his  untiring  energy  and  attention 
to  business. 

May  many  of  our  young  men,  just  starting  out  to  win 
their  way  in  the  world,  take  notice  of  what  may  be  ac- 
complished by  close  application  and  honesty  in  all  things 
and  by  following  these  principles,  as  Mr.  Maxwell  has 
done,  that  success  is  surely  theirs. 


170  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

FRED  C.  MEYERS. 

Was  born  on  the  21st  day  of  April,  1851,  near  Brem- 
en, Germany,  son  of  Henry  Meyers  and  Minnie  (Erd- 
sieckj  Meyers,  both  natives  of  Germany  and  were  married 
i here.  They  were  farmers.  His  father  came  to  Illinois 
about  1^54  and  the  mother  with  Fred,  a  boy  of  about  four 
years  came  a  year  later.  They  located  in  Quincy  where 
the  father  followed  the  milling  business  for  ten  years 
after  which  lie  purchased  a  farm  in  Adams  county  of 
120  acres  and  moved  there  where  he  farmed  for  12  years 
and  retired,  turning  the  farm  over  to  his  youngest  son. 
His  first  wife  died  about  the  year  1863  after  which  he 
married  Minnie  Niecamp,  who  died  about  1870.  Henry 
Meyers  died  in  1904. 

Fred  C.  Meyers  is  the  oldest  of  a  family  of  four 
children,  being  the  only  one  born  in  Germany.  All  are 
dead  except  himself  and  brother  Henry  Meyers  who  lives 
near  Greenfield.  There  were  four  children  of  the  second 
marriage,  two  of  whom  are  living:  Carrie,  now  Mrs. 
Thomas  Fitzgerald,  of  Quincy,  111.,  and  Kate,  now  Mrs. 
Kdward  Bleibtreu  of  St.  Louis. 

Mr.  Meyers  was  raised  on  a  farm  in  Illinois  and  re- 
mained there  until  22  years  of  age  when  he  came  to  St. 
Louis  and  engaged  in  the  nursery  business.  He  followed 
ihis  occupation  three  years  when  he  was  employed  by  the 
famous  General  William  Harney  to  take  charge  of  his 
ranch  in  Franklin  county,  Mo.  He  worked  on  this  ranch 
for  three  years.  On  the  4th  day  of  July,  1876,  during  the 
Centenial  year,  .he  was  married  to  Miss  Kate  Huffman, 
born  May  24th,  1857  in  Beaver  county,  Penn.,  daughter  of 
Presley  and  Sarah  (Moore)  Huffman.  Her  parents  were 
married  in  Ohio,  her  father  being  a  native  of  Pennsylvania 
while  her  mother  was  a  native  of  Ohio.  They  were  farm- 
ers and  earn*  to  Missouri  in  1866  and  settled  on  a  farm  in 
Franklin  County,  Mo.  Her  father  died  in  1875.  He  was 
a  I'nion  soldier  and  died  from  effects  of  injuries  received 
in  the  service  Her  mother  still  lives  on  the  old  homestead 
in  Franklin  countv. 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  171 

After  the  death  of  her  father,  Mrs.  Meyers'  mother 
re-married  again  to  Louis  Schade  of  Franklin  county.  He 
is  now  deceased.  Mrs.  Meyers  was  5th  in  point  of  birth  of 
a  family  of  nine  children  that  grew  to  maturity.  George. 
Ernest  and  Jesse  Huffman  are  residents  of  Kansas,  Ada- 
line,  now  Mrs.  John  Davis,  resides  at  Palestine,  Ohio.  Lot- 
tie, now  Mrs.  Wm.  P.  Patterson  also  lives  at  Palestine. 
Harvey  resides  in  Illinois  while  Lou,  now  Mrs.  Thomas 
Manion  lives  in  Franklin  County,  Mo.,  on  the  old  home- 
stead. 

Shortly  after  hi,-;  marriage,  Mr.  Meyers  bought  an  80 
acre  improved  farm  in  Franklin  county  and  went  to  farm- 
ing. He  remained  on  this  farm  four  years,  sold  out  and 
moved  to  Dade  county  in  1881.  He  settled  on  a  tract  of 
240  acres,  two  -md  one-half  miles  north  of  Greenfield. 
They  were  renters  on  this  land  for  seven  years  but  by 
industry  and  frugality  they  became  able  to  buy  the  entire 
tract,  which  was  known  as  the  Bell  farm. 

At  this  time  the  farm  was  in  a  run-down  condition 
but  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Meyers  set  about  to  beautify  and  im- 
prove it.  The  residence  was  a  hewed  log  house  in  which 
Ihey  lived  for  23  years  and  in  which  all  but  two  of  their 
children  were  born.  While  the  house  was  rough  and  un- 
seemly on  the  exterior,  all  within  was  neat  and  clean  and 
the  lawn  was  a  perfect  bower  of  beauty,  being  filled  with 
ornamental  trees  and  in  summer  with  fragrant  flowers. 
Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Meyers  were  fond  of  plants  and  shrubs 
and  the  Meyers  home  took  on  the  appearance  of  a  floral 
garden  or  city  park  by  reason  of  its  arborial  adornment, 
In  1904  Mr.  Meyers  erected  a  splendid  8-room,  frame 
dwelling  house  with  modern  conveniences. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Meyers  are  the  parents  of  seven  children, 
the  first  two  being  born  in  Franklin  county,  Mo.,  and  the 
remaining  five  in  Dade  county: 

(1)  Henry,  born  April  5th,  1877,  is  now  a  farmer  in 
Jasper  county,   Mo. 

(2)  William,    born    December    10th,    1880,    married 
Ella  Barker,  a  native  of  Dade  county.    He  is  a  farmer  and 
stock  man.    They  have  four  children. 


172 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

(3)  Minnie    M.,    born    March    9th,     1884,    married 
Charles  Gass,  a  Dade  county  farmer.     They   have  three 
children. 

(4)  Lulu  B.,  born  July  1st,  1886,  married  James  J. 
McConnell  a  fruit  and  truck  farmer  of  Jasper  county,  Mo. 
They  have  two  children. 

(5)  Charles    E.,    born    November    25th,    1892,    mar- 
ried Edna  Owens,  a  native  Dade  County  girl.     They  have 
one  child. 

(M)  Edwin  E.,  born  December  18th,  1894,  married 
Gertrude  Shaw  a  native  of  Dade  county,  and  they  are 
now  living  on  the  Meyers  homestead  and  engaged  in 
farming. 

(7)  Lewis,  born  February  25th,  1900.  Is  at  home 
farming  with  his  brother  Edwin. 

Having  two  sons  capable  of  managing  the  farming 
operations,  Mr.  Meyers  is  living  in  partial  retirement. 
However  he  maintains  a  superintending  control  over  the 
fanning  and  stock-raising  enterprises  on  the  place. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Meyers  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
church.  1 1*'  is  ii  Republican  in  politics  but  has  never 
desired  or  sought  an  office.  He  is  a  progressive,  public- 
spirited,  industrious  man  with  home  building  and  home 
beautifying  tendencies.  The  Meyers  farm  has  long  been 
one  of  the  show  places  in  Dade  County,  noted  for  the 
beauty  of  its  evergreens  and  roses.  Many  social  fetes  and 
entertainments  have  been  held  on  the  spacious  lawn  and 
many  clubs  and  societies  are  indebted  to  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Meyers  for  their  unstinted  hospitality.  Their  farm  is  one 
of  the  best  in  the  county  and  the  home  is  an  ideal  one 
from  every  point  of  view. 


CHARLES  B.  MEYERS. 
Deceased. 

Charles  I>.  Meyers  was  born  in  Richland  County,  0., 
January  22,  IS'50.  He  was  taken  by  his  father  to  Ver- 
million  County,  111.,  when  a  lad  where  he  grew  to  man- 
hood and  later  moved  to  Washington  County,  Iowa.  He 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 173 

was  first  married  to  Miss  Susan  Pierce  who  died  in  1862. 
He  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  having  enlisted  in  Co. 
B.,  2nd  Kansas  and  was  discharged  at  Fort  Smith,  Ark., 
June  22nd  and  came  to  Dade  county  in  1866  where  he  was 
a  successful  farmer  and  married  here,  Miss  Sarah  A.  Cox 
of  South  Greenfield  who  was  born  February  19th,  1843, 
the  marriage  took  place  February  24th,  1867  and  to  this 
union  five  children  were  born  as  follows:  Susie,  born 
January  29th,  1868,  is  now  Mrs.  Thomas  Gilispie  of  Dade 
county;  Lillie  died  in  infancy;  Beatrice  Joie,  born  October 
8th,  1876  married  Arthur  Cotter  and  died  leaving  three 
children,  John  ai,d  Batie  and  Elma;  Charles  B.  a  farmer 
of  Dade  county  and  who  was  born  June  27th,  1883  and 
married  Minnie  Wilhite  who  was  born  November  6th, 
1885,  a  daughter  of  Charles  and  Luella  (Hurst)  Wilhite. 
The  Wilhites  were  very  early  settlers  of  Polk  County, 
Mo.  Mr.  Meyers  has  a  nice  farm  of  111  acres  and  on 
which  he  has  built  a  fine  new  house.  He  raises  consider- 
able stock  and  is  fasr  building  up  a  good  dairy  herd.  Mr. 
Meyers  and  wife  have  two  bright  children  named  as  fol- 
lows: Myron  Leon,  born  September  5th,  1907  and  Joie 
Ruhame,  born  October  17th,  1912.  Mr.  Meyers  is  an  up-to- 
date  farmer,  he  is  a  booster  for  good  roads  and  free  pub- 
lic schools.  His  wifn  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church 
while  he  is  a  member  of  the  W.  0.  WT. 

Mrs.  Sarah  Meyers,  the  widow  of  Uncle  Charlie  Mey- 
ers is  living  in  her  fine  little  home  in  Everton  and  a  more 
pleasant  and  kindly  Christian  lady  cannot  be  found  any- 
where. It  is  a  pleasure  to  meet  and  talk  with  her  and 
one  goes  away  from  a  visit  to  her  home  impressed  with  the 
goodness  of  life  in  general  and  with  a  desire  to  follow  more 
closely,  the  straight  and  narrow  path.  Mrs.  Meyers  is  a 
sister  of  our  late  departed  beloved  fellow  citizen  Uncle 
Sam  Cox  and  to  whose  complete  sketch  we  would  refer 
the  reader  for  the  record  of  the  Cox  family  of  whom 
Aunt  Sarah  Meyers  is  an  honored  member. 


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THOMAS  ALEXANDER  MILLER. 

The  family  to  which  the  gentlemen  whose  name  ap- 
pears above  may  be  said  to  be,  literally,  one  of  the  very 
first  in  Southwest  Missouri,  for  it  was  his  grandfather, 
Bird  Miller  who  came  to  Greene  County  in  the  early 
thirties,  and  entered  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  in  the 
northwest  part  of  that  territory  which  afterwards  became 
the  City  of  Springfield,  Missouri.  A  part  of  this  old 
Miller  farm  is  now  one  of  the  beautiful  parks  of  Spring- 
field, and  the  lake  upon  that  park  is  fed  from  the  never- 
failing  Miller  Spring.  Here  too  for  many  years  stood  the 
Springfield  woolen  mills,  now  removed  to  make  way  for 
the  park  and  public  play  grounds. 

Eldrige  Boyd  Miller  and  Mary  Smith  (Ellison)  Miller 
the  parents  of  Thomas  A.  Miller  were  born  in  the  state 
of  Tennessee,  and  came  to  Southwest  Missouri  with  their 
parents.  Eldridge  B.  Miller  was  a  farmer  and  spent 
much  of  his  life  at  that  business  in  Dade  County  Missouri. 
He  was  a  man  of  exceptional  firmness  and  integrity  of 
character.  Mary  S.  Miller  was  a  patient  Christian  woman 
and  loved  by  all  who  knew  her. 

To  Eldrige  Miller  and  wife  there  was  born  a  family 
of  twelve  children  of  whom  eight  are  still  living,  viz:  Mary 
F.  Daughtrey  at  Springfield;  Virginia  E.  Gilmore  at 
Carthago;  William  L.  Miller  at  South  Greenfield;  Thomas 
A.  Miller  our  subject;  Louanza  P.  Bowman,  near  Carth- 
age; Mrs.  Bird  Swift  of  Golden  City,  Barton  County; 
Mrs.  Ida  F.  Scon  of  Colorado  and  E.  Boyd  Miller  long 
connected  with  the  Frisco  Railroad  as  a  passenger  con- 
ductor. 

The  first  wife  of  Eldridge  Miller  died  in  Dade  County 
in  1870  and  Mr.  Miller  married  as  his  second  wife  Mrs. 
Xarcissus  McConnoll  To  this  marriage  were  born  two 
children,  Charles  I.  Miller  and  Clarence  Miller  of  Dade 
County. 

Eldridge  Miller  died  in  Dade  County  in  1872. 

Thomas  A.  Milk-r,  the  seventh  child  of  a  large  family, 
was  born  in  a  log  cabin  on  his  father's  farm  near  Green- 
field, Missouri  on  the  25th  of  July,  1858.  His  mother  died 


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when  he  was  twelve  years  old  and  his  father  died  when 
he  was  fourteen.  He  afterwards  lived  with  his  sisters 
until  he  became  of  age. 

His  boyhood  days  were  spent  on  the  farm  and  at 
school  for  three  months  of  each  year. 

The  early  influences  of  a  good  father  and  mother,  to- 
gether witli  the  teaching  and  example  of  a  good  school 
teacher  laid  the  foundation  of  character  which  developed 
in  after  years  into  sterling  manhood.  To  these  early  in- 
fluences Mr.  Miller  attributes  whatever  success  he  has  at- 
tained in  after  vears.  Mr.  Miller  attended,  first,  a  sub- 
scription school  taught  by  Mrs.  Mary  McFarland  near 
Greenfield.  This  was  the  only  school  taught  during  the 
Civil  war  in  Southwest  Missouri.  Many  would  have 
gone  through  life  without  any  sort  of  education  had  it 
not  been  for  this  sainted  woman  who  has  long  since  gone 
to  her  reward.  When  the  public  schools  reopened  after 
the  Civil  war  he  attended  them  and  for  a  while  was  a 
student  at  Mrs.  Garretts  Female  seminary  and  ended 
his  school  days  at  Ozark  College,  but  has  been  a  zealous 
student  all  his  life. 

Before  leaving  school  he  began  his  business  career  in 
1879.  His  capital  amounted  to  $425.00  received  from  his 
father's  estate.  He  started  in  the  lumber  business  with 
his  brother-in-law  Captain  George  W.  Gilmore,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Gilmore  and  Miller.  At  that  time  they  had 
to  haul  their  pine  lumber  from  Nevada,  Mo.,  a  distance  of 
fifty  miles.  Before  the  end  of  a  year,  Mr.  Miller  bought 
out  his  partner  and  continued  the  business  in  his  own 
name  until  1885  when  the  business  was  incorporated  as 
the  T.  A.  Miller  Lumber  Company  and  one  half  the1  cap- 
ital stock  was  sold  to  Mr.  S.  K.  Martin  of  Chicago,  a 
friend  and  benefactor. 

During  this  same  year  Mr.  Miller  incorporated  the 
Greenfield  Railroad  Company  and  built  the  line  from  South 
Greenfield  to  Greenfield.  Greenfield  was  and  is  the  County 
seat  of  Dade  County  and  General  Geo.  H.  Nettleton  in 
building  the  Kansas  City  Ft.  Scott  and  Memphis  Railroad, 
for  some  unaccountable  reason  cruelly  left  the  town  about 


176 HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

three  miles  away.  To  save  his  town  from  desertion  and 
decay,  Mr.  Miller  with  the  help  of  a  donation  of  $8,000.00 
made  by  the  good  people  of  the  town  built  the  road  that 
has  ever  since  served  the  town  and  community.  In  the 
year  1888  the  charter  of  the  Greenfield  Railroad  Company 
was  amended  and  the  name  changed  to  the  Greenfield  and 
Northern  Railroad  Company  and  an  effort  was  made  to 
extend  the  line  to  Stockton,  the  county  seat  of  Cedar 
county.  But  owing  to  the  powerful  opposition  of  large 
financial  interests  the  work  was  abandoned  and  in  the 
year  1899  Mr.  Miller  began  building  the  road  to  Mt. 
Vernon,  the  county  seat  of  Lawrence  county.  With  the  aid 
of  a  donation  of  $23,000.00  by  the  good  people  of  Mt. 
Vernon  and  Lawrence  County  he  completed  the  line  to  Mt. 
Vernon  in  the  spring  of  1890.  In  the  year  1892  Mr.  Miller 
sold  a  five  sixth  interest  in  the  property  to  a  syndicate  of 
St.  Louis  capitalists  who  immediately  extended  the  line  to 
Aurora  with  the  aid  of  a  donation  of  $30,000.00  made  by 
the  good  citizens  of  Aurora  and  its  friends.  It  is  a  monu- 
ment to  the  perseverence  and  energy  of  Mr.  Miller  that 
the  road  was  built,  and  he  was  the  promoter  and  builder 
and  equipped  and  operated  it  for  several  years  during 
which  time  the  country  was  afflicted  with  financial  panics 
and  political  agitation.  It  was  a  truly  hazardous  venture, 
and  proved  to  be  very  costly  both  on  his  time  and  money 
but  he  performed  a  real  service  to  the  community.  The 
road  was  sold  to  the  Kansas  City  Ft.  Scott  and  Memphis 
Railroad  Company  in  1895  and  Mr.  Miller  accepted  serv- 
ice with  that  company  as  commercial  agent,  but  resigned 
in  1897  and  bought  out  his  associates  and  again  entered 
actively  into  the  lumber  business  in  which  he  has  been  en- 
gaged for  nearly  thirty-eight  years.  He  now  owns  ten 
branches  and  manufactures  his  own  stock  of  lumber  at  his 
mill  in  the  state  of  Arkansas.  He  is  the  president  of  the 
Aurora  Lumber  and  Manufacturing  Co.,  a  director  in  the 
Majestic  Milling  Company  and  the  principal  stockholder 
of  the  Bank  of  Bower  Mills. 

Mr.  Miller  is  thoroughly  embued  with  the  better  civic 
spirit,  believing  the  best  patriot  is  the  man  who  loves  his 


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town.  While  he  lived  in  Greenfield  he  helped  to  build  and 
was  part  owner  of  the  best  brick  block  over  erected  in  that 
town.  He  built  the  first  brick  building  in  the  town  of 
Miller  and  which  town  bears  his  name.  He  built  the  fine 
stone  court  house  at  Mt.  Vernon  and  as  a  monument  to  his 
honesty  he  did  not  make  one  cent  of  profit.  He  helped 
to  build  the  best  ward  school  building  in  the  City  of 
Aurora  while  a  member  of  the  school  board  in  1907.  He 
helped  to  organize  and  build  the  Peoples  Sewer  System 
for  the  sole  benefit  of  the  health  of  the  community.  In 
fact  he  has  had  business  interests  in  more  than  twenty 
towns  of  Southwest  Missouri  in  which  there  are  evidences 
of  his  civic  spirit. 

Mr.  Miller  has  never  sought  public  office  although  he 
to  Miss  Clara  Belle  Jopes  of  Greenfield,  Mo.,  a  daughter 
of  William  H.  Jopes.  Mrs.  Miller  was  one  of  five  child- 
ren of  whom  two  besides  herself  are  living.  Miss  Har- 
riet F.  and  Samuel  W.  Jopes,  both  of  Greenfield. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller  are  the  parents  of  two  daughters; 
Mary  Kate,  now  Mrs.  Louis  S.  Coleman,  has  two  children; 
Miller  Louis,  aged  seven,  and  Louis  Shaw,  Jr.,  aged  five. 
The  second  daughter,  Lois  Laura,  is  the  wife  of  Eugene  J. 
McXatt,  the  present  prosecuting  attorney  of  Lawrence 
county.  They  have  one  daughter,  Rosemary,  aged  four 
years.  All  live  at  Aurora. 

Mr.  Miler  has  never  sought  public  office  although  he 
has  always  taken  an  active  interest  in  political  affairs  and 
gives  his  allegiance  to  the  democratic  party.  He  was  a 
delegate  to  the  state  conventions  that  nominated  Govern- 
ors Frances  and  Folk.  He  was  elected  an  alderman  while 
he  li\  ed  at  Greenfield  in  1881  and  the  very  first  thing  he 
did  was  to  have  the  city  take  over  the  care  of  the  cem- 
etery and  started  improvements  which  resulted  in  the 
best  kept  cemetery  of  any  town  in  the  state  for  its  size. 
Soon  after  lie  moved  to  Aurora,  Mo.,  in  1892  he  was 
elected  for  two  terms  chairman  of  the  Democratic  County 
Committee  and  soon  after  a  member  of  the  school  board 
and  in  1915  was  elected  mayor  under  commission  form  of 
government  and  is  giving  his  city  a  modern  progressive 


178  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

business  administration.  His  ambition  in  life  has  been  to 
succeed  rather  than  make  money.  He  gives  liberally  of  his 
means  to  all  worthy  causes  and  has  helped  many  young 
men  to  get  a  start  in  life.  He  is  a  Mason  and  an  Elk  and 
belongs  with  his  good  wife  and  children  to  the  Presbyte- 
rian church. 


WILLIAM  L.  MILLER. 

Born  in  Greenfield,  Mo.,  January  19th,  1852,  a  son 
of  Eldridge  B.  Miller,  a  native  of  Bedford  County,  Tenn., 
born  February  16,  1819  and  died  September  5,  1873.  He 
was  of  Irish  descent,  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  came  to 
Missouri  with  his  parents  when  a  lad.  They  settled  near 
"Miller  Springs"  in  Greene  county,  near  Springfield  and 
are  buried  there.  Eldridge  came  to  Dade  County  when  a 
small  boy,  being  apprenticed  to  a  blacksmith  of  whom 
Eldridge  learned  his  trade.  He  followed  this  occupation 
in  Greenfield  and  afterwards  opened  a  shop  on  a  farm 
he  bought  in  Center  Township.  Eventually  he  became  a 
successful  farmer  and  stock  raiser  and  at  the  time  of  his 
death  owned  a  farm  of  about  400  acres.  During  the  civil 
war  he  was  a  sympathizer  with  the  South,  though  a  non- 
combatant,  and  was  frequently  taken  prisoner  by  the 
Federal  soldiers.  In  some  way  he  always  managed  to 
escape  and  make  his  way  back  home.  lie  died  upon  his 
farm  in  Dade  County. 

The  mother  of  William  L.  Miller  was  Mary  S.  (Elli- 
son) Miller  who  was  born  in  Bedford  County,  Tenn.,  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1826  and  died  September  20,  1870.  Her  parents 
were  very  early  settlers  of  Missouri  who  came  from  Bed- 
ford County,  Tenn.,  and  located  near  Springfield,  Greene 
comity  on  a  farm.  After  the  death  of  her  father,  her 
mother  married  Alexander  Patterson. 

Mary  S.  (Ellison)  Miller  was  the  mother  of  12  child- 
ren, all  of  them  living  to  maturity: 

(1)  Mary  F.,  married  J.  M.  Danghtroy,  of  Spring- 
field. She  now  resides  with  her  son  at  Springfield,  Mo., 
She  was  the  mother  of  two  boys. 


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(2)  Alma   (now  deceased)   married  J.  A.  Thurman, 
a  merchant  at  Greenfield. 

(3)  Virginia,  married  Captain  G.  W.  Gilmore,  a  vet- 
eran of  the  civil  war  on  the  Union  side.     He  now  resides 
in  Carthage,  a  retired  capitalist. 

(4)  Wiliam  L.  Miller. 

(5)  George  Washington   (now  deceased). 

(6)  Franklin   (now  deceased). 

(7)  Thomas  A.,  Lumber  merchant  and  mayor  of  the 
city  of  Aurora.    Builder  of  the  Greenfield  &  Northern  rail- 
road. 

(8)  Eldridge   B.    (commonly   called   Boyd)    lives   at 
Aurora.     Ts   conductor   on  the  Aurora  branch   of  the   St. 
Louis    &    San    Francisco    railroad,    built    by    his    brother, 
Thomas  A.     He  has  been  in  this  position  since  the  road 
was  constructed. 

(9)  Luanza,   married   W.   H.   Bowman,   a   farmer  of 
Jasper  county. 

(10)  Bird,    married    A.    A.    Swift,    a    merchant    at 
Golden  City,  Mo. 

(11)  Ida,  married  J.  R.  Scott,  a  Colorado  farmer. 

(12)  Maude   (now  deceased). 

After  the  death  of  his  first  wife,  Eldridge  B.  Miller 
married  Narcissa  McConnell,  a  half-sister  to  his  first  wife. 
Her  parents  were  early  settlers  in  Morgan  township.  By 
this  union  there  were  two  boys: 

(1)  Charles  I.,  living  in  Missouri. 

(2)  Clarence,  resides  in  Morgan  Township. 
William  L.  Miller  was  raised  on  a  farm,  attended  the 

common  schools  of  the  county,  and  two  years  in  high 
school  in  Greenfield.  He  farmed  up  to  1901  when  he  went 
into  a  dry  goods  store  as  clerk  in  South  Greenfield.  In 
1909  his  brother,  Thomas  A.  Miller,  opened  up  a  lumber 
yard  in  South  Greenfield  and  placed  the  same  in  charge  of 
William  L.,  which  position  he  still  holds. 

William  L.  Miller  was  married  to  Sarah  E.  Gates  in 
1875.  She  was  a  native  of  Dade  county,  having  been  born 
in  Greenfield  in  1850,  and  died  in  1899.  She  was  a  daught- 
er of  Newell  and  Marv  Gates.  Her  father  was  a  saddler, 


180 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

and  came  from  North  Carolina  to  Greenfield  while  the 
county  seat  was  yet  in  its  infancy. 

Mrs.  Miller  was  a  member  of  the  M.  E.  Church  and 
the  mother  of  three  children: 

(1)  Newell,    a    railroader    by    occupation,    on    the 
Frisco,  resides  at  Joplin.    Has  one  child,  Claude. 

(2)  Mary  C.,  married  F.  C.  Hair,  a  rural  mail  carrier 
out  of  South  Greenfield.     They  have  one  child,  William. 

(3)  Frankie,  died  at  the  age  of  10  years. 
William  L.  Miller  married  for  his  second  wife,  Irene 

Bryant,  who  was  born  in  Illinois,  a  daughter  of  Paul  and 
Rebecca  Bryant,  who  came  to  Dade  County  and  settled  in 
Grant  township.  No  children  were  born  of  this  marriage. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  M.  E.  Church.  Mr.  Miller  is  a 
Democrat  in  politics,  active  in  every  branch  of  business 
which  he  undertakes,  is  public  spirited  and  progressive, 
and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  substantial  business  men  of 
his  community.  Fraternally,  he  is  an  Odd  Fellow  with 
membership  at  South  Greenfield. 


JOHN  MARTIN  MILLER. 

A  man  of  culture  and  learning,  well  versed  in  the 
ways  of  the  world,  rich  in  the  remembrance  of  many 
pleasant  experiences  but  in  whose  garden  the  "Golden 
Apples  of  Hesperides"  never  ripened.  John  Martin  Miller 
was  born  in  Warren  county,  N.  J.,  August  26th,  1839,  son 
of  Joseph  and  Sarah  (Glassner)  Miller,  the  former  being 
a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  born  in  1793  and  the  latter  a 
native  of  N.  J.  in  which  state  they  were  married.  Andrew 
Miller,  the  grand  father  of  John  M.  Miller  was  born  about 
the  year  1763  and  his  grandmother  Eve  (Walter)  Miller 
were  of  Holland  parentage,  though  both  were  born  in 
this  country.  Their  ancestry  came  to  this  country  from 
Holland  about  1710  and  there  were  many  descendents, 
some  of  whom  were  soldiers  in  the  Revolutionary  war. 

Joseph  Miller  died  in  New  Jersey  in  1872,  and  his 
wife  Sarah  having  died  in  the  same  state  in  1851.  Joseph 


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Miller  had  boon  previously  married  and  had  raised  a  fam- 
ily by  his  first  wife. 

John  Martin  Miller  was  raised  on  a  farm  and  re- 
mained at  home  until  25  years  of  age.  Ho  received  a 
good  education  and  recalls  the  fact  that  as  early  as  1856 
Latin,  Algebra,  surveying  and  even  philosophy  and  astron- 
omy wore  taught  in  the  common  schools.  In  1864  he  emi- 
grated westward,  landing  in  the  state  of  Illinois  where  he 
worked  out  on  various  farms.  He  had  but  little  money 
and  was  in  search  of  cheap  land  for  a  home.  After  a  short 
time  ho  went  from  Whiteside  County,  Ills.,  to  Iowa  where 
he  worked  out,  taught  school  but  finding  land  beyond  his 
means  went  still  further  west  into  Nebraska  where  he 
took  up  a  homestead.  This  was  in  1865  when  Nebraska 
was  still  a  territory  and  thousands  of  acres  were  still  un- 
occupied. He  proved  up  on  80  acres  in  eastern  Nebraska, 
built  a  log  house  and  remained  on  it  for  a  few  years  but 
was  compelled  to  abandon  it  by  reason  of  flood  waters 
from  the  Platte  River,  hi  1867  he  took  passage  by  boat 
and  came  to  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  with  nothing  in  the  way  of 
worldly  goods.  He  finally  worked  his  way  to  Hamilton, 
Caldwell  county,  where  he  worked  out  for  a  time.  During 
these  years  of  financial  stress  he  had  never  asked  as- 
sistance from  home,  although  his  father  was  wTell  to  do. 
After  a  strenuous  career  at  Hamilton  he  finally  secured 
money  for  his  use  and  bought  different  small  tracts  of 
land  adjoining  the  city  of  Hamilton,  upon  one  of  which 
he  laid  out  an  addition  and  sold  it  out  at  considerable 
profit.  During  these  years  he  farmed  and  dealt  in  real 
estate  in  a  small  way  and  prospered. 

In  February  1870  he  was  married  to  Mollie  Burnside 
who  died  about  the  year  1876  leaving  one  child,  Mae,  who 
is  now  Mrs.  William  Mann,  living  in  Lockwood  township. 

His  second  marriage  took  place  November  2nd,  1878 
to  Miss  Virginia  Miles,  who  was  born  in  West  Virginia, 
March  5th,  1845,  daughter  of  James  and  Catherine  (Mace) 
Miles,  who  came  to  Missouri  in  1858.  Her  father  died  in 
West  Virginia  and  her  mother  re-married,  to  Samuel 
Smith  and  they  came  to  Caldwell  county,  Mo.,  in  1858.  He 


182 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

died  the  first  year  but  she  survived  him  until  1881,  when 
she  died  at  the  home  of  John  M.  Miller  in  Golden  City,  Mo. 

Mr.  Miller  remained  at  Hamilton  about  10  years 
when  in  1877  he  emigrated  to  Harper  county,  Kansas,  and 
took  up  a  homestead  of  160  acres.  Here  for  a  period  of 
three  years  he  enjoyed  real  frontier  life.  Times  were  hard 
and  crops  poor,  so  that  in  order  to  earn  a  livlihood  it  be- 
came necessary  for  him  to  haul  buffalo  bones  and  wood 
seventy  miles.  Three  years  of  this  kind  of  life  satisfied 
his  longing  for  the  frontier,  so  that  in  1880  he  made  final 
proof  on  his  homestead  and  came  to  Golden  City,  Barton 
county,  Mo.,  and  bought  a  10-acre  fruit  and  truck  farm  in 
the  edge  of  the  city.  He  remained  here  until  1897  when 
he  exchanged  this  10-acre  tract  for  about  100  acres  of 
partly  improved  land  one  mile  south  of  South  Greenfield. 
During  his  20  years  residence  in  Bade  county  he  has  made 
numerous  improvements  on  his  original  purchase. 

To  his  last  marriage  there  have  been  born  two  child- 
ren: 

(1)  James  Irving,  born  September  llth,  1879,  mar- 
ried a  Miss  Gray  of  Oregon  where  he  now  resides. 

(2)  George  W.,  born  April  18th,  1883,  married  Car- 
rie  Merrick,   who   was   a   native   of  Dade   county.     There 
is  one  child,  Ernest  Dale.     George  W.  Miller  is  a  prom- 
inent business  man  of  South  Greenfield,  an  active  member 
of  the  Odd  Fellow  and  Woodmen  lodges. 

John  M.  Miller  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  while  his  wife  holds  membership  in  the  Baptist 
denomination.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  in  an 
early  day  was  prominent  in  the  business  circles  of  Ham- 
ilton, Missouri.  lie  has  made  a  special  study  of  astronomy 
and  takes  great  delight  in  literary  and  scientific  subjects. 


MORRIS  MILLER. 

Was  born  in  Madison  County,  Indiana,  January  24th, 
18fj7,  son  of  David  and  Mary  Ann  (Gilbert)  Miller.  His 
father  was  born  December  llth,  1S1G,  in  Clermont  County. 
Ohio,  while  his  mother  was  born  December  16th  of  the 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  183 

same  year  in  Pasquatunk  County,  North  Carolina.  They 
were  married  in  Madison  Count}-,  Indiana,  in  May,  1856. 

David  Miller  was  of  English-German  ancestry,  while 
his  wife  was  of  Scotch  extraction.  David  was  a  mill- 
wright by  trade  and  came  to  Missouri  with  his  family  in 
the  spring  of  1868,  stopping  first  at  Springfield  for  a 
short  time,  also  at  Greenfield  for  two  months,  after  which 
he  purchased  a  40-acre  tract  of  land  three  miles  west  of 
Dadevillc,  where  he  remained  eight  or  ten  years.  Finally 
he  purchased  a  home  in  Dadeville,  where  he  followed  his 
trade  as  carpenter  during  the  remainder  of  his  days.  He 
died  at  Dadeville  March  30th,  11)15,  his  wife  having  de- 
parted this  life,  also  at  Dadeville,  December  26th,  1896. 
Two  children  were  born  of  this  marriage,  both  boys,  Morris 
Miller,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  and  his  younger  brother, 
Anderson,  who  died  in  Dade  County,  single. 

Morris  Miller  remained  at  home  with  his  father  till 
he  was  21  years  of  age,  attended  only  the  common  schools 
of  the  county  during  the  winter  months,  and  during  the 
summer  either  farmed  or  worked  at  the  carpenter's  trade 
with  his  father.  He  was  married  on  the  27th  day  of 
August,  1877,  to  Sarah  E.  Glenn,  daughter  of  George  TV. 
and  Mary  (Lock)  Glenn,  born  in  October,  1862,  being 
seventh  in  point  of  birth  in  a  family  of  eight  children. 
Her  father  was  a  native  of  Tennessee,  while  the  Locks 
came  from  Illinois.  Her  brothers  were  Sig,  W.  C.,  Sheri- 
dan and  Joel,  all  now  deceased  but  Sig. 

After  his  marriage  they  moved  to  a  small  hill  farm 
on  Son's  creek,  where  they  raised  one  crop,  then  moved 
to  Corry,  where  Mr.  Miller  followed  the  mining  business 
for  17  or  18  years.  About  the  year  1890  he  moved  to 
Dadeville,  where  he  engaged  in  the  carpenter  business  in 
company  with  his  father. 

In  November,  1894,  he  was  elected  sheriff  of  Dade 
County  on  the  Republican  ticket,  and  moved  to  Greenfield. 
Prior  to  this  time,  however,  Mr.  Miller  had  served  as  con- 
stable of  Morgan  Township  for  six  years. 

Mr.  Miller  remained  in  Greenfield  seven  years,  serving 
one  term  as  sheriff,  after  which  he  was  deputy  sheriff 


184 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

under  U.  S.  Keran,  and  also  under  W.  R.  Farmer.  He 
served  one  term  as  city  collector  while  in  Greenfield.  Tn 
1901  he  moved  back  to  Dadcvilie,  and  in  November,  1902, 
he  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace,  and  has  served  con- 
tinuously in  that  office  ever  since.  At  present  he  is  local 
register  for  the  vital  statistics  of  the  state  of  Missouri. 
Mrs.  Miller  is  still  living,  but  a  hopeless  invalid. 

Mr.   and   Mrs.   Miller   are   the   parents   of   eight   chil- 
dren, viz: 

(1)  Berta,  born  August  26th,  1878,  graduated  from 
the  Greenfield  High  School,  taught  school  in  Dade  County 
for  a  few  years,  married  Charley  Lyons,  a  Dade  County 
farmer,   and   now   lives   three   miles    northeast   of   Golden 
City,  in  Marion  Township.     They  have  two  children,  Ber- 
nice  and  Gradon  Gilbert. 

(2)  Wade,  born  April  llth,  1880,  and  died  April  7th, 
1901,  lacking  just  four  days  of  being  21  years  of  age.     He 
was  single  at  the  time  of  his  death,  having  been  killed  in 
a  railroad  accident  at  Neal,  Kas. 

(3)  Henrietta,  born  in  1882,  attended  Greenfield  High 
School,  taught  in   Dade  County  for  three  years,  married 
Henry  Clark,  a  Dade  County  farmer.     They  now  live  in 
Golden  City,  where  he  is  engaged  in  the  elevator  business. 
They  have  three  children,  Cleo,  Gilbert  and  Eloise. 

(4)  James    M.,    born    in    1884,    attended    Greenfield 
High  School,  after  which  he  farmed.    He  died,  single,  July 
20th,  1914. 

(5)  Maude,   born   in    1886,   attended   the   schools   in 
Greenfield,    married    David    Penrod.      They    now    live    in 
Golden  City,  where  he  is  engaged  in  the  lumber  business. 
They  have  two  children,  Ernestine,  and  a  boy  baby,  yet 
unnamed. 

(6)  Floy,   born    in    1888,   attended   school    in    Green- 
field and  Dadeville,  married  William  McCandlass,  a  farmer. 
They  now  reside  in  Lawrence  County,  Missouri,  and  hav<? 
two  children,  Gilbert  and  Gradon. 

(7)  Greta,    born    in   1890,   attended    school    in    Dade- 
ville,  married   Herbert  Smith,   a   fanner.     They   now    live 
in  Barton  County,  near  Golden  City.    They  have  one  child, 
a  girl,  Denvil. 


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(8)  Jessie,  born  in  1892,  attended  school  in  Dade- 
ville,  married  Robert  Morrison,  a  farmer.  They  now  re- 
side in  Lawrence  County,  Missouri. 

Of  this  splendid  family  the  two  boys  each  met  a  vio- 
lent death  while  yet  in  early  manhood.  The  girls  are 
all  happily  married  and  ten  grandchildren  have  come  to 
bring  sunshine  into  their  homes  and  gladness  to  the  hearts 
of  their  grandparents,  who  have  toiled,  sacrificed  and 
struggled  through  many  long  years  with  little  hope  of 
reward  save  and  except  the  welfare  and  happiness  of 
their  children. 

In  politics  Mr.  Miller  has  always  been  a  Republican 
and  active  in  the  affairs  of  his  party.  His  nomination  and 
election  to  the  ofiice  of  sheriff  marked  a  new  era  in  the 
politics  of  Morgan  Township,  which  for  years  had  been 
dominated  by  a  few  influential  citizens  of  Dadeville.  Mr. 
Miller  was  the  candidate  of  the  "Boys  From  the  Sticks," 
and  the  delegates  in  the  convention  which  nominated  him 
represented  the  laboring  classes  of  the  county  rather  than 
the  professional  politicians.  Mr.  Miller  is  still  active  in 
the  affairs  of  life  and  is  prominent  in  the  civic  and  busi- 
ness circles  of  his  home  city. 


JOHN  0.  MITCHELL. 

Dade  county  has  never  numbered  among  her  favored 
sons  many  millionaires,  neither  has  she  been  renowned  as 
a  rich  man's  resort,  still  there  are  a  few  men  who  in  early 
life  made  their  start  here  and  afterward  became  famous 
in  the  business  world.  To  this  list  belongs  John  0.  Mitch- 
ell, who  was  born  in  Dade  county  October  22nd,  1858  near 
where  the  town  of  Arcola  now  stands.  He  is  the  son 
of  DeWitt  C.  and  Nancy  (Carey)  Mitchell  both  natives  of 
Tennessee.  His  father  was  born  not  far  from  Knoxville 
in  1833  and  died  in  1880.  In  1855  he  came  to  Dade  county 
and  served  in  the  Union  army  during  the  civil  war.  Nancy 
C.  Mitchell  was  born  in  Jefferson  County,  Tenn.,  and  died 


186 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

in  1908.  Ten  children  were  born  of  this  union,  four  boys 
and  six  girls,  John  O.  was  third  in  order  of  birth.  All  the 
children  are  living  except  one  brother.  In  his  boyhood 
days,  John  0.  Mitchell  attended  the  common  schools  of  the 
county  and  later  on,  Ozark  college  in  Greenfield.  His 
first  work  for  himself  was  as  a  hired  farm  hand,  but  after- 
ward he  taught  school  in  his  native  county  eight  years. 
From  school  teaching  he  entered  the  mercantile  business 
in  Aivola  during  which  time  he  also  engaged  in  farming, 
stock  raising,  buying  and  shipping.  He  purchased  and 
improved  a  large  tract  of  land  near  Arcola,  which  he  still 
owns.  While  in  Dade  county,  Mr.  Mitchell  was  a  director 
in  the  Dade  County  bank  at  Greenfield,  and  was  also  active 
in  politics.  Mis  party  drafted  him  as  a  candidate  for  the 
legislature  on  the  democratic  ticket  about  the  year  1900. 

In  the  month  of  August,  1904  he  moved  to  Tulsa, 
<)kia.,  where  he  became  extensively  engaged  in  the  man- 
ufacture of  brick.  With  the  opening  up  of  the  ex- 
tensive oil-fields  in  that  state,  Mr.  Mitchell  dealt  largely 
in  oil  and  gas  franchises  and  leases.  He  also  invested 
largely  in  city  and  farm  property.  Along  with  these  com- 
mercial enterprises  Mr.  Mitchell  mixed  a  little  politics. 
He  was  elected  by  the  City  of  Tulsa  to  represent  her  in  a 
joint-statehood  meeting  at  Washington,  D.  C.  in  1906. 
In  the  same  year  he  was  elected  mayor  of  the  City  of 
Tulsa  on  the  democratic  ticket.  Again  in  1910  after 
the  legislature  had  granted  to  the  city  a  Commission 
Charter  lie  was  elected  mayor,  being  the  first  mayor  in 
the  state  under  the  Commission  form  of  city  government. 
In  1907  he  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  central  Nation- 
al Bank  of  Tulsa  and  was  its  first  vice-pesident,  which 
position  he  held  until  1916.  This  bank  is  the  second  larg- 
est in  the  state.  In  1915  he  organized  the  Central  Mis- 
souri Company,  incorporated  for  $50,000  of  which  he  is 
president. 

Mr.  Mitchell  has  always  taken  great  interest  in  frater- 
nal orders,  and  is  at  present  a  member  of  the  Elks,  Masons, 
Knights  of  Phythias  and  other  benevolent  orders.  lie  took 
his  first  degree  in  Masonry  in  1885  in  Garrett  lodge  in 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  187 

Arcola,  Mo.  He  is  now  a  member  of  the  Scottish  Rite 
Consistory  at  South  McAlister,  Okla.,  and  a  member  of 
Akdar  Temple  of  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine  at  Tulsa. 
He  owns  one  of  the  fine  modern  homes  in  the  city  of 
Tulsa. 

On  the  25th  day  of  February,  1886  he  was  married  to 
Alice  M.  Young  of  Greenfield,  Mo.,  to  which  marriage 
have  been  born  six  children.  Two  died  in  infancy.  Belva 
L.  is  now  the  wife  of  Ralph  H.  Shaw,  of  Tulsa,  formerly 
of  Lima,  Ohio.  He  is  engaged  extensively  in  the  oil  busi- 
ness. Garland  C.  married  Leota  Arthur  formerly  of  Law- 
rence county,  Mo.  Young  0.  married  Martha  Mowry  of 
Tulsa,  formerly  of  Pennsylvania.  Eudora,  now  the  wife 
of  John  If.  Harvey  of  Tulsa,  a  native  of  Canada,  manager 
of  the  Kawfield  Oil  Company.  Belva  attended  Stephens 
college,  Columbia  Mo.,  Garland  attended  college  at  Colum- 
bia, Mo.,  and  Oklahoma  University  at  Norman.  Young  0. 
Mitchell  graduated  from  the  University  of  Kansas  having 
formerly  spent  two  years  in  the  University  of  Oklahoma 
at  Norman.  Eudora  graduated  at  Fairmont  Seminary, 
Washington,  D.  C. 

Mr.  Mitchell  at  present  is  Past  Exalted  Ruler  of 
Tulsa  Lodge  No.  946,  B.  P.  0.  E.  He  is  still  largely  in- 
terested in  Dade  county  affairs,  having  formed  a  partner- 
ship with  his  two  sons  who  are  engaged  in  the  cattle 
buiness  on  his  ranch  near  Arcola.  Dade  County  is  proud 
of  John  0.  Mitchell  and  always  points  to  him  as  one  of 
her  most  distinguished  ex-citizens. 


MARTIN  L.  MITCHELL. 

Was  born  near  Holly  Springs,  Miss.,  March  21st,  1844, 
son  of  William  and  Elenor  (Stockard)  Mitchell,  both 
natives  of  North  Carolina  but  raised  in  Tennessee  from 
Childhood.  He  was  born  July  7th,  1803  and  died  at 
Greenfield,  April  2nd,  1898,  while  his  wife  was  born  in 
1805  and  died  at  Greenfield,  Mo.,  May  9th,  1875.  They 
came  to  Dade  county  in  1848,  having  raised  one  crop  in 
Greene  county  in  1847.  Like  many  of  the  early  pioneers 


188  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

of  the  country,  in  selecting  a  location  the  choice  was  de- 
cided by  the  presence  of  springs,  two  of  which  were 
found  in  Center  township,  northeast  of  Greenfield.  Mr. 
Mitchell  locating  near  one  and  his  son-in-law,  William  L. 
Scroggs  locating  near  the  other  one.  Mr.  Mitchell  bought 
some  land  of  John  M.  Rankin  and  entered  some  from  the 
government.  On  the  original  homestead  he  built  the  first 
brick  house  in  the  county.  He  burned  the  brick  in  a 
kiln  erected  near  Sac  river.  This  was  in  1856.  At  the 
time  of  his  death  he  was  the  oldest  man  in  the  county— 
95  years.  William  Mitchell  was  a  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian church,  a  democrat  in  politics  and  held  the  office 
of  Justice  of  the  Peace  many  years.  They  raised  a  fam- 
ily of  ten  Children:  seven  boys  and  three  girls: 

(1)     Salina  Jane,  died  when  5  years  of  age. 

('2)  James  W.,  educated  himself  for  a  teacher,  went 
to  California  in  1849,  taught  after  his  return  to  Dade 
county,  enlisted  in  civil  war,  Co.  L,  6th  Mo.  cavalry  and 
died  of  congestion  of  lungs  while  in  the  service. 

(3)  William   Luther,   was   a   Presbyterian   preacher, 
died  in  Illinois  while  pastor  at  Ilillsboro  in  1863. 

(4)  Samuel  W.,  (sketch  given  in  full  in  this  volume). 

(5)  Leah   Caroline,   married   William  L.   Scroggs,   a 
prominent  pioneer  of  Dade  County. 

(6)  John  F.,  entered  union  army,  died  in  Greenfield, 
aged  74  years.    He  had  two  daughters  in  Greenfield,  Hattie 
and  Nettie. 

(7)  David  Newton,  died  at  the  age  of  30. 

(8)  Mary  Elizabeth,  married  Arch  Hopper,  educated 
in  Kentucky  and  taught  school  in   Dade   county,   died   in 
Humansville,  Mo. 

(9)  Martin  L.  (the  subject  of  this  sketch). 

(10)  George  B.,  physician  in  Kansas  City,  Kas. 
Martin  L.  Mitchell  has  always  made  his   home  at  or 

near  the  old  home  place  Northeast  of  Greenfield.  After 
the  death  of  his  father,  he  and  his  brother  Dr.  George  B., 
bought  the  old  homestead  of  200  acres  and  divided  it. 
Martin  L.  now  owns  part  of  the  old  homestead  and  has 
since  purchased  an  80  acre  tract  adjoining  it  on  the  east 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  189 

upon  which  he  has  a  fine  residence  erected  in  1906.  This 
80  acres  was  unimproved  when  purchased,  having  been 
entered  by  A.  M.  Long. 

Martin  L.  Mitchell  was  married  September  4th,  1867 
to  Sarah  J.  Boland,  who  was  born  October  15th,  1848, 
daughter  of  John  and  Rebecca  (Hudspeth)  Boland.  They 
were  married  in  Kentucky  and  came  to  Dade  county  in 
the  early  40 's. 

Martin  L.  Mitchell  and  wife  are  the  parents  of  three 
children: 

(1)  Winifred   L.,   born   October   3rd,   1868,   married 
Richard  S.  Marshall  of  Rogers,  Arkansas,  June  6th,  1898, 
died  at  Greenfield,  Mo.,  after  a  few  month  of  matrimonial 
bliss    and   was    buried   from   the   Presbyterian    church    in 
Greenfield,  Sunday,  December  4th,  1898. 

(2)  James   M.,   born   September   5th,   1872,   in   Dade 
County,  married  Ora  Bell  Mitchell,  a  daughter  of  Thomas 
Mitchell  an  early  settler  of  Dade  County.    He  is  now  farm- 
ing on  a  part  of  the  original  Mitchell  homestead. 

(3)  Florence   E.,   married   Ruel   King   whose   sketch 
appears  under  proper  caption  in  this  volume,  is  now  de- 
ceased. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mitchell  are  members  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian church.  He  is  an  Elder,  a  republican  in  politics, 
having  voted  for  Abraham  Lincoln  in  1864 — his  first 
vote.  He  enlisted  in  Co.  L.  6th  Mo.  Cavalry  August  1st, 
1862  and  served  three  years.  Was  discharged  at  Baton 
Rouge,  La.,  August  1st,  1865.  After  the  war  he  returned 
home  and  farmed  with  his  father.  He  has  always  been 
a  farmer  and  a  good  one.  While  he  is  now  living  prac- 
tically a  retired  life,  he  still  oversees  the  farming  opera- 
tions and  enjoys  excellent  health. 

He  is  an  active  member  of  the  G.  A.  R.  post  at  Green- 
field and  takes  great  pride  in  being  the  owner  of  not 
only  one  of  the  oldest  but  also  one  of  the  best  farms  in 
Dade  Countv. 


CHARLES  W.  MONTGOMERY. 

The   Montgomery   family   is   one   of  the   oldest,   most 
numerous  as  well   as   the  most   highly   esteemed   in   Dade 


190 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

County.  The  subject  of  this  sketch,  Charles  W.  Mont- 
gomery is  a  respected  scion  of  a  prolific  branch,  having 
been  born  in  Dade  county,  ten  miles  northeast  of  Green- 
field, August  25th,  1850,  son  of  Emsley  C.  and  Julia  Ann 
(Taylor)  Montgomery.  His  father  is  a  native  of  Christian 
County,  Ky.,  while  his  mother  first  saw  the  light  of  day  in 
Ray  County,  Mo.  Emsley  C.  Montgomery  was  born  in 
1825  and  came  to  Dade  County  with  his  father  when  15 
years  of  age,  or  in  the  year  1840  when  his  parents  took 
up  280  acres  of  government  land  in  Sac  township,  upon 
which  they  lived  during  the  remainder  of  their  lives.  Em- 
sley C.  is  still  living  on  a  fine  farm  of  100  acres  adjoining 
the  old  homestead.  Josiah  B.  Montgomery,  a  younger 
brother  of  Charles  W.  now  owns  and  lives  on  the  old 
place.  Emsley  C.  Montgomery  is  now  in  his  92nd  year, 
hale  and  hearty  while  his  wife,  who  is  still  living,  has 
seen  the  snows  of  85  winters. 

Emsley  C.  Montgomery  is  a  veteran  of  the  civil  war, 
perhaps  the  oldest  in  the  county,  having  unlisted  in  the 
6th  Mo.,  volunteer  cavalry  and  served  three  years  ( lack- 
ing 4  days)  a  full  sketch  of  his  life  and  service  appearing 
in  another  place  in  this  volume. 

Charles  W.  Montgomery  remained  at  home  and 
worked  for  his  father  until  May  8th,  1870  when  he  was 
married  to  Mary  Ellen  Ellis,  a  daughter  of  Spencer  Ellis, 
an  early  settler  of  the  county  who  went  with  the  rush  to 
California  in  1841)  and  died  there.  Her  mother,  Mary 
(Hudson)  Ellis  remained  in  Dade  county  and  reared  the 
family  among  them  being  Judge  Thornton  T.  Ellis  who 
met  accidental  death  while  Associate  Judge  for  the  East- 
ern district. 

At  the  time  of  his  marriage,  and  immediately  there- 
after, Charles  AV.  Montgomery  engaged  in  farming  upon 
his  own  account,  leased,  bought  and  sold  numerous  farms, 
in  which  occupation  he  continued  until  188G  when  in  com- 
pany with  Thornton  T.  Ellis,  and  his  brother  Thomas  B. 
Montgomery  they  opened  up  a  general  store  at  Seybert 
which  they  conducted  under  the  firm  name  of  C.  AV. 
Montgomery  &  Co.,  for  a  few  months  when  he  bought  out 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  191 


his  partners  and  conducted  the  business  in  his  own  name 
for  three  years.  lie  then  purchased  the  Seybert  flouring 
mill  for  $12,500  on  the  installment  plan,  paying  the  in- 
terest and  $1,000  on  the  principal  each  year.  These  pay- 
ments were  made  monthly  and  for  five  years  he  never 
missed  a  payment.  During  this  time  he  rented  his  store 
building,  sold  the  goods  in  bulk  and  bought  320  acres 
of  fine  land  adjoining  the  mill  property.  He  subsequently 
sold  the  mill  for  $10,000  reserving  some  land,  houses  and 
property  valued  at  $2,500.  This  added  to  his  farm  made 
his  entire  holding  amount  to  430  acres  with  numerous 
buildings  and  other  improvements. 

In  the  fall  of  1894  he  was  elected  Clerk  of  the  County 
Court  of  Dade  County  on  the  Republican  ticket  and  served 
eight  years  during  which  time  his  oldest  son,  Aaron  II. 
had  served  as  his  deputy.  Aaron  IT.  Montgomery  was 
elected  to  this  office  in  11)02  and  served  four  years  with 
his  father  C.  W.  Montgomery  as  his  deputy,  both  retiring 
In  1906.  In  1910  Charles  \V.  Montgomery  was  elected 
Probate  Judge  of  the  county  and  re-elected  again  in  1914 
which  office  he  still  holds,  making  a  remarkable  record  for 
public  service.  At  present  he  is  the  owner  of  numerous 
small  tracts  of  land  near  Greenfield  and  several  houses  in 
the  city.  He  has  also  been  largely  interested  in  mining 
enterprises  in  the  Joplin  district  as  well  as  in  Dade 
County,  fie  has  been  a  member  of  the  M.  E.  Church 
since  1879,  serving  on  the  Board  of  Trustees  almost  con- 
tinuously. In  politics,  he  has  long  been  recognized  as  a 
leader,  not  only  in  local  circles  but  in  the  high  councils 
of  the  Republican  party. 

Mi1,  and  Mrs.  C.  \V.  Montgomery  have  boon  the  par- 
ents of  14  children,  5  of  whom  died  in  infancy.  Their 
oldest  daughter  died  leaving  three  children  who  were 
raised  by  their  grand-parents.  Those  living  at  the  pres- 
ent time  are  as  follows: 

(1)  Aaron  II.,  lives  at  AVhittier,  California. 

(2)  W.  E.,  a  merchant  at  Greenfield,  Mo. 

(3)  Lenora,  wife  of  Henry  Hay  ward,  a  farmer  living 
in  North  Morgan  township. 


192 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

(4)  Thomas  W.,  lives  at  Linsley,  Calif. 

(5)  Elmer  Clyde,  lives  at  Eden,Idaho. 

(6)  Julia,  wife  of  C.  W.  Tindall  of  Linsley,  Calif. 

(7)  Lester,  also  lives  at  Linsley,  Calif. 

(8)  Nellie  L.,  wife  of  Ralph  Stapp,  a  railroad  man 
residing  at  Arcadia,  Kansas. 

The  brothers  of  Charles  W.  Montgomery  are  extensive 
farmers  and  stock  raisers  residing  in  the  northern  part  of 
the  county.  Their  farms  are  all  well  improved  and  kept  in 
a  high  state  of  cultivation.  As  probate  Judge,  Mr.  Mont- 
gomery has  made  an  exemplary,  pains-taking  official 
whose  chief  delight  seemed  to  be  in  accommodating  the 
people.  Many  people  have  ascribed  his  popularity  in  pol- 
itical campaigns  to  the  fact  that  while  he  was  in  the  mer- 
cantile and  milling  business  at  Seybert,  no  man  however 
poor,  was  ever  denied  credit  for  a  sack  of  flour  or  a 
side  of  bacon.  Since  entering  politics  Mr.  Montgomery 
has  been  obliged  to  pay  many  security  debts  for  his  old- 
time  friends  who  took  advantage  of  his  generosity  and 
imposed  upon  his  unlimited  good  nature,  but  lie  has 
never  complained  or  regretted  doing  an  act  of  kindness 
for  a  friend  even  though  it  has  cost  him  many  dollars 
and  severely  tested  his  faith  in  human  nature. 


GEORGE  WASHINGTON  MOORE. 

Deceased. 

Was  born  in  Cedar  county,  Mo.,  while  his  people  were 
enroute  for  Dade  county.  This  event  occurred  on  the 
14th  day  of  June,  1844.  His  people  were  from  Tennessee. 
His  father,  Charles  Moore  traveled  through  Dade  County 
into  Arkansas  where  they  stayed  for  some  time  and  after 
his  death  his  family  returned  to  Dade  County. 

At  the  age  of  18  years  George  W.  Moore  enlisted  in 
the  I'liiori  army,  first  in  Company  E,  14th  regiment  and 
later  in  Co.  C,  8th  regiment  Missouri  Volunteer  Cavalry. 
During  the  war  he  sent  home  money  to  his  mother  and 
bought  a  farm  of  120  acres.  He  had  this  about  half  paid 
for  when  he  married  Eliza  J.  Headlee  on  the  8th  day  of 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 193 

August,  1872.  She  was  born  March  15th,  1848  in  Greene 
county,  a  daughter  of  Samuel  Newton  and  Mary  (Mitchell) 
Headlee.  The  Moores  went  to  housekeeping  in  a  one- 
room  dwelling  which  they  afterward  added  on  to  until 
they  had  a  fine  farm  residence.  Since  Mr.  Moore's  death 
his  wife  has  managed  the  farm  with  success.  She  is  still 
the  owner  of  118  acres,  having  given  2  acres  to  the  Routh 
Chapel,  M.  E.  Church.  Mrs.  Moore  has  built  a  fine  80-ton 
silo,  and  splendid  outbuildings.  They  have  six  acres  of 
alfalfa  and  raise  registered  Jersey  cattle  for  dairy  pur- 
poses. It  is  their  intention  to  build  up  an  extensive  dairy 
farm  and  market  the  products.  At  present  they  have  nine 
head  in  the  herd. 

George  W.  Moore  was  a  member  of  the  M.  E.  church 
and  his  family  are  members  of  the  same  organization.  He 
was  a  republican  in  politics.  Receiving  an  injury  during 
the  war  in  the  battle  of  Big  Blue  from  which  he  never 
fully  recovered  and  was  sick  some  two  years  prior  to  his 
death  which  occurred  September  10th,  1895. 

George  W.  Moore  and  wife  were  the  parents  of  seven 
children,  two  of  whom  died  in  infancy,  and  one,  John  B., 
born  August  10th,  1873,  was  killed  April  24th,  1890  at 
the  age  of  17  years.  Those  living  are: 

(1)  Minnie  C.,  born   August  23rd,   1875,  is   still  at 
home. 

(2)  Eva  D.,  born  Aug.  llth,  1878,  is  at  home. 

(3)  Charles  E.,  born  January  29th,  1881,  is  still  at 
home. 

(4)  Morris  A.,  born  August  30th,  1884,  married  Lela 
McGill  of  Polk  county  where  they  now  live. 

The  Moore  farm  is  located  in  Morgan  township  and 
Aldrich  is  their  shipping  point  although  they  also  trade 
some  at  Dadeville.  The  entire  farm  is  fenced  hog-tight 
with  woven  wire  and  is  well  watered  by  two  branches, 
one  large  cave  spring  and  wells,  the  waters  is  forced 
through  the  house  and  barns  by  a  hydraulic  ram.  They 
raise  and  feed  from  50  to  60  head  of  hogs  each  year. 

In  addition  to  the  Jersey  cattle  they  have  one  regis- 
tered saddle  stallion,  Custer,  No.  3311,  one  thoroughbred 


194 HISTORY  OF  DADS  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

draft  stallion  and  two  splendid  Kentucky  Jacks  for  breed- 
ing purposes.  This  farm  is  known  as  "The  Blue  Grass 
Dairy  Farm." 


CHARLES  W.  MOORE. 

One  of  our  best  known  business  men  is  Chas.  W. 
Moore  of  Dadeville  whose  well  stocked  store  is  the  largest 
and  best  known  of  northeast  of  Dade  County. 

Mr.  Moore  is  a  native  of  Dade  County  having  been 
born  in  Dadeville  July  23,  1871,  a  son  of  Ruben  and 
Serine  E.  (Clopton)  Moore.  Ruben  Moore  was  a  native  of 
Tennessee  and  came  to  Dade  county  when  quite  young  and 
taught  school  here  for  many  years,  here  he  married  his 
wife  who  was  decendent  of  the  well  known  and  highly 
respected  pioneer  Clopton  family  of  wThom  extended  men- 
tion is  made  elsewhere  in  these  volumes  under  the  name 
of  Richard  Green  Clopton.  When  the  civil  war  broke 
with  all  its  fury,  Ruben  Moore  was  not  to  be  found  want- 
ing, he  enlisted  in  Co.  L,  6th  Mo.  Cav.  serving  under  Capt. 
Jesse  Kirby  as  First  Sergar.t.  he  was  discharged  at  Pilot 
Knob  for  disability.  He  was  a  successful  teacher,  farmer 
and  business  man  and  a  man  well  and  favorably  known 
throughout  the  county  for  his  integrity  and  fair  dealing 
in  all  things.  He  died  in  January,  1914  while  his  wife 
was  killed  by  a  runaway  team  on  the  streets  of  Dade- 
ville. Charles  W.  Moore  received  a  district  school  edu- 
cation in  Dade  county  but  at  the  early  age  of  19  started 
out  in  life  for  himself  by  working  his  father's  farm.  We 
soon  find  him  in  what  has  proved  to  be  his  life  work  mer- 
chandising, for  after  a  short  trip  in  the  west,  lasting  about 
six  months,  he  entered  the  store  of  his  grandfather  Clopton 
at  Dadeville.  For  six  years  he  worked  in  this  store  and 
until  his  Grandfather  Clopton  sold  out  and  then  Mr.  Moore 
started  a  grocery  store  in  the  old  Clopton  building  which 
lie  run  successfully  for  two  years  at  which  tiine  his 
father  entered  the  business  with  him  and  they  put  in  a 
complete  line  of  dry  goods,  clothing,  etc.  After  a  time 
Mr.  Moore  dissolved  partnership  with  his  father  and 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 195 

opened  up  alone  in  his  present  location,  his  father  con- 
tinued to  run  the  old  place  for  a  time  when  he  again 
became  interested  with  his  son  and  they  run  a  large  store, 
handling  drygoods,  clothing,  boots  and  shoes,  etc.,  and 
continued  up  to  1910  when  Charles  W.  bought  out  the 
entire  establishment  and  his  father  retired  to  private  life. 

Charles  W.  Moore  now  owns  the  largest  and  most 
complete  line  of  drygoods,  clothing,  boots  and  shoes  and 
general  merchandise  in  all  north  Bade  county,  in  1908  he 
bought  the  large  brick  building  where  he  is  now  located, 
this  is  a  modern  structure  equipped  with  carbide  lights 
and  all  the  possible  conveniences  in  an  inland  town. 
Noted  for  his  fair  dealing  and  courteous  treatment  of  the 
public,  he  has  built  up  a  business  of  which  any  man 
might  well  be  proud.  His  stock  is  well  kept  and  shows 
the  care  of  a  man  well  versed  in  his  particular  line.  Mr. 
Moore  carries  a  stock  fluctuating  between  $12,000.00  and 
$15,000.00  and  he  keeps  it  moving  and  fresh  and  strictly 
up-to-date. 

Mr.  Moore  was  married  June  22,  1902  to  Miss  Eva 
Tarrant,  a  native  of  Dade  county,  born  September  1st, 
1878,  a  daughter  of  Wm.  H.  and  Sarah  J.  Tarrant,  early 
settlers  of  Dade  county,  a  sketch  of  whom  is  to  be  found 
elsewhere  in  this  work.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moore  have 
been  born  four  children,  namely,  Ross  T.,  born  March  12, 
1909;  Emma  Maxine,  born  October  12,  1910;  Aluwee,  born 
February  22,  1913  and  Charles  Dale,  born  July  10,  1915; 
all  at  home  and  receiving  the  best  of  educational  advan- 
tages. Besides  being  an  extensive  and  prosperous  busi- 
ness man,  Mr.  Moore  has  large  farming  interests,  owning 
nearly  300  acres  of  valuable  farming  property.  He  has 
80  acres  in  South  Morgan  township,  160  in  Polk  town- 
ship besides  28  and  one-half  in  Dadeville.  Mr.  Moore  re- 
sides in  one  of  the  best  residences  in  Dadeville,  having 
built  a  modern  5-room  dwelling.  This  hustling  business 
man  finds  time  to  devote  to  the  social  interests  of  the  town, 
being  a  member  of  the  I.  0.  0.  F.,  W.  0.  W.  and  Modern 
Woodman  of  the  World.  He  is  a  staunch  republican  and 
prominent  in  party  affairs,  is  a  broad  minded,  public 


196 HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

spirited  citizen,  interested  in  good  roads,  free  public 
schools  and  progress  for  the  county  along  all  lines.  A  man 
in  every  sense  of  the  word,  a  credit  to  his  town,  his 
county  and  his  state. 


BAILEY  P.  MORGAN. 

No  family  in  the  county  are  better  or  more  favorably 
known  than  the  Morgan  family  of,  and  near  Dadeville. 
The  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  born  in  Dade  county,  Octo- 
ber 29th,  1847  and  has  spent  his  entire  life  up  to  now,  in 
Dade  county.  He  is  the  son  of  Wick  and  Nancy  (Worley) 
Morgan.  Wick  Morgan  was  brought  to  this  country  by 
his  father  and  mother,  Adonijah  and  Betsey  (Mathews) 
Morgan  who  were  very  early  settlers  of  Indiana  and  came 
to  Dade  county  in  the  early  40 's.  They  rented  land  for 
some  time  and  later  became  large  land  owners  here. 
Bailey  Morgan's  mother's  people,  the  Worleys,  were  also 
pioneers  of  this  county  having  settled  here  about  1840. 
Wick  Morgan  was  married  in  Dade  June  2nd,  1845  by 
Judge  Pat  T.  Andrews,  he  and  his  wife  as  well  as  his 
father  and  mother  all  died  here  and  are  buried  in  the  Rice 
cemetery.  Bailey  Morgan  bought  50  acres  of  good  land 
about  1880  upon  which  he  now  lives,  he  has  always  been 
a  farmer,  has  prospered  and  now  owns  123  acres  just  east 
of  Dadeville  and  it  is  one  of  the  fine  farms  of  the  county. 
In  1901  he  built  a  nice  four-room  dwelling  and  here  he  is 
living,  practically  retired.  lie  never  married  but  does  not 
want  for  love  and  affection  in  his  declining  years  for  you 
will  find  at  his  home  three  lovely  children  who  love  him 
and  whom  he  loves  and  cherishes  as  his  own.  It  is  a  beau- 
tiful story  to  tell,  how  this  big  hearted  man  took  the  three- 
months-old  daughter  of  Pang  Morgan  and  his  wife,  Mary 
Vanhoose,  who  had  just  died,  and  raised  her  from  this 
infant  age  to  lovely  womanhood,  and  now,  she  is  mar- 
ried to  Herman  Ackers,  a  native  of  Dade  county  and 
they  live  on  the  Morgan  place  and  have  three  fine  children 
as  follows:  Thyra  Neoma,  born  March  8th,  1905;  Mary 
Florence,  March  17,  1912;  and  Ollie  Madaline  September 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 197 

23,  1914.  Bailey  Morgan  is  known  to  almost  everyone  in 
eastern  Dade  county,  he  is  a  fine,  broad-minded,  Christian 
gentleman.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  church  and 
held  in  the  highest  regard  by  all  who  have  the  honor  of 
his  acquaintance. 


ALBERT  G,  MORRIS  (Deceased.) 

A  native  of  Dade  County,  was  born  August  28th,  1874 
and  died  January  29th,  1908.  He  was  a  son  of  Mount 
Etna  and  Sarah  Ella  (Quarrels)  Morris,  a  daughter  of 
Thomas  Quarrels  and  came  to  Missouri  when  a  young 
lady.  Both  families  were  pioneers  coming  from  Kentucky. 

In  1896  Albert  G.  Morris  in  company  with  J.  W.  Tol- 
iver  bought  a  small  hardware  store  of  Blackmore  &  Tar- 
rant  in  Dadeville,  increasing  the  stock  and  later  moved  to 
a  new  location,  taking  in  a  third  partner,  Mr.  Lindley. 
This  firm  continued  in  business  for  a  time  when  Morris 
&  Lindley  purchased  the  interest  of  Mr.  Toliver  in  the 
firm,  after  which  Mr.  Lindley  became  the  sole  proprietor. 
After  the  dissolution  of  this  firm  Mr.  Morris  again  bought 
in  and  later  bought  the  entire  stock  and  remained  in  this 
business  until  the  time  of  his  death.  The  business  is  now 
run  by  the  Maze  Hardware  Company.  His  health  was  bad 
for  some  time  prior  to  his  death.  He  was  always  engaged 
in  mercantile  pursuits. 

On  the  30th  day  of  December,  1896  he  was  married 
to  Veda  Wilson,  who  was  born  September  8th,  1875.  They 
were  the  parents  of  three  children: 

(1)  Lucile,  born  July  22nd,  1898,  received  her  edu- 
cation in  Dade  County,  attended  the  Dadeville  High  School 
and  one  year  in  Drury  College  at  Springfield.     She  is  now 
teaching  in  Dadeville. 

(2)  Mount  Etna,  born  September  1st,  1900,  attend- 
ing school  in  Walnut  Grove  where  he  graduated  in  1917. 

(3)  Albert  George,   born   November   27th,   1905,   at- 
tending school. 

Mr.  Morris  was  a  democrat  but  preferred  his  home 
life  with  his  family  and  gave  his  talents  to  his  business 


198 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

rather  than  to  politics.  His  people  are  .members  of  the 
Christian  church.  Mr.  Morris  was  a  Mason,  attaining  the 
Shriner's  degree. 

Mrs.  Morris  resides  in  a  fine  cottage  near  Dadeville, 
is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  drives  an  Over- 
land car,  is  a  good  roads  booster  and  is  a  splendid  speci- 
men of  the  up-to-date,  20th  Century  woman  who  takes  a 
lively  interest  in  public  affairs  and  presides  over  an  ideal 
home. 


UEL  W.  MURPHY. 

No  city,  town  or  village  ever  remained  long  upon 
the  map  of  any  country  without  claiming  among  her  dis- 
tinguished citizens,  sooner  or  later,  some  representative 
from  the  Emerald  Isle.  Uel  W.  Murphy  was  born  in 
North  Township,  Dade  County,  Mo.,  July  19th,  1846,  son  of 
Gilbert  W.  Murphy,  born  in  Edgar  county,  Ills.,  March 
23rd,  1819,  of  Irish  Ancestry.  His  parents  came  from 
Ireland  and  early  settled  in  Illinois,  while  it  was  yet  a 
territory.  George  W.  Murphy  was  a  farmer  and  quite 
successful.  He  came  to  Dade  Countv  in  the  latter  part  of 
the  30 's  and  located  in  North  township  where  he  entered 
120  acres  of  land,  erected  a  log-cabin  upon  it  and  made 
other  improvements.  In  addition  to  farming  he  handled 
considerable  live  stock.  He  died  on  the  old  homestead, 
July  12th,  1871.  He  was  a  local  preacher  of  the  M.  E. 
church  and  organized  the  Methodist  Society  in  North 
township.  Their  first  meetings  were  held  in  his  home, 
the  congregation  being  seated  on  slabs  which  he  had 
fashioned  for  that  purpose.  He  also  performed  many  mar- 
riage ceremonies  among  the  pioneers,  frequently  two  in  a 
single  day.  In  politics  he  was  an  old-time  Whig  and 
later  joined  the  Republican  party.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Masonic  fraternity.  He  was  married  to  Miss  Cal- 
ifornia Lomastcr,  born  in  Maury  County,  Term.,  October 
30th,  1823,  died  May  23rd,  1886,  daughter  of  Joseph  ami 
Elizabeth  Lemaster  who  came  to  Dade  County  before  the 
Murphy's  came,  sometime  in  1830-35  and  located  in  North 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 199 

Township.    They  were  successful  farmers  in  their  day  and 
always   had  plenty  of  bacon   and   venison  in   the   smoke 
house  to  last  over  winter.     Mrs.  California  Murphy  was  a 
member  of  the  M.  E.  church  and  the  mother  of  ten  child 
ren: 

(1)  William   P.,   born   October   24th,   1840,   married 
Sophia  Underwood,  who  was  born  in  Tennessee  in  1838 
and  died  in  Dade  County  in  1894.     She  was  a  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Mariah  Underwood  who  came  from  Tennessee 
in  the  30 's  and  located  in  North  township.    Her  brothers, 
Robert  and  Price  Underwood  were  veterans  of  the  Oivll 
war.    William  P.  Murphy  and  wife  were  members  of  the 
M.  E.  Church  and  were  the  parents  of  eight  children,  5  o: 
whom  are  living: 

Uel  W.;  Louisa  F.,  wife  of  Charles  Wilson,  Riah,  liv- 
ing at  home,  Marguerite,  Married  Floyd  Sloan,  died  leav- 
ing two  children,  and  William  Roscoc 

William  P.  Murphy  was  a  member  of  the  volunteer 
Home  Guards  during  the  civil  war  and  is  a  Republican  in 
politics. 

(2)  Mary  A.  E.,   born   August   28th,   1842,  married 
Julius  Appleby,   of   Dade   County.     She   died   May   26th, 
1886  leaving  six  children. 

(3)  Lewis   M.,   born  May  23rd,   1844,   died  in    1912 
For  a  number  of  years  he  was  a  merchant  at  Greenfield 
and  later  at  Carthage,  Mo.     He  married  Cordie  Garrett 
They  had  three  children. 

(4     Uel  W.  (the  subject  of  this  sketch). 

(5)  Eliza   J.,    born   September   20th,    1848,   married 
Thomas  Travis  a  farmer  and  served  as  County  Clerk  of 
Cedar  County.     She  is  now   a  widow,  having  one  child, 
Alba  who  first  married  R.  Hartley  of  Cedar  County  an  i 
after  his  death  became  the  wife  of  M.  M   Ewing  a  banker 
at  Denver,  Colo. 

(6)  Sarah  P.,  born  January  20th,  j850,  maried  Rob- 
ert P  Underwood  who  is  now  deceased     He  was  a  farmer 
and  later  a  merchant.    Was  postmaster  for  10  years  under 
the  McKinley  administration  and  represented  Dade  county 
one  term  in  the  Missouri  Legislature.    He  was  a  veteran 


200 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

of  the  Civil  war  and  raised  a  family.     His  widow  still  re- 
sides in  Greenfield. 

(7)  Cordelia  C.,  born  July  8th,  1854,  married  Glover 
Killingsworth,  now  a  farmer  and  stock  man  at  Emporia 
Kansas.    They  have  five  children. 

(8)  Melville  L..  born  July  25th,  18J7,  died  December 
21st,  1889.     Married  Lizzie  Kimber      He  was  a  merchant 
and  the  father  of  two  children,  one  of  whom,  R.  P.  Murphy 
is  living.     His  widow  resides  near  Carthage. 

(9)  Robert  W.,  born  December  8th,  1859,  is  a  hotel 
man  and  resides  in  Kansas  City. 

(10)  Ada    M,    born    January    3rd,    1863,    mar •  led 
Henry  Whittaker   ivho  is  now  deceased.     During  life  he 
was  a  merchant  at  /»rcola.    They  had  two  children.    SLe  is 
now  living  in  Seattle,  Washington. 

Uel  AY.  Murphy  was  raised  on  a  farm  and  attended 
the  country  schools  lie  went  from  the  farm  to  Arcola 
in  18S4  where  for  r  number  of  years  he  was  engaged  PI 
Merchandising.  In  1891  he  became  the  landlord  of  the 
Delmonico  Hotel  in  Greenfield,  both  before  and  after  its 
re-construction.  It  was  a  popular  hostelry  and  gained  a 
wide  reputation  for  hospitality  during  his  14  years  of  man- 
agement. In  politics  Mr.  Murphy  is  a  republican  and  wa- 
elected  Sheriff  and  nerved  one  term  as  a  candidate  of  that 
party.  Since  his  retirement  from  the  office  of  Sheriff"  ho 
has  lived  practical  y  a  retired  life,  serving  some  years  as 
Constable  of  Center  Township  and  is  now  deputy  sheriff. 
lie  is  also  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business  and  lends 
money  upon  his  own  account.  The  Murphy  family, 
throughout,  are  staunch  members  of  the  M.  E.  church. 

He  was  married  November  28th,  1872  to  Katherine 
Travis,  who  was  lorn  in  Scott  County,  Va.,  February 
26th,  1847,  daughter  of  Edward  II.  and  Margueret  (Carter) 
Travis  who  came  to  Dade  County  in  1853  and  located  in 
North  Township.  lie  was  a  veteran  of  the  Mexican  war 
Both  he  and  his  wife  arc;  now  dead.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
a  local  preacher  of  the  M.  E.  church,  a  Republican  in 
politics  and  served  as  a  Judge  of  the  County  Court.  They 


A.  (  .  HAY  WARD  AND  WIFE. 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 201 

had  six  children  of  which  Mrs.  Murphy  was  third  in  point 
of  birth. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ivlurphy  have  no  children  of  their  own 
but  raised  one  boy,  J.  C.  Brown,  from  two  years  of  a<rc  tc 
manhood.  He  is  a  book-keeper  by  profession  and  resides 
at  Phoenix,  Arizoi  a.  He  married  Ella  Dicus,  a  Dade 
county  girl  of  a  pkneer  family. 

Both  as  a  c:tizen,  a  hotel  man  and  a  county 
official.  Mr.  Murpli^  was  highly  esteemed  He  was  always 
a  consistent,  active  worker  in  church  ci/eles  and  a  guard- 
ian of  law  and  ord^r  while  Sheriff  of  th  -  County.  Af  the 
present  time  he  is  among  the  most  highly  respected  men 
of  the  communitv. 


CAPTAIN  BENJAMIN  MABERRY  NEALE. 

Dade  County  points  with  pride  to  many  distinguished 
citizens,  some  of  whom  were  of  native  birth,  others  by 
adoption,  whose  ability,  genius  or  attainments  have  left  a 
lasting  impression  upon  the  sacred  tablets  of  memory. 
It  requires  but  little  effort  to  recall  the  names  of  many 
men,  who,  by  reason  of  their  sagacity  in  business,  energy, 
frugality  and  tenacity  of  purpose,  have  succeeded  in  ac- 
cumulating vast  sums  of  money  and  landed  property, 
which  at  their  death  became,  at  most,  a  questionable  heri- 
tage unto  those  who  should  follow  after  them.  Others,  by 
reason  of  a  strong  personality,  deep-seated  convictions, 
well-defined  moral  principles  arid  sterling  qualities  of 
heart  and  brain,  have  left  to  posterity  a  monument  more 
enduring  than  shafts  of  lifeless  marble  or  piles  of  unfeel- 
ing stone — their 's  a  living  monument  which  has  its  foun- 
dation in  the  hearts  and  lives  of  men.  To  this  latter  class, 
Capt.  B.  M.  Neale  pre-eminently  belonged. 

The  soil  of  the  Old  Dominion  claimed  him  as  a  child. 
B  M.  Xeale  was  born  in  Wood  County,  Virginia,  Novem- 
ber 16th,  1841,  upon  land  which  formerly  constituted  part 
of  the  original  George  Washington  estate.  In  1843  his 
father  settled  in  La  Fayette  County,  Missouri,  and  here 
Benjamin  grew  to  manhood.  He  attended  the  common 


202 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

schools  of  the  county  and  later  graduated  from  Central 
College,  Fayette,  Mo. 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  civil  war  he  espoused 
the  cause  of  the  South  and  became  one  of  her  most  gal- 
lant defenders.  His  first  service  was  with  Weightman's 
brigade,  Graves'  regiment,  in  which  he  was  commissioned 
captain.  Afterward  he  joined  the  Shelby  brigade,  with 
which  he  served  with  distinction  until  the  close  of  the  war, 
his  service  covering  exactly  four  years. 

Captain  Neale  was  every  inch  a  soldier.  He  possessed 
that  unmistakable  military  bearing  which  marked  him  as 
a  leader  of  men.  His  very  appearance  inspired  confidence 
and  his  word  when  once  spoken  was  as  immutable  as  the 
law  of  the  Medes  and  Persians.  While  he  was  austere 
and  commanding  in  a  way,  yet  there  was  that  kind,  sym- 
pathetic fellow-feeling  of  comradeship  ever  present  in  his 
heart  which  found  its  best  expression  in  deeds  rather  than 
words  extended  to  those  with  whom  he  was  associated. 

His  first  real  taste  of  war  occurred  at  Carthage  on 

o 

the  4th  day  of  July,  1861,  from  which  place  his  regiment 
was  ordered  to  Springfield,  where  it  participated  in  the 
battle  of  Wilson's  Creek,  August  10th  of  the  same  year. 
He-  was  also  in  the  battles  of  Little  Blue  and  Lone  Jack, 
in  the  state  of  Missouri,  and  during  the  latter  part  of  the 
war  was  in  many  engagements  in  Arkansas  and  Louis- 
iana, ending  his  military  career  at  Shreveport,  La.,  June 
15th,  1865. 

On  the  14th  day  of  March,  1867,  he  was  married  to 
Miss  Anna  E.  Groves,  a  lady  of  culture  and  refinement, 
and  to  this  union  six  children  were  born,  all  of  whom  are 
living: 

(1)  Katie,  widow  of  C.  W.  Barker  (now  deceased), 
who  resides  in  Greenfield,  Mo. 

(2)  Mamie  E.,  now  Mrs.   J.   M.   Peterson   of  Lock- 
wood,  Mo. 

(3)  Willie  G.,  now  Airs.  J.  M.  Painter  of  Greenfield, 
Mo. 

(4)  Ben  M.,  a  prominent  attorney  and  leading  dem- 
ocratic politician  of  Greenfield,  Mo. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 203 

(5)  Eula  M.,  now  Mrs.  W.  M.  Brooks  of  Arcola,  Mo. 

(6)  Anna  G.,  still  single,  engaged  in  teaching. 

In  the  year  1883  Captain  Neale  purchased  a  320-acre 
tract  of  prairie  land  some  twelve  miles  northwest  of 
Greenfield  in  Ernest  township,  upon  which  he  settled,  and 
here  his  children  grew  to  manhood  and  womanhood. 

About  the  year  1903  Captain  Neale  retired  from  active 
farm  life  and  came  to  Greenfield,  where  he  purchased  a 
comfortable  residence  and  spent  the  remainder  of  his  days 
in  comparative  rest  and  quietude. 

During  the  last  years  of  his  life  his  heart,  mind  and 
soul  seemed  to  be  wrapped  up  in  the  fraternal  organiza- 
tions growing  out  of  the  Southern  Confederacy.  He  was 
a  man  of  strong  emotions  and  undying  affection  and  the 
cause  to  which  he  had  given  the  best  part  of  his  life  was 
as  dear  to  him  as  the  very  apple  of  his  eye.  He  had  been 
many  times  honored  by  these  organizations,  holding  many 
positions  of  trust,  in  recognition  of  his  valiant  services 
during  the  war,  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  colonel  and 
only  his  extreme  modesty  and  feeling  for  others  prevented 
his  election  as  commander.  His  own  words  in  declining 
this  honor  will  best  portray  his  real  spirit  of  manhood. 
"I  have  been  honored  sufficiently.  There  are  others  of  the 
boys  who  are  deserving;  pass  the  honor  around."  Of  all 
the  honors  conferred  upon  Captain  Neale,  perhaps  the  one 
most  appreciated  by  him  and  his  immediate  friends  is  a 
medal  of  bravery  in  service,  "The  Southern  Cross  of 
Honor,"  presented  to  him  by  the  Daughters  of 'the  Con- 
federacy. 

His  extreme  modesty  is  again  shown  by  the  closing 
words  written  by  himself  in  a  personal  sketch  prepared 
by  him  for  the  annals  of  his  beloved  organization: 

"This,  fellow  comrades^  is  a  brief  recital  of  my  army 
record,  much  of  which  is  pleasant  to  recall,  but  mixed  with 
some  sweet  is  much  bitter — buried  friends  and  dear,  brave 
comrades,  tried  on  half  a  hundred  battle  fields,  buried 
hopes  and  aspirations  for  our  loved  sunny  South.  My  fel- 
low comrades !  We  lost  all  save  honor.  Our  dear  heroes 


204 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

are  the  admiration  of  the  world  and  by  our  good  citizen- 
ship \ve  have  won  the  respect  of  all  good  and  brave  men. 
Let  us  cherish  the  memory  of  our  dead  comrades,  let  us, 
in  memory  at  least,  entwine  their  brows  with  unfading 
wreathes  of  love,  although  there  be  mingled  regrets  and 
heart-burnings  for  what  might  have  been." 

In  politics,  Captain  Neale  was  an  unswerving  demo- 
crat and  always  active  in  the  affairs  of  his  party.  Relig- 
iously, he  made  a  profession  of  religion  when  19  years  of 
age  and  united  with  the  South  Methodist  church,  from 
which  his  membership  was  never  transferred. 

Pie  departed  this  life  on  Tuesday,  October  1st,  1912, 
at  the  age  of  71  years,  survived  by  his  wife  and  six  adult 
children. 

In  recounting  the  striking  characteristics  of  this 
splendid  man  it  is  safe  to  say  that  he  was  a  gentleman  of 
the  "old  school"  and  carried  with  him  that  grace  of  dig- 
nified manhood  which  endeared  him  to  everyone  with 
whom  he  came  in  contact.  In  conversation  he  was  gen- 
teel, courteous  and  scholarly,  quoting  Plato,  Shakespeare 
and  Emerson  with  the  fluency  of  a  college  professor.  Tem- 
peramentally, he  was  inclined  to  be  both  spirited  and  ani- 
mated, speaking  his  convictions  with  a  force  and  direct- 
ness which  left  no  room  for  doubt  in  the  minds  of  his 
hearers.  In  appearance  he  was  tall  and  muscular,  combin- 
ing the  courtesy  of  a  Chesterfield  with  the  dignity  of  a 
Danton,  and  exemplifying  in  his  every-day  life  those  qual- 
ities of  heart  and  soul  so  much  admired  by  all  lovers  of 
true  manhood  and  commendable  citizenship. 


BENJAMIN  M.  NEALE. 


Was  born  in  Lafayette  County,  Mo.,  on  October 
28th,  1.87(5,  and  came  to' Dado  County  in  1882,  with  his 
parents,  who  located  on  a  farm  in  Ernest  township.  With 
a  common  school  education,  he  obtained  a  certificate  and 
started  teaching  in  the  rural  schools,  where  ho  spent  two 
years,  using  the  money  thus  earned  to  pay  his  way  through 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  205 

the  state  university  law  school,  where  he  graduated  in 
the  class  of  1902. 

Immediately  thereafter  he  opened  a  law  office  in 
Greenfield,  and  in  the  years  that  have  since  elapsed  has 
enjoyed  a  steadily  growing  and  almost  universally  success- 
ful practice,  so  much  so  that  at  this  time  he  is  recognized 
as  one  of  the  ablest  attorneys  of  this  section  of  Missouri. 
His  practice  is  not  confined  to  his  home  county,  but  ex- 
tends into  adjoining  circuits,  where  the  ablest  lawyers  of 
the  state  find  in  him  an  opponent  worthy  of  their  steel 
in  the  legal  arena. 

Like  many  successful  attorneys,  Mr.  Neale  enjoys 
relaxation  from  his  professional  duties  by  participation 
in  the  political  campaigns.  He  is  an  ardent  democrat,  and 
had  the  management  of  his  party's  campaign  in  Dade 
County  in  1914  and  1916,  when,  despite  the  fact  that  his 
was  the  minority  party,  he  succeeded  in  electing  a  good 
share  of  his  candidates.  His  ability  as  a  political  man- 
ager was  recognized  in  1916,  when  he  was  made  a  mem- 
ber of  the  democratic  state  committee,  and  again  at  the 
close  of  that  campaign,  when  he  was  placed  at  the  head 
of  a  special  organization  sub-committee  of  that  body.  At 
the  time  this  is  written,  it  is  practically  assured  that  he 
will  be  unanimously  made  chairman  of  the  democratic 
state  committee  at  its  forthcoming  meeting,  when  Chair- 
man Cowgill  has  announced  he  will  resign. 

Mr.  Noale  was  married  in  1904  to  Miss  Mary  Finley, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  H.  Finley,  of  Greenfield. 
They  have  two  sons,  Harry  Groves  and  Thomas  Randolph. 
He  is  a  member  of  Ebenezer  Presbyterian  church  and  an 
officer  in  the  church  organization.  For  some  years  he  has 
been  superintendent  of  its  Sunday  school.  He  belongs  to 
the  various  branches  of  the  Masonic  order,  including 
Washington  lodge,  Greenfield  Royal  Arch  chapter  and 
Constantino  commandery. 


JACOB  E.  NEWKIRK. 

A  Hoosier  with  Irish  ancestry  would  seem  to  be  an 
odd  combination,  but  Dade  County  is  made  up  of  people 


206 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

from  every  corner  and  quarter  of  the  globe,  and  in  ad- 
dition to  the  above,  Mr.  Newkirk  has  a  little  splash  of 
German  blood  in  his  veins. 

Jacob  E.  Newkirk  was  born  in  Jackson  County,  In- 
diana, March  4th,  1862,  a  son  of  Abraham  Taylor  and 
Elizabeth  (Ruddick)  Newkirk.  His  father  was  a  native 
of  Ohio,  while  his  mother  was  born  in  Indiana.  His  grand- 
father, Cyrus  Newkirk,  was  a  native  of  New  York,  having 
in  his  veins  the  rich,  red  blood  of  Ireland,  with  a  little 
tinge  of  German  on  his  mother's  side. 

Cyrus  Newkirk  was  an  early  settler  in  Ohio,  but 
Abraham  Taylor  Newkirk  came  to  Indiana  when  22  years 
of  age  and  followed  the  river  for  an  occupation,  running 
a  boat  on  the  Ohio  river  for  a  number  of  years.  It  was 
during  these  boating  days  that  he  met  and  married  Eliza- 
beth Ruddick,  and  in  1864  they  emigrated  to  Chase  County, 
Kansas.  For  eleven  years  they  endured  the  hardships  of 
frontier  life,  battling  with  drouth,  grasshoppers  and  chinch- 
bugs,  till  in  1875  he  exchanged  his  Kansas  lands  for  196 
acres  in  South  township.  Here  he  settled  and  here  he 
prospered.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  owned  236  acres, 
some  of  which  were  over  the  line  in  Lawrence  County. 
Part  of  his  real  estate  holdings  comprised  the  land  where 
the  station  of  Olinger  now  is.  He  kept  the  postoffice  be- 
fore the  railroad  was  built,  and  served  as  Justice  of  the 
Peace  for  twenty  years.  Abraham  T.  Newkirk  was  a  life- 
long democrat.  His  widow,  Elizabeth  (Ruddick)  Newkirk, 
is  still  living  at  the  advanced  age  of  86  years. 

Six  children  were  born  of  this  marriage  to  live  to 
maturity: 

(1)  Frank,   a   farmer  in   Kansas.     Married   Minnie 
Nott,  a  Dade  County  girl. 

(2)  "William   Lindley.  farmer   of  Lawrence    County. 
Married  Bell  Marsh  of  Dade  County. 

(3)  Nora,   married   William   D.    Sturdy,    of   Penns- 
boro,  a  farmer,  stock  buyer  and  shipper. 

(4)  Jacob  E.  Newkirk.  - 

(5)  Elmer  Andrew,  first  wife,  Ella  Moore,  died  leav- 
ing three  children.    He  then  married  Stella  Hunter  of  Law- 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  207 

ronce  County.     They  reside  on  the  old  Newkirk  homestead. 

(6)  Julia  B.,  married  L.  R.  Moore,  a  Dade  County 
farmer. 

Jacob  E.  Newkirk  received  his  meager  schooling  in 
the  common  schools  of  Kansas  and  Dade  County.  He 
vividly  remembers  a  circumstance  when  at  school  in  Kan- 
sas, when  only  seven  years  of  age,  that  the  alarm  was 
given  that  the  wild  Indians  were  on  the  war  path,  mur- 
dering all  the  whites,  and  headed  direct  for  the  school- 
house.  The  children  were  instructed  to  rush  home,  spread 
the  alarm,  and  warn  everybody  to  take  refuge  in  Cotton- 
wood  Falls,  the  county  seal.  Is  it  any  wonder  that  under 
conditions  of  this  kind  the  three  R's  of  primitive  education 
were  not  fully  mastered? 

Jacob  remained  at  home  till  27  years  of  age,  with  his 
father,  until  he  had  accumulated  property  of  about  the 
value  of  $1,200,  when  he  married  Myrtie  L.  Renfro,  daugh- 
ter of  Lewis  Renfro  of  Greenfield.  This  took  place  on 
September  24th,  1889. 

Soon  after  his  marriage  he  rented  160  acres  of  land 
in  South  Township,  where  he  now  lives.  He  remained  a 
tenant,  however,  but  a  few  years,  trading  for  the  land  in 
1894  upon  which  he  has  lived  and  prospered.  His  wife 
died  December  25th,  1898,  leaving  four  children : 

(1)  Grace  B.  Myrtie  (a  baby),  born  September  5th, 
L898,  died  February  26th,  1899. 

(2)  Mary  Elna,  born  April  6th,  1891,  at  home. 

(3)  Lewis  A.,  born  August  6th,  1893,  married  Hazel 
E   Speer  of  Pennsboro,  whore  they  now  reside. 

(4)  Jacob  Elwood,  born  November  28th,  1895.    Mar- 
ried to  Nettie  Terrell  of  South  Greenfield. 

On  December  29th,  1901,  Mr.  Newkirk  married  Miss 
Ollie  A.  Neal,  born  October  31st,  1878,  in  Gallia  County, 
Ohio,  daughter  of  J.  T.  and  Emma  (Allison)  Neal,  both 
living  in  Ohio.  To  this  union  there  were  born  five  chil- 
dren, now  living: 


208  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

(1)  Neal,  born  January  24th,  1903. 

(2)  John  M.,  born  June  24th,  1905. 

(3)  Beatrice  Ida,  born  May  4th,  1907. 

(4)  Emory  Wesley,  born  August  7th,  1909. 

(5)  Louise  Irene,  born  July  17th,  1914. 

Mr.  Newkirk  is  actively  engaged  in  general  farming, 
stock  raising  and  feeding.  His  farm  is  well  watered  by 
Honey  creek,  and  also  by  wells  and  springs,  making  it  an 
ideal  place  for  live  stock.  One  hundred  and  twenty-five 
acres  are  under  cultivation.  Mr.  Newkirk  is  a  democrat, 
has  been  treasurer  of  township  for  six  years,  school  di- 
rector and  clerk  of  the  board  for  twenty  years.  His  family 
are  regular  attendants  at  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
Plis  lodge  relations  are  confined  to  the  W.  O.  W. 

Mr.  Newkirk  is  heartily  in  favor  of  permanent  road 
improvement  and  demonstrates  his  approval  of  good 
schools  bv  sending  his  children  to  them. 


CHARLES  F.  NEWMAN. 

Was  born  in  Dade  county,  Mo.,  on  a  farm  some  five 
miles  northwest  of  Lockwood,  October  2nd,  1880,  son  of 
Joseph  V.  and  Elizabeth  Newman.  His  father  was  born 
near  Akron,  Ohio  in  1860  and  his  mother  in  the  same  year 
at  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  Elizabeth  Newman  moved  with  her 
parents  to  Dade  County,  Mo.,  in  1867.  J.  V.  Newman  came 
to  Dade  County  with  his  mother  in  1867.  Both  settled  on 
adjoining  farms  about  six  miles  northwest  of  Lockwood. 

J.  V.  Newman  followed  farming  with  varying  success 
until  about  the  year  1890  when  he  removed  to  Lockwood, 
engaging  first  in  the  livery  business  and  afterwards  in  the 
real  estate  business.  Later  on  he  became  a  traveling  sales- 
man for  the  Inter-National  Harvester  Company,  moving 
with  his  family  to  Ft.  Scott,  Kansas.  He  was  a  democrat 
in  politics,  and  very  active1  in  all  public  matters. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Newman  were  the  parents  of  three 
children;  Charles  F.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  John  1?., 
a  practicing  physician  and  surgeon  of  Ft.  Scott,  Kas.,  and 
Jessie  R.,  now  the  wife  of  Roy  E.  Cobbs,  of  Nowata,  Okla. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  209 

The  brother  and  sister  are  each  younger  than  Charles  F. 

Charles  F.  was  about  ten  years  of  age  when  his  father 
moved  to  Lock-wood  so  that  his  entire  school  life  was 
spent  in  that  city,  attending  first  the  public  then  the  High 
School  and  afterwards  taking  a  course  in  law  at  the  state 
University  at  Columbia,  Mo.  On  his  return  from  college 
he  immediately  entered  the  profession  of  the  law. 

He  was  married  at  Lockwood,  Mo.,  on  the  25th  day  of 
September,  1904  to  Edith  H.  Mayberry,  daughter  of  H.  R. 
and  Mary  Mayberry. 

To  this  union  one  son  was  born,  Ross  M.,  February 
llth,  1906. 

Mr.  Newman  belongs  to  the  Masons,  Odd  Fellows, 
Knights  of  Pythias  and  W.  0.  W.  lodges.  In  politics,  he 
has  always  been  a  democrat,  active  in  the  councils  of  his 
party. 

After  his  return  from  college  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar,  and  began  the  practice  of  law  in  Greenfield  in  Novem- 
ber, 1903.  He  was  nominated  for  prosecuting  attorney  and 
elected  on  the  Democratic  ticket  in  1904,  serving  one  terra. 
He  did  not  ask  for  re-election.  At  the  expiration  of  his 
two  years'  term,  January  1st,  1907,  he  formed  a  law  partner- 
ship with  Hon.  Ben  M.  Neale  of  Greenfield,  where  he  re- 
mained actively  in  the  practice  of  his  profession  for  seven 
years.  During  these  years  he  became  widely  known  as  a 
successful  trial  lawyer.  His  practice  extended  over  all  the 
adjoining  counties  as  well  as  into  the  appellate  courts.  Mr. 
Newman  was  also  active  in  politics.  In  1909  he  was  a  can- 
didate for  Congress  before  the  Democratic  convention  of 
the  Sixth  Congressional  District  at  Butler,  Mo.,  but  was 
defeated.  He  served  on  the  Democratic  County  Central 
Committee  from  1900  till  1906,  and  was  chairman  from  1906 
till  1914.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Democratic  State 
Committee  from  1908  till  1910. 

In  April,  1914,  he  received  the  appointment  as  attorney 
for  the  valuation  department  of  the  Interstate  Commerce 
Commission,  without  solicitation,  and  moved  to  Kansas 
City,  Mo.,  where  he  is  still  located.  In  this  capacity  he  rep- 


310  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

resents  the  government  in  the  matter  of  the  physical  valua- 
tion of  the  railroads  of  several  western  states. 

As  an  attorney  Mr.  Newman  ranks  high  in  the  pro- 
fession. He  has  the  reputation  of  being  a  tireless  worker 
and  a  painstaking  advocate  in  the  preparation  of  his  cases. 
His  addresses  to  the  jury  were  always  eloquent  and  forceful. 
Mr.  Newman  also  acquired  considerable  distinction  as  a 
public  speaker  and  campaign  orator,  having  filled  many 
engagements  and  assignments  from  and  under  direction  of 
the  State  Democratic  Committee. 


ARTHUR  FRANKLIN  NIXON. 

Was  born  in  the  state  of  Iowa  June  16th,  1845,  son  of 
Gabriel  and  Mary  (Mendenliali)  Nixon,  both  of  whom  are 
dead.  He  was  principally  raised  in  Indiana,  and  came  to 
Dade  County  in  1875,  his  father  having  died  in  Indiana, 
his  mother  coining  with  him,  and  died  in  Dade  County.  On 
his  arrival  in  Dade  County  he  engaged  in  the  mining  busi- 
ness near  Corry  for  four  or  five  years,  then  entered  the  hard- 
ware business  in  Golden  City  in  company  with  William 
Pemberton,  and  opened  up  a  hardware  store  in  Everton. 
He  remained  in  this  business  about  ten  years,  when  he  re- 
moved to  his  farm  near  Huiston,  which  his  wife  had  re- 
ceived from  the  Pemberton  estate.  He  conducted  this  farm 
of  325  acres  for  15  years,  then  bought  out  the  Albert  Morris 
hardware  stone  in  Dadeville  in  the  year  1908,  and  sold  out 
in  1912  to  Spencer  &  Huiston  and  returned  to  the  farm. 
In  the  sale  of  the  store  in  Dadeville  he  acquired  the  flouring 
mill  at  Huiston,  which  he  operated  one  year,  and  sold  it  to 
Samuel  Farmer,  the  present  owner. 

On  the  2nd  day  of  January,  1879,  he  was  married  to 
Marry  M.  Pemberton.  To  this  union  were  born  seven  chil- 
dren, all  of  whom  are  living: 

(1)  Mary  Hosana,  born  October  22nd,   1879.  married 
Walter  Kirby  of  Dade  Comity.     They  have   four  children, 
Mary  Mildred,  Nellie  Lorine,  Celia  Hazel  and  l)enz''l  Louise. 

(2)  Xellie  Sharp,  born  September  1st,  18^1,  married 
George  Wise,  a  farmer  of  Jasper  County.     They  have  t\vo 
children,  Frozy  Theo.  arid  Georgia  Aliene. 


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(3)  Arthur  Frank,  born  May  5th,  1884,  now  at  home, 
running  the  farm. 

(4)  Jewel   Kate,   born   October   10th,   1887,   married 
Lynn  II.  Hembree,  and  lives  in  Everton.     They  have  two 
children,  Beatrice  Alberta  and  Lynn  Bron. 

(5)  John  Pemberton,  born  June  12th,  1800,  at  home, 
helping  to  run  the  farm  with  his  mother. 

(6)  Lillian  Russell,  born  October  2nd,  1892,  is  still 
at  home. 

(7)  Paul  K.,  born  July  25th,  1895.    He  is  a  musician, 
arid  now  with  the  National  Military  Band  of  Leavenworth, 
Kas. 

Arthur  F.  Nixon  was  an  active  Republican,  always  vi- 
tally interested  in  the  public  schools  of  the  county,  and 
served  on  the  school  board  for  many  years.  Mr.  Nixon  was 
raised  in  the  Quaker  faith,  but  never  united  with  any 
church.  Was  a  firm  believer  in  the  principles  of  Chris- 
tianity and  gave  many  evidences  of  his  faith  by  good  works. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  lodge  in  good  stand- 
ing at  the  time  of  his  death,  holding  membership  at  Everton. 
He  was  extensively  known  throughout  the  county,  a  good 
business  man,  highly  honorable  and  trustworthy,  a  good 
neighbor,  a  kind  father,  and  respected  by  all  who  knew  him. 

His  wife,  Mary  M.  (Pemberton)  Nixon,  was  born  July 
llth,  1852,  daughter  of  John  and  Rosanna  (McConnell) 
Pemberton.  Her  father  died  Fel.ruary  6th,  1890,  and  her 
mother  died  December  8th,  1874.  He  was  a  native  of  Ten- 
nessee, and  she  was  a  native  of  Virginia.  They  came  to 
Bade  County,  overland,  in  1839.  He  took  up  over  200  acres 
of  land  near  Hulston  Mill,  and  added  to  it  until  his  farm 
consisted  of  350  acres.  He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  as 
well  as  a  farmer,  and  followed  both  occupations. 

Mr.  Pemberton  was  an  active  Democrat  of  the  old 
school  and  held  many  positions  of  honor  and  trust.  Was 
elected  to  the  state  legislature  from  Dade  County  in  1852, 
and  collector  of  the  county  in  1854.  He  had  been  sheriff 
of  the  county  when  the  offce  of  sheriff  and  collector  were 
combined.  The  Nixon  family  have  in  their  possession  a 
receipt  signed  by  the  state  treasurer  and  auditor  for  the 


212  HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

entire  revenues  of  Dade  County  for  the  year  1854.  He  was 
a  remarkable  man  in  many  respects,  and  in  his  dav  was  one 
of  the  most  prominent  citizens  of  the  county.  In  18-30  he 
built  a  large  two-story  frame  dwelling,  which  at  the  time 
was  one  of  the  finest  in  the  county,  and  is  still  occupied  by 
his  daughter,  Mrs.  Arthur  F.  Nixon.  In  1854  lie  united  with 
the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  church,  was  elected  a  ruling 
elder,  and  continued  in  that  office  until  his  death.  He  was 
also  made  a  member  of  the  A.  F.  &  A.  j\l.  at  Dadeville  in 
that  year.  On  the  18th  day  of  January,  1844,  he  was  mar- 
ried to  Miss  Rosanna  McConnell  of  Washington  County, 
Virginia,  who,  with  him,  cheerfully  bore  the  burdens  and 
joys  of  his  life.  He  was  a  quiet,  oeaccable  citizen,  and  was 
never  known  to  speak  an  unkind  word  about  anyone.  To 
this  marriage  were  born  three  children: 

(1)  Mary  M.,  who  intermarried  with  Arthur  F.  Xixori. 

(2)  Flizabeth  Kate,  who  died  at  the  age  of  2  years. 
(8)     Thomas  V.,  born  September  2nd,  1850,  married 

Susan  E.  McConnell.  After  his  death  Susan  F.  married 
J.  T.  Jones. 

Mrs.  Xixon  is  a  member  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyte- 
rian church,  an  active  worker  in  :ts  enter  prises,  and  belongs 
to  one  of  the  most  distinguished  families  in  the  county. 

Near  the  original  homestead  is  one  of  the  finest  springs 
in  the  county.  Mr.  Nixon  in  his  lifetime  improved  this 
with  a  hydraulic  ram  and  connected  up  a  perfect  watering 
system,  with  pressure  tank  in  the  house,  and  also  watering 
troughs  in  the  barn  lots.  The  old  Pemberton  homestead 
was  known  as  one  of  the  most  productive  stock  aiid  grain 
farms  in  the  entire  communitv. 


FERDNAND  ORTLOFF. 

Germany  has  furnished  to  this  land  of  the  free  thou- 
sands of  her  sons  to  become  citizens.  There  is  no  country 
to  which  we  are  more  indebted  for  the  wonderful  progress 
and  development  of  our  country  than  Germany.  Her  sons 
who  have  become  our  sons  arc  almost  without  exception 
named  among  our  very  best  citizens.  Such  u  one  is  Ferd- 


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nand  Ortloff.  IIo  is  a  large  farmer  and  stock  man  of  eastern 
Dado  County.  He  was  born  in  Germany  December  13,  1863, 
a  son  of  George  Jacob  and  Christina  (WeisonseH  Ortloff, 
who  came  to  America  in  the  fall  of  18GG,  bringing  four  chil- 
dren. They  settled  in  the  city  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

George  Jacob  Ortloff  was  a  ]inon  weaver  by  trade,  but 
for  a  time  after  reaching  Syracuse  he  worked  in  the  smelt- 
ing plant,  but  on  account  of  poor  health  was  unable  to  con- 
tinue this  work,  so  he  took  up  carpet  weaving,  which  he 
followed  for  a  number  of  years.  Tie  passed  away  in  Syracuse 
November  6th,  1906,  past  71  years  of  ago,  ha\ing  been  horn 
in  Germany  July  8th,  1835.  Plis  wife  is  still  living  and 
makes  her  residence  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y.  The  date  of  her 
birth  was  November  6th,  1886.  Ferdnand  Ortloff  was  an 
energetic,  although  restless,  lad.  Tie  was  taught  the  trade 
of  furniture  finishing.  At  the  ago  of  15  he  was  so  filled 
with  the  desire  to  sec1  the  world  that  he  ran  away  from 
homo  and  landed  in  Washington  County,  Michigan,  whore 
he  went  to  work  on  a  farm  for  his  board.  From  here  he 
roamed  from  place  to  place,  working  on  farms,  in  saw  mills, 
and,  in  fact,  at  anything  he  could  find.  TTo  finally  located 
in  Berrien  County,  Michigan.  Ai'ter  two  years  of  wander- 
ing he  bought  four  acres  of  land,  and  here  he  staved  for 
a  number  of  years,  lie  was'  married  February  10th,  1884, 
at  Three  Oaks,  Mich.,  to  Mary  E.  AVashburn,  who  was  born 
September  17th,  1867,  in  New  York  state,  and  is  a  daughter 
of  L.  D.  and  Patient  (Schnodik'-r)  AYashburn,  who  were 
early  settlers  in  the  state  of  Michigan,  and  both  passed 
their  lives  there.  He  died  in  the  early  90 's  and  she  May 
26th,  1887. 

In  1885  Ferdnand  Ortloff  became  interested  in  Mis- 
souri, and  came  to  Dado  County  in  September  of  that  year, 
settling  northwest  of  Greenfield,  where  the  first  year  he 
worked  40  acres  on  grain  rent,  then  took  un  a  homestead 
five  miles  northwest  of  Greenfield,  consisting  of  40  acres. 
He  improved  this  and  lived  there  for  12  years,  and  in  1893 
traded  it  toward  109  acres,  all  in  South  Morgan  Township. 
This  was  an  old,  settled  place,  but  very  much  run  down. 
He  went  to  work  immediately  to  put  this  place  back  in 


214 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

shape,  which  he  succeeded  in  doing.  He  stocked  it  with 
good  stock,  carried  on  general  far?oing,  and  his  well-di- 
rected efforts  brought  speedy  results.  He  has  prospered 
and  invested  his  money  in  more  land,  until  now  he  has  395 
acres  in  a  body,  which  is  certainly  one  of  the  fine  stock 
farms  of  this  county.  Here  he  and  his  wife  have  raised 
a  family  of  nine  children.  Besides  these,  there  were  born 
two  who  died  in  infancy.  They  were:  Christina,  born 
January  18th,  1885,  died  March  24th,  1886,  and  Bright  Hen- 
rietta Christina,  born  June  14th,  1906,  died  January  8th, 
1907.  Those  living  are:  Jacob  G.,  born  July  4th,  1886, 
married  Eliza  Batrell,  and  have  one  child,  Theta;  Verday 
0.,  born  February  14th,  1889,  mairi^d  Earl  Richardson,  and 
they  have  one  child,  Mary  Emily-  Gracie  M.  was  born  Sep- 
tember 13th,  1891,  married  Elmer  Clark,  a  farmer  of  Dade 
County,  and  they  have  one  child.  Ferdnand;  Charles  F., 
born  April  17th,  1884,  married  Mary  E.  Lunsford,  who  is 
farming  in  Dade  County;  Ernest  F.,  born  March  12th,  1896, 
married  Vernie  Batrell,  and  is  living  in  Dade  County,  and 
have  one  child,  Margaret  Thelmh;  Sophia  E.,  born  Decem- 
ber 7th,  1898;  Lillie  B.,  bom  June  9th,  1.901;  Loving  Joy, 
born  September  7th,  1903,  and  Ferdnand  M.,  born  October 
14th,  1909,  all  living  at  home. 

Mr.  Ortloff  has  given  his  children  the  advantage  of 
good  educations,  a  privilege  denied  him,  but  for  which  he 
has  greatly  made  by  extensive  reading  and  observation. 
Mr.  Ortloff  is  considered  one  of  o-ir  leading  stock  men,  and 
he  is  a  fiim  believer  in  thoroughbred  stock  of  all  kinds. 
He  has  a  fine  Ayshire  bull,  which  he  obtained  from  the 
State  Farm  at  Columbia,  and  ha?  been  bi-eeding  from  him 
for  the  past  two  years.  He  also  handles  sheep,  and  sticks 
to  the  famous  Poland-China  hog^.  Everything  about  his 
placi?  shows  thrift  and  good  management.  He  ha?  a  fine 
residence,  all  modern  farming  appliances,  drives  a  Ford 
car,  and,  in  fact,  is  an  all-arourd  progressive,  up-to-date 
citizen.  He  is  a  red-hot  Democrat  and  a  booster  for  good 
roads,  and  a  firm  believer  of  our  free  public  school  system. 
Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  I.  0.  O  F.  of  Greenfield. 
Red  blood  runs  in  this  man's  veins,  and  we  are  glad  that 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 215 

he  has  selected  Dade  County  as  hi?  home.  He  and  his  fam- 
ily are  a  credit  to  any  community,  and  we  sincerely  hope 
that  he  and  his  descendants  shall  always  be  counted  among 
our  citizenship. 


THE  PAINTER  FAMILY. 

John  Painter  was  born  in  "Washington  County,  Vir- 
ginia, November  2nd,  1809,  and  on  the  4th  day  of  October, 
1838,  was  married  to  Rachael  McDaniel,  a  native  of  Vir- 
ginia, born  September  5th,  1819.  The  Painters  were  origi- 
nally from  Ireland,  while  the  McDaniels  were  from  Scot- 
land. 

John  Painter  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  but  also 
farmed.  In  1869  they  emigrated  to  Missouri,  bringing  their 
entire  family,  except  one  son,  William,  and  settled  in  Mor- 
gan Township,  Uade  County,  making  the  trip  overland  in 
horse-wagon,  and  were  seven  weeks  and  four  days  on  the 
road.  They  rented  land  for  one  year  and  then  moved  to 
Polk  Township,  where  their  children  now  live.  Here  they 
rented  50  acres  of  cultivated  land,  a  part  of  the  old  Pem- 
berton  farm  near  Hulston,  where  the  father  died  April  26th, 
1875,  and  the  mother  died  December  27th,  1891.  They  were 
both  members  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  church.  He 
was  a  Republican  in  an  early  day,  but  after  coming  to  Mis- 
souri he  was  a  Democrat. 

John  and  Rachael  (McDaniel)  Painter  were  the  parents 
of  ten  children,  all  of  whom  came  to  Missouri,  except  Wil- 
liam, and  seven  of  whom  still  reside  on  the  old  homestead: 

(1)  Emma,  born  January  10th,  1840. 

(2)  Bettie,  born  November  9th,  1842. 

(3)  Jane,  born  June  llth,  1846. 

(4)  George,  born  October  12th,  1848,  died  in  Dade 
County  September  12th,  1906. 

(5)  Anna,  born   April  21st,   1852,  married   William 
Newell,  who  is  now  deceased.    She  lives  in  Sac  Township. 

(6)  James,  born  December  24th,  1855. 

(7)  Susan,  born  August  21st,  1857. 

(8)  John,  born  September  27th,  1860. 


216  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

(9)  Lucretia,  born  March  22nd,  1862. 

(10)  William,  born  January  14th,  1844,  who  enlisted 
in  the  Confederate  army  under  Captain  Litchfield,  in  the 
brigade  commanded  by  General  Robert  E.  Lee,  and  served 
for  some  time.    He  was  in  the  "Seven  Days"  battle,  and 
died  shortly  afterward,  June  14th,  1863. 

After  the  death  of  the  mother,  the  children  bought  the 
land  upon  which  they  had  lived  as  tenants  for  so  many 
years.  There  were  187 V>  acres  in  the  original  tract,  to 
which  40  acres  have  since  been  added;  172  acres  are  in 
cultivation.  All  the  improvements  have  been  made  by  the 
Painter  family.  The  dwelling,  a  two-story  six-room  struc- 
ture, was  built  in  1905,  and  in  1915  a  two-room  concrete 
addition  was  made.  Commodious  barns  have  been  erected 
and  also  a  90-ton  silo,  the  first  in  Dade  County,  are  among 
the  other  improvements.  They  have  experimented  a  little 
with  alfalfa,  arid  have  one  field  of  five  acres,  which  is  doing 
fine. 

The  farm  is  well  watered  with  springs,  wells  and 
branches,  making  it  particularly  well  adapted  for  stock 
raising.  The  Painter  family  have  a  herd  of  Shorthorn  cat- 
tle, consisting  of  one  registered  bull  and  11  full-blood  cows. 
They  also  raise  hogs  and  mules  for  the  market,  averaging 
about  one  carload  of  hogs  each  year. 

The  girls  of  this  family  are  members  of  "The  Church 
of  God,"  but  no  regular  organization  of  that  denomination 
is  established  in  the  community.  The  men  are  Democrats, 
and  exceptionally  fine  people.  They  arc  frugal,  industrious, 
reliable  and  progressive,  being  firmly  in  favor  of  good  roads 
and  good  schools. 

This  family  is  in  possession  of  one  relic  which  is  worthy 
of  mention,  being  a  pair  of  iron-frame  spectacles  which 
belonged  to  their  grandmother,  which  she  had  received 
from  her  ancestors',  being  possibly  more  than  150  years  old. 


J.    M.    ALEXANDER    AM)   AVIFE 


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217 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  on  a  farm  March 
31,  1876,  on  the  East  edge  of  Rock  Prairie,  about  two  miles 
east  of  what  was  then  known  as  the  Rock  Prairie  postoffice, 
or  Cross  Roads,  now  a  suburb  of  Everton,  where  lie  lived 
until  March  1,  1886,  when,  with  his  parents,  he  moved  to 
Everton,  and  resided  on  a  farm  adjoining  that  place  until 
September  1,  1888,  on  which  date  he  removed  to  the  old 
Calvin  Wheeler  farm,  seven  miles  northeast  of  Everton, 
where  he  lived  until  March  or  April,  1908,  when  he  moved, 
with  his  family,  to  Greenfield,  the  county  seat,  where  he 
has  since  resided.  His  father,  the  late  John  A.  Patterson, 
was  quite  a  violinist  and  violin  repair  man  and  cabinet 


maker  in  his  day,  and  his  son,  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
was  very  much  inclined  the  same  way,  and  there  are  not 
many  parts  or  pieces  about  a  piano,  organ,  violin,  or  any 
kind  of  musical  instrument,  that  he  cannot  repair  or  make 
new  if  necessary.  He  has  been  selling  pianos,  organs  and 
other  musical  goods  in  Bade  and  adjoining  counties  since 
July,  1898,  and  has  hundreds  of  customers,  all  of  whom  are 
his  friends.  He  has  always  sold  a  high  class  of  goods,  and 
makes  friends  with  each  sale.  His  mother,  Mrs.  Mary  L. 
Patterson  of  Greenfield,  is  the  second  daughter  of  the  late 
William  R.  Bennington,  one  of  the  pioneer  teachers  and 
promoters  of  the  present  good  system  of  schools  in  Dade 


218 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

County.  His  mother,  Mary  L.,  was  a  teacher  in  the  schools 
in  Dade  County  during  the  latter  60 's  and  early  70 's.  He 
was  married  May  16th,  1906,  to  Miss  Effie  Hagerman,  of 
near  Walnut  Grove,  a  granddaughter  of  the  late  James 
Wheeler  of  Polk  Township,  Dade  County.  On  March  5, 
1907,  a  little  son,  John  Lester,  was  born  to  this  union,  and 
December  llth,  1908,  a  daughter,  Floy  Lorena,  was  born. 
In  February,  1910,  little  Lester  was  taken  sick  with  typhoid, 
and  died  March  8th.  Miss  Floy  Lorena  is  at  present  a 
pupil  in  the  Greenfield  public  schools.  J.  R.  Patterson  is 
the  only  exclusive  piano  and  musical  instrument  dealer  in 
Dad'.-  County.  He  is  also  an  experienced  piano  tuner.  He 
has  the  only  piano  moving  van  and  fixtures  in  the  county 
and  moves  fine  pianos  for  people  in  all  parts  of  the  county, 
and  also  in  adjoining  counties. 


ARCHIBALD  CLINTON  PATTERSON. 

A  native  of  Dade  County,  born  near  Dadeville  Septem- 
ber 6th,  1843,  a  son  of  Alexander  and  Elizabeth  (Mitchell) 
Patterson,  and  died  at  his  home  in  Morgan  Township  May 
18th,  1914,  at  the  age  of  71  years  eight  months  and  twelve 
days.  He  spent  his  entire  life  in  Dade  County. 

He  was  twice  married,  his  first  wife  being  Louisa 
Speight.  She  died  in  1884,  having  been  the  mother  of  eleven 
children,  six  boys  and  five  girls,  seven  of  whom  died  in 
infancy.  Those  to  attain  maturity  were: 

( 1 )  Howard,  now  a  resident  of  Colorado. 

(2)  Dote,  married  Elbert  Kirby,  and  lives  south  of 
Dadeville. 

(.'3)     Clarence,  now  living  in  Kansas. 

(4)     Frank,  who  is  now  deceased. 

His  second  marriage  occurred  on  the  18th  day  of  Feb- 
ruary,  1886,  to  Sarah  P.  Fanning,  who  was  born  in  Dade 
County  May  27th,  1870,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah 
(Speight)  Fanning.  They  were  married  in  Dade  County 
and  were  early  settlers  here.  Mrs.  Patterson  was  the  young- 
est of  seven  children,  all  living  in  Dade  County  except  her. 
To  this  union  were  born  seven  children: 


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(1)  Neva,  born  January  6th,  1888,  married  Homer 
Glaze,  a  farmer,  residing  south  of  Dadeville.     They  have 
five  children. 

(2)  John  W.,  born  December  30th,  1889,  still  single. 
Is  engaged  in  mining  in  the  McGee  camp  and  lives  at  home. 

(3)  Birdie,   born  February  1st,   1892,   married   Ray 
Glaze,  a  Colorado  farmer,  where  they  now  reside.     They 
have  one  child. 

(4)  Troy,  born  February  8th,  1895,  resides  at  home, 
and  is  engaged  in  teaching  school  in  Dade  County. 

(5)  Lewis,  born  February  8th,  1898.    Is  at  home,  and 
attending  school  at  Walnut  Grove. 

(6)  Ruby  R.,  born  March  13th,  1901.     Is  going  to 
school. 

(7)  Paul  D.,  born  November  1st,  1903.     Is  at  home, 
attending  school. 

Mr.  Patterson  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  but  not 
an  office-seeker.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church, 
being  one  of  the  charter  members  in  the  organization  at 
Dadeville.  He  was  an  extensive  trader  in  live  stock,  as  well 
as  a  general  farmer  and  stock  breeder.  At  the  time  of  his 
death  he  owned  a  first-class  farm  of  270  acres  near  Dade 
ville. 

Mr.  Patterson  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  having 
enlisted  in  Company  D,  Sixth  Missouri  Cavalry,  at  the  age 
of  18  years,  and  served  witli  distinction  until  the  end  of  the 
war.  He  was  a  good  soldier,  always  ready  and  willing  to 
do  his  duty,  no  matter  how  severe  the  hardships  nor  how 
imminent  the  danger.  As  a  neighbor  he  was  the  most  ac- 
commodating of  men,  always  ready  to  lend  a  helping  hand 
to  those  in  need  and  to  assist  his  friends  in  their  business 
ventures. 

Mr.  Patterson  was  an  exemplary  citizen,  always  in- 
terested in  the  general  welfare  of  the  community,  was  in- 
dustrious and  energetic,  and  improved  much  land  in  Dade 
County. 

Since  his  death  Mrs.  Patterson  and  her  own  children 
have  occupied  the  home  place  of  160  acres,  which  they 
own.  She  has  control  and  management  of  the  place,  and 


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is  making  good.  She  is  a  woman  of  splendid  business 
ability,  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  is  conducting 
her  general  farming  and  stock  raising  enterprises  in  a  way 
highly  credible  to  herself  and  family. 


JAMES  D.  PATTERSON. 

One  of  the  very  oldest  of  Dade  County's  native  sons 
is  James  I).  Patterson  of  Rock  Prairie  Township,  Dade 
County.  This  venerable  gentleman  was  born  in  Rock  Prai- 
rie Township  March  6th,  1844,  a  son  of  William  H.  and 
Mollie  (Cotner)  Patterson,  both  natives  middle  Tennessee, 
where  they  were  married,  and  emigrated  to  Dade  County, 
Missouri,  in  1842,  coming  overland  by  wagon  and  driving 
ox  teams.  They  brought  with  them  four  children  and  an 
uncle  of  Mrs.  Patterson's,  Uncle  Warsh  Cotner.  They  were 
a  long  time  on  the  road,  and  when  Mr.  Patterson  finally 
arrived  he  had  just  15  cents  in  cash.  lie  entered  280  acres 
of  government  land.  This  being  prairie  and  having  no 
timber  whatever  upon  it  for  fencing  purposes,  he  had  to 
haul  rails  many  miles.  He  succeeded  in  breaking  180  to 
220  acres  of  this  raw  land,  and  built  a  log  house,  16x18,  in 
which  he  and  his  family  lived  for  many  years.  He  was  a 
pioneer  in  every  sense  of  the  word,  and  it  is  evident  that 
lie  was  satisfied  with  Dade  County,  for  here  he  and  his  wife 
remained  until  they  were  called  by  death.  They  had  pros- 
pered, for  at  the  time  of  his  death  he  owned  560  acres  of 
.irond  farming  land. 

Of  the  ten  children  born  to  this  fine  pioneer  couple, 
five  are  now  living,  namely:  William  Washington,  now  re- 
sides in  Taney  County,  Missouri;  Ann  Eliza,  who  is  now 
Mrs.  Henry  McMillen,  and  makes  her  home  in  Oklahoma; 
Melissa  Ellen,  now  Mrs.  Isaac  Crawford,  is  a  resident  of 
Xe\v  Mexico;  Joseph  N.  is  living  retired  in  Walnut  Grove, 
(Jreene  County,  Missouri,  and  James  D.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch. 

James  I).  Patterson  had  little  opportunity  for  school- 
ing, for  in  the  early  days,  when  he  was  a  boy,  there  were 
few  schools,  and  what,  there  were  were  primitive  in  the 


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extreme.     He  was  brought  up  to  work  and  to  work  hard. 

At  the  time  of  his  father's  death  he  bought  out  the  other 
heirs  and  went  to  farming  on  his  own  account.  To  say 
that  he  has  succeeded  in  his  life's  work  is  putting  it  mildly 
indeed,  for  he  has  added  tract  after  tract  of  land  to  his 
original  holdings,  until  now  he  owns,  in  round  numbers, 
1,500  acres  all  in  one  body,  and  all  in  Dade  County,  except 
50  acres  just  across  the  line  in  Greene  County,  arid  which 
comprises  the  largest  and  best  stock  farm  in  this  section 
of  the  state.  Besides  this,  he  has  given  his  daughter,  Mrs. 
John  M.  Jones,  a  fine  improved  tract  of  1GO  acres  located 
in  Rock  Prairie  Township.  Mr.  Patterson  has  long  since 
given  up  real  hard  work,  although  lie  succeeds  fully  in 
managing  this  large  property.  He  carries  on  general  farm- 
ing and  stock  raising  and  is  especially  interested  in  fine 
cattle,  usually  carrying  about  200  head  of  full-blood  Short- 
horns. Upon  his  farm  will  usually  be  found  from  60  to  100 
head  of  hogs.  There  are  four  large  silos  on  this  property 
with  a  capacity  of  450  tons. 

On  January  12th,  1869,  Mr.  Patterson  married  Miss 
Margaret  I.  Trailer,  who  was  born  February  5th,  1847,  and 
died  August  31st,  1876.  The  record  of  their  three  children 
is  as  follows:  Mary  I.,  born  November  28th,  1869,  is  the 
wrife  of  John  M.  Jones  (extended  mention  of  whom  will  be 
found  elsewhere  in  this  work) ;  Arthur  W.,  born  September 
2nd,  1873,  died  October  28th,  1873;  Alice  M.,  born  August 
28th,  1876,  died  August  30th,  1876. 

Mr.  Patterson  took  a  niece  of  his  to  raise  when  she 
was  4  years  old.  Her  name  was  Estella  F.  Burney,  and  she 
lived  with  him  until  she  was  married  to  Elmer  Dilley,  who 
is  now  deceased.  She  and  her  family  live  on  a  part  of  Mr. 
Patterson's  large  ranch. 

Of  the  more  than  three  score  and  ten  years  since  Mr. 
Patterson  was  born,  he  has  spent  nearly  every  moment  of 
the  time  within  the  boundaries  of  Dade  County.  He  has 
seen  the  wonderful  progress  that  Dade  County  has  made, 
and  we  wish  to  refer  the  reader  to  an  article  prepared  by 
Hon.  Howard  Ragsdale  of  Ash  Grove,  expressly  for  this 


222  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

publication,  and  setting  forth  in  an  interesting  manner  Mr. 
Patterson's  reminiscences  of  Dade  County's  early  days. 

Mr.  Patterson  is  a  Democrat  and  always  has  been  one, 
but  he  has  never  desired  or  sought  office  of  any  kind,  pre- 
ferring to  spend  his  time  and  energy  attending  to  his  large 
business  interests.  He  is  a  fine  Christian  gentleman,  be- 
longing to  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  South.  It  is 
indeed  a  pleasure  to  meet  and  converse  with  this  kindly, 
courteous  old  gentleman,  and  it  makes  one  feel  that  life  is 
surely  worth  living  and  that  the  fruits  of  a  Christian  life  is 
well  worth  while.  In  eastern  Dade  County  and  western 
Greene  County  there  is  hardly  a  single  man,  woman  or  child 
who  does  not  know  Uncle  Dave  Patterson,  and  when  his 
life's  work  here  is  finished  and  he  has  passed  into  the  great 
beyond  he  will  leave  to  us  a  memory  and  an  example  of  a 
life  well  spent,  and  it  should  be  and  will  be  an  inspiration 
to  our  children  and  their  children's  children  to  follow  in 
the  straight  and  narrow  way,  which  always  leads  to  wealth, 
health  and  happiness. 


JOHN  Me.  PATTERSON. 

Was  born  in  Grant  County,  Indiana,  October  28th,  1843, 
son  of  Henry  and  Sarah  Ann  (Adamson)  Patterson.  His 
father  was  a  native  of  Tennessee,  while  his  mother  was 
born  in  Ohio.  They  were  descendants  of  the  Patterson  and 
Adamson  families,  early  settlers  in  Indiana,  emigrating 
from  Kentucky  and  South  Carolina  and  taking  up  govern- 
ment land  in  Indiana. 

Henry  Patterson  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  serv- 
ing in  the  Union  army,  and  dying  at  Nashville  in  1864,  while 
his  mother,  Sarah  Ann  Patterson,  lived  many  years  after, 
dying  in  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  in  1880,  while  visiting  a  daughter. 

Henry  arid  Sarah  Ann  Patterson  were  the  parents  of 
12  children,  eight  of  whom  are  living.  Lydia  and  Dora  live 
in  Kansas  City,  Andrew  lives  in  Washington  and  Silas  lives 
in  Idaho.  Maggie  lives  in  Idaho,  Jane  lives  in  Montana, 
while  Elizabeth  lives  in  Kansas. 


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John  Me.  Patterson  remained  at  home  with  his  parents 
till  the  breaking  out  of  the  war.  He  had  received  but  little 
education  up  to  this  time.  He  has  been,  however,  a  constant 
reader  for  a  great  many  years,  and  is  now  considered  a 
well-informed  man  upon  all  current  topics.  On  the  1st  day 
of  October,  1861,  he  enlisted  in  Company  E,  Thirty-fourth 
Indiana  Volunteer  Infantry,  under  Captain  Hunter,  and 
later  under  Captain  Harry  L.  Deam.  His  enlistment  was 
for  three  years,  but  in  1863  he  re-enlisted  under  the  special 
veteran  law,  which  provided  that  all  soldiers  after  two 
years'  service  could  veteranize  for  three  years  more,  or 
during  the  war,  and  receive  a  bounty  of  $402.  His  second 
enlistment  was  in  Company  F,  under  Captain  Spencer.  His 
military  experience  was  filled  with  many  thrilling  inci- 
dents and  replete  with  active  service.  The  Thirty-fourth 
rendezvoused  at  Camp  Anderson,  Madison,  Ind.,  then  to 
Jeffersonville,  where  they  received  their  guns,  and  crossed 
the  river  to  Louisville,  Ky.  After  that  they  were  stationed 
at  New  Haven,  Ky.,  and  Camp  Wycliff.  En  1862  they  went 
via  Ohio  river  to  Padukah,  Ky.,  then  to  New  Madrid,  Mo., 
during  the  seige.  Afterward  they  were  stationed  at  Tipton- 
ville,  to  cut  off  the  Confederate  communication,  and  later 
were  transported  to  Ft.  Pillow,  on  the  Mississippi  river. 
At  this  point  they  were  repulsed  and  retired  back  to  New 
Madrid.  From  this  point  they  were  sent  to  Memphis  and 
Helena,  and  from  that  point  via  the  White  river  and  Mis- 
sissippi to  St.  Charles  and  Ball's  Bluff,  and  then  back  to 
Helena,  after  starting  to  reinforce  General  Curtis  at  Prairie 
(/rove.  They  were  stopped  when  the  news  came  that  Gen- 
eral Curtis  had  won  the  battle.  Mr.  Patterson  served  on 
provost  duty  at  Helena  for  a  time,  then  went  into  Camp 
Willmington  and  drilled.  At  the  beginning  of  tho  Vicks- 
burg  campaign  his  regiment  was  marching  south  on  the 
west  side  of  the  Mississippi  river.  After  passing  below 
Vicksburg  an  army  of  35,000  men  was  ferried  across  the 
river  by  gunboats,  which  had  successfully  run  the  blockade, 
and  commenced  a  march  northward,  when  they  were  en- 
gaged at  Magnolia  Hills.  In  this  battle  Mr.  Patterson's 
regiment  made  a  charge,  captured  three  field  pieces,  and 


224 HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

in  the  engagement  Mr.  Patterson  suffered  a  slight  wound, 
but  was  not  disabled,  and  on  May  16th  engaged  in  the  battle 
of  Champion  Hills,  where  he  was  also  slightly  wounded. 
He  participated  in  the  seige  of  Vicksburg  and  was  present 
when  the  city  surrendered.  From  Vicksburg  his  regiment 
marched  on  and  captured  Jackson,  Miss.,  thereby  opening 
the  river  to  the  Union  forces,  after  which  his  regiment  was 
sent  to  New  Orleans.  Mr.  Patterson  relates  an  incident 
which  occurred  while  General  Grant  was  reviewing  the 
troops.  The  general's  horse  became  frightened  and  threw 
its  rider  into  a  pile  of  railroad  iron.  Mr.  Patterson  was  the 
first  man  to  reach  the  general's  side,  and  assisted  him  in 
getting  started  to  the  hotel,  where  he  was  given  first  aid. 

Mr.  Patterson  acted  as  orderly  while  on  provost  duty 
in  New  Orleans  in  1864,  after  which  his  regiment  was  sent 
to  Texas  on  guard  duty,  and  was  there  until  the  close  of 
the  war,  in  1865.  He  was  mustered  out  in  Brownsville 
February  3rd,  1866. 

After  the  close  of  the  war  Mr.  Patterson  returned  home 
to  Indiana  and  purchased  80  acres  of  land  from  his  father, 
where  he  engaged  in  farming  after  a  few  months. 

On  the  6th  day  of  September,  1866,  he  was  married  to 
Sarah  Deeren,  who  was  born  in  Ohio  January  17th,  1844, 
daughter  of  James  and  Nancy  (Hineline)  Deeren,  both  na- 
tives of  Ohio.  The  Deerens  were  married  in  Ohio,  but  came 
to  Indiana  in  1851),  and  both  died  there. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Patterson  are  the  parents  of  one  child, 
Ida,  born  November  7th,  1872,  married  John  Wilson,  a  na- 
tive of  Dade  County,  but  later  they  moved  to  Visalia,  Calif., 
where  they  now  live.  They  have  three  children,  Thomas 
Alvin,  Doda  Alice  and  Dicy  Jane.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Patterson 
have  also  raised  one  son  of  Mrs.  Patterson's  brother.  His 
name  is  Omer  Deeren,  who  now  lives  in  the  state  of  Wash- 
ington. 

Mr.  Patterson  came  to  Missouri  in  1870  and  located 
in  Nodaway  Comity,  and  after  three  years  settled  in  Bates 
County,  where  lie  remained  16  years,  then,  in  1889,  ho  settled 
in  Greenfield,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since,  except  four 
years,  which  he  spent  in  the  state  of  Washington.  He  owns 


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a  small  farm  of  40  acres  seven  miles  northwest  of  Greenfield 
and  a  fine  suburban  home  in  the  city.  He  has  been  engaged 
in  the  meat  market  business  in  Greenfield  at  different  times. 

Politically  Mr.  Patterson  is  not  only  a  Republican,  but 
an  outspoken  one.  He  is  a  man  of  intense  convictions,  un- 
daunted courage,  and  at  times  exhibits  the  same  traits  of 
character  and  temper  which  prompted  men  to  follow  ''Old 
Glory"  through  the  storm  of  shot  and  shell.  He  is  a  promi- 
nent member  of  the  G.  A.  R.  at  Greenfield,  and  is  fearless 
in  his  stand  upon  all  public  questions  involving  right  and 
wrong.  This  year  (1917)  he  has  taken  up  his  residence  in 
Colorado  near  Lamar. 


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BOSA  HARVEY  PATTERSON. 

Born  September  18th,  1874,  in  Rock  Prairie  Township, 
Dado  County,  Missouri.  Lived  on  the  farm  with  his  parents, 
the  late  John  A.  Patterson  and  Mary  L.  Patterson,  until  he 
was  about  16  years  of  age.  His  father  was  the  champion 
"old-time  fiddler"  of  his  day,  and  Bosa  never  missed  an 
opportunity  to  "play  on  Pap's  fiddle"  when  he  was  sure 
his  father  would  be  away  from  home  for  the  day.  His 
father  traded  for  an  organ  when  "B.  H."  was  about  12 
years  of  age,  and  employed  a  teacher  to  give  him  a  term 
of  24  music  lessons.  Needles  to  say,  Bosa  has  24  "Red  Let- 
ter" days  standing  out  in  his  memory.  His  chief  occupa- 
tion at  that  particular  time  was  shaving  10  acres  of  "Pos- 
toak"  new  ground  with  a  "grubbin'  hoe,"  and  the  first 
glimpse  of  his  "music  teacher"  coming  down  the  road  was 
sufficient  to  cause  him  to  leave  his  "sprout-cutting"  and 
hike  for  the  house  in  quickstep  time. 

But  the  happiest  days  must  end.  One  day  Bosa  over- 
heard the  following  conversation: 

Teacher:  "Well,  Mr.  Patterson,  there  is  no  use  in  my 
giving  that  'brat'  lessons  any  longer." 

Father:  "Why,  what's  the  matter  with  him  now?" 

Teacher:  "Well,  he  has  learned  everything  that  I  can 
teach  him,  and  he  can  play  everything  that  I  can,  and  lots 


226 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

of  pieces  that  are  too  hard  for  me,  and  I  can't  see  that  I 
can  do  him  any  more  good." 

Father:  ''All  right.  I  guess  he  knows  enough.  I'll 
put  him  back  to  cutting  sprouts.  How  much  do  I  owe  you?" 

So  that  ended  his  musical  education  without  outside 
help,  but  Bosa  was  determined  to  learn,  and  overlooked 
no  opportunity  to  advance  himself  in  music.  He  saved  his 
pennies  and  nickels  and  bought  music  books  and  music 
and  studied  them,  and  when  he  was  16  he  decided  he  could 
make  more  teaching  music  than  he  could  cutting  sprouts 
and  clearing  new  grounds  for  his  board.  So  lie  quietly  left 
home  and  got  up  a  "music  class."  His  father  found  him, 
but  when  it  was  learned  that  his  earnings  were  more  than 
enough  to  pay  a  full-grown,  able-bodied  hired  man  to  take 
his  place  his  father  went  home  and  hired  the  man,  and 
helped  Bosa  collect  from  his  pupils. 

He  began  composing  music  when  15  years  of  age,  and 
has  written  and  composed  over  50  pieces.  Among  those 
published,  the  most  popular  are:  "I'm  Longing  for  My  Old 
Missouri  Home,"  "McKinley's  Funeral  March,"  "Garden 
of  the  Gods"  (two-step)  ancV'Balanced  Rock  Waltz  ."  He 
publishes  a  catalogue  of  about  30  pieces  for  piano  and 
organ. 

Mr.  Patterson  is  a  piano  tuner  and  rebuilder  of  several 
years'  experience,  and  has  held  positions  with  some  of 
the  largest  music  houses  in  the  central  west. 

He  arranges  music  for  piano,  band  and  orchestra,  and 
all  stringed  instruments. 

October  28th,  1915,  he  married  Mrs.  Levada  Hood 
Glasscock  of  Miller,  Mo.,  and  is  now7  busy  "living  happily 
ever  after"  at  their  handsome  home  on  West  College  street, 
Greenfield,  Mo. 


BENJAMIN  C.  PEMBERTON. 

Deceased. 

Was  born  December  28th,  1842,  son  of  E.  D.  and  Eliza- 
beth (Craig)  Pemberton,  early  settlers  of  Dade  County. 
He  was  married  February  9th,  18G8,  to  Charity  Marcum, 


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who  was  born  February  21st,  1850,  daughter  of  Jonathan 
W.  Marcum.  Benjamin  C.  Pemberton  died  in  Dade  County 
August  16th,  1884,  leaving  a  wife  and  four  children,  all 
of  whom  are  now  living: 

(1)  Leon  H.,  born  December  3rd,  1869,  married  Abbie 
W.  Wike,  a  native  of  Illinois.    They  are  now  living  in  Polk 
Township,  engaged  in  farming.    They  have  seven  children. 

(2)  Virgil  H.,  born  September  6th,  1873,  is  at  home. 

(3)  Ethel  L.,  born  January  28th,  1880,  married  Milas 
T.  Lee,  and  they  live  near  Everton  on  their  farm,  east  of 
town. 

(4)  Benjamin  F.,  born  March  9th,  1882,  is  still  at 
home. 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  war  Benjamin  C.  Pem- 
berton enlisted  in  Company  A,  Sixth  Missouri  Cavalry, 
and  served  for  three  years  on  the  Union  side.  He  was  en- 
gaged in  many  battles,  both  in  Missouri  and  in  Arkansas. 
After  the  war  he  farmed  part  of  his  father's  farm,  so  that 
his  entire  residence  during  life  was  upon  the  same  farm. 
At  his  father's  death  he  inherited  185  acres  of  the  Pember- 
ton homestead.  Since  his  death  his  widow  and  children 
have  continued  to  live  on  the  same  place.  They  have  since 
purchased  40  acres,  so  that  now  the  farm  consists  of  225 
acres. 

Mr.  Pemberton  was  a  Eepublican,  a  member  of  the 
Cumberland  Presbyterian  church,  and  also  a  member  of 
the  G.  A.  R.  His  family  are  also  members  of  the  Cumber- 
land Presbyterian  church. 

Mrs.  Pemberton  and  her  boys  run  the  farm,  raising 
quite  a  number  of  sheep  and  hogs,  are  engaged  in  general 
farming,  and  have  ISO  acres  in  cultivation.  Virgil  and 
Benjamin  reside  on  the  farm  at  home  with  their  mother. 
Both  are  Republicans.  Virgil  was  township  collector  for 
two  years  and  also  clerk  of  the  school  board. 

Leon  lived  at  home  and  managed  the  farm  for  a  num- 
ber of  years,  but  is  now  farming  on  his  own  acount  in  Polk 
Township.  Leon  and  wife  have  an  interesting  family  of 
seven  children: 

(1)     Delia  B.,  born  October  18th,  1895. 


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(2)  Elkanah  B.,  born  October  15th,  1896. 

(3)  Gladys,  born  August  28th,  1898. 

(4)  Eliza  Margaret,  born  December  15th,  1901. 

(5)  Byron  Craig,  born  March  14th,  1904. 

(6)  Leon  Herbert,  born  October  29th,  1908. 

(7)  Leo,  born  March  4th,  1911. 
Paul,  born  December  3rd,  1914,  died. 

A  more  extended  record  of  the  military  services  of 
Benjamin  C.  Pemberton  will  be  found  in  the  history  of  his 
company,  which  was  commanded  by  Captain  William  A. 
Kirby,  but  it  is  not  out  of  place  to  state  at  this  time  that 
he  was  in  the  battle  of  Wet  Glaze  in  1861,  and  Lynn  Creek. 
He  also  was  engaged  with  Price's  army  at  Sugar  Creek 
and  in  the  battle  defeating  General  Coffey  in  1862.  He  did 
considerable  scout  duty  and  was  in  the  battle  of  Newtonia 
in  1862,  and  also  at  Prairie  Grove  December  7th,  1862. 
Witnessed  the  destruction  of  several  steam  boats  at  Van 
Buren,  Ark.,  and  belonged  to  the  command  which  drove 
General  Marmaduke  out  of  Missouri  in  1863.  After  this 
he  served  mostly  on  scout  and  guard  duty. 


HON.  WILLIAM  S.  PELTS. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  a  native  Missourian  to 
the  manor  born,  having  first  seen  the  light  of  day  in  Dade 
County  April  10th,  1871.  He  was  the  third  of  seven  chil- 
dren born  to  Benjamin  Pelts  and  Christina  Holmes  Pelts, 
the  former  being  now  a  resident  of  Lawrence  County,  his 
mother  having  departed  this  life  March  2nd,  1884.  His 
father  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  having  served  in 
the  Union  army  for  about  two  years.  Of  the  seven  chil- 
dren five  are  still  living.  Pleasant  Pelts  lives  in  Ash 
Grove,  Reuben  Timothy  lives  in  Lawrence  County  about 
three  miles  south  of  Ash  Grove,  John  Wesley  Pelts  is  a 
resident  of  Stotts  City,  Mo.,  while  Martha  intermarried 
with  one  Ed  Brown  and  resides  in  Lawrence  County  about 
six  miles  south  of  Ash  Grove. 

Mr.  Pelts  is  practically  a  self-made  man,  having  been 
thrown  upon  his  own  resources  since  15  years  of  age,  his 


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first  employment  being  that  of  a  farm  hand  at  $12.50  per 
month.  Becoming  weary  of  the  monotony  of  farm  life, 
he  followed  the  Santa  Fe  trail  into  the  territory  of  New 
Mexico,  and  for  three  years  followed  mining,  railroading 
and  ranching,  and  at  the  age  of  20  years  returned  home 
and  invested  his  savings  in  a  drill-rig.  This  occupation 
he  followed  for  many  years,  investing  the  proceeds  in  a 
-10-acre  tract  of  land  lying  some  three  miles  southeast  of 
Kingspoint,  and  he  also  purchased  a  homestead  relinquish- 
ment  on  the  40  acres  adjoining.  It  was  upon  this  latter 
tract  that  he  discovered  the  famous  Pelts  Lead  Mine  about 
the  year  11)00.  After  the  discovery  of  the  lead,  he  made 
a  cash  entry  upon  his  homestead,  and  with  great  energy 
and  enthusiasm  sunk  a  shaft  more  than  100  feet  deep  to 
the  mineral  deposit.  At  this  juncture  Mr.  Pelts  sold  the 
mine  and  30  acres  of  land  to  some  Kansas  City  promoters 
on  the  installment  plan,  but  the  mine  was  never  worked. 
Later  he  purchased  and  improved  a  491  -j-acre  tract  in  the 
same  neighborhood,  upon  which  he  now  resides.  Though 
small  in  acreage,  it  is  a  splendid  stock  farm,  with  plenty 
of  living  water  and  a  commodious  80-ton  silo.  From  this 
farm  Mr.  Pelts  feeds  and  ships  one  car  of  cattle  and  a 
number  of  hogs  each  year. 

On  the  llth  day  of  January,  1900,  he  was  married  to 
Eliza  Sanders,  a  native  Missouri  girl,  and  to  this  union 
was  born  a  daughter,  (Jladys.  His  wife  departed  this 
life  April  15th,  1915.  Gladys  then  became  his  house- 
keper,  and,  although-  but  13  years  of  age,  kept  the  home, 
attended  school,  and  developed  a  remarkable  musical 
talent,  for  which  in  after  years  she  may  become  famous. 

Religiously  Mr.  Pelts  is  a  member  of  the  Christian 
church,  of  which  he  has  been  an  elder  for  five  years,  and 
is  at  this  time  the  president  of  the  County  Sunday  School 
Association.  In  politics  he  is  a  staunch  Republican.  In 
early  life  Mr.  Pelts  had  a  burning  desire  to  become  a 
lawyer,  and  to  accomplish  that  end  about  20  years  ago 
he  entered  the  law  office  of  Mann  &  Talbut  at  the  county 
seat  and  delved  into  the  intricacies  of  Blackstone  for  a 
period  of  two  years,  when  his  party  called  him  for  a 


230 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

standard-bearer  in  the  campaign  of  1902,  at  which  time 
lie  was  elected  by  an  overwhelming  majority  to  the  Mis- 
souri legislature,  and  he  served  with  distinction  for  two 
years.  At  the  close  of  his  legislative  term  the  call  of  the 
woodland  and  the  scent  of  burning  brush  in  the  spring 
time  induced  him  to  take  up  his  permanent  abode  on  the 
farm,  where  he  followed  the  simple  life  until  the  cam- 
paign of  1916,  when  he  again  entered  politics,  and  was 
again  elected  to  the  Missouri  General  Assembly. 

Educationally  Mr.  Pelts  is  not  a  college  graduate,  but 
he  is  a  man  of  broad  attainments,  well-read  and  a  live 
wire  in  matters  of  public  welfare.  His  one  object  and  aim 
in  life  has  been  to  "make  Bade  County  a  better  place 
in  which  to  live,"  and  in  this  effort  he  has  achieved  his 
greatest  success.  He  has  succeeded  in  impressing  his  per- 
sonality upon  every  enterprise  in  which  he  has  taken  part, 
and  in  every  movement  which  had  for  its  purpose  the 
betterment  of  humanity  he  could  always  be  counted  upon 
as  being  upon  the  right  side. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Pelts  is  an  Odd  Fellow,  having  at- 
tained the  Encampment  degree,  filled  all  the  chairs  in  the 
subordinate  lodge,  and  is  also  a  Rebekah  and  a  member 
of  Pennsboro  lodge  No.  838.  The  value  of  such  citizenship 
as  is  exemplified  by  the  life  of  Mr.  Pelts  is  hard  to  esti- 
mate, but  it  is  the  solid  rock  upon  which  the  future  great- 
ness of  the  countv  is  founded. 


JAMES  M.  PICKETT. 

Was  born  in  Kenton  County,  Kentucky,  October  1st, 
1843,  son  of  A.  W.  and  Polly  Pickett,  who  came  to  Dade 
County  in  1856,  overland,  with  ox  teams  and  one  horse 
team.  James  M.  was  12  years  old  at  that  time,  and  drove 
an  ox  team.  His  father  and  mother  exchanged  land  in 
Kentucky  for  about  200  acres  of  land  in  Dade  County. 
They  settled  on  this  land  in  Sac  Township  and  remained 
there  until  the  date  of  their  death.  His  father  died  in 
1880  and  his  mother  in  1872.  There  were  10  children  in 
this  family,  James  M.  being  the  seventh. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 231 

James  M.  Pickott  was  at  home  going  to  school  when 
the  war  broke  out.  lie  enlisted  in  Company  L,  Eighth 
Missouri  A7olunteer  Cavalry,  under  Captain  Ruark.  He 
served  over  three  years  and  was  mustered  out  at  Spring- 
field, Mo.  He  was  engaged  in  many  battles  and  skirmishes, 
including  the  battles  of  Pea  Ridge,  Elk  Horn,  Lone  Jack, 
Wilson  Creek  and  Springfield,  and  saw  almost  active, 
continuous  service  from  the  day  of  his  enlistment.  He 
was  captured  once  at  Greenfield,  but  on  account  of  his 
youth  was  released.  He  had  many  narrow  escapes  and 
thrilling  adventures,  having  had  one  horse  shot  from 
under  him,  one  bullet  hole  through  his  hat  and  many 
through  his  clothing.  lie  served  in  several  different  com- 
panies and  regiments.  Besides  his  last  enlistment,  he 
served  in  the  Sixth  Missouri  Cavalry,  but  was  so  small 
and  so  young  that  he  was  shifted,  but  finally  landed  in 
the  Eighth,  where  he  remained  until  his  final  discharge. 
After  the  war  he  returned  home,  and  on  August  6th,  1865. 
married  Catharine  Underwood,  and  went  to  farming.  He 
bought  120  acres  of  land  in  North  Township  and  stayed 
there-  till  1907,  when  he  went  west,  visiting  Colorado,  Cali- 
fornia, Kentucky  and  Utah,  spending  some  five  years. 
His  wife  died  April  18th,  1907. 

To  his  first  marriage  were  born  seven  children: 

(1)  Robert  L.,  of  Colorado. 

(2)  William,  of  Kansas. 

(3)  Lou,  now  Mrs.  John  AV.  Bray  of  Hartford,  Kas. 

(4)  Polly,  nowr  Mrs.   Oliver   Grandpre   of   Trinidad, 
Colo. 

(5)  Frances,  now  Mrs.  C.  B.  Zeigler  of  Cleveland,  0. 

(6)  Ida,  now  Mrs.  Fred  Wells  of  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

(7)  Dolly,  now  Mrs.  J.  C.  Clopton  of  Bade  County. 
Mr.  Pickott  was  again  married,  December  23rd,  1911, 

to  Sarah  E.  (Davis)  Hoskins,  widow  of  John  L.  Hoskins, 
once  a  farmer  of  Dade  County,  lie  died  in  Kansas  in 
1889.  She  was  a  daughter  of  John  W.  and  Armazinda 
(Lack)  Davis.  Her  father  came  from  Tennessee  in  an 
early  day,  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war  and  a  prominent 
man  of  affairs.  Her  first  husband,  John  L.  Hoskins,  came 


232  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

to  Dade  County  with  his  father  from  Illinois  at  he  age 
of  4  years.  He  was  educated  in  Dade  County,  married 
here,  and  moved  to  Arkansas,  and  later  on  to  Kansas, 
where  he  died.  Four  children  were  born  of  this  marriage: 

(1)  John  Ira,  now  a  telegraph  operator  for  the 
M.,  K.  &  T.  railroad,  and  also  station  agent. 

('2)  Armazinda  E.,  married  William  Loveall,  and 
lives  in  Oklahoma. 

(3)  Samuel  Eklen,  drowned  at  the  age  of  12  years. 

(4)  Kay  Benjamin,  now  lives  in  Colorado. 

Mr.  Pickett  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  is  prac- 
tically retired  from  active  business,  but  resides,  with  his 
wife,  on  a  little  farm  three  miles  north  of  Greenfield.  He 
is  an  active  member  of  the  G.  A.  K.  post  at  Greenfield, 
also  a  member  of  the  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  also  of  Greenfield, 
and  in  former  years  was  active  in  school  matters,  fre- 
quently being  elected  on  the  board  of  directors. 

Mrs.  Pickett  has  three  grandchildren,  while  Mr. 
Pickett  boasts  of  19  grandchildren  and  three  great-grand- 
children. 


JUDGE  W.  N.  POE. 

Born  in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  April  25th,  1846,  son 
of  John  AV.  and  Matilda  Ann  (Ferguson)  Poe,  both  na- 
tives of  Tennessee.  Soon  after  their  marriage  they  emi- 
grated to  Arkansas  and  later,  in  1840,  they  came  to  Dade 
County.  At  first  they  rented  land  north  of  Greenfield, 
but  in  1855  they  bought  some  300  acres,  part  of  which  is 
still  in  the  Poe  family. 

AV.  N.  Poe  owns  120  acres,  upon  which  he  built  a 
good  house  and  convenient  outbuildings.  He  remained  at 
home  until  the  death  of  his  father,  which  occurred  in 
18f>3.  At  that  time  they  were  living  on  rented  land  west 
of  Greenfield,  their  buildings  having  been  burned  by  the 
"Bush-whackers."  Their  fine  home  had  been  swept  away. 
This  double  calamity  placed  the  care  of  a  widowed  mother 
and  fight  children  upon  Mr.  Poe,  then  n  mere  lad  of  17 
years.  Soon  after  the  death  of  the  father,  mother  and 


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son  decided  to  return  to  the  home  place,  desolate  as  it 
was,  there  being  neither  buildings  nor  fences  left.  It  was 
a  hard  task,  but  they  took  up  their  abode  in  what  was 
afterward  used  for  a  smoke-house  until  fall,  when  they 
erected  a  log  cabin.  lie  cultivated  a  small  crop  that 
year,  a  Union  soldier  having  given  him  an  old  cavalry 
horse  which  was  pretty  well  worn  out,  but  during  the 
summer,  when  most  needed,  the  old  horse  died,  but  luck 
favored  him.  He  later  secured  a  horse  from  Uncle  Jesse 
Garver,  and  managed  to  pull  through  the  season  with 
success. 

In  1869  William  N.  Poe  was  married  to  Louisa  Cecil, 
a  native  of  North  Carolina.  To  this  iniion  were  born 
four  children: 

(1)  John  W.,  now  in  business  at  Carthage. 

(2)  Albert,  died  at  the  age  of  21  years. 

(3)  Arthur,  a  prosperous  farmer  of  Dade  County. 

(4)  Dave    L.,    superintendent    of    the    County    Poor 
Farm. 

Mrs.  Poe  departed  this  life  in  September,  1888,  and 
is  buried  in  Dade  County. 

In  the  year  1893  Mr.  Poe  was  again  married,  this 
time  to  Mrs.  Sarah  E.  (Hampton)  Watson,  widow  of 
William  Watson.  She  was  the  mother  of  seven  children 
by  Mr.  Watson,  five  girls  and  two  boys,  five  of  whom  are 
living.  Otto  lives  on  the  old  Watson  homestead  west  of 
Greenfield,  two  daughters  are  in  Lamar,  Colo.,  and  two 
daughters  are  in  Sparks,  Nev. 

Mr.  Poe  is  an  active  Republican  and  has  served  three 
terms  as  associate  judge  of  the  county  court.  Has  served 
on  the  local  school  board  as  director  many  years,  and  has 
also  been  road  overser.  Fraternally  he  is  an  Odd  Fellow 
and  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

Just  before  the  close  of  the  Civil  war  Mr.  Poe  en- 
listed in  the  Union  army,  but  peace  was  declared  before 
the  regiment  was  mustered  into  service. 

Mr.  Poe  is  regarded  by  his  neighbors  and  friends  as 
a  man  of  unquestioned  integrity,  and  he  is  living  a  quiet, 


234 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

retired   life   on   his   farm,    some    five    miles    southeast   of 
Grenfield,  on  the  waters  of  Turnback  creek. 


ARTHUR   POE. 

A  son  of  Judge  W.  N.  Poe,  born  in  Dade  County, 
Missouri,  September  1st,  1875.  Received  his  education  in 
the  district  schools  of  Washington  Township.  He  started 
in  life  upon  his  own  account  when  but  16  years  of  age, 
working  out  for  neighbors  as  a  farm  hand,  and  later  on 
spent  about  one  and  one-half  years  in  railroad  construction 
work,  after  which  lie  returned  home  and  cropped  with  his 
father  for  about  three  years.  On  the  20th  day  of  October, 
1S(J4,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Viola  Poor,  a  native  of 
Dade  '  "ounty,  born  near  Grenfield  May  llth,  1875,  daugh- 
ter of  Edmond  and  Sarah  (Cotner)  Poor,  both  natives  of 
Indiana,  where  they  were  married.  The  Poors  came  to 
Dade  County  immediately  after  the  war  and  settled  in 
Greenfield.  He  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade.  They  came 
overland  in  covered  wagons,  and  for  many  years  he  fol- 
lowed his  trade  in  the  county  seat.  Later  in  life  they  re- 
tired to  a  farm  of  100  acres  near  Greenfield,  where  they 
both  died,  the  husband  surviving  the  wife  many  years. 
They  are  both  buried  in  the  Greenfield  cemetery.  They 
were  both  members  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  Mr.  Poor 
was  a  Democrat. 

At  the  time  of  his  marriage  Mr.  Poe  bought  40  acres 
of  land  in  Washington  Township  and  moved  upon  it, 
occupying  a  small  log  cabin.  Here  he  worked,  clearing 
out  the  land,  fencing  and  otherwise  improving.  He  built 
a  new  house,  barn  and  other  outbuildings,  and  bought  123 
acres  of  land  adjoining,  making  a  farm  of  163  acres.  In 
1IU2  they  had  the  misfortune  of  losing  their  dwelling 
hou^e  by  fire,  and  were  obliged  to  move  to  another  part 
of  the  farm  and  occupy  buildings  built  prior  to  the  war. 
They  lived  here  two  years,  when  Mr.  Poe  built  a  fine 
seven-room  dwelling  house,  where  they  now  live.  Tt  is 
one  of  the  best  farm  residences  in  the  county.  The  farm 
now  consists  of  120  acres,  lying  two  miles  east  and  south 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 235 

of  Greenfield,  where  he  conducts  a  general  farming  and 
feeding  business,  principally  raising  mules  for  the  market. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Foe  are  the  parents  of  six  children,  five  of 
whom  are  living: 

(1)  Frank,  born  March  15th,  1895,  married  Fern 
Rook  They  are  now  farming  in  Washington  Township. 

('2)  Mary  Lorena,  born  January  3rd,  1897,  is  now  at- 
tending business  college  in  Springfield. 

(3)  Ruth  Gretella,  born  December  25th,  1899,  mar- 
ried Lloyd  Morris,  a  farmer  of  Lockwood  Township.   They 
have  one  child,  Francis  Mardean. 

(4)  Willard   Nelson,   born    November   17th,   1900,   is 
now  attending  school. 

(5)  Delmar,   born   December   28th,    1907,   died   May 
6th,  1916. 

(6)  Hadley  Albert,  born  August  4th,   1909,  still  at 
home,   attending  school. 

Mr.  Foe  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  both  himself 
and  wife  are  members  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian 
church.  Fraternally  Mr.  Foe  is  a  member  of  the  I.  0.  0.  F. 
and  the  W.  0.  AV.,  both  of  South  Greenfield. 

Mr.  Foe's  farm  gives  evidence  of  being  well  culti- 
vated, and  the  surroundings  are  both  picturesque  and  at- 
tractive. Springs,  which  everywhere  abound,  and  good 
wells  furnish  a  never-failing  supply  of  water,  and  the 
lands  are  especially  adapted  to  grazing. 

Mr.  Foe  has  always  been  active  in  politics  and  served 
one  term  as  deputy  county  assessor. 


DAVID  LEE  POE. 

Was  born  in  Washington  Township,  Dade  County,  Mis- 
souri, December  15th,  1880,  son  of  Judge  W.  N.  Foe,  who 
came  to  Dade  County  from  Arkansas  while  yet  a  baby  in 
arms,  and  who  still  resides  on  a  part  of  the  old  home- 
stead in  Washington  Township,  at  the  age  of  71  years. 
He  has  been  prosperous  and  is  now  enjoying  the  quietude 
of  a  retired  life  on  the  farm.  He  enlisted  for  service  in 
the  Union  army  near  the  close  of  the  war  when  less  than 


236 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

20  years  of  age,  but  peace  was  declared  before  his  regi- 
ment was  mustered  into  the  service.  W.  N.  Poe  was  a 
Republican,  an  official  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church 
and  served  as  judge  of  the  county  court  for  three  terms. 

His  mother,  Louisa  (Cecil)  Poe,  was  born  in  Johnson 
County,  Missouri,  of  North  Carolina  parentage,  and  de- 
parted this  life  in  1888,  and  is  buried  in  Johnson  County. 
Her  parents  at  one  time  lived  in  Dade  County,  but  later 
returned  to  Johnson  County.  She  was  the  mother  of  four 
children: 

(1)  John  W.,  now  living  at  Carthage,  Mo.,  engaged 
in  the  transfer  business.  They  have  three  children. 

('2)     Albert,  died  at  the  age  of  21  years. 

(0)  Arthur,  a  farmer,  married,  and  living  in  Wash- 
ington  Township.      They   have   four   living   children,   and 
one   deceased. 

(4)  David  L.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  raised 
on  a  farm  and  attended  the  common  schools  of  the 
county.  Was  always  a  farmer.  In  March,  1911,  he  was 
elected  superintendent  of  the  Dade  County  Poor  Farm, 
and  has  held  the  position  continuously  since  that  time,  to 
the  entire  satisfaction  of  the  County  Court  and  the  in- 
mates of  that  infirmary. 

On  the  18th  day  of  March,  1900,  he  was  married  to 
Mary  Poor,  a  native  of  Dade  County,  born  December  6th, 
1SS0,  daughter  of  Edwin  and  Sarah  (Cotner)  Poor,  her 
lather  and  mother  being  early  settlers  of  the  county,  com- 
ing from  Indiana.  Mary  was  one  of  a  family  of  six  chil- 
dren. Her  father  was  a  veteran  of  the  civil  war,  whose 
eyesight  was  greatly  impaired  in  line  of  service. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Poe  have  three  children: 

(1)  Mary   Lee,   born    in    Center    Township    January 
23,   1901. 

(2)  Edgar    Allen,    born    in    Washington    Township 
October   8th,    1906. 

('.>)  Hubert  Austin,  born  in  Washington  Township 
January  1st,  1911. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Poe  are  members  of  the  Christian 
church.  He  is  an  Odd  Fellow,  a  W.  0.  W.,  and  votes 


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the  Republican  ticket.  Mr.  Poe  is  an  ideal  farmer  and  a 
splendid  official.  lie  and  his  wife  have  managed  the 
County  Farm  in  a  way  and  manner  which  reflects  much 
credit  on  them  and  a  source  of  pride  to  the  inhabitants  of 
the  county  in  general. 


J.  H.  POE. 

One  of  the  prosperous,  energetic  business  men  of  the 
county  was  born  in  the  state  of  Tennessee  November  7th, 
1871.  His  father,  F.  M.  Poe,  and  mother,  Sarah  Ann 
(Russell)  Poe,  were  both  natives  of  the  same  state,  wore 
married  there,  and  came  to  Dado  County  in  1874  and  set- 
tled near  Kings  Point.  Both  are  now  deceased.  F.  M. 
Poe  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and  died  May  26th,  1890, 
his  wife  surviving  him  by  almost  20  years,  and  died  in 
February,  1909.  Both  are  buried  in  Dade  County. 

J.  H.  Poe  was  their  only  child.  He  remained  at  home 
until  the  death  of  his  parents.  He  first  started  in  the 
mercantile  business  at  South  Greenfield  in  1889,  and  con- 
ducted a  grocery  store  at  that  place  till  1904,  when  he 
purchased  a  farm  of  160  acres  in  South  and  Smith  Town- 
ships from  Uncle  Ben  Mudspoth.  This  particular  tract  of 
]and  bears  the  distinction  of  never  having  been  mortgaged. 
Mr.  Poe  occupied  this  farm  until  the  year  1914,  during 
which  time  he  built  a  new  dwelling,  erected  large  barns, 
re-fenced  with  woven-wire,  drilled  a  deep  well,  and  put 
it  in  first-class  condition,  so  that  now  it  is  one  of  the 
"show  places"  of  the  county. 

Having  the  commercial  instinct,  and  possessing  the 
energy  and  ambition  to  conduct  a  dual  business,  in  March, 
1914,  Mr.  Poe  purchased  the  J.  W.  Griffin  stock  of  general 
merchandise  at  Pennsboro,  and  in  1915  became  the  owner 
of  the  fine,  double-decked  brick  business  house,  27x100 
feet,  which  he  filled  with  a  $7,000  stock  of  goods,  consist- 
ing of  dry  goods,  general  furnishings,  groceries,  medicines, 
shoes,  and,  in  fact,  everything  usually  kept  in- a  general 
store.  Elegant  living  quarters  are  arranged  in  this  build- 
ing, making  it  both  comfortable  and  convenient. 


238 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

On  the  23rd  day  of  November,  1890,  Mr.  Poe  married 
Laura  E.  Fuqua,  who  was  born  November  23rd,  1875,  a 
daughter  of  William  and  Martha  E.  Fuqua.  William 
Fuqua  departed  this  life  August  25th,  1903,  having  some 
time  prior  to  his  death  retired  from  active  business.  Her 
mother  still  lives  in  South  Greenfield. 

Mrs.  Poe  is  the  third  of  a  family  of  six  children,  all 
Uving,  viz: 

(1)  Ida,   now  Mrs.  F.   M.   Thompson   of  Pittsburg, 
Kan. 

(2)  Hattie,  now  Mrs.  J.  N.  Turner  of  Trinidad,  Colo. 

(3)  Mrs.  Poe. 

(4)  Will  Fuqua,  residing  at  Pittsburg,  Kan. 

(5)  J.  H.  Fuqua,  a  merchant  at  South  Greenfield,  Mo. 

(6)  Lula,   now   Mrs.   Dr.   L.   S.   Copeland   of   South 
Greenfield. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Poe  are  the  parents  of  two  children, 
both  girls: 

(1)  Leona    F.,     born     March    31st,     1893,     married 
Wherry  Moore,  a  native  of  Bade  County,  in  August,  1911, 
and  now  resides  in  Pennsboro. 

(2)  Willie  Marion,  born  December  26th,  1894,  mar- 
ried Alfred  Long  in  August,  1912,  and  they  now  live  on 
the  home  place.     They  have  one  child,  Leona  Aleen,  born 
April  1st,  1914. 

Mr.  Poe  is  an  active  Democrat,  and  was  assessor  of 
Smith  Township  three  terras.  Himself  and  family  are 
members  of  the  Baptist  church,  as  also  were  his  father 
arid  mother  before  him.  His  fraternal  relations  are  in 
keeping  with  his  fraternal  nature,  having  membership 
in  the  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  at  Greenfield,  and  with  the  I.  0.  0.  F. 
and  W.  0.  W.  at  Pennsboro. 

Mr.  Poe  is  a  public-spirited  citizen  of  that  commend- 
able type  which  places  action  above  words.  He  is  an 
enthusiastic  "good  roads"  booster,  and  a  staunch  advo- 
cate of  the  very  best  possible  schools  for  the  rural  com- 
munities. He  is  a  man  who  takes  great  pride  in  his  busi- 
ness, both  in  the  store  and  on  the  farm.  He  is  a  breeder 
of  registered  Poland-China  hogs,  and  the  general  appoint- 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  239 

ments  and  conveniences  of  his  farm  adds  much  to  its 
attractiveness,  as  well  as  value.  Mr.  Poe  is  a  stockholder 
in  the  Bank  of  Pennsboro,  and  keeps  in  close  touch  with 
all  the  enterprises  of  his  community,  both  social,  domestic, 
as  well  as  financial  and  fraternal. 


MONTA  POINDEXTER. 

Of  the  prominent  business  men  of  the  younger  genera- 
tion there  is  none  that  ranks  higher  than  Monta  Pom- 
dexter,  the  cashier  of  the  Bank  of  Everton.  He  is  a  native 
son  of  Dade  County,  having  been  born  in  Pilgrim  Town- 
ship on  August  31st,  1883,  a  son  of  James  R.  Poindexter, 
a  prominent  farmer  of  Dade  County.  James  K.  Poin- 
dexter was  born  in  South  Township,  Dade  County,  in  1858, 
and  is  a  son  of  Robert  Poindexter,  who  was  brought  to 
Dade  County  by  his  father,  William  Poindexter,  when 
he,  Robert,  was  a  small  lad.  William  Poindexter  was  a 
pioneer  in  every  sence  of  the  word.  He  settled  on  ''Turn- 
back," where  he  became  one  of  the  very  largest  land 
owners  of  the  county.  He  owned  several  thousand  acr^s 
of  bottom  land  up  and  down  the  Turnback  creek.  lie 
was  a  veteran  of  the  Mexican  war,  while  his  son,  Robert, 
was  a  Union  soldier  in  the  Civil  war.  William  Poindex- 
ter lies  buried  on  Turnback,  and  Robert  is  buried  at 
Antioch.  They  were  both  large  slave  owners.  James  R. 
Poindexter  married  Miss  Vida  Taylor,  who  was  born  in 
Polk  Township  in  I860,  and  is  a  daughter  of  William  and 
Sarah  (Hoyle)  Taylor.  Mr.  Taylor  was  killed  during 
the  Civil  war  at  Lone  Jack,  Missouri.  Mrs.  Poindexter 
is  a  granddaughter  of  Uncle  Peter  Hoyle,  pioneer  of  Dade 
County,  and  of  whom  more  will  be  found  in  these  volumes. 

To  James  R.  Poindexter  and  wife  five  children  were 
born,  as  follows:  Leslie  and  Effie  died  in  infancy;  Mamie, 
who  married  Coe  Hudspeth,  is  deceased:  Monta,  of  this 
review,  and  Hugh,  who  is  on  the  home  place. 

Monta  Poindexter  received  a  fine  education,  bavins: 
attended  the  public  schools  in  the  country  and  graduated 
at  the  Everton  High  school.  He  completed  a  course  in 


240  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

business  college  at  Sedalia  and  also  an  elementary  course 
at  Springfield  Normal.  He  taught  in  the  district  schools 
of  Dade  County  for  four  years,  and  in  1908  entered  the 
private  banking  house  of  George  W.  Wilson  at  Everton, 
taking  the  position  of  assistant  cashier  and  bookkeeper. 
When  Mr.  Wilson  and  his  associates  reorganized  the  bank 
in  1914  Monta  Poindexter  was  elected  cashier  of  this 
large  institution,  which  position  he  now  holds.  He  is  a 
fine,  courteous  young  business  man,  and  is  well  worthy 
of  the  high  esteem  in  which  he  is  held  by  all.  We  pre- 
dict a  great  future  for  this  rising  young  gentleman,  as 
his  name  is  known  far  and  wide  over  the  county,  and  he 
is  a  credit  to  our  county  and  to  the  name  of  Poindexter, 
which  is  saying  a  great  deal,  for  there  is  no  name  that 
ranks  higher  in  this  or  any  other  county  of  Missouri. 


ROY  C.  POINDEXTER. 

While  not  yet  30  years  of  age,  Roy  C.  Poindexter 
has  attained  success  which  has  been  denied  many  other 
men  of  equal  opportunity,  after  a  lifetime  struggle.  He 
is  a  native  of  Dade  County,  having  been  born  November 
24th,  1891,  a  son  of  J.  T.  and  Mary  (Cates)  Poindexter. 
His  father  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Pennsylvania 
Prairie,  in  South  Township,  and  is  well  and  favorably 
known  all  over  Dade  County. 

Roy  has  lived  in  the  county  all  his  life,  receiving 
his  education  in  the  common  schools,  and  attended  Green- 
field High  School.  He  has  always  been  associated  with 
his  father  in  business.  He  commenced  farming  for  him- 
self when  17  years  of  age,  and  very  early  in  life  engaged 
in  the  business  of  buying  and  selling  stock.  On  October 
9th,  191.'],  he  was  married  to  Pearl  Bishop,  a  young  lady 
of  good  family  and  rare  attainments.  She  was  a  native 
of  Dade  County,  a  daughter  of  Thomas  J.  Bishop,  and 
eligible  to  membership  as  a  Daughter  of  the  American 
Revolution. 

Two  children  were  born  of  this  marriage: 

(1)     Royelleri,  born  August  29th,  19J4. 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 241 

(2)     Dorothy   Clem,    born   August   22nd,    1916. 

Mr.  Poindexter  has  made  a  specialty  of  Aberdeen- 
Angus  cattle,  having  at  the  present  time  three  registered 
males  and  one  registered  female. 

These  animals  are  splendid  specimens  of  the  breed, 
and  are  perfect  beauties  in  appearance.  He  also  has 
one  female  eligible  to  registry. 

Mr.  Poindexter 's  farm  consists  of  260  acres,  being 
a  part  of  the  original  Poindexter  homestead,  and  is 
highly  improved. 

Besides  conducting  general  farming  operations,  Mr. 
Poindexter  raises  a  large  number  of  mules,  and  annually 
feeds  and  ships  one  carload  of  hogs  to  market. 

He  and  his  wife  are  each  members  of  the  Christian 
church,  and  identified  with  its  enterprises.  Mr.  Poin- 
dexter is  a  Democrat,  a  member  of  the  township  board, 
interested  in  good  roads  and  good  schools,  drives  a 
Ford,  and  enjoys  the  distinction  of  being  one  of  the 
most  progressive  and  successful  farmers  in  South  Town- 
ship. 

Mrs.  Poindexter  is  a  graduate  of  the  Greenfield  High 
School  and  spent  two  years  in  Drury  College  at  Spring-- 
field, where  she  gained  considerable  distinction  in  literary 
pursuits.  Her  Altrustic  sentiment  finds  expression  in 
the  ''Ladies'  Club  of  Pennsboro,"  of  which  she  is  a 
charter  member  and  active  worker.  It  has  for  its  object 
and  purpose  the  betterment  of  living  conditions  in  rural 
communities,  and  extends  its  influence  both  into  the 
church  and  into  the  home. 


WILFORD  H.  POLLARD. 

Deceased. 


At  the  time  of  his  untimely  demise,  Wilford  H.  Pol- 
lard was  one  of  the  most  prominent  business  men  of  the 
thriving  city  of  Lockwood,  Dade  County.  He  had  built 
up  a  furniture  business  second  to  none  in  the  county, 
and  it  is  to  his  credit  that  he  was  a  self-made  man,  and 
he  earned  his  success  bv  well-directed  effort  and  wise 


242 HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

and  honest  business  methods.  Mr.  Pollard  was  born 
near  Bloomfield,  la.,  September  17th,  1874,  the  son  of 
A.  M.  and  Jane  (Harris)  Pollard,  natives  of  Kentucky 
and  Indiana,  respectively.  Mr.  Pollard  Sr.  was  a  stock 
and  dairy  man  during  his  active  life,  and  in  later  life 
was  a  resident  of  Lockwood,  where  he  died  March  27th, 
1914,  and  his  wrife  passed  away  on  the  same  day  in 
March  the  year  following.  Wilford  H.  Pollard  received 
his  education  in  Iowa  and  came  to  Dade  County  in 
1894.  He  followed  farming  for  a  time,  then  opened  a 
feed  store,  which  he  conducted  for  a  few  years,  but  in 
1900  he  purchased  a  grocery  store,  and  two  years  later 
established  a  furniture  store,  and  ran  this  business  under 
the  name  of  the  Lockwood  Furniture  Company.  This 
business  he  found  to  his  liking,  and  he  built  up  the 
largest  store  in  the  city,  and,  in  fact,  the  largest  of  its 
kind  in  the  county.  Mr.  Pollard  received  his  best  in- 
spiration in  life  when  he  married  Miss  Eva  A.  Yoder, 
a  native  of  Dade  County.  They  were  married  June  1st, 
1898.  She  is  a  daughter  of  J.  D.  and  Melvina  (Lyons) 
Yoder,  early  settlers  of  Dado  County.  Mr.  Yoder  is  now 
engaged  in  the  grocery  business,  and  is  considered  one 
of  our  best  citizens.  Mr.  Pollard  was  prominent  in  the 
I.  0.  0.  F.  at  Lockwood;  he  was  a  Democrat  in  politics, 
and  took  active  part  in  civic  life.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pol- 
lard were  born  three  children,  namely,  Velma,  Aria  May 
and  Leo  Bell,  all  at  home  and  attending  school.  Mrs. 
Pollard  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church  of  Lockwood 
and  enjoys  the  reputation  of  being  a  thorough  business 
woman,  for  it  is  well  known  that  at  the  time  of  Mr.  Pol- 
lard's sudden  death  that  she  took  complete  charge  of  his 
large  business  interests,  and  has  managed  the  business 
in  a  truly  remarkable  manner,  and  thereby  earned  for 
herself  the  reputation  of  one  of  the  very  few  successful 
woman  managers  in  the  entire  country.  Her  fine  furni- 
ture store  is  a  credit  to  Lockwood  and  Dade  County,  and 
of  herself  and  family  we  are  all  justly  proud. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 243 

WILLIAM  M.  PRESTON. 

Pew  men  have  a  wider  acquaintance  and  are  better 
known  in  Dade  County  than  William  M.  Preston.  He  is 
related  by  blood  and  marriage  to  many  of  the  families 
who  have  made  Dade  County  history.  His  father,  Isaac 
Preston,  was  for  many  years  an  active,  energetic  business 
man  of  Lockwood,  Mo.,  and  possessed  that  pleasing  per- 
sonality which  marked  him  as  a  man  among  men. 

William  M.  Preston  is  a  native  of  Dade  County,  born 
February  13th,  1856,  a  son  of  Isaac  and  Susan  (Friar) 
Preston.  His  father  died  in  1903,  but  his  mother  is 
still  living  and  active,  although  85  years  of  age. 

William  remained  at  home  until  he  attained  the  age 
of  33  years,  engaged  in  stock  raising  and  agricultural 
pursuits,  in  which  he  was  very  successful,  and  in  1888 
he  purchased  300  acres  of  land,  where  he  now  resides. 
Since  that  time  he  has  wonderfully  improved  the  same, 
building  a  splendid  dwelling  in  1901,  which,  together 
with  barns,  granaries  arid  other  outbuildings,  make  it 
one  of  the  best  farms  in  Smith  Township.  Mr.  Preston 
has  added  220  acres  to  his  original  purchase,  200  acres 
of  which  lies  near  Kings  Point.  He  is  actively  engaged 
in  general  farming-,  feeding,  stock  raising  and  shipping, 
of  both  hogs  and  cattle.  In  live  stock  matters  his  judg- 
ment is  par  excellent. 

On  the  30th  day  of  May,  1889,  he  married  Minnie 
Pierce,  who  was  born  April  18th,  1865,  a  daughter  of 
Howard  and  Mary  (Mossman)  Pierce,  the  former  being 
a  native  of  New  York,  while  the  latter  was  a  native  of 
Ohio.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pierce  were  married  in  Indiana, 
and  came  to  Dade  County  in  1871  and  settled  on  a  farm 
west  of  Lockwood,  where  they  lived  until  1894,  when  they 
moved  to  Chicago,  in  which  city  Mr.  Pierce  died  in  1915, 
and  where  his  widow  still  resides. 

William  M.  Preston  and  wife  are  the  parents  of  three 
children,  all  boys,  viz: 

(1)  Isaac  F.,  born  March  30th,  1890,  and  resides 
on  a  farm  in  Smith  Township.  He  is 


244  HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

Springfield    Business    College,    and    completed    a    short 
course   in   mining   and    agriculture    at   Columbia. 

(2)  Will   C.,   born  May   6th,   1892.     Is   a   graduate 
of  the  State  University  at  Columbia,  class  of  1917,  and 
distinguished  himself  on  the  gridiron  as  well  as  in  the 
classroom,  making  the  football  team  and  gaining  an  "M" 
on  the  athletic  field. 

(3)  Paul  Pierce,   born  January   13th,   1897,   is   still 
at  home  with   his   parents. 

Mr.  Preston  and  his  family  are  members  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  and  are  active  workers  in  every 
department  thereof.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and, 
while,  not  a  politician,  his  face  is  familiar  to  all  who 
attend  the  conventions  of  that  party.  For  four  years  he 
was  president  of  the  Dade  County  Mutual  Fire  Insurance 
Company,  one  of  the  largest  mutual  companies  in  the 
state,  and  his  activities  have  contributed  much  to  its 
success.  He  was  also  an  active  member  of  the  Dade 
County  Agricultural  Society. 

He  enjoys  the  luxury  of  a  Ford  car,  and  is  an  en- 
thusiastic "good  roads"  booster,  so  that  walking  may  not 
become  a  pleasure.  His  farm  home  is  modern  in  every 
respect,  being  equipped  with  an  acetylene  lighting  plant 
and  other  twentieth  centurv  conveniences. 


JASPER  N.  PRESTON. 
Deceased. 

One  of  our  highly  respected  citizens  who  has  passed 
to  the  great  beyond  was  .Jasper  N.  Preston.  He  was  a 
native  of  Dade  County,  born  August  22,  1855,  and  was 
a  son  of  Harrison  and  Louisa  (Hembree)  Preston.  The 
father  was  a  native  of  Kentucky  and  is  now  deceased, 
while  the  mother  is  still  living,  and  resides  in  Gutherie, 
Okla. 

Jasper  Preston  received  the  advantages  of  a  good 
education,  and  was  a  merchant  at  Arcola,  Dade  County, 
Missouri,  where  he  run  a  general  store  some  ten  years. 
lie  was  not  a  strong-  man  physically,  and  spent  many 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  245 

years  of  his  life  in  Colorado  for  the  benefit  of  his  health. 
At  the  time  of  his  untimely  demise,  April  14,  1906,  he 
owned  a  farm  of  94  acres  in  Smith  Township,  and  upon 
which  he  built  a  very  fine  residence,  which  is  today  occu- 
pied by  his  widow.  Mr.  Preston  was  married  September 
5,  1886,  to  Miss  Josephine  Kountree,  who  was  born  April 
18,  1864,  in  Dade  County,  a  daughter  of  Rufus  Rountree 
and  Lucretia  Hopkins,  his  wife. 

Mrs.  Preston  was  fifth  in  order  of  birth  of  a  large 
family  of  eleven  children,  nine  of  whom  are  living.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Preston  were  born  four  children,  three 
of  whom  are  living.  A  brief  record  of  them  is  as  fol- 
lows: Zula  L.,  born  September  5th,  1889,  married  John 
F.  Ragsdale,  a  farmer  of  Washington  Township  (a  com- 
plete sketch  of  whom  may  be  found  elsewhere) ;  Mary 
Pearl,  born  June  3,  1891,  died  October  28th,  1894;  Ruby 
Harrison,  born  October  13th,  1892,  is  an  accomplished 
young  lady,  and  resides  on  the  home  place  with  her 
mother,  Flosie  Lucretia,  born  December  28th,  1895,  mar- 
ried Marion  Steinrod,  and  they  are  living  at  Dadeville, 
where  he  is  a  mail  carrier.  Mrs.  Preston  lives  in  her 
fine  residence,  which  is  certainly  one  of  the  very  best 
country  dwellings  in  the  county.  She  rents  out  her  land, 
as  a  rule,  but  takes  the  active  management,  and  is  more 
or  less  active,  as  she  raises  some  stock.  Mrs.  Preston 
and  her  family  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church 
and  are  very  highly  respected. 

The  Rountree  family,  of  which  Mrs.  Preston  is  a 
descendant,  were  among  the  very  first  pioneer  settlers 
of  southwest  Missouri.  As  early  as  1867  Joseph  Roun- 
tree, at  that  time  85  years  of  age,  wrote  a  reminiscent 
and  traditional  history  of  the  Rountree  family,  and  which 
is  herewith  produced  verbatim: 

TRADITION. 

"A  tradition  respecting  the  origin  of  the  name  of 
the  Rountree  family  from  Joseph  Rountree,  December 
18th,  1867: 


246 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

"A  good  many  years  ago  there  was  a  male  child 
found  in  Yorkshire,  England,  by  a  rich  landlord  under 
a  rowan  tree,  otherwise  called  mountain  ash,  but  in 
England  called  ROWAN  tree.  The  child  was  dressed  in 
very  rich  clothing,  which  bespake  for  its  wealthy  par- 
entage. The  kind-hearted  landlord  took  it  home  and 
raised  it  as  if  it  was  his  own  child.  Not  knowing  its 
origin,  he  named  it  ROWAN-TREE,  after  the  tree  under 
which  it  had  been  found. 

''The  boy  grew  up  and  was  educated  by  his  foster- 
father,  and  in  time  married  and  raised  a  family,  and  they 
became  numerous. 

"When  William  II,  King  of  England,  dethroned  his 
father-in-law,  King  James  II,  King  James  then  went  to 
Ireland  and  raised  a  large  army  of  Irish,  thinking  to 
get  himself  reinstated  on  the  throne  of  England,  but 
William  III  raised  a  large  army  in  England,  and  went 
to  Ireland,  and  there  were  two  brothers  of  the  Rowan- 
trees  that  went  over  with  his  army.  After  the  battle  of 
Boynewater,  when  William's  army  conquered  James' 
army,  William  then  disbanded  a  part  of  his  army  and  the 
two  Rowantrees  were  in  that  part  of  the  force  that  was 
disbanded,  and  they  concluded  to  remain  in  Ireland.  One 
of  them  stopped  in  the  south  part  of  Ireland  and  mar- 
ried among  the  Celtic  race  of  people  or  nation  of  that 
country,  and  but  little  is  known  of  his  generation. 

"The  other  brother  settled  in  the  north  of  Ireland 
and  married  am»ng  the  Anglo-Saxons,  who  previous  to 
that  time  had  populated  that  part  of  Ireland.  He  raised 
his  family  there  .and  in  time  they  became  numerous. 

"When  there  was  a  great  immigration  from  Ireland 
to  the  Province  of  Virginia  in  North  America,  one  old 
man  named  Ro^antree  took  passage  for  himself  and 
family  for --Virginia.  Before  the  ship  was  ready  to  sail 
his  younger  son  took  smallpox  and  was  not  admitted 
aboard  the  ship,  and,  as  passage  had  been  paid,  he  and 
six  of  his  sons  went  on  the  ship  and  settled  in  Nancemund 
County,  Virginia,  and  from  this  family  of  Rowantrees 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 247 

the  various  families  that  are  scattered   over  the  United 
States   sprang. 

"The  seventh  son,  that  was  left  in  the  care  of  his 
mother,  recovered  from  the  smallpox,  and  from  that  son 
our  family  sprung,  lie  remained  in  Ireland  and  raised 
a  family,  and  they  multiplied  and  became  numerous. 
When  Uncle  Joseph,  my  father,  was  19  years  old,  he  took 
passage  in  a  ship  for  America  and  stopped  in  the  Prov- 
ince of  Pennsylvania,  and  worked  at  the  ship  carpenter's 
trade  for  two  or  three  years.  He  then  went  back  to 
Ireland,  and  after  staying  there  a  few  years  he  married 
Eva  Sturgis,  and  after  his  marriage  they  took  passage 
for  America.  They  stopped  in  Pennsylvania,  remaining 
there  until  three  of  their  children  were  born,  then  emi- 
grated to  North  Carolina.  There  the  balance  of  their 
children  were  born,  and  there  they  died,  and  their  earthly 
remains  lie  buried  in  the  graveyard  at  Little  Run  Meet- 
ing House. 

"My  father  and  mother  raised  six  sons  and  two 
daughters  to  be  grown,  one  son  and  daughter  dying  in  in- 
fancy. The  six  sons  were  named  William,  John,  Charles, 
Andrew,  Thomas  and  (myself)  Joseph.  My  sisters'  names 
were  Rachael  and  Lydia  Rowantree,  and  my  father's 
name  was  Thomas. 

"By  some  means  the  family  have  been  spelling  their 
name  Rountree  instead  of  Rowantree,  but  that  is  not 
proper,  for  they  took  the  name  from  the  tree  under  which 
that  boy  baby  was  found. 

"We  all  raised  families  except  William  and  Thomas, 
and  we  are  scattered  in  different  states.  William  died 
a  single  man.  Thomas  married,  but  raised  no  children. 
I  raised  a  family  of  eight  children  to  be  grown.  Six 
sons  and  two  daughters.  My  sons  are  James  Mendreth, 
Zanner  Marion,  Lucious  Alexander,  Margavin  Jerome, 
Almna  Linnaeus  and  Allen  Jones.  My  daughters'  names 
are  Louisa  Amanda  and  Almanda  Caroline.  My  children 
all  have  families  except  Allen  Jones.  Pie  died  a  young 
man.  I  immigrated  from  North  Carolina  to  Tennessee 
in  1819,  and  from  Tennessee  to  Missouri  in  the  winter 


248 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

of  1830,  and  in  1831  got  my  family  to  where  Springfield 
now  stands  on  the  16th  day  of  January.     It  is  now  the 
18th  day  of  December,   1867.     On  the   14th  day   of  last 
April  I  was  85  years  of  age,  and  am  now  in  good  health. 
(Signed)   "  JOSEPH  EOUNTREEJ 


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W.  P.   PRIDDY. 

One  of  the  substantial  farmers  of  South  Township. 
Was  born  in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  October  14th,  1861, 
son  of  Benjamin  A.  and  Nancy  J.  (Scott)  Priddy.  Ben- 
jamin A.  Priddy  was  born  June  5th,  1820,  in  Hanover 
County,  Virginia,  while  his  wife,  Nancy  Jane  Scott,  wras 
born  about  the  year  1824.  They  were  married  about 
1847.  John  H.  Priddy,  the  grandfather  of  W.  P.  Priddy, 
was  born  in  Virginia  January  4th,  1787,  of  English  par- 
entage. His  wife,  Nancy  Harris,  also  a  native  of  Vir- 
ginia, was  born  March  13th,  1794. 

The  Priddys  were  farmers  in  Virginia  and  emigrated 
to  Dade  County  in  an  ox  wagon  in  1839,  being  a  long 
time  on  the  road.  They  brought  a  family  of  four  chil- 
dren, Benjamin  A.  Priddy  being  the  only  boy.  They 
settled  on  Limestone  Creek  on  the  farm  now  owned  by 
Smith  Pelts.  Benjamin  A.  Priddy  built  the  first  house 
on  this  land.  There  were  no  saw  mills  in  the  country 
at  that  time,  so  that  the  lumber  was  sawed  by  him  and 
his  brother  by  hand  for  the  floors,  doors  and  gabel  ends, 
the  rest  of  the  house  being  built  out  of  logs.  Nancy  Jane 
(Scott)  Priddy,  the  mother  of  W.  P.  Priddy,  was  a  sis- 
ter of  D.  W.  Scott,  familiarly  known  as  Uncle  Bud  Scott. 
She  was  the  mother  of  six  children,  five  boys  and  one 
girl. 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  war  Benjamin  A. 
Priddy  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  army  in  Company  A, 
Third  Missouri  Cavalry,  and  served  throughout  the  war. 
He  was  paroled  at  Shreveport,  La.,  and  returned  to  his 
home  in  Dade  County,  intending  to  move  to  Texas.  They 
started  in  the  winter  of  1865-66,  but  got  only  as  far  as 
Arkansas,  where  he  stopped  to  raise  a  crop,  and  worked 


VV.    O.    WILSON. 


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HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  249 

also  at  the  carpenter  trade.  The  principal  reason  for 
stopping  in  Arkansas  was  the  fact  that  the  yoke  of  oxen 
he  was  working  to  the  wagon  died,  leaving  him  but  one 
horse,  so  that  going  on  was  out  of  the  question.  The 
older  boys  of  the  family  worked  out  at  anything  they 
could  find  to  do,  and  after  about  one  year  the  father 
died.  Joseph  J.,  the  oldest  boy,  then  came  back  to  Dade 
County  to  make  some  arrangements  about  moving  the 
family  back.  At  this  time  Lewis  Renfro  and  Sanford 
Bowles  were  starting  for  Texas,  and  on  their  return 
home  they  came  back  through  Arkansas  and  hauled  the 
Priddy  family  to  their  home  in  Dade  County,  thereby 
gaining  their  everlasting  praise  for  this  act  of  lasting 
friendship. 

On  their  return  to  Dade  County  the  family  took  up 
their  residence  on  the  old  homestead,  where  the  mother 
again  married  in  September,  1871,  to  an  old  doctor  by 
the  name  of  B.  M.  Murwin.  Shortly  afterward  they 
moved  to  the  Indian  Territory,  taking  the  two  youngest 
boys  with  them.  In  1872  they  moved  back  to  Joplin, 
where  the  mother  died,  leaving  the  two  little  boys  among 
strangers.  Two  kind-hearted  women  took  these  chil- 
dren and  inquired  of  them  concerning  their  relatives, 
and  were  informed  that  Aunt  Mary  Bird,  who  lived  in 
Dade  County,  was  a  sister  of  their  father.  They  wrote 
to  her,  and  in  a  short  time  she  came  with  her  sister  and 
a  friend  who  stayed  with  them  and  brought  the  boys 
home  with  them.  They  lived  on  Sac  river,  northeast  of 
Everton.  They  stayed  there  during  the  winter  of  1873, 
and  went  with  them  to  Taney  County,  where  they  re- 
mained till  fall,  when  the  family,  in  moving  from  there 
to  Joplin,  left  the  boys  at  Mt.  Vernon.  A  friend  brought 
them  to  Dade  County,  where  they  made  their  perma- 
nent home. 

On  coming  to  Dade  County  from  Mt.  Vernon,  W.  P. 
Priddy  went  to  live  with  a  cousin,  Dan  B.  Scott,  where 
he  remained  for  five  years,  working  on  the  farm  in  the 
summer  and  attending  school  in  the  winter.  Afterwards 
he  worked  first  in  one  place  and  then  another,  attending 


250  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

school  only  a  small  portion  of  the  time.  He  spent  two 
winters  and  one  summer  with  William  Slakel,  attending 
school  three  months  during  the  time.  He  worked  at 
various  places  during  the  summer  of  1881,  and  spent 
the  winter  with  E.  T.  Chappel,»«attending  school  four 
months.  This  was  his  last  school.  The  following  spring 
and  summer  he  worked  out,  receiving  50  cents  per  day 
as  wages.  In  the  spring  of  1883  he  arranged  with  Dan 
B.  Scott  to  crop  with  him.  He  stayed  with  Mr.  Scott 
three  years,  buying  a  team  in  the  meantime.  He  was 
a  tenant  farmer  until  the  spring  of  1889,  when  he  went 
to  Oklahoma  in  the  grand  rush  for  claims.  Failing  to 
get  a  claim  in  Oklahoma,  he  returned  to  Bade  County, 
where  IPC  farmed  in  the  summer  months  and  worked  at 
the  carpenter  trade  in  the  winter,  till  1895,  when  he 
bought  the  place  where  he  now  resides..  He  gave  $2,090 
for  thte  tract  of  land,  paying  $300  down.  The  place  was 
only  partly  improved,  but  Mr.  Priddy  moved  onto  it, 
cleared  out  and  put  more  in  cultivation  each  year.  At 
this  time  he  had  three  horses  and  some  hogs.  The  task 
was  a  hard  one.  Sometimes  crops  were  poor,  but  interest 
and  taxes  always  came  due.  It  was  a  struggle,  but  indus- 
try and  perseverence  won.  In  a  few  years  Mr.  Priddy 
began  to  climb  toward  the  top  financially.  On  the  2nd 
day  of  May,  1906,  he  married  Louisa  E.  Lollar,  daughter 
of  James  T.  Lollar,  a  prominent  farmer  of  South  Town- 
ship. 

From  the  records  of  the  Priddy  family,  which  are 
worn  and  yellow  with  age,  but  interesting,  nevertheless, 
we  gather  the  following  facts: 

John  H.  Priddy,  born  January  4th,  1787. 

Xancy    (Harris)    Priddy,   born    March   13th,    1794. 

John  11.  Priddy  and  Nancy  Harris  were  married 
May  12th,  1814.  (These  were  the  paternal  grandparents 
of  \V.  P.  Priddy.) 

Those  entries  in  the  family  register  are  followed  by 
a  long  list  of  the  Bowles  and  Harris  families,  written 
in  that  peculiar  flourishing  style  of  the  eighteenth  cen- 
tury, which  marks  it  as  a  rare  specimen  of  antiquity. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 251 

Of  Mr.  Priddy's  brothers  and  sister,  we  gather  the 
following: 

Joseph  J.    (brother),   now   deceased. 
John  Daniel  (brother),  a  resident  of  Newton  County. 
Benjamin  F.    (brother),   lives   in  Kansas. 
Elizabeth  F.    (sister),  now  Mrs.   George  Hoover. 
W.  P.  Priddy  (the  subject  of  this  sketch.) 
Thomas  J.  (brother),  a  resident  of  Dade  County. 

Mrs.  Priddy's  mother's  maiden  name  was  Lydia 
Smith,  a  native  of  Dade  County.  James  T.  Lollar  and 
Lydia  Smith  were  married  in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  and 
were  the  parents  of  eleven  children,  seven  of  whom  are 
still  living.  Mrs.  Priddy  is  the  eighth  child  in  point  of 
birth. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Priddy  are  the  parents  of  one  child, 
William  Bryan  Priddy,  born  January  8th,  1908,  who  is 
at  home,  attending  school. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Priddy  are  members  of  the  Christian 
church.  He  is  a  member  of  the  I.  0.  0.  F.  lodge  at 
Pennsboro,  joining  in  1905. 

In  politics  Mr.  Priddy  is  a  staunch  Democrat.  He 
was  elected  justice  of  the  peace  in  1909,  and  has  con- 
tinued in  that  office  to  the  present  time.  He  has  been 
township  chairman  of  the  Democratic  committee  for  four 
years,  and  has  served  on  the  school  board  about  eight 
years.  He  is  a  stockholder  in  the  Bank  of  Pennsboro, 
and  well  fixed  financially.  His  farm  consists  of  83  acres, 
all  in  cultivation,  and  improved  with  a  comfortable  dwell- 
ing house.  Mr.  Priddy  is  a  self-made  man,  proud  of  his 
home  and  contented  with  his  lot  in  life.  He  is  engaged 
in  general  farming  and  stock  raising.  He  is  a  carpenter 
by  trade  and  a  good  workman.  Few  men  stand  higher  in 
the  estimation  of  their  neighbors  for  honesty  and  integ- 
rity than  Mr.  Priddy.  His  life  is  a  living  example  of 
what  a  poor  boy  under  the  most  adverse  circumstances 
may  accomplish  by  honesty,  industry  and  faithful  per- 
severence. 


862 HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

WILLIAM  JONES  PYLAND. 

A  native  of  Tennessee,  was  born  November  21st, 
1850,  a  son  of  Bennett  Pyland  and  Elizabeth  Pyland 
(cousins),  both  born  in  North  Carolina,  but  married  in 
Tennessee.  They  came  to  Dade  County  in  1851,  when 
William  J.  was  a  baby.  Settled  near  Dadeville  on  rented 
land,  where  they  remained  for  one  year,  then  moved  to 
Greene  County  for  two  years,  after  which  they  purchased 
the  land  where  William  J.  Pyland  now  lives.  This  tract 
consisted  of  40  acres,  little  improved,  with  a  one-room 
log  cabin  chinked  with  cobs  and  mud  with  a  stick  chim- 
ney. Here  they  lived  for  six  years,  and  here  they  pros- 
pered. He  built  an  addition  to  the  house,  entered  80  acres 
of  land  adjoining,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  he  was 
the  owner  of  200  acres  in  one  body.  Bennett  Pyland 
was  born  June  25th,  1804,  and  died  October  22nd,  1883,  on 
the  home  place  in  Dade  County.  He  was  a  Republican 
in  politics,  and  a  member  of  the  M.  E.  church.  Elizabeth 
Pyland,  his  wife,  was  born  May  19th,  1812,  and  died  on 
the  home  place  in  1892. 

William  J.  Pyland  was  of  a  family  of  nine  children, 
two  boys  and  seven  girls: 

(1)  Terressa   C.,   born   March    19th,    1833,   now   de- 
ceased.    She  married  J.  M.  Routh,  also  deceased. 

(2)  Permelia   A.,   born   February    19th,    1835,    mar- 
ried John  Lyman,  and  both  are  now  deceased.     He  was 
a   soldier  in   the  Union  army. 

(3)  Clarinda   A.,    born    March    3rd,    1838,    now    the 
widow  of  W.  L.  Lee,  and  lives  on  the  old  Lee  homestead 
in  Dade  County. 

(4)  Melissa    D.,    born    March    18th,    1841,    married 
William   McDaniel,   both  now   deceased.     They   left   four 
children,  who  were  taken  and  raised  by  William  J.  Py- 
land.    They  were:     Ama  W.,  now  deceased;  Joseph  K., 
now  living  in  Oregon  at  Freewater,  a  teacher  and  farmer; 
Bessie  W.,   married   C.   R.   McCalley,   who   is   an   accom- 
plished musician  and  is  prominent  on  the  platform,  and 
Laura    P.,    who    married    W.    J.    Douglas,    a    Methodist 
preacher  at  Ashland,  Ore.     Mr.  Pyland  raised  and  edu- 


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cated   these  children  with  as  much  care  as  if  they  had 
been  his  own. 

(5)  Sarah    P.,    born    January    2nd,    1843,    married 
Jasper   Blair,    both    living    in    Portland,    Ore.      He    is    a 
veteran  of  the  Civil  war. 

(6)  Louisa  Ann,  born  December  8th,  1844,  married 
Frame  Blair,  both  now  deceased.    He  was  a  veteran  of 
the  Civil  war. 

(7)  Emaline   A.,    born    December    10th,    1846,    mar- 
ried J.  C.  Galbraith,  now  deceased.     She  resides  in  Port- 
land, Ore.    He  was  a  veteran  of  the  civil  war. 

(8)  Joseph  B.,  born  October  19th,  1848,  now  living 
at   Oswego,   Kas. 

(9)  William  J.  Pyland,  born  November  21st,   1850. 

William  J.  Pyland,  being  the  youngest  child,  he  re- 
mained upon  the  farm  for  61  years,  never  deserting  his 
father  and  mother.  He  received  but  a  meager  education 
in  the  common  schools  of  the  county,  and  has  always 
been  a  farmer.  After  the  death  of  his  mother  he  bought 
out  the  other  heirs,  and  now  owns  120  acres  of  the  old 
homestead.  In  1903  he  rebuilt  the  dwelling  house,  so 
that  now  it  is  a  fine  residence. 

On  the  13th  day  of  December,  1893,  he  was  married 
to  Cora  A.  Kirby,  born  January  3rd,  1879,  daughter  of 
C.  J.  and  Martha  Speight  Kirby,  both  now  deceased. 
She  was  the  youngest  of  a  family  of  four  children. 

William  J.  Pyland  and  wife  are  the  parents  of  three 
children: 

(1)  Vernon   E.,   born   January    10th,    1895,   received 
a   good   education,   finished   at   Springfield   State   Normal, 
received    a    life    certificate   in    1915,    and    began    teaching 
at  Ashland,  Ore.,  in  the  primary  department,  where   she 
is   now   located. 

(2)  Velma  J.,  born   February  21st,   1897,   has  good 
education,  spent  some  time  at   State  Normal,  but   finally 
decided  upon  a  musical  education.     Is  now  studying  music 
at  Springfield,  Mo. 

(3)  Theda  P.,  born  April  9th,  1900.     Is  now  attend- 
ing  the   State   Normal   School. 


264 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

William  J.  Pyland  is  a  Republican  and  has  been  a 
school  director  for  many  years.  Both  he  and  his  family 
are  members  of  the  M.  E.  church,  in  which  organization 
he  has  been  an  elder  for  many  years. 

Mr.  Pyland  is  engaged  in  general  farming,  raises 
some  good  horses  and  mules,  is  a  careful,  painstaking 
farmer,  and  is  a  live  wire  on  the  question  of  good  schools. 
Fraternally  he  is  a  member  of  the  W.  0.  W. 

The  Pyland  family  were  of  Welsh  descent,  coming 
across  the  water  prior  to  the  Revolutionary  war.  Robbin 
and  Caroline  (Bell)  Pyland  were  the  grandparents  of 
both  Bennett  and  Elizabeth  Pyland,  they  being  cousins. 
Bennett  Pyland  was  a  son  of  WTilliam  and  Abagail 
(Jones)  Pyland.  Abagail  Jones  was  a  daughter  of  Jesse 
and  Winnifred  (Speight)  Jones.  Elizabeth  Pyland  was 
a  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Anna  (Coplin)  Pyland, 
Anna  Coplin  being  a  daughter  of  James  and  Elizabeth 
(Johnson)  Coplin.  William  J.  Pyland 's  grandfather, 
William  Pyland,  had  four  brothers  and  one  sister,  viz: 
James,  John,  Benjamin,  Robbin  and  Nan  Elizabeth,  who 
married  Alsie  Smart  and  moved  to  Georgia.  Elizabeth 
Pyland,  the  mother  of  William  J.  Pyland,  had  three 
brothers  and  two  sisters:  Cullen,  James,  Carney,  Celia 
and  Cloe.  AVilliam  Pyland  was  twice  married,  his  second 
wife  being  Annie  Haithcon.  Bennett  Pyland  had  four 
brothers  and  two  sisters  of  the  whole  blood :  Benjamin, 
Berton,  Bluford,  Billy,  Winnifred  and  Rebecca,  and  five 
brothers  and  four  sisters  of  the  half-blood:  Britton, 
Blakley,  Buckston,  Branson,  Brandford,  Elizabeth,  Capa- 
rity,  Nancy  and  Delitha. 


WILLIAM  K.  PYLE. 

Was  a  son  of  William  Pyle  Sr.  and  his  wife,  Han- 
nah, born  Standlee;  the  father  of  English  and  the  mother 
of  Scottish  descent.  The  elder  Pyle,  whose  original  an- 
cestors in  America  came  over  with  Willian  Penn,  emi- 
grated from  the  vicinity  of  Pinkneyville,  111.,  near  which 
place  William  K.  Pyle  spent  his  childhood  and  youth,  to 


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Dade  County,  Missouri,  in  the  year  1850,  bringing  with 
him  his  entire  family,  which  consisted  of  his  wife  and 
several  sons  and  daughters,  the  sons  being  all  of  the 
tall  pioneer  type.  These  sons,  as  well  as  the  daughters, 
are  now  all  dead,  Carter  S.  having  died  in  Kansas  in  the 
early  70  's;  David,  the  oldest  son,  in  Tennessee  in  1881, 
and  Claudius  L.  (uncle  Less),  in  January,  1913,  in  Dade 
County,  Missouri. 

William  Pyle  Sr.  settled  near  the  old  Mt.  Zion 
church  in  Sac  Tow7nship,  or,  rather,  not  far  from  where 
that  church  was  after  located,  he  being  one  of  the  organ- 
izers of  it.  He  preached  there  occasionally,  or,  maybe, 
regularly,  for  a  while,  being  an  early  adherent  of  Alex- 
ander Campbell  and  member  of  the  Christian,  or  Dis- 
ciples', church.  Besides  preaching",  he  tilled  the  soil,  ran 
the  Seybert  mill  for  a  while,  and,  to  diminish  the  mon- 
otony, read  a  great  deal  out  of  some  ancient  histories 
and  other  books,  which  he  wras  fortunate  in  possessing, 
and  of  whose  contents  he  was  thoroughly  familiar.  Died 
in  the  year  1875,  not  rich,  but  well  esteemed. 

William  K.  Pyle,  while  still  a  young  man  and  in  a 
few  years  after  coming  to  this  country,  married  a  distant 
relative  of  his,  a  daughter  of  Benjamin  Pyle,  an  early 
settler  here.  Of  this  marriage  wore  born  Sheridan  B., 
Siria  0.  (Mrs.  Brayshaw),  and  Rosalia,  who  died  in  De- 
cember, 1876.  His  wife  having  died  some  time  before 
1860,  and  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  coming  on  in  1861, 
he  entered  the  Missouri  Home  Guards,  as  he  wished  to 
be  near  his  family.  He  afterwards  served  as  second 
lieutenant  of  Company  I,  Fifteenth  Missouri  Regiment, 
Cavalry  Volunteers,  to  the  conclusion  of  the  war.  Mar- 
ried again  December  31st,  1868,  this  time  Mary  E.  Fin- 
ley,  who  is  still  living  and  who  was  born  in  Dade  County 
(then  Polk)  December  29th,  1839.  There  were  born  of 
this  marriage:  Willie  (now  Mrs.  Hamner),  Elmer  E.  and 
Jessie  (Mrs.  Dawson.)  He  entered  land  not  far  from 
where  Cane  Hill  now  is,  and  began  clearing  up  the  same 
about  the  time  of  his  first  marriage,  but  afterward  sold 
this  to  G.  N.  Alder;  continued,  however,  to  reside  in  that 


256  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

vicinity  on  a  farm  in  Dade  County,  which  he  bought  in 
1867,  or  at  Dadeville,  alternating  two  or  three  times,  till 
his  removal  to  Greenfield  February  9th,  1881. 

In  early  manhood  he  began  to  study  law,  when  pro- 
cured Blackstone  somewhere.  His  opportunities  for  edu- 
cation had  been  considerably  less  than  of  at  least  two 
of  his  brothers.  The  task  of  taking  care  of  a  family  and 
of  procuring  books,  or  getting  any  kind  of  instruction 
in  the  backwoods  of  primitive  Dade  County,  couldn't  be 
overcome,  so  the  notion  of  becoming  a  lawyer  was 
given  up. 

At  the  close  of  the  war  he  was  elected  Representa- 
tive to  the  Missouri  Legislature,  re-elected  in  1868,  and 
again  in  1872,  after  an  interval  of  one  term.  Having  had 
several  years  of  experience  in  public  life,  and  owing 
somewhat  to  rheumatic  attacks,  which  interferred  with 
other  pursuits,  he  took  up  the  study  of  law  again,  this 
time  more  seriously,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at 
Greenfield,  Mo.,  in  company  with  Mason  Talbutt  and 
George  E.  Bowling,  in  1879.  in  1880  he  assisted  in  the 
defense  of  one  Ernest,  who  was  on  trial  for  murder.  Was 
elected  prosecuting  attorney  in  the  fall  of  1880,  re-elected 
in  1882,  and  again  in  1884;  elected  probate  judge  in  1886, 
making  his  seventh  time  to  be  elected  to  office  in  Dade 
County. 

His  six  years  as  prosecuting  attorney  were  coeval 
with  Judge  Burton's  term  as  judge  of  this  circuit,  and 
the  greatest  amity  and  good  will  ever  existed  between 
them.  This  was  rather  an  exciting  period.  The  K.  C.  & 
Gulf  Railroad  had  been  built  to  Dade  County  and  was 
advanced  as  far  as  South  Greenfield  in  the  winter  of 
1880-1881.  There  were  everyday  brawls,  and  ''knock- 
outs" on  the  part  of  construction  hands  (Irish)  for  sev- 
eral months.  In  June,  1881,  occurred  the  assassination 
of  Marshal  McElwrath  by  Taylor  Underwood  in  the 
saloon  at  Greenfield.  He  and  others  pursued  Underwood 
down  the  hill,  eastward  from  the  square,  until  they  were 
brought  to  a  sudden  halt  by  Underwood's  bullets,  ho 
being  at  the  time  of  small  stature  and  unarmed.  A  few 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 257 

days  afterward  (the  night  of  July  2nd  or  3rd)  a  mob, 
supposed  to  have  been  formed  principally  in  northern 
Dade  County,  came  to  Greenfield,  and,  going  to  the 
sheriff's  home,  which  was  somewhere  west  of  the  Ozark 
College  building,  overpowered  the  sheriff  (George  W. 
Whiteside),  obtained  the  keys  to  the  county  jail  from 
him,  and,  leaving  Whiteside  tied  hand  and  foot  and 
gagged  under  an  apple  tree  near  the  east  line  of  the 
college  inclosure  (whither  they  had  brought  him),  pro- 
ceeded to  the  jail,  and,  getting  possession  of  three  of  the 
four  prisoners  confined  there  without  opposition  except 
on  the  part  of  one  prisoner  Craft,  who  fought  desperately 
but  in  vain,  hanged  them  to  locust  trees  near  the  west 
door  of  the  courthouse. 

The  prisoners  had  been  brought  to  Greenfield  from 
the  Arcola  neighborhood  by  Uel  Murphy  and  B.  A.  Pyle 
on  the  day  of  McElwrath's  murder,  but  were  not  gotten 
here  till  after  the  killing.  A  mob  had  followed  them  for 
several  miles,  threatening.  These  men  were  believed  to 
have  been  engaged,  along  with  Underwood,  and  under 
his  leadership,  in  stealing  horses  and  hurrying  them  out 
of  the  country  into  the  Indian  Territory;  and  one  of  the 
men,  Box  Mitchell  by  name,  confessed  that  they  were 
organized  for  such  a  business,  and  on  account  of  this 
confession  he  was  spared  by  the  mob.  He  served  several 
years  at  Jefferson  City  upon  a  plea  of  guilty,  and  died 
a  few  days  after  his  release  or  pardon  at  or  near  his  old 
abode  of  tuberculosis.  Underwood  was  captured  within 
a  few  weeks  following  his  escape  and  was  sentenced, 
after  a  mistrial  or  so,  to  a  term  of  99  years  in  the  Mis- 
souri state  prison.  He  was  eventually  pardoned  by  the 
governor,  and  is  now  living  in  the  state  of  Oklahoma. 

Many  other  things  which  cannot  be  told  here  for 
lack  of  room  happened  during  those  six  years,  which 
made  them  very  stirring  and  busy  years  for  a  prosecuting 
attorney,  and  kept  his  office  from  being  a  sinecure  by 
any  means. 

After  his  retirement  from  the  office  of  probate  judge, 
for  which  he  was  nominated  by  the  Republican  conven- 


258 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

tion  without  his  knowledge,  he  entered  into  the  practice 
of  law  so  far  his  increasing  ill  health  would  permit,  but 
was  compelled  within  a  few  years  to  retire  from  that  and 
all  other  pursuits.  From  the  time  of  his  removal  to 
Greenfield,  and  for  years  before,  he  was  seldom  ever  free 
from  bodily  pain.  Rheumatism,  which  he  believed  he 
contracted  while  following  the  "Price  Raid,"  in  a  severe 
rainstorm,  rendered  the  last  years  of  his  life  years  of 
suffering,  and  finally  wore  down  his  once  vigorous  con- 
stitution. He  lived  always  temperate,  forebore  the  use 
of  medicines,  practically,  after  due  trial  of  them,  and 
finding  that  they  were  useless  in  his  case,  and  he  stead- 
fastly refused  opiates  to  the  last  day  of  his  life.  He  died 
December  17th,  1896,  aged  66  years  and  some  months. 


HON.  SHERIDAN  B.  PYLE. 

Son  of  William  K.  and  Artimisia  Pyle,  was  born  in 
Dade  County  September  21st,  1856,  near  the  line  of 
Cedar  County.  William  K.  Pyle  was  one  of  the  early 
settlers  of  Dade  County.  He  came  as  a  young  man  in 
the  early  40 's,  and  married  here.  His  wife  was  a  native 
of  Kentucky,  her  people  coming  to  Missouri  in  1832, 
settling  in  Greene  County,  and  later  came  to  Dade  County, 
where  she  met  and  married  William  K.  Pyle.  She  de- 
parted this  life  in  1861,  and  he  was  later  married  to 
Mollie  Finley,  a  native  of  Dade  County.  William  K. 
Pyle  was  an  active  Republican,  a  veteran  of  the  Civil 
war,  serving  about  three  years.  After  he  returned  from 
the  war  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  served  as  prose- 
cuting attorney  of  Dade  County  for  three  terms,  served 
as  probate  judge  one  term  and  served  in  the  state  legis- 
lature for  two  terms.  He  departed  this  life  in  1892. 

Sheridan  B.  Pyle  was  the  second  of  a  family  of 
three  children.  His  sister,  now  living,  is  Lysira  Bray- 
shaw  of  Lawrence  County.  He  also  has  two  half-sisters 
and  one-half-brother: 

(1)  Elmer  E.  Pyle. 

(2)  Mrs.  Jessie  Dawson. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 259 

(3)     Mrs.  Willie  Hamner. 

Sheridan  B.  Pyle  was  raised  by  his  grandparents  and 
remained  with  them  until  he  received  his  education,  after 
w7hich  he  engaged  in  teaching  school  in  Dade  County.  He 
was  married  on  the  31st  day  of  March,  1877,  to  Matie 
Underwood,  a  daughter  of  Lewis  and  Nancy  (Barber) 
Underwood,  botli  of  whom  are  still  living.  They  are 
thoroughly  imbued  with  the  pioneer  spirit  and  now  reside 
in  Oregon.  He  was  a  practical  surveyor.  Mrs.  Pyle  was 
a  native  of  Minnesota,  born  March  5th,  1858,  and  came 
with  her  people  to  Dade  County  after  the  war. 

Mr.  Pyle  lias  been  more  or  less  of  a  miner,  having 
been  engaged  in  that  occupation  both  before  and  after 
his  marriage.  He  mined  in  Galena,  Kas.,  for  about  one 
year.  About  the  year  1880  he  was  employed  in  the 
general  merchandise  store  of  Captain  E.  J.  Morris  in 
Dadeville  as  clerk,  but  at  the  end  of  18  months  became 
the  proprietor,  and  conducted  the  business  on  his  own 
account  until  1900,  when  he  opened  up  a  drug  store  in 
Dadeville,  which  he  has  since  conducted. 

Mr.  Pyle  is  a  staunch  Republican  in  politics,  a  man 
of  pleasing  personality,  a  public  speaker  of  considerable 
note  and  always  on  the  firing  line  in  campaign  times. 
He  also  has  the  distinction  of  being  a  32nd  degree  Mason. 
He  was  educated  at  the  Morrsville  Academy  in  Polk 
County. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pyle  are  the  parents  of  two  boys: 

(1)  Roscoe    G.,    born    March     21st,     1881,    married 
Crete  Dunaway,  and  is  an  electrician  by  occupation,  and 
resides  at  Carthage,  Mo.     They  have  two  children,  Gerald 
and    Thelma. 

(2)  Leslie    C.,    born    October    23rd,    1884,    married 
Nora    Stradley,    a    native    of    Nebraska,    and    for    a    few 
years   he   lived   upon   a   large   ranch,   which   he   owned,   at 
Rogerson,  Idaho.     Three  children  wore  born  to  this  mar- 
riage: Byron,  Eileen   and  Rahloigh. 


260 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

HOWARD  RA6SDALE. 

Was  born  in  Greenfield,  Dade  County,  Missouri,  Au- 
gust 16th,  1869,  son  of  Benjamin  F.  and  Nancy  E.  (Buck- 
ner)  Eagsdale.  His  father  was  born  in  Greenfield  in 
3843,  a  son  of  Joshua  and  Sarah  Ragsdale,  early  pioneers 
of  the  county,  who  came  from  Carolina  in  ox-teams 
away  back  in  1837,  and  settled  five  miles  southwest  of 
Greenfield  on  the  prairie,  entering  1,200  acres  of  govern- 
ment land.  They  hauled  their  timber  from  the  Limestone 
neighborhood  for  fencing  and  houses.  After  improving 
the  land  he  gave  liberally  of  it  to  each  of  his  children 
as  they  grew  to  maturity.  There  were  eight  children 
in  this  family,  viz:  Alexander,  Harrison,  Thomas,  An- 
drew, Benjamin  Franklin,  Sarah  (Mrs.  McLemore),  Har- 
riet (Mrs.  S.  W.  Cox)  and  Jane  (Mrs.  Alex  Morris),  all 
of  whom  lived  and  died  in  Dade  County.  They  are  all 
buried  on  the  old  home  place. 

Benjamin  F.  Ragsdale,  the  father  of  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  was  given  120  acres  of  land  by  his  father, 
and  from  time  to  time  he  bought  out  the  interest  of  the 
other  heirs,  until  at  the  time  of  his  death,  November  30th, 
1899,  he  owned  some  700  acres  of  the  old  Joshua  Rags- 
dale  homestead.  Nancy  E.  Ragsdale  died  in  July,  1910. 

Howard  Ragsdale  lived  on  a  farm,  attended  the  com- 
mon schools  of  the  country,  and  remained  at  home  until 
24  years  of  age,  when  he  entered  the  law  office  of  Mason 
Talbutt  at  Greenfield,  and  studied  law  until  1897,  when 
he  was  admitted  to  the  practice.  In  addition  to  his  com- 
mon school  education,  Mr.  Ragsdale  had  also  attended 
Ozark  college  in  Greenfield.  On  being  admitted  to  the 
bar  he  established  a  law  office  in  Everton,  where  he  re- 
mained for  12  years,  and  in  1909  moved  to  Ash  Grove 
and  continued  the  practice  of  law,  and  also  engaged  in 
the  real  estate  business  in  the  firm  of  Mortemyer  &  Rags- 
dale,  where  he  is  now  enjoying  a  splendid  business. 

In  politics  Mr.  Ragsdale  is  a  "red-hot"  Republican. 
In  1906  he  was  elected  prosecuting  attorney  of  Dade 
County  and  served  one  term.  In  1899  he  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  Missouri  legislature  from  Dade  County 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 261 

and  served  one  term.  Since  coming  to  Ash  Grove  he 
has  been  city  attorney. 

On  the  -17th  day  of  May,  1898,  he  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany H,  Fifth  Missouri  Volunteer  Infantry,  in  the  Span- 
ish-American war,  and  attained  the  rank  of  sergeant.  He 
had  been  second  lieutenant  of  the  same  company  while 
in  the  state  service.  On  being  mustered  into  the  Federal 
service  it  became  necessary  to  recruit  the  company  with 
members  of  another  company,  and  in  the  new  alignment 
the  office  of  second  lieutenant  went  to  the  other  company. 
This  company  was  mustered  out  November  6th,  1898, 
just  as  they  were  preparing  to  embark  for  Cuba. 

Fraternally  Mr.  Ragsdale  is  a  member  of  the  Ma- 
sonic lodge  at  Everton,  the  Royal  Arch  at  Ash  Grove  and 
Zabud  Commandery  at  Springfield.  He  holds  his  Odd 
Fellow  membership  at  South  Greenfield  and  K.  of  P.  at 
Ash  Grove. 

He  was  married  in  September,  1899,  to  Ellen  Finley, 
who  was  born  at  Greenfield,  Mo.,  February  1st,  1879, 
daughter  of  Milton  and  Susan  (Stephenson)  Finley,  one 
of  the  prominent  families  of  the  community.  Mr.  Rags- 
dale  and  wife  have  no  children. 

Howard  Ragsdale  was  the  oldest  of  a  family  of  11 
children : 

(1)  Howard. 

(2)  Lula,  married  Charles  Ryan  and  lives  in  Cali- 
fornia.    They  have  four  children. 

(3)  William  A.,  now  lives  in  California. 

(4)  Bertha. 

(5)  Elizabeth,   married   V.   H.    Snoddy.      They   live 
in  Colorado  and  have  two   children. 

(6)  Elma,  married  James  H.  Cunningham,  a  promi- 
nent stock  dealer.     They  live  in  Lockwood. 

(7)  Joshua,  lives  in  New  Mexico. 

(8)  George,    married    Kate    Cowan.      They    live    in 
California. 

(9)  Juanita,  now   Mrs.   Stewart  of  California. 

(10)  John   F.,   married   and   lives   on   the   old   home 
place. 


262 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

(11)     Harriet,   single  and  lives   in  California. 

Among  the  many  interesting  and  highly  prized  relics 
and  souvenirs  gathered  by  Mr.  Ragsdale  is  a  collection 
of  small  arms.  They  represent  almost  every  stage  of 
American  warfare  from  the  days  of  the  Revolution  to 
the  present  emergency,  among  them  a  pair  of  holsters 
captured  at  the  battle  of  Wilson  Creek  by  James  Reese. 

Few  men  enjoy  the  distinction  of  being  any  closer  to 
the  common  people  than  Mr.  Ragsdale.  His  greatest 
successes  in  the  law  business  have  resulted  in  his  mas- 
terly appeals  to  the  jury.  As  a  public  speaker,  not  only 
at  the  bar,  but  in  political  campaigns  and  at  fraternal 
gatherings,  Mr.  Ragsdale  has  few  peers  and  no  superiors 
in  southwest  Missouri.  He  leads  that  quiet,  unassuming, 
unostentatious  life  which  becomes  a  man  whose  activities 
in  life  have  given  him  a  broad  vision  and  complete 
poise.  While  he  is  nominally  a  citizen  of  Greene  County, 
Dade  County  claims  him  as  one  of  her  boys,  of  whom  she 
is  justly  proud. 


JOHN  F.   RAGSDALE. 

Was  born  in  Dade  County  February  8th,  1885,  a  son 
of  Benjamin  F.  Ragsdale  and  Xancy  E.  (Buckner)  Rags- 
dale.  His  father  was  born  October  27th,  1840,  and  was 
married  to  Nancy  E.  Buckner  on  April  7th,  1867.  She 
was  born  February  26th,  1850. 

With  the  exception  of  two  years  spent  in  California 
when  he  was  19  years  old,  John  F.  Ragsdale  has  lived  all 
his  life  on  the  old  home  farm  in  Dade  County.  At  his 
father's  death  it  comprised  574  acres,  which  he  purchased 
from  the  other  heirs,  including  the  land  upon  which  his 
father  first  settled.  Since  buying  the  old  homestead  he 
has  sold  120  acres  lying  in  Smith  Township,  and  lias  pur- 
chased 100  acres  in  Washington  Township,  making  him 
now  a  farm  of  654  acres,  all  in  one  body,  a  splendid 
tract  of  land  lying  two  and  one-half  miles  due  west 
of  South  Greenfield.  He  has  been  a  fanner  all  his  life. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  district  schools  of  Dade 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  263 

County.  On  the  10th  day  of  September,  1913,  he  was 
married  to  Zuiah  Louisa  Preston,  a  native  of  Dade 
County,  born  September  5th,  188(J,  daughter  of  Jasper 
Newton  and  Josephine  Rouritree  Preston.  Her  father  is 
now  deceased,  but  her  mother  is  still  living. 

John  F.   Eagsdale  and  wife  have   two  children: 

(1)  John  Lynn,  born  June  14th,  1915. 

(2)  Josephine  Elizabeth,  born  September  2nd,  1916. 
Mr.   Ragsdale   is   a   Republican   in  politics,   active   in 

party  matters,  and  has  served  as  township  collector. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
church. 

While  Mr.  Ragsdale 's  farm  is  well  adapted  to  grow- 
ing grain,  it  is  in  effect  a  stock  farm,  all  the  grain  grown 
thereon  being  fed  to  cattle  and  hogs.  There  is  shipped 
from  this  farm  about  three  cars  of  cattle  and  one  car  of 
hogs  each  year.  Mr.  Ragsdale  also  keeps  a  small  flock 
of  sheep.  In  addition  to  erecting  a  splendid  barn  and 
other  outbuildings,  the  owner  of  this  farm  has  built  a 
200-ton  silo. 

This  farm  is  supplied  with  a  first-class  watering 
system,  having  a  number  of  good  wells,  springs  and 
branches,  the  supply  being  handled  with  a  windmill. 
About  40  acres  of  this  farm  is  still  in  native  forest,  the 
remainder  being  in  grass  and  under  cultivation.  All  is 
fenced  and  cross-fenced. 

Mr.  Ragsdale  is  a  quiet,  unassuming  man,  but  every 
fiber  of  his  being  is  filled  with  energy  and  enthusiasm. 
He  is  an  earnest  advocate  of  good  roads,  more  intensive 
cultivation  of  the  soil,  and  more  live  stock  for  the  num- 
ber of  acres  cultivated.  He  deprecates  the  idea  of  rais- 
ing and  shipping  grain,  and  insists  that  in  order  to  main- 
tain the  original  fertility  of  the  soil  more  stock  must  be 
fed  on  the  land.  The  brand  of  prosperity  is  stamped 
upon  every  enterprise  of  Mr.  Ragsdale 's  farm. 

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WILLIAM  RAUBINGER. 

William  Raubinger  of  Everton  is  one  of  our  leading 
business  men.  He  was  born  in  Marine,  Madison  County, 


264 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

Illinois,  December  8th,  1863,  a  son  of  Anton  and  Kather- 
ine  (Adler)  Raubinger,  both  natives  of  Germany,  there- 
fore William  Raubinger  is  a  full-blooded  German,  al- 
though born  in  the  great  state  of  Illinois.  Anton  Raubin- 
ger was  born  October  7th,  1830,  while  his  wife  was  born 
November  2nd,  1835.  He  died  December  19th,  1908,  and 
she  February  7th,  1891.  He  was  a  cabinet  maker  by 
trade,  and  came  to  the  United  States  in  1856,  and  re- 
sided in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  for  two  years,  where  he  was 
married,  and  then  moved  to  Madison  County,  Illinois, 
where  he  followed  stationary  engineering.  To  this  couple 
were  born  five  children,  as  follows:  Emma,  now  the 
widow  of  Christ  Zimmerman,  and  lives  in  Marine,  111., 
and  she  has  three  children,  Christ,  Alfred  and  Marie; 
William,  of  this  review;  Mary,  married  Emil  Jentsch, 
and  she  has  three  children,  Christ,  Alfred  and  Marie; 
F.,  is  engaged  in  the  mining  business  at  Aurora,  Mo.,  and 
has  three  children,  Flora,  Lloyd  and  Melton;  Emile  L., 
is  a  resident  of  Higginsville,  where  he  is  employed  as 
bookkeeper  for  the  Higginsville  Milling  Company. 

William  Raubinger  learned  the  milling  business  and 
worked  first  for  the  Valier  &  Spies  Milling  Company  at 
Marine,  111.,  then  for  II.  Prange  &  Sons  as  second  miller 
at  New  Douglas,  111.,  then  came  to  Ash  Grove,  Greene 
County,  where  he  worked  for  the  Likens  Milling  Com- 
pany for  three  years,  when  he  was  transferred  to  Everton 
and  took  charge  of  the  Likens  Mill  there,  remaining  two 
years,  when  he  moved  to  Mt.  Vernon,  Lawrence  County, 
Missouri,  where  he  rented  the  mill  and  run  the  same  for 
six  years.  In  1897  he  came  back  to  Everton  and  bought 
the  large  milling  property  which  he  now  owns  and  runs 
from  C.  W.  Likens.  This  is  fine  property  and  Mr.  Rau- 
binger has  added  large  warerooms  to  the  mill  proper  and 
also  built  a  fine  new  residence  adjoining.  Here  he  has 
built  up  the  largest  milling  plant  in  the  county.  The 
mill  was  originally  built  by  Galbraith  &  Tan-ant.  The 
present  capacity  is  125  barrels,  with  a  20,000-bushel  ele- 
vator, and  thoroughly  equipped  with  modern  machinery, 
and  is  run  to  full  capacity  practically  all  the  time.  Mr. 


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HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  265 

Raubinger  lias  two  brands  of  flour  for  which  ho  enjoys 
a  fine  trade;  they  are  named  "Snow  Kist,"  the  loading 
brand,  and  "Magnolia,"  for  his  second  grade.  This  is 
the  only  soft  wheat  mill  in  the  county,  and  the  product 
is  the  very  best  in  this  part  of  Missouri.  He  is  a  large 
buyer  and  shipper  of  corn,  oats,  rye  and  kaffir  corn. 

Mr.  Raubinger  married  in  Marine,  111.,  Miss  Mary 
Nemnich,  who  was  born  October  16th,  1865,  a  daughter 
of  Henry  Nemnich  and  wife,  both  natives  of  Germany. 
The  father  is  now  deceased,  and  his  widow  passed  away 
September  28th,  1916. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Raubinger  have  been  born  six  chil- 
dren, as  follows:  Columbia,  born  December  2nd,  1893; 
Pauline,  born  October  26th,  1895;  Walter,  born  January 
14th,  1898;  Alma,  born  January  22nd,  1900;  Lydia,  born 
December  4th,  1902;  Ellis,  born  December  1st,  1904.  This 
fine  family  of  children  have  had  and  are  having  the 
very  best  of  educational  advantages.  They  are  all  mem- 
bers of  the  Presbyterian  church,  of  which  Mr.  Raubinger 
is  a  deacon.  In  politics  Mr.  Raubinger  is  a  Republican, 
and  takes  an  active  interest  in  all  affairs  of  the  country. 
Truly,  Mr.  Raubinger  is  a  desirable  citizen.  He  is  always 
ready  to  help  with  his  time  and  money  on  any  enter- 
prise that  is  for  the  betterment  of  public  conditions. 
He  is  a  good  booster  for  good  roads  and  a  staunch  friend 
of  our  free  public  school  system,  and  is  at  present  serv- 
ing on  the  school  board.  It  is  a  pleasure  to  hold  a  con- 
versation with  him  on  any  subject,  for  he  is  a  broad- 
minded,  courteous  gentleman  and  man  of  affairs. 


JEROME  LEE  RAWHAUSER. 

Was  born  at  Columbus  City,  la.,  February  9th,  1869. 
His  father,  David  Rawhauser,  was  born  at  York,  Pa.,  in 
1832,  and  died  in  1908.  He  was  of  German  ancestry,  his 
forefathers  coming  from  the  Fatherland  to  Pennsylvania 
in  an  early  day.  He  had  a  common  school  education, 
was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  and  was  both  industrious  and 
successful.  He  was  a  member  of  the  United  Brethren 


266 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

church,  in  politics  a  Whig,  and  later  a  Republican.  He 
was  a  good  citizen,  progressive,  liberal-minded,  held  local 
offices,  and  was  charitably  disposed,  but  of  a  retiring, 
reticent  disposition.  He  was  one  of  a  family  of  nine 
children.  He  came  to  Muscatine,  la.,  with  his  wife  about 
the  year  1851,  and  later  moved  to  Louisa  County,  where 
he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  days.  He  married  Anna 
Marie  Blosser,  a  German  girl,  who  was  born  in  the  Fa- 
therland in  1836,  but  who  came  to  Pennsylvania  with 
her  father,  where  she  was  married.  She  was  one  of  a 
family  of  four  children,  and  had  a  common  school  edu- 
cation in  English  and  German.  Was  a  member  of  the 
United  Brethren  church,  and  the  mother  of  eight  chil- 
dren : 

(1)  Jane,   born  at  Muscatine,   la.,   married  Andrew 
Baker,  a  farmer  in  Oklahoma. 

(2)  W'illiam  B.,  born  in  Muscatine,  la.,  and  is  now 
a  harness  maker  at  Carroll,  la. 

(3)  Clara,  died  in  infancy. 

(4)  Caroline,  born   at   Columbus   City,  la.,   married 
William  Towner,  now  residing  in  the  state  of  Washing- 
ton.    He   is  a  farmer. 

(5)  Ira,  died  at  the  age  of  15  years. 

(6)  Lula,  died  at  the  age  of  13  years. 

(7)  Clara,    born    at    Columbus    City,    la.,    married 
David  Griffith,  a  tinner  and  plumber  at  Grinnell,  la. 

(8)  Jerome  Lee,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

J.  L.  Rawhauser  attended  the  public  schools  in 
Columbus  City,  la.,  after  which  he  entered  a  drug  store 
and  took  up  the  study  of  pharmacy,  after  which  he  at- 
tended the  Iowa  State  School  of  Pharmacy,  from  which 
he  graduated. 

After  graduation  he  clerked  for  two  years  in  a  drug 
store  in  Tipton,  la.,  and  then  entered  the  drug  business 
on  his  own  account  at  Columbus  City.  He  then  sold 
out  and  spent  four  years  at  the  Keokuk  College  of  Phy- 
sicians and  Surgeons,  receiving  his  diploma  in  1907.  His 
first  practice  was  in  Saratoga,  Wyo.,  after  which  he 
spent  three  years  in  the  practice  at  Central  Point,  Ore. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  26? 

In  1909  he  located  at  Cassville,  Mo.,  and  after  four  years 
of  practice  at  that  place  came  to  Greenfield.  He  has 
succeeded  in  building  up  a  splendid  practice  in  Uade 
County. 

On  the  8th  day  of  March,  181)4,  he  was  married  to 
Kate  Gambell  of  Winfield,  la.,  a  daughter  of  John  and 
Margaret  (Fulton)  Gambell,  who  trace  their  ancestry 
back  to  the  Pilgrims  who  came  over  in  the  Mayflower. 
Her  father  was  a  fanner  and  school  teacher.  Mrs.  Raw- 
hauser  also  taught  school,  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian church  and  a  member  of  the  Colonial  Dames. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kawhauser  are  the  parents  of  three 
children: 

(1)  Anna,    born    June    L'Oth,    1S96,    at    Tipton,    la., 
graduated  from  the  Greenfield  High  School,  class  of  1915, 
and  is  now   at  home. 

(2)  John  Gambell,  born  at   Lone  Tree,  la.,  Septem- 
ber  6th,   1899. 

(3)  Jerome    Lee   Jr.,    born    at    Central    Point,    Ore., 
August  15th,  1908. 

Dr.  Rawhauser  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows  and  formerly  was 
a  Knights  of  Pythias,  physician  for  and  a  member  of  the 
W.  0.  W.,  and  in  politics  a  Republican.  lie  is  progres- 
sive, public-spirited  and  wide-awake.  He  maintains  a 
splendid  office,  equipped  with  the  latest  appliances  of  his 
profession,  and  is  fast  becoming  one  of  the  leading  phy- 
sicians of  southwest  Missouri.  He  lias  received  a  com- 
mission from  the  United  States  government  in  the  Offi- 
cers' Medical  Reserve  Corps,  with  rank  of  first  lieutenant. 

— o— 
LEWIS  RENFRO. 

Was  born  on  Pennsylvania  Prairie,  Dado  County,  Mis- 
souri, March  16th,  1843,  where  he  grew  to  manhood.  He 
was  educated  in  the  common  schools  of  that  part  of  the 
county,  spending  all  his  early  life  on  a  farm.  At  the  break- 
ing out  of  the  Civil  war  he  enlisted  early  in  the  summer 
of  1861  for  six  months'  service  in  Captain  John  M.  Stem- 
mons'  company,  Coffer's  Regiment,  Raines  Brigade,  in  the 


268 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

Southern  army.  He  participated  in  the  battle  of  Wilson's 
Creek,  Lexington,  Lone  Jack,  Carthage,  Cow  Skin  Prairie 
and  several  other  minor  engagements.  At  the  expiration 
of  his  six  months'  service,  in  company  with  his  brother, 
John  F.,  and  family,  he  went  south  to  Texas,  and  in  March, 
1862,  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  service  for  three  years, 
or  during  the  war,  in  Company  C,  Twenty-ninth  Texas 
Cavalry,  which  regiment  was  being  recruited  at  Paris,  Tex. 
This  regiment  was  assigned  to  the  Indian  service,  and  acted 
as  a  guard  between  the  Indian  nations  and  the  state  of 
Texas.  During  the  first  part  of  this  service  he  was  in  the 
command  of  General  Cooper,  but  later  on  General  Gano 
commanded  the  Indian  department.  The  fighting  in  this 
service  was  mostly  skirmishes,  although  there  were  some 
hard-fought  battles,  namely,  Greenleaf,  Poison  Springs  and 
Cabin  Creek.  Mr.  Renfro  remained  with  this  command 
till  the  fall  of  1863,  when  he  was  transferred  to  Company 
A,  Third  Missouri  Cavalry,  Colonel's  Coffey's  old  regiment, 
Shelby's  Brigade,  and  which  took  active  part  in  all  the 
battles  of  the  trans-Mississippi  department,  including  the 
battles  of  Cow  Skin  Prairie,  Marks'  Mill,  Jenkins'  Ferry 
and  the  Price  Raid  in  1864,  when  there  was  fighting  prac- 
tically every  day.  Two  of  the  largest  battles  in  which  he 
was  engaged  were  Westport  and  Mine  Creek,  both  near 
Kansas  City,  where  the  Confederates  had  two  generals, 
John  S.  Marmaduke  and  General  Cabbie,  captured  with 
part  of  their  commands.  Another  hard  battle  was  fought 
at  Newtonia,  where  Colonel  Smith  was  killed.  This  was 
the  last  hard  battle  he  was  in  during  the  war. 

Mr.  Renfro  held  several  non-commissioned  appoint- 
ments, but  was  commissioned  as  third  lieutenant.  When 
the  war  closed  he  was  acting  adjutant  of  the  Third  Missouri 
Cavalry,  with  the  rank  of  captain.  At  the  close  of  the  war 
he  went  back  to  Texas,  and  remained  there  until  the  spring 
of  1867.  In  the  spring  of  1867  he  came  to  Missouri  for  a 
short  stay,  returning  to  Texas,  where  he  remained  until 
the  spring  of  1868,  when  he  again  returned  to  Dade  County, 
and  where  he  has  lived  ever  since. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 269 

On  the  24th  day  of  September,  1868,  he  was  married 
to  Mollie  Moore  Finley,  and  settled  on  a  farm  near  Mt.  Zion, 
in  the  Preston  neighborhood,  and  lived  there  until  the 
spring  of  1876,  when  he  bought  a  farm  one  mile  south  of 
Greenfield.  He  lived  on  this  farm  till  the  spring  of  1880, 
when  he  moved  to  Greenfield  and  engaged  in  the  mercantile 
business.  He  followed  this  business  until  1893,  when,  on 
account  of  poor  health,  he  quit  the  mercantile  business 
and  returned  to  the  farm,  dealing  in  stock.  Mr.  Renfro 
was  very  successful  in  every  line  of  business  in  which  he 
engaged,  and  at  one  time  owned  over  1,000  acres  of  land 
in  Dade  and  Lawrence  Counties.  In  addition  to  his  real 
estate,  he  also  owned  considerable  personal  property. 

Three  children  were  born  of  this  first  marriage: 

(1)  Dellie  L.,  died  at  the  age  of  15  months. 

(2)  Myrtle  lived  to  maturity,  married,  and  died  in 
her  28th  year,  leaving  four  children,  one  a  baby  girl,  which 
died  two  months  later. 

(3)  Forest  M.,  lives  in  Greenfield,  is  married,  has  a 
family  of  five  children,  two  boys  and  three  girls. 

Mr.  Renfro 's  first  wife  died  June  10th,  1890,  and  on 
the  9th  day  of  June,  1892,  he  was  married  a  second  time,  to 
Miss  Mary  E.  Leslie,  and  to  this  union  were  born  two  chil- 
dren, a  boy  and  a  girl : 

(1)  Lucile,  died  December  10th,  1902,  nearly  10  years 
of  age. 

(2)  Leslie,   now   lives   in   Detroit.   Mich.,   and   has   a 
position  with  the  Ford  Automobile  Company. 

Mr.  Renfro  has  been  an  active  Democrat  in  politics 
and  has  made  three  races  for  county  offices  on  the  Demo- 
cratic ticket,  once  for  sheriff,  once  for  collector  and  once 
for  county  treasurer,  and,  although  the  county  is  over- 
whelmingly Republican,  he  ran  far  ahead  of  his  ticket  each 
time,  being  defeated  for  county  treasurer  by  only  86  votes. 
In  1906  he  was  tendered  the  nomination  for  circuit  clerk  by 
an  unanimous  vote  of  his  party  convention,  but  declined. 
He  was  twice  elected  justice  of  the  peace  in  Center  Town- 
ship, which  is  one  of  the  Republican  strongholds  of  the 


270 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

county.    Mr.  Renfro  is  a  man  of  strong  physique,  although 
slightly  wounded  three  times  during  the  Civil  war. 

He  was  elected  and  served  as  assessor  and  treasurer 
of  Smith  Township  under  Township  Organization  from  1875 
to  1880.  He  also  took  the  census  of  that  township  in  1880, 
and  now  has  in  his  possession  a  copy  of  that  work. 

At  the  organization  of  the  R.  S.  Jacobs  Banking  Com- 
pany in  1892  he  was  elected  one  of  the  directors  of  that  in- 
stitution. He  was  also  associated  with  R.  S.  Jacobs  in 
the  mercantile  business,  at  the  same  time  in  the  ''Boston 
Store,"  under  the  firm  name  and  style  of  L.  Renfro  &  Co., 
Mr.  Jacobs  being  the  "company."  This  firm  had  the  high- 
est commercial  rating  of  any  retail  store  in  the  state  of 
Missouri  at  that  time. 

Mr.  Renro  is  a  modest,  unassuming  man,  of  quiet  de- 
meanor, but  always  eminently  successful  in  all  his  business 
undertakings.  Before  he  divided  his  property  with  his 
children  he  was  reputed  to  be  worth  upwards  of  $25,000. 

Mr.  Renfro  is  now  in  his  75th  year,  but  still  hale  and 
hearty,  and  bids  fair  to  live  to  a  ripe  old  age,  being,  as  far 
as  known,  the  oldest  living  person  born  in  Dade  County,  and 
claiming  it  for  a  home  since  birth.  Although  well  along 
in  years,  Mr.  Renfro  is  still  young  in  spirit,  and  takes  great 
interest  in  current  events. 

lie  was  initiated  into  the  mysteries  of  Free  Masonry 
in  Washington  lodge  No.  87,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  in  1880,  and 
has  since  filled  all  the  offices  in  said  lodge,  both  elective  and 
appointive.  He  united  with  the  Presbyterian  church  at 
Greenfield  in  the  summer  of  1893. 

Captain  Renfro,  as  he  is  familiarly  known  among  the 
Confederate  Veterans,  has  always  taken  great  interest  in 
the  fraternal  societies  of  the  Southern  Confederacy,  and 
has  attended  practically  all  the  reunions,  both  county,  dis 
trict,  state  and  national,  for  many  years.  At  present  he  is 
adjutant  general  and  chief  of  staff  of  the  Missouri  Division 
I'.  V.  C.,  and  attended  the  National  Reunion  at  Washington 
City  in  June,  1917,  at  which  time  lie  had  the  pleasure  of 
meeting  the  President  personally,  and  of  hearing  him  speak, 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  271 

an  honor  and  pleasure  afforded  but  few  men  in  the  com- 
moner walks  of  life. 

Mr.  Renfro  is  yet  active  in  the  everyday  affairs  of  life 
and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  substantial  business  men  of 
the  county.  A  man  of  honesty,  integrity  and  good  report. 


JOSEPH  H.  RENFRO. 

The  subject  of  this  interesting  sketch  was  born  in  Bade 
County  on  Pennsylvania  Prairie  June  26th,  1848,  a  son  of 
Absolom  Renfro,  a  sketch  of  whose  life  is  given  in  full  in 
the  history  of  Lewis  Renfro  at  another  place  in  this  volume. 

Joseph  H.  received  his  education  in  the  common  schools 
of  Dade  County,  with  the  exception  of  one  year  in  Texas 
and  two  years  in  Dallas  County.  At  the  age  of  15  years 
he  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  army,  in  the  spring  of  1864, 
and  was  in  the  service  about  one  year.  He  was  in  Company 
A,  Missouri  Cavalry  Troop,  under  the  same  command  as 
his  brother  Lewis. 

After  the  war  the  Renfro  family  returned  to  Dade 
County  and  engaged  in  farming.  Joseph  was  married  Octo- 
ber 18th,  1868,  to  Mary  J.  Merrick,  a  native  of  Tennessee, 
born  in  1850  and  came  to  Dade  County  with  her  father, 
James  Merrick,  in  1851.  To  this  union  were  born  four 
children,  one  of  whom  is  now  living: 

(1)  Perry  C.,  born  in  1871,  died  in  1895  at  the  age 
of  24  years.  He  was  married  to  Laura  E.  Miller,  and  they 
had  one  child,  Perry  C.,  who  was  married  to  Carrie  Bird 
of  Dade  County  in  1917,  and  now  reside  on  the  old  Merrick 
homestead  in  Smith  Township. 

(2)  Bell,  died  at  the  age  of  15  months. 

(3)  T.  Clyde,  born  in  1875,  married  Cora  Elmore  of 
South  Greenfield.     They  moved  to  Springfield,  where  he 
died  in  1917,  leaving  three  children,  Artie,  Hazel  and  Lloyd. 

(4)  Laura,  born  in  1880,  and  is  now  Mrs.  J.  H.  Fuqua. 
He  is  engaged  in  the  merchandise  business  at  South  Green- 
field. 

Mrs.  Renfro  died  in  Dade  County  February  14th,  1908, 
and  is  buried  on  the  old  Merrick  homestead,  on  Limestone 
Prairie. 


272 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

Joseph  H.  Renfro  was  again  married,  on  the  7th  day 
of  October,  1916,  to  Emma  E.  (Harper)  Cochran,  widow  of 
Elder  W.  B.  Cochran,  a  minister  of  the  Christian  church 
and  widely  known  throughout  southwest  Missouri.  He  was 
born  April  13th,  1846,  in  Clay  County,  Missouri,  and  died 
at  his  home  in  South  Greenfield  March  1st,  1913.  He  was 
pastor  of  the  Christian  church  at  Aurora  for  over  21  years, 
and  as  an  evangelist  he  has  established  over  50  churches 
and  baptized  over  2,500  converts  during  his  ministerial 
life.  He  was  a  Knight  Templar  and  a  member  of  the  I.  0. 
0.  F.,  and  had  served  in  the  General  Assembly  of  Missouri 
from  both  Dade  and  Lawrence  Counties.  Emma  E.  (Har- 
per) Cochran  was  his  second  wife,  and  to  this  union  were 
born  six  children,  all  living: 

(1)  Hugh  F. 

(2)  Ruth  A.,  married  Fred  Eisert  of  Dade  County. 

(3)  W.  B.  Jr. 

(4)  Robert  A. 

(5)  —Blanch  C.,  married  Lester  Godfrey  of  South 
Greenfield. 

(6)  Charles  H. 

Joseph  H.  Renfro  and  wife  are  each  members  of  the 
Christian  church,  his  membership  extending  over  a  period 
of  more  than  40  years,  and  being  an  organizer  of  the 
churches  both  at  South  Greenfield  and  Pennsboro,  being  a 
deacon  at  the  latter  place. 

Mr.  Renfro  started  in  life  for  himself  in  1869  by  buying 
40  acres  of  land  from  his  brother  Lewis.  Since  then  he 
has  bought  and  sold  real  estate,  making  improvements,  and 
prospering,  until  he  was  the  owner  of  a  splendid  farm  of 
120  acres  on  Honey  Creek,  which  he  has  recently  sold  and 
taken  up  his  abode  in  Greenfield. 

Mr.  Hen  fro  is  a  member  of  the  Confederate  Post,  an 
active  member  in  church,  served  for  many  years  on  the 
school  board  in  his  home  district,  was  always  in  favor  of 
good  roads,  good  schools,  and  a  progressive  fanner. 

Mrs.  Heriro  is  a  great-great-granddaughter  of  Daniel 
Boone,  a  lady  of  refinement  and  culture,  and  a  splendid 


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housekeeper.     They  are  among  Dade  County's  most  es- 
timable people. 


ABSALOM  RENFRO. 

Was  born  at  or  near  Crab  Orchard,  Ky.,  January  15th, 
1806,  where  he  grew  to  manhood.  He  was  raised  on  a  farm, 
but  never  received  much  education.  Before  he  reached  his 
majority  he  went  to  Madison  County,  Tennessee,  and  en- 
gaged in  hauling  goods  from  Nashville  to  inland  towns. 
On  the  16th  day  of  June,  1825,  he  was  united  in  marriage 
to  Miss  Mary  Penn,  a  grandniece  of  the  noted  Quaker,  Wil- 
liam Penn.  Her  father  was  named  after  the  original  Wil- 
liam Penn.  Mr.  Benfro  continued  to  follow  teaming  until 
the  fall  of  1829,  when,  in  company  with  several  other  fami- 
lies, they  came  to  southwest  Missouri  and  stopped  for  the 
winter  where  the  city  of  Springfield  is  now  located.  In  the 
spring  of  1830  they  scattered  out,  except  Billie  Fulbright, 
who  was  one  of  the  parties  coming  from  Tennessee.  He 
remained  in  Greene  County,  and  Fulbright  Springs  derived 
its  name  from  him.  Absalom  Renfro  located  where  Little 
Orleans  now  stands,  on  Sac  river.  From  there  he  came  to 
what  is  known  as  the  Manis  place  in  Dade  County.  He 
sold  his  claim  there  and  located  on  what  is  known  as  the 
Willis  Beard  farm.  After  living  there  for  a  time  he  sold 
out  and  located  where  the  Speer  mill  now  stands,  and  just 
a  short  time  before  the  first  land  sales  at  Springfield  he 
sold  that  claim  and  located  320  acres,  being  the  first  land 
sale  in  southwest  Missouri.  This  was  in  the  spring  of  1840, 
and  this  320  acres  remained  his  home  till  the  date  of  his 
death,  May  15th,  1875.  He  professed  religion  at  the  age  of 
40  years  and  united  with  the  Southern  Methodist  church, 
and  remained  a  faithful  member  until  death. 

He  was  a  farmer  and  stock  raiser  and  accumulated 
quite  a  fortune,  and  was  one  of  the  wealthy  farmers  ol 
Dade  County  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  war.  Being 
a  southern  man  and  a  slave  owner,  he  cast  his  lot  with  the 
Southern  Confederacy.  Five  of  his  sons  were  soldiers  in 
the  Confederate  army,  four  of  them  enlisting  early,  and 


274 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

one  as  soon  as  he  was  old  enough.  John  F.  was  mustered 
out  a  lieutenant,  Thomas  F.  was  mustered  out  a  major  and 
Lewis,  a  third  lieuterant,  was  mustered  out  as  adjutant  of 
the  Third  Missouri  Cavalry,  with  the  rank  of  captain,  while 
Shelby  and  Joseph  were  mustered  out  as  privates. 

In  the  summer  of  1863  it  became  so  dangerous  for  a 
man  to  live  in  Bade  County  who  had  sons  in  the  Confederate 
army,  and  having  one  negro  boy  who  was  eligible  for 
service  in  the  Union  army,  he  went  south,  taking  this  negro 
boy  with  him.  That  fall  the  commanding  general  gave 
orders  to  burn  the  homes  of  all  southern  sympathizers  and 
banish  their  families.  It  fell  the  lot  of  Major  Morgan  to 
carry  out  these  orders  in  Bade  County,  which  he  did  to  a 
certain  extent.  The  buildings  on  the  Reni'ro  farm  wore 
burned,  except  a  few  negro  cabins,  and  the  women  folks 
ordered  to  go  south.  Major  Morgan  acted  the  gentleman 
in  this  matter,  preserving  the  original  order  till  after  the 
war,  and  offered  to  assist  Mr.  Kenfro  in  getting  damages 
for  the  property  destroyed,  but  on  account  of  the  strong 
prejudice  existing  at  that  time  no  claim  for  damage  was 
ever  presented.  Mr.  Renfro  never  harbored  any  ill  feeling 
toward  Mr.  Morgan  on  this  account.  Friends  of  the  family 
who  posed  as  Union  men  assisted  the  family  in  the  pur- 
chase of  a  yoke  of  oxen  and  a  wagon,  and  they  made  their 
way  to  Lamar  County,  Texas,  where  they  were  joined  by 
Mr.  Renfro  and  where  he  made  his  home  till  the  close  of 
the  war.  The  negro  women  and  children  lived  on  the 
farm  during  the  Avar  and  cared  for  it  the  best  they  could. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Absalom  Renfro  were  the  parents  of  15 
children,  ten  boys  and  five  girls.  They  were,  however,  not 
all  living  at  one  time,  a  girl  dying  in  infancy,  one  boy  died 
at  the  age  of  6  years,  and  another  at  the  age  of  16  years. 
There  were  two  doctors  of  note  and  two  southern  Methodist 
preachers  in  the  family,  to-wit:  Thomas  F.  was  a  doctor-, 
James  was  a  preacher  and  a  doctor  also,  and  Shelby  H.  is 
a  preacher.  There  are  but  three  children  of  this  ftfniFly 
now  living:  Lewis  and  Joseph,  both  of  Greenfield,  and 
Shelby  II.  of  Texas.  Mary  (Perm)  Renfro  died  in  1*9(5  in 
her  88th  year.  Absalom  Renfro  belonged  to  Washington 


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lodge  No.  87,  A.  F.  &  A.  M.,  when  the  lodge  was  first  organ- 
ized, and  was  buried  with  Masonic  honors. 


CAPT.  T.  F.  RENFRO. 

(Long  Beach  California  Press.) 

One  of  Downey's  pioneers  and  prominent  business  men 
passed  away  on  the  nth.  Was  born  in  Missouri  83  years 
ago.  When  a  young  man  he  went  from  there  to  Greenville, 
Tex.,  engaging  in  the  drug  business,  and  there  married 
Miss  Lucy  E.  Ballard.  After  a  few  years'  successful  busi- 
ness he  removed  to  California,  locating  in  Downey  on  a 
ranch  adjoining  the  town,  30  years  ago. 

Here  he  again  engaged  in  the  drug  business  success- 
fully for  25  years.  Five  years  ago,  on  account  of  failing 
health,  he  retired  from  business,  which  illness  resulted  in 
his  death.  As  a  business  man,  because  of  his  genial  and 
happy  spirit  and  tactfulness,  he  was  doubtless  one  of  the 
most  popular  business  men  who  has  ever  lived  in  DowTney. 
Socially,  because  of  his  unusual  southern  generosity  and 
warm  sympathy,  few  men  were  so  universally  liked.  He 
was  almost  a  life-long  member  of  the  M.  E.  church,  South, 
having  united  with  the  church  when  quite  young.  Because 
of  his  love  for  music  and  children,  he  was  an  adept  in  the 
Sunday  school  work.  As  Sunday  school  superintendent  and 
teacher  he  was  very  successful  throughout  his  long  church 
life.  His  Christian  life  was  not  especially  demonstrative, 
but  was  manifest  more  in  good  works,  loyalty  to  his  God 
and  to  his  church,  yet  without  sectarianism,  manifesting 
genuine  brotherliness  to  his  fellows,  to  every  class,  without 
prejudice,  which  perhaps  is  manifest  in  the  fact  that  he  was 
a  captain  in  General  Shellby's  Cavalry  Brigade  of  the  Con- 
federacy, yet  by  request,  Rev.  W.  G.  Cowan,  of  Long  Beach, 
a  member  of  the  Blue,  was  called  to  officiate  at  his  funeral, 
assisted  by  the  Rev.  Bond,  of  the  First  M.  E.  church,  South, 
of  Long  Beach,  Saturday,  the  13th.  Surviving  him  is  the 
widow,  three  sons,  one  daughter,  the  eldest,  E.  A.  Renfro, 
at  the  head  of  the  Renfro  Drug  Company,  Shreveport,  La.; 
T.  F.  Renfro,  of  the  Queen  Drug  Company,  22-40  East 


276  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

Fourth  street,  Long  Beach,  and  Mrs.  R.  P.  Queen,  748  Daisy 
avenue,  Long  Beach.  The  youngest,  L.  B.  Renfro,  residing 
at  the  ranch  near  Downey,  and  Miss  L.  A.  Ballard,  a  sister 
of  Mrs.  Renfro,  who  has  always  made  her  home  in  the 
family. 

T.  F.  Renfro  was  born  at  what  is  now  known  as  the 
old  Ragedale  farm,  March  5th,  1834,  died  in  Downey,  Cal., 
January  llth,  1917,  being  at  the  time  of  his  death  82  years 
10  months  and  six  days  old.  He  was  the  sixth  child  of  a 
family  of  15  children,  born  to  Absalom  and  Mary  Penn 
Renro.  He  professed  faith  in  Christ  at  an  early  ago,  and 
united  with  the  M.  E.  church,  South,  and  lived  a  consistent 
Christian  life  until  he  was  called  to  his  reward  in  Heaven. 
In  his  early  life  he  chose  school  teaching  and  farming.  He 
taught  school  all  over  Dade  County.  He  was  married  to 
Francis  Lack  April  1st,  1856.  To  this  union  were  born  two 
sons  and  one  daughter.  The  eldest,  John  Absalom,  died 
in  his  infancy.  The  girl,  Sarah  Price,  grew  to  womanhood 
and  married  Hugh  Hampton.  She  died  several  years  ago, 
leaving  one  child,  Alva,  who  makes  his  home  with  his  uncle, 
Lewis  A.,  his  only  surviving  son,  lives  two  miles  west  of 
Greenfield.  In  1872  or  187.'$  be  was  married  again,  to  Miss 
Lucy  E.  Ballard  in  Shrovoport,  La.,  and  to  this  union  were 
born  four  sons  and  one  daughter.  The  eldest,  Leon  San- 
ders, died  when  a  small  child;  the  next  oldest,  Emmett,  lives 
in  Shreveport,  La.,  and  is  engaged  in  the  drug  business. 

Leona,  daughter,  married  a  Mr.  Queen,  and  resides  at 
Long  Beach,  Cal.  Lucine  and  Vernon  still  make  their  hoine 
with  their  parents.  When  the  Civil  war  broke  out  he  cast 
his  lot  with  the  South,  and  enlisted  in  the  early  part  of 
1861.  He  was  in  the  organization  of  Company  A,  Third 
Missouri  Cavalry,  Colonel  Coffee's  regiment,  and  was 
elected  orderly  sergeant,  and  when  the  war  closed  he  was 
mustered  out  with  a  commission  as  major.  He  never  came 
back  to  make  his  home  in  Missouri,  but  made  his  home  in 
Texas  until  about  1880,  when  lie  moved  to  Downey,  Cal., 
where  lie  inado  his  home  until  death.  His  death,  while  it 
was  not  unexpected,  for  he  had  been  in  feeble  health  for 
several  years,  was  a  great  shock  to  me.  It  makes  me  feel, 


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Oh,  so  lonely!  Although  I  never  expected  to  see  him  again, 
as  we  were  so  far  apart,  I  knew  he  was  living,  and  that  was 
a  great  source  of  pleasure  to  me,  and  in  his  death  it  only 
leaves  three  living  out  of  this  large  family;  myself,  Brother 
Shelby,  who  lives  in  Texas,  and  Brother  Jo  of  South  Green- 
field. A  loving  brother. — L.  R. 


DR.  J.  C.  B.  RENFRO. 

Dr.  J.  C.  B.  Refro  was  born  on  what  is  known  as  the 
old  Ragsdale  farm,  near  South  Greenfield  in  Dade  County, 
Missouri,  October  26th,  1835,  and  died  at  his  residenc  in 
Houston,  Tex.,  March  27th,  1898.  He  professed  religion 
at  the  age  of  16,  and  united  with  the  M.  E.  church,  South, 
and  soon  thereafter  commenced  to  preach  and  teach  school 
in  Dade  and  adjoining  counties.  In  1856,  together  with 
two  other  brothers,  John  and  Dave,  he  made  an  overland 
trip  to  California  with  a  drove  of  cattle.  He  came  back 
to  Dade  County  in  1858  and  resumed  his  profession  of 
teaching  school  and  preaching.  He  remained  in  southwest 
Missouri  until  after  the  war.  In  1866  he  moved  to  Texas, 
and  continued  his  professions,  but  later  on  he  had  to  give 
up  his  ministerial  work  on  account  of  throat  trouble,  only 
preaching  occasionally.  He  began  the  study  of  medicine 
and  graduated  with  the  highest  honors  of  his  class  in  1872 
at  New  Orleans,  La.  He  finally  located  at  Houston,  Tex., 
where  he  died.  He  was  married  to  Nancy  I.  D.  Montgomery 
the  llth  day  of  March,  1852.  To  this  union  were  born  four 
children,  one  girl  and  three  boys:  Mary  E.,  now  Mrs. 
Owens  of  Springfield,  Mo.;  George  A.,  now  of  Springfield, 
Mo.,  runs  a  feed  and  wagon  yard;  John  N.,  who  died  at  the 
Springfield  hospital  in  the  spring  of  1917;  Jimmie  died 
when  a  small  boy,  his  wife  dying  near  Springfield  January 
7th,  1902. 

o 

LOUIS  A.  RENFRO. 

Was  born  in  Dade  County,  near  Greenfield,  September 
30th,  1859,  son  of  Thomas  and  Frances  (Black)  Renfro, 


278 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

his  father  being  a  native  of  Dade  County,  while  his  mother 
was  born  at  Charleston,  Va.  Father  born  in  1835  and  his 
mother  in  1837.  His  mother  died  April  15th,  1915,  and  his 
father  died  January  12th,  1917.  His  father  was  a  Dade 
County  school  teacher  before  the  war,  but  enlisted  in  the 
Confederate  army,  was  commissioned  captain,  and  served 
with  distinction  during  the  war,  after  which  he  went  to 
Texas  and  engaged  in  the  drug  business  at  Greeneville, 
Hunt  County.  He  remained  here  until  1889,  when  he  moved 
to  California,  where  he  died. 

Louis  A.  Renfro  is  the  second  in  point  of  birth  of  a 
family  of  three  children.  He  received  all  of  his  schooling 
in  Dade  County  at  the  Franklin  school.  He  resided  with 
his  mother  until  her  death,  although  at  the  age  of  18  years 
he  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  on  his  own  account 
upon  her  farm.  In  1880  he  bought  the  land  where  he  now 
lives.  It  was  then  unimproved.  He  has  since  cleared  it 
out,  developed  it,  and  constructed  modern  buildings,  so  that 
it  is  now  an  ideal  stock  farm.  He  has  added  to  his  original 
purchase,  so  that  he  now  owns  377  acres  in  one  body.  He 
devotes  his  entire  time  to  his  farming  and  stock  raising 
enterprises.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  although  he 
never  aspired  to  or  held  public  office  except  as  a  member 
of  the  school  board,  which  position  he  has  held  for  18 
years. 

He  was  married  on  July  7th,  1887,  to  Minnie  Cart- 
wright,  a  native  of  Dade  County,  daughter  of  Jesse  and 
Lydia  (Sweeney)  Cartwright,  both  natives  of  Tennessee. 
Jesse  Cartwright  came  to  Dade  County  some  time  in  the 
50 's,  and  was  one  of  the  most  noted  men  of  the  county. 
lie  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  a  brother-in-law  of  Wil- 
liam Cunningham,  owned  a  large  farm  near  Lockwood, 
upon  which  he  resided  many  years,  and  finally  died  in 
Lockwood  December  16th,  1915.  His  widow  is  still  living 
and  makes  her  home  part  of  the  time  with  Mr.  Renfro. 
Mrs.  Renfro  was  one  of  the  younger  of  a  family  of  four 
children.  She  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Dade  County. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Renfro  are  the  parents  of  six  children: 

(1)     Clyde,  born  July  16th,  1889,  died  in  infancy. 


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(2)  Pearl,  born  May  13th,  1891,  wife  of  William  El- 
son,  a  Dado  County  farmer. 

(3)  Ernest,  born  February  3rd,  1893,  is  a  barber,  and 
resides  in  Greenfield.    His  twin  brother  died  in  infancy. 

(4)  Claude,  born  July  16th,  1896,  resides  at  home. 

(5)  Ted,  born  October  29th,  1902,  resides  at  home. 
Mr.  Renfro  is  a  member  of  the  M.  W.  A.,  with  member- 
ship at  Greenfield. 

o 

DR.  WILLIAM  R.  RILEY. 

Among  those  engaged  in  the  medical  profession  in 
Dade  County  none  stands  higher  in  this  line  of  work  than 
Dr.  Riley,  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  He  was  born  in  Mon- 
roe County,  Indiana,  May  9th,  1868,  a  son  of  John  R.  Riley, 
who  was  born  in  Ireland  June  3rd,  1843,  and  brought  to 
America  by  his  mother.  His  father,  Terrence  P.  Riley,  had 
emigrated  to  the  United  States  and  settled  in  Monroe 
County,  Indiana,  and  after  getting  a  start  here,  sent  for  his 
family.  During  the  voyage  one  of  his  three  daughters  was 
lost  overboard  from  the  sailing  vessel.  John  R,  was  raised 
on  the  farm  in  Indiana  and  started  working  out  when  he 
was  11  years  of  age,  receiving  $6  per  month  for  his  labor. 
He  had  no  school  advantages,  but  in  later  years  learned 
to  read  and  write.  He  was  married  in  Indiana,  but  his  wife 
soon  died,  and  he  married  again.  Soon  after  this  he  emi- 
grated to  Greene  County,  Missouri,  coming  overland  with 
wagon  in  1880.  He  rented  land  for  about  three  years  near 
Walnut  Grove,  but  then  was  able  to  buy  land  in  Rock  Prai- 
rie Township,  Dade  County,  where  he  now  lives,  and  where 
he  owns  a  good  160-acre  farm.  John  R.  Riley  married  as 
his  first  wife  Miss  Sarah  Farmer,  who  was  born  in  Monroe 
County,  Indiana,  in  1846,  and  died  May  24th,  1874,  leaving 
three  children,  of  whom  Dr.  William  R.  was  the  oldest, 
while  Charles  P.  and  Emily  are  both  deceased.  Miss  Far- 
mer was  a  daughter  of  John  A.  and  Emily  (Walker)  Far- 
mer. Mr.  Farmer  was  a  large  farmer  and  stock  man,  own- 
ing some  1,200  acres  of  valuable  land,  and  also  was  a  mer- 
chant and  interested  in  a  woolen  mill,  a  still  and  lumber 


280 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

yard.  He  was  in  the  Union  army  during  the  Civil  war. 
As  his  second  wife,  Mr.  Eiley  married  Catherine  Gentry, 
who  bore  him  seven  children,  as  follows:  Rosie,  now  the 
widow  of  Charles  Thomas;  Maggie,  at  home;  Terrence  P., 
a  farmer;  Emily,  now  Mrs.  Amon  Wolfe  of  Idaho;  Ida  Bell, 
now  Mrs.  Leonard  Ball  of  Greene  County;  John,  who  was 
killed  by  lightning  August  13th,  1914;  Frank,  a  farmer  of 
Dade  County. 

Dr.  William  R.  Riley  was  educated  in  the  country 
schools  and  the  high  school  at  Hendersonville,  and  taught 
school  for  three  years,  after  which  he  entered  the  drug 
business  at  Ash  Grove,  Greene  County,  with  Dr.  C.  Moore, 
with  whom  he  read  medicine  until  he  entered  the  College 
of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  at  St.  Louis  in  1894,  and  gradu- 
ated March  17th,  1897.  After  practicing  at  Ash  Grove  for 
one  year  he  moved  to  Everton  May  10th,  1898,  where  he  now 
enjoys  a  large  and  lucrative  practice.  In  1915  he  opened  a 
drug  store,  and  is  now  located  in  a  fine,  newly-fitted  brick 
building  which  he  bought,  and  now  has  one  of  the  best- 
appointed  drug  stores  of  the  county.  Dr.  Riley  married 
for  his  first  wife  Mary  L.  Stephenson,  who  was  born  March 
13th,  1870,  a  daughter  of  J.  B.  and  Eliza  (Long)  Stephen- 
son.  Mrs.  Riley  died  April  12th,  1906,  leaving  four  chil- 
dren, as  follows:  Zora  E.,  born  September  27th,  1890,  and 
married  Harry  Criswell,  a  teacher,  residing  in  Wray,  Colo., 
and  they  have  one  child,  John  Philip,  born  April  llth,  1914 : 
Zepha,  born  February  17th,  1891,  and  who  is  now  teaching 
in  the  Everton  High  School,  where  she  has  been  engaged 
for  the  past  four  years;  Charles  W.,  born  December  25th, 
1893,  is  a  graduate  of  Everton  High  School,  and  is  now 
attending  the  State  University  at  Columbia,  Mo.;  Lillie 
Frances,  born  March  31st,  1899,  a  graduate  of  Everton  High 
School,  class  of  1917.  Dr.  Riley  married,  second,  Miss 
Luella  Shelton,  a  daughter  of  John  Marshall  and  Louise  A. 
(Fin ley)  Shelton,  a  sketch  of  whom  may  be  found  else- 
where in  this  work. 

Dr.  Riley  and  wife  are  prominent  members  of  the 
Christian  church,  and  he  is  a  member  of  the  I.  0.  0.  F., 
the  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  chapter  at  Ash  Grove,  the  Royal  Select  at 


GKOKGK    WASHINGTON'    .MOO UK. 


J.  P.   AVILLETT   KES1DE.NCE.  WILLETT    STOKE.  Crisp,     Mo. 


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Springfield,  and  the  W.  0.  W.  He  is  a  member  of  the  South- 
west Missouri  Medical  Association  arid  the  Dade  County 
Medical  Society.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  Dr.  Riley 
takes  an  active  interest  in  all  affairs  of  the  county  and 
state,  and  can  always  be  relied  upon  for  his  help  in  the 
advancement  of  any  enterprise  that  is  for  the  good  of  our 
county  or  its  people.  He  is  a  broad-minded  Christian  gen- 
tleman and  well  deserves  the  high  esteem  in  which  he  is 
universally  held  by  hundreds  of  Dade  County  citizens.  By 
his  fair,  honest  dealing  and  courteous  treatment  he  has 
built  up  for  himself  a  practice  and  business  that  is  second 
to  none  in  this  County.  He  is  a  booster  for  good  roads  and 
a  staunch  friend  of  free  public  schools.  "We  are  proud  to 
own  Dr.  Riley  as  a  Dade  County  citizen,  and  it  is  perfectly 
safe  to  say  that  Dr.  Riley  will  always  make  his  home 
among  us. 


E.  S.  RING. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  is  one  of  the  enterprising 
young  men  of  Dade  County.  He  was  born  at  Lockwood  on 
the  22nd  day  of  October,'  1889,  a  son  of  C.  S.  Ring  and 
Minnie  (Lockard)  Ring.  His  father  is  one  of  the  substan- 
tial business  men  of  Lockwood,  and  for  many  years  has 
been  engaged  in  the  grain  and  elevator  business  at  that 
place.  Both  his  father  and  mother  are  natives  of  Indiana, 
and  their  respective  families  were  among  the  pioneers  of 
Missouri. 

About  the  year  1908  E.  S.  Ring  first  entered  the  mer- 
cantile world,  buying  out  the  William  Bowers  restaurant 
in  Lockwood.  He  followed  this  business  about  two  years, 
when  he  sold  out  and  accepted  employment  in  the  H.  H. 
Steele  elevator  in  Lockwood,  remaining  here  until  he  and 
his  father  purchased  the  general  merchandise  store  of  H.  H. 
Nierman  at  Ernest.  The  new  firm  was  styled  E.  S.  Ring 
&  Co.,  and  took  possession  July  1st,  1916.  At  the  time  of 
the  purchase  this  store  was  in  a  run-down  condition,  but 
the  new  firm  immediately  cleared  out  the  old  stock,  made 
extended  purchases  of  new  and  up-to-date  goods,  added 


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many  improvements  in  the  way  of  fixtures,  scales,  etc., 
until  now  it  is  one  of  the  best  country  stores  in  the  county. 
It  is  the  intention  of  the  firm  to  install  a  new  Standard 
wagon  scale  and  buy  grain.  At  the  present  time  the  firm 
handles  a  large  amount  of  country  produce — chickens,  eggs, 
hides  and  furs — always  paying  the  highest  market  price. 

In  connection  with  the  store  there  is  a  blacksmith 
shop,  which  is  furnished  free  in  order  to  better  accom- 
modate the  farmers  of  the  neighborhood.  It  is  now  occu- 
pied by  Finley  &  Evans,  formerly  of  Greenfield. 

E.  S.  Ring  was  married  to  Clara  Lawrence,  a  native  of 
the  far  west.  She  was  born  on  the  9th  day  of  September, 
1892.  They  have  one  child:  Rosalie  Jane,  born  August 
4th,  1914. 

E.  S.  Ring  &  Co.  maintain  a  fine  Ford  truck  in  their 
business,  since  they  handle  ice  as  well  as  pop  from  Spring- 
field. They  carry  a  general  line  of  dry  goods,  furnishings, 
notions,  groceries,  general  supplies,  hardware,  oils,  paints, 
flour  and  feed. 

E.  S.  Ring,  the  manager,  is  a  Democrat,  a  wide-awake 
business  man,  and  a  good  roads  booster.  Under  his  pro- 
gressive management  Ernest  is  bound  to  be  one  of  the 
commercial  centers  of  the  countv. 


LEE  ROUNTREE. 

One  of  the  enterprising  young  men  of  Dade  County  is 
Lee  Rountree  of  South  Sac  Township.  He  was  born  May 
3rd,  1882,  in  Cedar  County,  a  son  of  John  M.  and  Mary  M. 
(Dale)  Rountree,  both  natives  of  Tennessee.  The  Roun- 
trees  came  to  Polk  County,  Missouri,  in  the  early  50 's,  and 
the  Dales  to  Dade  County  in  the  early  30 's.  We  would 
refer  yon  to  the  sketches  of  both  these  early  families,  which 
are  printed  elsewhere  in  these  pages. 

Loo  Rountree  remained  at  home  with  his  parents  until 
ho  was  23  years  of  age.  He  was  given  good  educational 
advantages,  and  first  decided  on  a  commercial  career,  and 
ontorod  the  mercantile  business  at  Cane  Hill,  Cedar  County, 
which  he  continued  for  one  year,  then  clerked  in  a  hard- 


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ware  store  in  Boliver  for  two  years,  at  which  time  he  en- 
tered the  employ  of  the  King-man  St.  Louis  Implement 
Company  of  St.  Louis  as  their  representative  on  the  road, 
which  position  he  held  for  one  year,  after  which  he  entered 
the  stock  and  farming  business,  buying*  an  improved  farm 
in  Center  Township,  Dade  County,  consisting  of  146  acres. 
This  was  in  the  year  11)07,  and  for  three  years  he  lived  on 
this  place,  then  bought  436  acres  on  the  south  line  of  Sac 
Township.  Here,  in  1913,  he  built  a  fine  large  residence, 
which  is  one  of  the  best  in  the  entire  county,  and,  with  its 
large  outbuildings,  is  one  of  the  show  places.  The  house 
has  all  modern  conveniences,  hot  and  cold  water,  bath,  etc. 
This  is  an  ideal  stock  farm,  and  here  Mr.  Kountree  breeds 
and  feeds  thoroughbred  Whiteface  and  Shorthorn  cattle, 
as  well  as  many  hogs,  and  is  one  of  the  few  large  handlers 
of  sheep  in  the  county.  Mr.  Kountree  married  June  14th, 
1905,  Miss  Lucy  Y.  Young,  a  native  of  Dade  County,  born 
August  9th,  1883,  and  a  daughter  of  William  Marshall  and 
Dialtba  Young,  more  mention  of  whom  will  be  found  else- 
where. To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kountree  have  been  born  two 
children,  Marion,  born  November  25th,  1908,  and  Virginia, 
born  September  27th,  1911. 

Lee  Kountree  is  truly  a  public  spirited  citizen,  and  to 
him  is  due  a  large  portion  of  the  interest  in  good  roads, 
and  a  nice  stretch  of  well-built  and  well-kept  road  directly 
approaching  his  fine  place  is  due  to  his  individual  efforts'. 
All  told,  Mr.  Rountree  owns  636  acres,  and  is  considered 
one  of  the  leading  stock  men  of  this  county.  He  is  a  lib- 
eral, broad-minded  man,  and  can  always  be  counted  upon  to 
help  with  his  time  and  means  any  cause  that  is  for  the 
advancement  of  the  county  or  the  people.  We  would  refer 
the  reader  to  views  taken  on  the  Rountree  farm,  which  are 
among  the  finest  obtainable  in  the  county  for  this  work. 


THOMAS  BENTON  ROUNTREE. 

Was  born  in  Polk  County,  Missouri,  on  the  20th  day 
of  February,  1841,  son  of  David  and  Victoria  (McKee) 
Rountree,  of  Scotch-Irish  descent.  His  parents  were  mar- 


284  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

ried  in  Tennessee,  and  came  to  Missouri  first  in  1830,  but 
returned  to  Tennessee,  and  remained  there  till  1854,  when 
thy  came  to  Polk  County  and  bought  land  for  a  perma- 
nent home.  David  Rountree  died  in  1867,  and  his  wife,  Vic- 
toria, died  about  1880. 

Thomes  B.  Rountree  remained  at  home  with  his  par- 
ents until  the  breaking  out  of  the  war,  when  he  enlisted  in 
the  Confederate  army,  in  1862.  He  was  a  member  of  Com- 
pany G,  Sixteenth  Missouri  Infantry,  and  participated  in 
the  battles  of  Lone  Jack,  Clear  Creek,  Prairie  Grove, 
Helena,  Mansfield,  and  other  conflicts  in  which  the  Six- 
teenth Missouri  Infantry  was  engaged.  He  was  paroled 
at  Shreveport,  La.,  in  June,  1865,  and  spent  one  year  in 
Colorado,  teaming,  after  which  he  returned  to  Polk  County 
and  farmed  for  three  years  near  the  old  homestead.  He 
was  married  on  the  27th  day  of  December,  1866,  to  Jane 
Hailey,  who  was  born  in  Cedar  County,  Missouri,  March 
24th,  1850,  daughter  of  Merideth  Hailey  and  Mary  (Jack- 
son) Hailey.  They  were  married  in  Cedar  County.  About 
the  year  1849.  Mr.  Rountree  and  wife  bought  120  acres  of 
unimproved  Cedar  County  land,  which  they  improved  and 
lived  upon  for  seven  years,  then  bought  100  acres  in  Cedar 
County,  Missouri,  and  lived  there  three  years,  after  which 
they  returned  to  their  old  place  in  Cedar  County,  having 
sold  the  Vernon  County  farm.  After  raising  one  crop  they 
moved  to  Cane  Hill  and  entered  the  mercantile  business. 
This  was  about  1880.  He  erected  a  new  building,  put  in 
a  stock  of  general  merchandise,  and  was  actively  engaged 
in  selling  goods  for  30  years. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rountree  are  the  parents  of  six  children, 
as  follows: 

(1)  Etta,  died  at  the  age  of  3  years. 

(2)  Ida,  died  at  the  age  of  14  years. 

(3)  Jessie,  now  Mrs.  John  McMehen  of  Walnut  Grove, 
Mo. 

(4)  Floy,  died  at  the  age  of  8  years. 

(5-(>)  Clarence  and  Kzra,  twins.  Ezra  died  at  the 
age  of  6  months.  Clarence  married  May  Robertson,  daugh- 
ter of  J.  A.  Robertson.  They  have  four  children: 


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(1)  Junior  C. 

(2)  Dorothy  L. 

(3)  Thomas  Benton. 

(4)  Ralph  Robertson. 

They  live  at  Cane  Hill  and  he  is  engaged  in  farming. 

T.  B.  Rountree  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Christian 
church  and  very  estimable  people.  After  more  than  50 
years  of  active  service  in  agricultural  and  mercantile  pur- 
suits Mr.  Rountree  has  retired  from  life's  strenuous  activi- 
ties, but  has  lost  none  of  his  interest  therein.  During  life 
he  has  made  many  ardent  and  lasting  friendships,  and 
these  are  the  trophies  which  he  prizes  most  highly.  They 
will  be  carried  as  priceless  souvenirs  into  the  sunset  glow 
of  his  declining  years.  Although  Mr.  Rountree  lives  "just 
over  the  line,"  lie  is  nevertheless  counted  as  one  of  Cedar 
County's  most  valuable  citizens. 


JOSEPH  A.  ROBERTSON. 

"With  a  long  and  illustrious  line  of  ancestors  to  his 
credit,  many  of  whom  won  distinction  on  fields  of  battle, 
while  others  were  towering  lights  in  the  moral  and  re- 
ligious world,  Joseph  A.  Robertson  came  as  a  ray  of  sun- 
shine into  the  home  of  Milton  and  Mary  (Hardy)  Robert- 
son in  Mohaska  County,  Iowa,  April  20th,  18S5.  His  father 
and  mother  were  natives  of  the  mountainous  district  of  East 
Tennessee,  and  were  married  there.  One  child,  Samuel  F., 
was  born  in  Tennessee  August  6th,  1851.  He  is  now  living 
in  Dade  County.  In  1852  Milton  Robertson  emigrated  to 
Mohaska  County,  Iowa,  purchased  a  farm  prospered  finan- 
cially and  raised  a  large  family  of  children,  viz: 

(1)  Samuel  Francis,  born  August  6th,  1851,  lives  in 
Dade  County. 

(2)  John  AV.,  born  January  30th,  1*5.'},  died  March 
29th,  1912.    He  practiced  medicine  in  Dadevillo  many  years, 
and  his  widow  is  still  living  at  that  place. 

(3)  Joseph  A.  Robertson. 

(4)  James  F.,  born  January  7th.  1857,  died  January 
1st,  1861. 


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(4)  Sarah  Ann,  born  May  4th,  1858,  married  Michael 
Grisham,  who  is  now  deceased.  At  present  she  lives  in 
North  Yakama,  Wash. 

(6)  Martha  Margaret,  born  March  14th,  1860,  died 
October  13th,  1862. 

(7)  Harvey   Newton,   born   March   llth,    1862,   died 
July  1st,  1905.    He  married  Mattie  Bailey,  and  was  a  teacher 
by  profession,  also  a  Presbyterian  minister.    He  taught  in 
Greenfield,  and  at  one  time  was  superintendent.    His  widow 
is  now  living  in  Tennessee. 

(8)  Emma  Bell,  born  January  1st,  1864,  died  October 
25th,  1870. 

(9)  William  Rufus,  born  April  3rd,  1866,  in  Randolph 
County,  Missouri.    The  following  is  taken  from  the  "Blue 
Book"  of  Missouri,  1916:    "William  R.  Robertson,  presid- 
ing judge  of  the  Springfied  Court  of  Appeals,  was  born  in 
Randolph  County,  Missouri,  April  3rd,  1866.     His  parents 
moved  to  Dade  County  when  he  was  2  years  old,  where  he 
resided  until  1891.    He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools 
of  this  state  and  Ozark  College  of  Greenfield,  Mo.,  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  in  1891,  and  moved  to  Delta,  Colo.,  where  he 
taught  school  for  a  term,  and  commenced  the  practice  of 
law.    He  was  appointed  judge  of  the  County  Court  of  Delta 
County,  Colorado,  in  1893,  which  office  he  resigned  to  enter 
the  practice  with  A.  R.  King,  now  judge  of  the  Colorado 
Court  of  Appeals.    He  moved  back  to  Missouri  in  1898,  lo- 
cating at  Webb  City,  where  he  has  been  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  his  profession  until  his  election  as  judge  of  the 
Springfield  Court  of  Appeals  in  November,  1912,  for  a  term 
of  four  years.    Married  Miss  Einnia  Van  De Venter  of  Delta, 
Colo.,  March  15th,  1895.    They  are  the  parents  of  five  chil- 
dren," 

(10)  Ellen  Elvira,  born   April  23rd,   1868,  died  Sep- 
tember 8th,  1869. 

The  parents  of  Joseph  A.  Robertson  moved  to  Ran- 
dolph County,  Missouri,  about  18(55,  and  after  two  years 
came  back  to  Polk  County,  Missouri,  where  they  remained 
one  year,  and  finally  landed  in  Dade  County  in  1^67,  where 
they  bought  120  acres  of  land  in  Sac  Township,  where 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE  287 

Joseph  A.  now  lives.  It  was  only  partly  improved,  and  it 
was  on  this  farm  that  Milton  Robertson  died  July  28th, 
1885,  and  his  wife  surviving  him  till  January  31st,  1910, 
when  she  also  died.  They  were  life-long  members  of  the 
Cumberland  Presbyterian  church,  and  he  was  a  staunch 
Democrat. 

Joseph  A.  Robertson  attended  the  common  schools 
of  Dado  County,  principally  at  Mt.  Zion,  and  was  married 
December  25th,  1879,  to  Laura  L.  Cox,  who  was  born  July 
4th,  1860.  The  marriage  ceremony  was  performed  by  Rev 
W.  R.  Russell.  She  died  May  31st,  1910,  leaving  throe  chil- 
dren, viz: 

(1)  Finis  E.,  born  September  25th,  1880,  died  August 
22nd,  1882. 

(2)  Herly  Milton,  born  October  25th,  1*82,  married 
October  30th,  *1910,  to  Violet  Marcuin,  a  native  of  Dade 
County.    They  have  three  children,  Mary  Louise,  Margaret 
and  Finis  El  wood. 

(3)  Carrie,  born  July  4th,  1886. 

(4)  Mae,  born  July  4th,  1886,  married  February  6th, 
1910,  to  Clarence  Rountree  of  Cedar  County,  Mo.     They 
have  four  children,  Junior,  Dorothy,  Thomas  Benton  and 
Ralph  Robertson. 

Mrs.  Laura  (Cox)  Robertson  was  born  in  Overtoil 
County,  Tennessee,  July  4th,  1860.  Her  father  having  died, 
her  mother  and  six  children  (two  boys  and  four  girls)  came 
to  Dade  County,  Missouri,  in  1866  and  located  near  Cane 
Hill.  The  father  having  gone  to  Texas  to  secure  a  home, 
died  there.  Tin1  mother  died  in  18(59.  Mrs.  Robertson  died 
May  31st,  1910,  having  been  an  invalid  for  20  years.  Her 
funeral  was  largely  attended  by  neighbors  and  friends 
from  all  over  the  county,  the  funeral  sermon  being  preached 
by  Rev.  AY.  R.  Russell,  who  30  years  before  had  performed 
her  marriage  ceremony. 

John  Robertson,  the  grandfather  of  Joseph  A.  Robert- 
son, was  born  in  North  Carolina  June  21st,  1781,  while  his 
father  was  serving  in  the  army  of  the  Revolution.  When 
12  years  of  age  his  father  moved  with  his  family  to  Ten- 
nessee, where  John  grew  to  manhood.  Was  married  to 


288  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

Margaret  Register  January  24th,  1805.  In  1814  he  en- 
listed in  the  army,  and  fought  with  great  bravery  against 
the  British  and  border  savages.  He  died  October  1st,  1858. 
The  most  thrilling  incident  of  his  life  occurred  during  the 
late  days  of  the  Revolutionary  war.  While  his  father  was 
still  in  the  army,  the  Tories  burned  their  home,  and  his 
mother,  with  her  family  of  small  children,  were  obliged  to 
flee  to  the  swamps  ,x>f  South  Carolina  for  safety,  where  she 
remained  alone  for  several  days. 

With  the  exception  of  two  years,  Joseph  A.  Robertson 
has  resided  in  Dade  County  since  1866.  He  purchased  80 
acres  of  land  near  Bona,  where  he  lived  for  two  years.  At 
the  time  of  his  father's  death  he  bought  out  the  heirs  to 
the  home  place  in  Sac  Township.  Since  then  he  has  added 
40  acres,  so  that  now  it  comprises  160  acres.  In  1903  he 
erected  a  fine  six-room  frame  house,  which  is  now  lighted 
with  a  modern  acetylene  lighting  plant.  His  farm  is  well 
watered  with  springs  and  spring  branch.  He  is  engaged  in 
general  farming,  and  has  a  splendid  flock  of  sheep  of  30 
head. 

Mr.  Robertson  and  family  are  members  of  the  Cumber- 
land Presbyterian  church,  in  which  organization  he  has 
been  an  elder  25  years.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat,  having 
served  on  the  executive  committee  of  that  party  for  many 
vears. 


REV.  WILLIAM  RUFUS  RUSSELL. 

One  of  the  best  known  men  of  Dade  County  is  Rev. 
William  R.  Russell  of  Everton,  Mo.  He  was  born  in  North 
Township,  Dade  County,  June  22nd,  1849,  a  son  of  Aaron 
Russell,  who  was  a  native  of  Alabama,  born  there  Decem- 
ber 20th,  1819.  Aaron  Russell  was  of  Pensylvania  Dutch 
ancestry  and  came  from  Tennessee  to  Callaway  County, 
Missouri,  in  the  early  30 's,  and  to  Dade  County  about  1840, 
settling  in  North  Township,  where  he  entered  land,  .which 
he  improved,  building  himself  a  log  cabin.  During  the 
Civil  war  he  cast  his  lot  with  the  Union,  but  was  captured 
the  very  day  he  was  mustered  in,  and  was  paroled  later, 


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so  he  did  not  see  active  service,  but  it  was  no  fault  of  his 
patriotism.  He  married  Miss  Serena  Howard,  who  was  a 
native  of  Tennessee,  born  February  llth,  1828,  arid  to  this 
union  were  born  eight  children,  as  follows:  Robert,  died  in 
infancy;  Mariah  Elizabeth,  died  at  the  age  of  12  years;  Wil- 
liam R.,  of  this  review;  John  Wesley,  died  aged  21  years; 
Thomas  Uel,  is  a  farmer  of  North  Township;  Alice,  now 
Mrs.  P.  11.  Hawkins  of  Greenfield;  Fannie,  now  Mrs.  Samuel 
Baldwin  of  North  Township;  Lucy,  now  Mrs.  M.  J.  M. 
Brickey  of  North  Township,  and  Decatur  L.,  who  is  a  promi- 
nent physician  of  Lockwood,  arid  at  present  the  county 
Coroner.  After  receiving  his  education  in  the  common 
schools  of  the  county  and  the  high  school  at  Greenfield, 
William  K.  Russell  taught  school  for  a  number  of  years 
in  Wright,  Cedar  and  Dade  Counties.  In  Dade  he  taught 
two  years  at  Lockwood,  two  years  in  South  Greenfield  and 
several  years  in  Everton.  In  1870  he  was  licensed  to  preach 
in  the  M.  E.  church,  and  in  1877  joined  the  St.  Louis  Con- 
ference, being  ordained  elder  in  1881  by  Bishop  Hurst.  In 
1883  he  united  with  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  church, 
and  when  the  Presbyterian  and  the  Cumberland  Presbyte- 
rian churches  united  in  1906  he  went  with  the  united  church, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  first  general  assembly  of  the 
united  church  at  Columbus,  O.  Besides  other  places,  he 
has  filled  important  charges  at  Hartville,  Uadeville  and 
Boliver.  He  moved  to  Everton,  and  has  been  the  pastor 
there  for  29  years,  in  the  meantime  preaching  at  other 
places.  Rev.  Russell  was  married  April  27th,  1873,  to  Miss 
Ella  V.  Summers,  who  was  born  in  Jackson,  Mo.,  April  25th, 
1850,  and  was  a  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Mary  (Fugate) 
Summers.  Mr.  Summers  was  a  prominent  man  of  Cape 
Girardeau  County,  where  lie  was  sheriff  at  the  time  of  his 
death  in  1S54.  Rev.  William  JR.  Russell  is  a  Democrat 
in  politics  and  has  been  very  prominent  in  his  party.  He 
was  elected  to  the  office  of  County  Treasurer  in  1874  and 
in  1896  elected  as  State  Representative,  serving  in  the 
Thirty-ninth  General  Assembly.  The  good  that  Rev.  Rus- 
sell has  done  cannot  be  told,  the  number  of  souls  he  has 
led  to  Christ  are  legion,  and  his  influence  will  live  for 


290 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

generations  to  come.  Truly,  this  kindly  man  of  God  is 
and  has  been  a  blessing  to  Dade  County,  and  we  are  proud 
that  he  is  a  native  son.  Would  that  we  had  more  like  him. 
Surely  his  good  works  shall  rise  up  to  bless  his  memory 
for  numberless  years  after  he  shall  have  gone  to  his 
Heavenly  reward. 


WILLIAM  OREN  RUSSELL. 

Was  born  in  Grant  Township,  Dade  County,  Missouri, 
March  29th,  1875.  His  father,  Cyrenus  Z.  Russell,  was 
born  in  Illinois  and  died  in  Greenfield  April  21st,  1906,  at 
the  age  of  65  years.  He  came  to  Dade  County  in  1874 
and  settled  on  a  40-acre  tract  of  land  in  Grant  Township, 
which  had  been  given  to  his  wife  by  her  father.  He  ac- 
cumulated 480  acres  in  this  township  and  a  tract  of  160 
acres  on  the  prairie  in  Lockwood  Township.  He  was  a 
successful  farmer  and  stock  raiser,  as  well  as  a  man  of 
splendid  clerical  ability.  In  1886  he  was  elected  to  the 
office  of  county  clerk  on  the  Republican  ticket,  moved 
to  Greenfield  and  held  the  office  for  eight  years.  Retiring 
from  the  office,  he  entered  the  real  estate  business,  read 
law,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  but  confined  himself  to 
strictly  office  practice.  lie  also  wrote  insurance,  and 
was  secretary  for  a  number  of  years  of  a  local  Building 
and  Loan  Association.  He  was  a  successful  business  man 
and  in  every  way  dependable. 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  civil  "war  he  enlisted  in  the 
Twenty-first  Regiment,  Missouri  Infantry,  Federal  Troop, 
and  served  till  the  close  of  the  war,  being  mustered  out 
with  the  rank  of  second  lieutenant.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  local  G.  A.  R.  post  in  Greenfield,  and  one  of  its  com- 
manders. He  was  a  member  of  the  Christian  church,  an 
elder  at  the  time  of  his  death,  and  a  charter  member  of 
the  local  lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  having  in  turn  filled  all 
the  official  chairs. 

C.  Z.  Russell  was  a  man  of  high  standing  in  the  com- 
munity, and  among  his  wide  circle  of  friends  and  business 
associates.  He  was  an  active  Republican,  having  served 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 291 

both  as  a  member  of  the  county  as  well  as  the  state  com- 
mittee. In  early  life  he  was  married  to  Ala  Ann  Tea- 
garden,  a  native  of  Kentucky,  who  was  born  in  1849,  and, 
with  her  parents,  moved  to  Illinois  in  1851.  After  her 
marriage  to  C.  Z.  Russell  they  moved  to  Fort  Scott,  Kas., 
and  from  there  to  Dade  County. 

Mrs.  Russell  was  of  Scotch-Irish  parentage,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Christian  church,  educated  in  a  ladies'  seminary 
and  to  her  marriage  with  C.  Z.  Russell  five  children  were 
born : 

(1)  Charles,  born  in  Fort  Scott,   Kas.,   and  died  at 
the  age  of  21   years.     He  graduated  at  Ozark  College  in 
Greenfield  in  June,  1891,  and  died  the  following  August. 

(2)  John  A.,  born  at  Fort  Scott,  Kas.,   in   1873.     Is 
now  a  physician  at  Lovelock,  Nev. 

(3)  William  0.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

(4)  Lula  and  Beulah,  twins.     Died  at  the  age  of  12 
years. 

William  0.  Russell  was  raised  on  a  farm  until  11 
years  of  age,  when  his  father  moved  to  Greenfield.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  the  county  and  afterward 
took  a  course  in  Robbins'  Business  College  in  Sedalia,  Mo. 
His  first  real  work  was  one  year  spent  in  making  a  set 
of  abstract  books  for  Frieze  &  Payne.  He  then  entered 
the  mercantile  business  in  partnership  with  a  pioneer, 
J.  W.  Garrett,  under  the  firm  name  of  Garrett  &  Russell, 
and  sold  groceries  in  Greenfield  from  189(5  to  1898,  when 
Mr.  Garrett  sold  out  to  J.  M.  Travis,  and  the  firm  then 
was  known  as  Travis  &  Russell,  and  remained  so  for  about 
three  years.  After  the  death  of  Mr.  Travis,  Mr.  Russeli 
conducted  the  business  in  his  own  name  for  about  four 
years.  After  retiring  from  the  grocery  business,  about 
seven  years  ago,  Mr.  Russell  took  charge  of  the  loan  and 
abstract  business  of  W.  ().  Russell  &  Co.,  with  offices 
with  Ben  M.  Xeale,  who  has  an  interest  in  the  business. 
He  also  has  conducted  an  insurance  business  for  the  past 
ten  years  with  success. 

William  ().  Russell  was  first  married  to  Cora  Belle 
Anderson,  May  28th,  1898,  a  native  of  Dade  County,  born 


292 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

near  Greenfield  in  1875  and  died  June  26th,  1904.  She 
was  a  daughter  of  B.  C.  and  Frances  Anderson,  early 
settlers  in  the  county.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Chris- 
tian church  and  was  the  mother  of  three  children: 

(1)  Oren  E.,  born  June  8th,  1900,  and  is  now  attend- 
ing school. 

(2)  John  Anderson,  born  September  13th,  1902,  died 
in  September,  1906. 

(3)  Frances  Ann,  born  May  8th,  1904. 

His  second  marriage  occurred  July  22nd,  1908,  to 
Miss  Mary  Ethel  Morgan,  born  in  1890,  a  daughter  of 
M.  D.  and  Mary  (Anderson)  Morgan  of  Greenfield.  She 
has  a  good  education,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Christian 
church.  They  have  two  children: 

(1)  Lois,  born  November  20th,  1909. 

(2)  Helen,   born  July   12th,   1911. 

Mr.  Russell  has  acquired  considerable  distinction  as 
a  fraternity  man,  being  a  member  of  the  Masons,  and  all 
four  branches  of  the  order,  an  Odd  Fellow,  having  filled 
all  the  official  chairs,  and  a  member  of  the  TV  0.  TV.  and 
M.  TV.  A.  He  is  also  an  active  member  of  the  Christian 
church.  He  is  regarded  as  OTIC  of  the  sound,  substantial 
business  men  of  the  town,  is  an  active  member  of  the  Com- 
mercial club  and  other  civic  organizations,  and  is  held  in 
high  esteem  by  his  neighbors,  friends  and  associates. 


ELWOOD    RUSH. 

One  of  our  real,  alive,  red-blooded  citizens  is  Fix-Judge 
Elwood  Rush  of  Marion  To\vnship.  He  was  born  in  Law- 
rence County,  Indiana,  October  4th,  1S,"J9,  a  son  of  George 
TV.  Rush  and  Lucinda  A.  Jones,  his  wife.  The  father  was 
a  native  of  North  Carolina  and  the  mother  of  Indiana. 
George  W.  Rush  came  to  Indiana  with  his  father  when 
he  was  a  small  boy.  His  father  took  up  land  from  the 
government  in  that  state  and  was  identified  with  the 
early  development  of  Indiana.  In  1S(>(>  George  TV.  Hush, 
father  of  Elwood  Rush,  the  subject  of  his  sketch,  entered 
160  acres  of  government  land  in  Neosho  County,  Kansas, 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE  293 

and  was  a  pioneer  in  every  sense  of  the  word  in  that  sec- 
tion of  the  state,  and  it  is  here  that  Judge  Elwood  Rush 
saw  some  of  the  strenuous  side  of  life.  The  Indians  were 
numerous  at  that  time,  and  Mr.  Rush  remembers  well 
many  incidents  for  which  the  Indians  were  responsible, 
as  well  as  many  of  their  peculiar  traits  and  customs.  One 
of  the  most  peculiar  of  these  was  the  custom  of  the  In- 
dians feeding  their  dead  after  burial.  They  would  bury 
their  dead  in  a  very  shallow  grave,  if  any,  and  cover  the 
bodies  with  stones,  and  at  the  head  of  the  grave  would 
leave  a  small  opening  into  which  the  Indians  would  pour 
specially-made  soup  and  through  which  medium  they 
imagined  they  fed  their  departed  brothers.  In  that  coun- 
try there  were  hundreds  and  hundreds  of  Indian  mounds, 
and  some  of  these  he  remembers  well  of  opening  and  se- 
curing relics,  beads  rings,  etc. 

Times  were  hard  in  Kansas  for  the  pioneer  settlers 
at  that  early  date.  One  fact  that  is  very  vivid  in  the  mind 
of  Mr.  Rush  to  this  day  is  the  fact  that  one-half  bushel  oC 
timothy  seed  which  his  father  had  taken  from  Indiana 
to  Kansas  when  they  emigrated,  \vas  one  year  the  means 
of  their  financial  salvation.  He  remembers  that  this  seed 
was  planted  and  that  he  and  one  of  his  sisters  beat  out 
the  seeds  from  the  crop  by  hand,  and  that  they  realized 
$10  per  bushel,  and  with  this  money  they  paid  their  en- 
trance fees  on  their  land.  Mr.  Rush  was  taught  to  work, 
and  work  hard.  He  had  very  little  chance  for  schooling, 
and  what  little  he  had  received  was  obtained  in  a  little 
school  house  actually  8x10  feet,  and  he  could  only  attend 
a  day  now  and  then,  as  he  had  to  work  to  live.  He  used 
oxen  mostly.  He  remained  with  his  father  until  he  was 
19  years  of  age,  and  at  first  after  leaving  home  worked 
out  at  $13  per  month.  He  followed  this  for  three  years, 
and  was  finally  able  to  get  hold  of  40  acres  of  unbroken 
land  by  trading  an  old  yoke  of  oxen  for  a  horse,  and, 
horses  being  scarce,  he  was  able  to  trade  this  horse  for 
40  acres  of  land.  This  was  in  1SSO.  This  40  he  sold  to 
another  party  on  time,  and  then  made  arrangements  to 
buy  himself  an  SO-acre  tract  for  which  lie  was  to  pay  $300, 


294  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

the  first  half  to  be  paid  when  he  received  the  $150  due 
for  the  40  he  sold  on  time.  He  eventually  paid  for  his, 
most  of  the  purchase  price  coming  from  money  he  earned 
breaknig  raw  land  for  his  neighbors.  He  had  secured  a 
young  wild  yoke  of  oxen.  He  married  about  this  time, 
July  4th,  1881,  a  Miss  Agnes  C.  Jones,  who  was  born  in 
Illinois  October  25th,  1864,  and  a  daughter  of  Elmer  M. 
Jones  and  Helen  M.  Moore,  his  wife,  who  were  also  early 
settlers  of  Kansas,  emigrating  there  about  1867,  but  sub- 
sequently moving  to  Lockwood,  Mo.,  where  Mr.  Jones  died 
in  1905,  and  his  wife  is  still  living,  at  the  advanced  age 
of  80  years,  and  resides  with  her  daughter,  Mrs.  Rush. 
Right  after  his  marriage  Mr.  Rush  built  a  little  log  house 
12x14.  He  cut  the  logs  himself,  giving  half  for  the  saw- 
ing of  the  lumber,  and  to  this  little  place  lie  took  his 
bride.  Here  they  lived  for  four  or  five  years.  The  first 
winter  he  cleared  two  acres  for  a  neighbor,  getting  the 
timber  for  clearing,  and  from  this  split  his  own  rails 
and  built  a  "stake  and  rider"  three-rail  fence  around  30 
acres,  which  he  had  broken  the  previous  summer  arid  on 
which  he  put  in  a  crop.  By  devious  methods  of  trading 
and  managing  he  bought  IS  acres  of  timber  land,  which 
he  succeeded  in  trading  for  an  SO-acre  tract  joining  his 
original  80,  which  made  him  a  tract  of  160  acres,  and  in 
four  years'  time  he  had  prospered  to  such  an  extent  that 
from  practically  a  beginning  of  nothing,  he  had  paid  for 
and  owned  160  acres,  60  acres  of  which  w;is  under  cultiva- 
tion, and  was  out  of  debt.  He  stayed  on  this  160-ucre 
farm,  built  a  good  house  and  barn,  fenced  complete,  went 
into  the  slice])  business,  and  prospered  exceedingly,  and 
in  1895  was  considered  a  well-to-do  farmer  of  that  section 
of  Kansas. 

At  that  date  he  traded  his  land  in  Kansas  for  240 
acres  of  land  in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  with  an  encum- 
brance of  $2, .'!()(),  and  here  he  moved  his  family.  This 
place  was  known  as  the  Tncle  Hillie  Waggoner  farm,  and 
had  been  run  down  considerably,  but  after  his  strenuous 
pioneer  life  in  Kansas  lie  well  knew  how  to  put  this  fine 
place  back  in  shape.  lie  went  to  work  with  his  accus- 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 295 

tomed  energy,  improving  the  place;  with  fences,  barns  and 
outbuildings,  until,  now  lie  has  one  of  the  finest  stock  farms 
of  all  Dade  County.  He  has  two  large  barns,  OIK;  36x50, 
which  has  a  large  basement,  and  one  stone  barn,  36x40 
feet,  and  cultivates  140  acres,  the  balance  of  his  ranch 
being  in  good  grass  pasture  and  timber  land.  On  this 
place  he  has  put  a  fine  line  of  full-blooded  stock,  handles 
registered  Shorthorn  cattle,  Shropshire  sheep  and  Poland- 
China  hogs.  lie  is  one  of  our  leading  stock  men. 

On  his  place  may  be  found  one  fine  registered  Percheron 
stallion,  named  Monte  Christo,  and  one  registered  jack, 
named  Giant  Jumbo,  and  a  registered  Shorthorn  bull, 
named  Red  Cloud;  in  fact,  Mr.  Rush  is  a  large  breeder 
of  jacks  as  well  as  Percheron  horses.  This  place  is  w7ell 
watered  by  wells,  all  wire-fenced  and  cross-fenced,  and 
is  an  ideal  stock  farm/  In  addition  to  his  holdings  in 
Marion  Township,  Dade  County,  Mr.  Rush  owns  80  acres 
in  Kansas  and  five  and  one-hair  acres  adjoining  the  city 
of  Lockwood. 

Taken  altogether,  Mr.  Hush  is  one  of  our  most  sub- 
stantial citizens.  To  him  and  his  wife  have  been  born 
five  children,  the  oldest,  Rodger,  died  at  the  age  of  4 
years;  Lawrence  married  Bertha  Ilamni,  a  native  of  Dade 
County,  and  they  are  farming  in  Barton  County,  this  state, 
and  have  four  children,  as  follows,  Clarence,  Walter,  Elvin 
and  Lester  Elmer;  Iva  married  A.  P.  Allen  of  Denver, 
Colo.,  a  prominent  business  man  of  that  city,  where  they 
live;  Lena  married  August  Braggs,  a  native  of  Iowa,  and 
they  are  living  on  a  part  of  Mr.  Rush's  place  and  have 
one  fine  boy  named  Leo  Paul;  Truman  is  at  home,  attend- 
ing school. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rush  are  members  of  the  Christian 
church,  in  which  they  take  an  active  part.  In  politics 
Mr.  Rush  is  a  red-hot  Republican.  He  was  elected  judge 
of  the  county  court  for  the  Western  district  in  1908,  and 
served  two  years  with  credit  to  himself  and  with  entire 
satisfaction  to  his  constituents.  He  is  a  great  friend  of 
the  public  school  and  has  served  on  the  school  board  many 
years,  as  well  as  spending  some  of  his  energies  as  road 


296  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

commissioner.  Too  much  cannot  be  said  for  this  high- 
minded,  broad-guaged  citizen.  He  is  a  self-made  man  in 
every  sense  of  the  word  and  stands  at  the  front  rank 
of  Dade  County's  citizenship.  We  need,  and  have  for 
years  needed,  more  men  of  the  calibre  of  Judge  Rush. 
He  is  a  booster  for  all  things  for  the  good  of  his  county 
or  its  people,  and  can  be  relied  upon  to  spend  his  money 
for  any  good  cause  along  progressive  lines.  It  is  a  pleas- 
ure to  meet  and  know  this  broad-guaged,  courteous  gen- 
tleman. May  he  always  remain  a  citizen  of  Dade  County, 
is  the  earnest  wish  of  thousands  of  Dade  County  citizens. 

o 


W.  E.  SCOTT  SR. 

Born  in  Dade  County  September  20th,  1855,  son  of 
Emerson  and  Amanda  (Tucker)  Scott.  He  was  the  fourth 
in  point  of  birth  of  a  family  of  eight  children: 

(1)  Nancy,  now  Mrs.  Winkle. 

(2)  James  R. 

(3)  Alexander  Hamilton. 

(4)  W.  E.  Scott. 

(5)  Perry. 

(6)  Price. 

(7)  Emerson. 

W.  E.  Scott  was  27  years  of  age  when  he  started  in 
business  on  his  own  account.  He  rented  for  two  years 
arid  then  bought  24  acres,  18  acres  of  which  was  improved. 
It  had  no  house,  but  he  moved  a  small  two-room  house 
upon  it,  arid  he  lias  since  added  to  it,  doing'  all  the  work 
himself,  until  he  now  has  a  comfortable  farm  home.  lie 
has  worked  hard  arid  prospered,  so  that  now  his  farm  con- 
sists of  120  acres  of  fine  land,  good  buildings  and  modern 
conveniences. 

On  the  1st  day  of  November,  188.'',  lie  was  married 
to  Susan  A.  McConnell,  born  in  Dade  County  May  "24th, 
1858,  daughter  of  Theodore  and  Margaret  (Watson)  Mc- 
Cormell,  both  now  deceased. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Scott  are  the  parents  of  two  children: 


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(1)  Homer  E.,  born  March  10th,  1886.     Is  farming 
and  living  at  home. 

(2)  Ira  E.,  born  September  17th,  1891,  is  also  farm- 
ing at  home. 

These  boys  own  40  acres  adjoining  their  father's  place. 

Mr.  Scott  is  interested  in  dairying,  and  finds  that  it 
pays.  He  keeps  six  cows,  and,  in  addition  to  his  clover 
pasture,  has  one  and  one-half  acres  of  alfalfa,  which 
yields  splendidly.  He  favors  the  Red-Polled  cattle  for 
dairy  purposes. 

Politically  Mr.  Scott  votes  the  Democratic  ticket. 
His  entire  family,  including  himself,  are  members  of  the 
Cumberland  Presbyterian  church.  Mr.  Scott  is  wide-awake 
on  the  question  of  good  roads  and  good  schools.  His  farm 
is  well  located,  well  watered  and  especially  adapted  for 
dairy  purposes.  He  has  four  good  wells  and  one  is 
equipped  with  a  windmill.  He  takes  great  delight  in 
farming  enterprises,  and  both  himself  and  his  boys  are 
enthusiastic  concerning  the  future  of  Dade  County. 


JOHN  E.  SCROGGS. 

Was  born  upon  the  banks  of  the  White  river  in  the 
state  of  Arkansas  about  50  miles  west  of  Memphis  in 
the  year  1843.  His  father,  AVilliam  L.  Scroggs,  was  born 
in  North  Carolina  and  died  in  Dade  County  in  April,  1894, 
at  the  age  of  76  years.  He  was  of  Scotch-Irish  parentage, 
a  farmer,  and  of  strong  anti-slavery  proclivities.  He  came 
to  Dade  County  in  1848,  bringing  his  son,  John  E.,  with 
him.  He  located  on  a  farm  of  80  acres  in  Center  Town- 
ship about  three  and  one-half  miles  northeast  of  Green- 
field. He  subsequently  purchased  adjoining  land,  and  was 
prosperous.  This  land  was  all  unimproved,  and  he  built 
the  first  frame  house  in  the  neighborhood.  He  also  in- 
troduced the  first  cook  stove  in  the  neighborhood,  going 
to  St.  Louis  in  a  wagon  for  it.  It  was  quite  a  curiosity 
among  the  neighbors.  He  was  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian 
church  for  many  years,  first  attending  services  in  the 
homes  of  the  community,  and  afterward  assisting  in  build- 


298  HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

ing  the  brick  (Ebeneezer)  church  in  Greenfield,  where  he 
was  a  regular  attendant  until  his  death.  In  politics  he 
was  first  a  Whig,  but  united  with  the  Republican  party 
when  it  was  first  organized.  He  continued  in  this  political 
faith  during  life.  He  was  public  administrator  of  the 
county  for  many  years. 

William  L.  Scroggs  married  for  his  second  wife  Leah 
Caroline  Mitchell  of  Tennessee  about  1846.  There  were 
14  children  born  of  this  marriage,  nine  of  whom  are  still 
living: 

(1)  Joseph  W.,  resides  in  Oklahoma. 

(2)  Luther  M.,  of  Hillsdale,  Kas. 

(3)  Walter,  a  resident  of  California. 

(4)  Alfred,  resides  at  lola,  Kas. 

(5)  Mary  Frances  Orr,  of  Mt.  Vernon,  now  deceased. 

(6)  Ella  Brumbach,  of  Seattle,  Wash. 

(7)  Minnie  Schriver,  of  Mt.  Vernon. 

(8)  Lillie  Weir,  resides  near  Greenfield. 

(9)  Belle   Pollard,  of  Minneapolis. 

(10)  Laure  McConnell,  of  Mt.  Vernon. 

The  first  wife  of  William  L.  Scroggs  was  Kachael 
Jane  Erwin,  born  in  Iredale  County,  North  Carolina,  in 
.1823,  daughter  of  John  M.  Erwin,  a  Presbyterian  minister. 
Her  husband,  William  L.  Scroggs,  was  also  born  in  the 
same  county.  She  died  when  John  E.  was  about  four 
weeks  old,  he  being  the  only  child.  She  was  a  member 
of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

John  E.  Scroggs  was  about  5  years  old  when  lie  came 
to  Dade  County  with  his  father  and  step-mother.  Before 
coming  to  Missouri  his  father  had  run  a  store  on  White 
river,  in  Arkansas.  John  E.  Scroggs  grew  up  on  a  Center 
Township  farm  and  obtained  his  meager  education  in  the 
district  schools  of  the  neighborhood.  He  remained  at 
home  till  1^  years  of  age,  when  he  enlisted  (1862)  in  the 
Federal  army,  Sixth  Missouri  Cavalry,  as  a  private.  Went 
into  camp  at  Springfield  and  to  the  front  soon  after.  He 
remained  in  the  service  three  years  and  was  mustered  out 
at  Baton  Rouge,  La.,  having  attained  the  rank  of  corporal. 
After  his  return  home  he  again  took  up  farming  as  an 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE  299 

occupation,  which  he  followed  for  one  year,  then  taught 
school  in  the  neighborhood  for  two  years.  In  1869  he 
bought  a  farm  of  80  acres  in  section  '20  in  Center  Town- 
ship. In  November  of  the  same  year  he  married  Malinda 
C.  Dicus,  a  daughter  of  John  M.  and  Jane  (Tucker)  Dicus, 
born  in  Center  Township  in  May,  1848.  Her  parents  wrere 
early  settlers  of  the  county,  coming  from  Tennessee,  and 
were  members  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  church. 
Both  are  now  dead.  Malinda  C.  died  in  November,  1875. 
To  this  marriage  were  born  five  children,  three  of  whom 
died  in  infancy: 

(1)  Rachel  Jane,  married  Lon  Hurt.     They  had  six 
children. 

(2)  Ruth,   born  in   1872,  married   R.   E.   Wasson   of 
Greenfield.     They  have  three  children. 

The  second  wife  of  John  E.  Scroggs  was  Virginia 
McConnell,  born  in  Sac  Township,  Dade  County,  daughter 
of  Theodore  and  Margaret  McConnell.  She  died  in  No- 
vember, 1882,  leaving  four  children: 

(1)  Edwin  T.,  a  farmer  living  in  Center  Township, 
east  of  Greenfield.     He  married  Kate  Mitchell,  and  they 
have   one  child. 

(2)  William   L.,   a   merchant   in   Greenfield,    also   in 
the  automobile  business.  Married  Maude  Engeleman.  They 
have  three  children. 

(3)  David  D.,  married  Lottie  Hartsock,  and  they  re- 
side in  Appleton  City.     He  is  editor  of  the  Journal.     They 
have  one  boy. 

(4)  Rosa  Ella,  married  T.  K.   McConnell  of  Green- 
field.   He  is  a  civil  engineer,  former  county  highway  engi- 
neer, and  now  engaged  in  the  grocery  business.    They  have 
one  daughter. 

The  third  wife  of  John  E.  Scroggs  was  Nannie  Lieu- 
allen,  born  near  Lynchburg,  Va.,  died  in  November,  1912, 
at  the  age  of  59  years.  Born  of  this  marriage  is  one  boy, 
Arthur  C.,  now  living  at  Humansville  and  editor  of  the 
Star-Leader. 

John  E.  Scroggs  married  his  present  wife,  Evelyn  E. 
(Fisher)  Ketclmm,  November  14th,  1914.  She  was  born 


300 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

at  Pontiac,  Livingstone  County,  Illinois,  July  1st,  1865, 
daughter  of  George  and  Martha  A.  (Pratt)  Fisher.  Har 
father  came  to  Dade  County  in  1875  and  located  in  Green- 
field. He  was  a  cabinet-maker  by  trade,  but  owned  a 
farm  northwest  of  Greenfield.  He  died  in  Dade  County. 
Mrs.  Scroggs  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

John  E.  Scroggs  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  and  has  been  an  elder  for  15  years.  He  is  a  Re- 
publican in  politics,  is  justice  of  the  peace  in  Center  Town- 
ship and  is  serving  his  second  term  as  police  judge  of 
the  city.  He  has  been  a  successful  business  man,  at  one 
time  owning  400  acres  of  land,  of  which  he  has  left  230 
acres,  highly  improved.  He  has  retired  from  the  farm 
and  owns  a  comfortable  home  in  Greenfield. 

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JOHN  C.  SEYBERT. 

A  native  of  Sac  Township,  Dade  County,  Missouri, 
born  July  4th,  1854,  son  of  Silas  E.  and  Mary  Jane  (Jack- 
son) Seybert.  His  father  was  born  in  Luzerne  County, 
Pennsylvania,  was  educated  in  the  east,  married  there, 
and  came  to  Dade  County  in  1837.  He  was  three  times 
married,  his  first  wife  having  died  in  Pennsylvania.  His 
second  wife  was  a  Finley  of  pioneer  stock.  He  married 
her  in  Dade  County.  His  third  wife  was  Mary  Jane, 
widow  of  Meridith  Hailey,  who  had  two  daughters  by  her 
first  husband,  Jane  Hailey,  who  is  now  Mrs.  T.  B.  Roun- 
tree  of  Cane  Hill,  and  Fannie,  who  is  now  Mrs.  Wood 
Kirby  of  Dadeville. 

To  this  last  marriage  five  children  were  born: 

(1)  John  C.  Seybert. 

(2)  Margaret,  died  at  the  age  of  16  years. 

(3)  Samuel  J.  Seybert. 

(4)  William  Seybert,  in  mercantile  business  in  Cedar 
County. 

Silas  E.  Seybert  was  a  trader,  and  at  one  time  owned 
about  1,000  acres  of  land  in  Dade  and  Cedar  Counties. 
lie  built  the  first  water  mill  at  Seybert  on  Sac  river  and 
it  took  its  name  from  him,  and  still  retains  it.  lie  was  a 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 301 

Democrat,  both  from  tradition,  precedent  and  practice, 
and,  in  keeping  with  his  ancient  ideals  and  to  fill  a  present 
as  well  as  a  long-felt  want,  he  established  a  distillery, 
which  he  operated  in  connection  with  the  mill.  His  life 
came  to  a  tragic  end,  being  shot  in  the  very  early  days 
of  the  war,  aged  about  53  years.  His  widow  re-married 
and  lived  until  about  1910.  She  married  Harvey  Lloyd, 
and  lived  in  Cedar  County. 

John  C.  Seybert  obtained  a  meager  education  in  the 
common  schools  of  the  county,  and  afterward,  during  the 
years  1875  and  1876,  attended  the  Morrisville  College.  He 
was  thrown  upon  his  own  resources  when  about  12  years 
of  age,  and  worked  until  he  married.  He  was  married 
April  1st,  1878,  to  Miss  Jennie  L.  Johnson,  who  was  born 
February  7th,  1856,  a  native  of  Georgia.  They  were  mar- 
ried at  Fort  Smith,  Ark.  After  a  short  honeymoon  he 
brought  his  bride  to  Dade  County  and  rented  land  from 
his  brother,  Samuel.  His  worldly  possessions  at  this  time 
consisted  of  one  pony.  The  following  year  he  rented  land 
in  Cedar  County  of  The.  Johnson,  then  concluded  to  try 
Arkansas,  going  to  that  state  overland  in  a  wagon,  but 
never  unloaded  his  goods.  He  came  back  to  Dade  County 
and  rented  part  of  the  old  homestead  near  Seybert,  which 
he  cultivated  for  three  or  four  years,  then  bought  on  credit 
a  tract  of  125  acres  lying  north  of  Seybert.  This  was 
unimproved  timber  land.  He  built  a  small  house  upon  it, 
cleared  and  fenced,  and  after  six  or  seven  years  sold  out  to 
William  Toler.  This  was  in  1893.  After  disposing  of  his 
farm  he  went  to  Cane  Hill  and  entered  the  produce  business, 
which  he  followed  for  ten  years.  Tn  the  meantime  he  had 
invsted  now  and  then  in  real  estate,  first  buying  60  acres  in 
Cedar  County,  then  80  acres  lying  directly  north  of  Cane 
Hill.  After  this  he  traded  for  341  acres  west  of  Cane  Hill 
and  moved  upon  it,  where  he  remained  for  six  years,  even- 
tually selling  it  in  1908  and  went  to  California.  He  re- 
mained in  the  Golden  state  less  than  one  year,  when  he 
bought  a  flour  and  feed  business  at  Skiatook,  Okla.,  and 
lived  there  two  and  one-half  years,  when  he  sold  out  and 
came  back  to  Dade  County.  In  1912  he  bought  282  acres  in 


302 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Sac  Township,  where  he  now  lives.  It  was  then  known  as 
the  Tom  Smith  place  and  was  well  improved.  Mr.  Seybert 
is  engaged  in  general  farming  and  feeds  a  carload  or  more 
of  hogs  for  market  each  year.  The  farm  is  well  watered 
with  springs  and  spring  branches.  It  is  now  called  "The 
Willow  Springs  Stock  Farm." 

Mr.  Seybert  and  wife  were  the  parents  of  six  children, 
three  of  them  dying  in  infancy.  Those  living  are: 

(1)  Mary,    born    September   19th,    1879,   married    to 
Clem  Doolin.     They  had  one  child,  Pearl.     For  her  second 
husband  she  married  a  Mr.  Sullivan  of  Joplin,  Mo.,  where 
they  now  live. 

(2)  Sallie,  born  April  2nd,  1887,  married  Ervin  Keller 
of  Dade  County.     He  died  and  she  married  Mr.  Flemming 
of  Cedar  County.     They  have  one  child. 

(:])  Roger' M.,  born  October  20th,  1890,  married  Flos- 
si*-  Duncan,  a  native  of  Dade  County.  Be  lives  with  his 
father,  and  they  are  jointly  interested  in  farming  and  stock 
raising  enterprises. 

Mr.  Seybert 's  wife  died  on  the  17th  of  March,  1907. 

John  C.  Seybert  is  a  member  'of  the  Christian  church 
at  Cane  Hill,  is  a  life-long  Democrat  and  has  been  honored 
by  his  party  by  being  elected  judge  of  the  county  court  of 
Cedar  County,  where  he  served  with  distinction  for  two 
years.  He  also  served  as  justice  of  the  peace  for  two  years, 
and  has  been  a  member  of  the  school  board  for  more  than 
12  years,  part  of  the  time  in  Cedar  County  and  part  of  the 
time  in  Dade  County.  lie  holds  membership  in  the  I.  (). 
0.  F.  lodge  at  Stockton. 

Mr.  Seybert  is  a  representative  citizen  of  that  sturdy, 
dependable  stock  for  which  Pennsylvania  is  famous.  Tn 
appearance  many  times  as  rough  and  rugged  as  their  native 
hills,  but  always  a  warm,  true  heart  within.  It  is  men  of 
this  class  who  have  conquered  the  wilderness  of  the  world 
and  made  manv  of  them  to  bloom  and  blossom  as  a  rose. 


ALBERT  HAWES  SCOTT. 
Deceased. 

A   native  of   Dade  County,   Missouri,  born   September 
KJth,  185:5,  died  September  llth,  1912,  son  of  Fmerson  and 


HISTORY  OF  DADS  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 303 

Amanda  (Tucker)  Scott.  They  were  married  in  Dade 
County  and  were  the  parents  of  nine  children,  seven  of 
whom  are  living.  Albert  H.  Scott  was  fourth  in  order  of 
birth.  He  was  36  years  of  age  when  he  started  in  life  for 
himself.  He  was  married  at  this  age  February  27th,  1889, 
to  Rosa  Stockton,  born  December  9th,  1866,  daughter  of 
Gibson  and  Rebecca  (Patterson)  Stockton*  Her  father  was 
a  native  of  Polk  County,  while  her  mother  was  born  in  Dade 
County,  in  which  county  they  were  married.  Mrs.  Scott 
was  the  third  of  a  family  of  four  children.  Her  two  broth- 
ers, who  are  still  living,  are  John  Stockton  and  William 
Stockton,  both  farmers,  living  in  Polk  Township,  about  four 
miles  east  of  Greenfield. 

At  the  time  of  his  marriage  Albert  H.  Scott  owned 
100  acres  of  land  fairly  well  improved.  It  was  upon  this 
farm  that  he  took  his  bride  and  began  life  in  earnest.  He 
fenced  the  place  with  wire,  cleared  out  additional  fields  and 
prospered.  From  time  to  time  he  purchased  adjoining  land 
until  at  the  time  of  his  death  he  had  228  acres  all  in  one 
body.  In  1906  he  built  a  six-room  dwelling  house,  and  was 
a  thrifty,  well-to-do  farmer.  In  politics  lie  was  a  Demo- 
crat and  served  as  a  member  of  the  school  board  for  many 
years. 

Mrs.  Scott  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church,  a  lady  of 
culture  and  refinement  and  of  a  good  family.  Mrs.  Scott 
and  her  sons  continue  to  run  the  farm.  They  are  engaged 
in  general  farming  and  feed  about  a  carload  of  hogs  each 
year.  They  also  have  raised  sheep  successfully.  Four  chil- 
dren were  born  to  this  union,  all  now  at  home: 

(1)  Lester,  born  January  8th,  1891. 

(2)  Elmer,  born  September  21st,  1893. 

(3)  Finley,  born  January  31st,  189.").     Is  now  in   In- 
struction, Company  B,  Medical  Corps,  I'.  S.  A. 

(4)  Arlie,  born  May  22nd,  1900.     Is  now  in  school. 


WILLIAM  E.  SHAW. 

Was  born  in  Polk  Township,  Dade  County,  Missouri, 
September  17th,  1841,  son  of  Samuel  F.  Shaw,  born  in  Chris- 


304 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

tian  County,  Kentucky,  November  16th,  1818,  and  died  in 
Dade  County  in  1891.  His  father,  William,  emigrated  from 
Scotland  and  finally  settled  in  Kentucky.  Samuel  E.  Shaw 
was  a  farmer  and  very  successful  in  his  operations.  He  was 
the  owner  of  700  acres  of  land  and  a  strong  anti-slavery 
man.  He  came  to  Dade  County  in  the  spring  of  1841.  In 
politics  he  was  originally  a  Whig,  but  afterward  a  Repub- 
lican. He  was  sheriff  and  collector  of  Dade  County  and 
presiding  justice  of  the  county  court.  During  the  Civil  war 
he  was  captain  of  the  Home  Guards,  his  sympathies  being 
with  the  North.  When  he  first  came  to  Dade  County  he 
took  up  a  claim  of  160  acres  of  government  land  in  Sac 
Township,  all  in  the  timber,  upon  which  he  built  a  double 
log  house  and  otherwise  improved.  This  house  was  after- 
ward ceiled  and  weatherboarded  and  became  quite  habit- 
able. He  was  a  member  of  the  M.  E.  church  and  a  public- 
spirited  citizen. 

Samuel  E.  Shaw  was  married  in  Kentucky  to  Sarah 
Katherine  Petty,  a  native  of  North  Carolina,  born  in  1814 
and  died  in  Dade  County  in  1899.  She  was  of  English  an- 
cestry, a  member  of  the  M.  E.  church  and  the  mother  of 
seven  children,  four  of  whom  are  still  living: 

(1)  William  E.  Shaw,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

(2)  Mary  Ann,  married  George  W.  Ereedle,  a  Dade 
County  farmer,  who  died  in  Greenfield  in  1915.     She  still 
lives  in  Greenfield. 

(.'3)  Sarah  C.,  married  Isaac  T.  Sloan,  now  deceased. 
He  was  a  Sac  Township  farmer,  afterward  recorder  of  deeds 
of  Dade  County.  She  still  resides  in  Greenfield. 

(4)  Cyrus  M.,  a  retired  Dade  County  farmer,  now  re- 
siding in  Greenfield.  He  still  owns  a  large  farm  in  Sac 
Township. 

James  J.  Shaw  was  the  oldest  child  of  this  family. 
He  enlisted  for  service  in  the  Civil  war  in  the  Sixth  Missouri 
Cavalry,  and  later  in  the  Militia,  and  served  during  the  war. 
He  was  lieutenant  in  the  Militia.  He  represented  Dado 
County  one  term  in  the  Missouri  Legislature,  was  a  justice 
of  the  peace  in  Sac  Township,  a  successful  farmer,  and  died 
in  Greenfield  in  1910. 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 305 

William  E.  Shaw  was  raised  on  a  farm  and  attended 
the  country  schools.  When  less  than  20  years  of  age  he 
enlisted  in  the  state  troops,  August  16th,  1861,  and  was 
later  mustered  into  the  United  States  service.  He  served 
over  four  years,  was  a  non-commissiond  officer  and  was 
mustered  out  at  New  Orleans  as  orderly  sergeant.  Return- 
ing home,  he  bought  a  farm  in  Sac  Township  and  afterward 
moved  to  North  Township,  where  he  remained  until  he 
was  elected  recorder  of  deeds  of  Dade  County.  During  his 
term  of  office  he  resided  in  Greenfield,  after  which  he  bought 
a  farm  in  Marion  Township  and  moved  there.  Again,  in 
1912,  he  took  up  his  residence  in  Greenfield. 

About  the  year  1865  he  joined  the  M.  E.  church  and 
was  licensed  as  a  local  preacher  in  1880.  after  having  com- 
pleted the  required  course  of  study.  In  1884  he  was  or- 
dained as  a  minister  in  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  church 
and  took  charge  of  a  congregation  in  Sac  Township,  spend- 
ing half  the  time  at  Oak  Grove  church,  and  has  remained 
in  the  Ozark  Presbytery  ever  since.  He  was  called  to  the 
church  in  Greenfield  in  1906.  During  his  administration 
the  fine  brick  church  was  erected  at  a  cost  of  $3,500.  He 
is  now  on  an  extended  vacation  in  California. 

William  E.  Shaw  was  first  married  December  10th, 
1865,  to  Sarah  S.  Barnett,  born  in  Vernon  County,  Missouri, 
in  1838.  Both  her  parents  are  now  dead.  She  died  Septem- 
ber 21st,  1890.  Seven  children  were  born  of  this  marriage, 
all  living: 

(1)  James  E.,  a  merchant  and  mechanic  of  Greenfield, 
operates  a  tank  factory  and  garage,  sells  automobiles,  and 
is  prosperous.     He  married  Katie  Griggs,  and  they  have 
six  children. 

(2)  Robert  E.,  resides  in  Kansas  City,  is  a  traveling 
salesman  by  occupation,  married  Elizabeth  Jackson,  and 
they  have  one  child. 

(3)  Luther  M.,  married  Bertha  Merrill,  lives  in  west- 
ern Iowa,  is  a  painter  and  paporhanger  by  occupation,  and 
they  have  three  children. 

(4)  Jessie  May,  married  J.  T.  Davenport,  a  carpenter 
by  occupation,  lives  at  Riverside,  Calif.     They  have  three 
children. 


306 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

(5)  Hugh  E.,  was  first  married   to  Jessie   German. 
They  have  two  children;  second,  to  Xora  Kitchen,  and  they 
have  one  child. 

(6)  Ivar  W.,  a  soldier  in  the  United  States  Army,  now 
located  in  the  Philippine  Islands.    Is  a  veteran  of  the  Span- 
ish-American war. 

(7)  Anna  E.,  is  now  living  with  her  brother,  who  is 
a  plumber  at  Nampa,  Idaho. 

William  E.  Shaw  married  for  his  second  wife  Martha 
J.  Jones  in  1892.  She  was  born  in  Cooper  County,  Missouri, 
in  1852,  a  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Martha  (Taylor)  Jones, 
who  came  to  Marion  Township  in  1861.  lie  was  a  farmer. 
She  received  a  common  school  education.  Her  father  rep- 
resented Dade  County  in  the  Missouri  Legislature  during 
the  war,  being  elected  by  reason  of  his  military  record. 

To  this  union  was  born  a  daughter,  Leta  E.,  August 
3rd,  1893.  She  attended  the  public  schools  of  the  county 
and  High  school.  Has  a  good  musical  education  and  fol- 
lowed teaching  as  a  profession  till  her  marriage  in  1909  to 
Paris  E.  Wyrick,  a  farmer,  residing  on  the  Shaw  farm  in 
Marion  Township.  They  have  two  children. 

William  E.  Shaw  is  a  member  of  the  G.  A.  R.  and  has 
acted  as  chaplain  since  his  membership.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Republican,  having  been  elected  recorder  of  deeds  on  that 
ticket,  and  a  member  of  the  Thirty-eighth  General  Assem- 
bly of  Missouri. 

He  has  17  grandchildren  and  congratulates  himself 
upon  the  fact  that  he  has  never  lost  a  child  or  grandchild 
bv  death. 


LEVIN  WILCOXON  SHAFER. 

Was  born  at  Muncie,  Ind.,  August  8th,  1837,  son  of 
George  and  Martha  ("\Vilcoxon)  Shafer,  \vlio  went  from  a 
spot  in  the  Meimia  Valley  near  Portsmouth,  ().,  to  Indiana 
in  a  very  early  day.  They  were  of  German  ancestry,  the 
forebearers  of  the  family  emigrating  from  the  Fatherland 
to  southern  Ohio.  They  \vere  farmers,  and  George  went  to 
Indiana  when  Muncie  was  but  a  hamlet.  He  was  a  success- 


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ful  farmer  and  stock  raiser  and  died  hi  Indiana  at  the  age 
of  92  years.  His  first  wife  died  at  about  the  age  of  35  years. 
They  were  both  members  of  the  M.  E.  church.  He  was 
again  married.  To  the  first  marriage  were  born  four  chil- 
dren, only  one  of  whom  is  living,  Margaret,  now  Mrs.  H. 
Weir,  now  living  on  a  farm  near  Muncie.  Ind.  One  son, 
John,  was  a  veteran  of  the  Civil  war. 

Levin  \V.  Shafer  was  raised  on  a  farm,  graduated  from 
the  Muncie  High  School,  from  a  business  college  in  Cincin- 
nati, read  law  in  Muncie  and  was  admitted  while  a  young 
man  to  practice  in  the  courts  of  his  native  state.  At  the 
breaking  out  of  the  Civil  war  he  recruited  a  company  while 
reading  law  in  December,  1SG4,  and  was  mustered  into  the 
service  as  second  lieutenant  of  Company  0,  134th  Indiana 
Infantry  Volunteers,  under  the  call  for  300,000  men  to 
serve  100  days.  His  commission  is  signed  by  President 
Lincoln  and  Edwin  M.  Stanton,  Secretary  of  War.  He  saw 
considerable  service  during  his  short  enlistment.  After  the 
surrender  of  General  Lee  he  was  detailed  to  duty  on  court- 
martial  at  Decatur,  Ala.,  and  was  detained  there  until  No- 
vember, when  his  regiment  was  mustered  out. 

He  then  returned  to  Indiana  and  resumed  his  law 
studies  and  was  admitted  to  the  practice.  In  November, 
1865,  he  came  to  Lamar,  Mo.,  but  finding  no  attraction 
there,  after  a  sojourn  of  one  month  he  came  to  Greenfield 
and  hung  out  his  shingle.  He  immediately  built  up  a  lucra- 
tive practice,  which  he  maintained  during  his  active  life. 

As  the  years  went  by  Levin  W.  Shafer  became  one 
of  the  leading  lawyers  of  southwest  Missouri.  He  accumu- 
lated a  large  amount  of  money  and  property,  but  lost  much 
of  it  in  mining  operations  and  speculations.  He  built  a 
splendid  home  in  Greenfield  upon  land  owned  by  his  father- 
in-law,  and  this  home  and  its  surrounding  lawn  is  still  one 
of  the  show  places  of  the  city.  Among  his  friends  and 
neighbors  he  was,  to  use  the  words  of  a  local  newspaper, 
"The  best  loved  man  and  citizen  of  Greenfield."  He  was 
a  prominent  Mason,  and  in  politics  a  Republican,  though  not 
a  politician.  In  the  70 's  he  was  elected  probate  judge  of 
Dade  County  and  served  four  years.  He  affiliated  with  the 


308  HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Liberal  Republicans  in  1872,  voting  for  Greeley  and  Brown, 
which  caused  both  his  Democratic  and  Republican  friends 
to  desert  him,  resulting  in  his  defeat  when  he  run  for  re- 
election. His  departure  from  the  fold  was,  however,  soon 
forgotten  and  condoned,  when,  in  the  fall  of  1904,  he  was 
elected  circuit  judge  on  the  Republican  ticket  in  the 
Twenty-sixth  Judicial  Circuit,  which  position  he  held  up 
to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred  May  9th,  1906,  at 
Lamar,  where  he  was  holding  a  term  of  court,  life  ceasing 
suddenly  while  sitting  in  a  chair  from  an  affection  of  the 
heart. 

He  was  married  to  Jane  11.  Bowles  in  1866,  daughter 
of  Samuel  B.  and  Elizabeth  (Vaughn)  Bowles  of  the  Bowles 
family  of  nation-wide  reputation  through  the  editorship  of 
the  Springfield  (Mass.)  Republican.  Mrs.  Shafer  was  born 
in  Sequatchie  Valley,  Tenn.,  August  loth,  1842,  of  English 
ancestry.  The  Vaughns  went  to  Virginia  in  a  very  early 
day,  and  a  Vaughn,  a  great-grandfather  of  Mrs.  Shafer, 
served  in  the  Revolutionary  war.  The  Vaughns  lived  mostly 
in  Louisa  and  Culpepper  Counties,  Virginia.  Mrs.  Shafer 's 
parents  came  from  Tennessee  to  Dade  County  about  1850 
and  located  in  Greenfield.  Her  father  was  a  physician  and 
established  a  lucrative  practice. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bowles  were  both  members  of  the  Presby- 
terian church.  Tie  was  a  prominent  Mason,  and  old-line 
Whig,  and  afterwards  a  Republican.  During  the  Civil  war 
a  military  post  was  established  (the  Missouri  Voluntary 
Cavalry,  under  Colonel  John  F.  Phelps),  and  Dr.  Bowles 
was  the  post  surgeon.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bowles  died  many 
years  ago  in  Greenfield. 

Levin  W.  Shafer  and  wife  were  the  parents  of  six 
children: 

(1)  Carl  A.,  died  at  the  age  of  16  years. 

(2)  Bertha  Bowles,  born  in  Greenfield,  married  Fred 
W.  Warner,  president  of  the  Oakland  Motor  Company  at 
Poritiac,  Mich.     They  have  two  sons,  Fred   W.  and -Daniel 
Sumner. 

(3)  Frederick    L.,    born    in    Greenfield    October    5th, 
1871. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 309 

(3)  Eleanor  K.,  born  in  Greenfield  October  5th,  1873, 
married  Hugh  Harrison,  a  merchant  of  Greenfield. 

(5)  Lina  Bowles,  born  in  Greenfield  May  13th,  1876, 
is  now  with  the  Kansas  City  branch  of  the  Oakland  Motor 
Company. 

(6)  Philip,  died  in  infancy. 

Mrs.  Shafer  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church. 
Frederick  L.  Shafer  attended  the  Greenfield  schools  and 
took  the  academic  course  for  two  years  at  Drury  College, 
Springfield,  entered  the  Washington  and  Lee  University 
at  Lexington,  Va.,  in  1891,  taking  academic  course  for  three 
years.  He  then  returned  to  his  home  in  Greenfield  and  read 
law  in  his  father's  office  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1897.  Was  with  his  father  in  the  practice  until  the  former 
was  elected  circuit  judge,  and  then  he  continued  the  prac- 
tice in  the  firm  of  Shafer  &  Bowles,  later  as  Shafer  &  \Vet- 
zel,  and  since  then  alone. 

In  the  year  1900  he  made  a  set  of  abstract  books  of 
Dade  County,  which  he  later  sold,  and  for  some  time  he 
has  been  engaged  in  abstracting,  using  a  set  of  books  owned 
by  S.  A.  Payne. 

Frederick  L.  Shafer  was  married  in  1902  to  Jennie 
Clark,  born  in  Dadeville  in  1876,  a  daughter  of  Edgar  and 
Ann  Eliza  (Morris)  Clark,  early  settlers  in  Dade  County. 
They  were  originally  from  Kentucky. 

To  this  union  were  born  three  children: 

(1)  Frederick  L.,  born  in  Greenfield  in  1903. 

(2)  Janice  B.,  born  in  Greenfield  in  1905. 

(3)  Edgar  Clark,  born  in  Greenfield  in  1911. 
Frederick  L.  Shafer  is  a  prominent  Mason,  a  member 

of  the  local  lodge  I.  0.  0.  F.  and  is  an  active  Republican 
in  politics. 

The  Shafer  family  has  been  one  of  the  landmarks  of 
Dade  County.  Levin  W.  Shafer  served  for  35  years  con- 
tinuously on  the  school  board  of  Greenfield  district,  and 
was  always  identified  with  every  public  movement  in  the 
county.  His  election  as  circuit  judge  on  the  Republican 
ticket  in  a  district  overwhelmingly  Democratic  was  a  just 
tribute  to  his  worth  as  a  man  and  the  esteem  in  which  he 
was  held  as  a  citizen. 


310  HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

RALEIGH  J  SHIPLEY. 

Born  June  26th,  1844,  in  Warren  County,  Tenn.,  son 
of  Tidance  and  Lucinda  (Mitchell)  Shipley,  who  in  the 
fall  of  1850  came  overland,  driving  ox  teams,  from  Ten- 
nessee to  Dade  County,  bringing  two  children  with  them: 
Raleigh  J.  and  Laura,  who  is  nowT  Mrs.  John  Faurbin  of 
Cheyenne,  Wyo.  There  were  several  other  pioneer  fam- 
ilies came  to  Missouri  with  the  Shipley's,  among  them 
the  Mitchell  family.  They  all  settled  near  Greenfield. 
Two  years  after  coming  to  the  county,  Tidance  Shipley 
bought  40  acres  of  land  and  entered  160  acres,  making  200 
acres  in  one  body  lying  two  and  one-half  miles  northwest 
of  Greenfield.  Here  he  raised  his  family,  which  consisted 
of  four  children : 

(1)  Raleigh  J.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

(2)  Laura,   now   Mrs.    John   Faubein    of   Cheyenne, 
Wyo. 

(3)  William  J.,  who  died  about  1896,  leaving  a  fam- 
ily of  five  children,  who  are  now  scattered. 

(4)  James   S.,   a  merchant   and   real  estate   man  of 
Greenfield. 

Raleigh  J.  Shipley  remained  at  home  until  the  break- 
ing out  of  the  civil  war,  when  he  enlisted  in  the  Union  army. 
A  full  history  of  his  company  and  regiment,  with  mention 
of  his  individual  service,  will  be  given  in  another  place 
in  this  volume.  Mr.  Shipley  has  been  Commander  of  the 
local  G.  A.  R.  Post  in  Greenfield  since  1900,  and  is  now 
Officer  of  the  Day  in  that  organization.  He  has  always 
taken  an  active  part  in  all  the  enterprises  of  the  G.  A.  R., 
and  much  of  its  local  success  is  due  to  the  zeal  and  en- 
thusiasm of  Mr.  Shipley. 

During  the  war  Mr.  Shipley  saved  the  greater  part 
of  his  meager  wages  and  upon  his  return  home  he  pur- 
chased 120  acres  of  land  two  miles  east  of  Lockwood,  upon 
which  there  were  practically  no  improvements  except  one 
small  log  cabin,  which  he  patched  up  and  to  which  he  took 
his  bride  and  began  life  in  earnest. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 311 

He  lived  on  this  farm  seven  years,  made  some  im- 
provements and  sold  it  and  purchased  80  acres  of  land  on 
Sons  Creek,  to  which  he  afterward  added  40  acres,  all 
lying  just  five  miles  west  of  Greenfield,  and  fairly  well  im- 
proved. He  lived  on  this  place  seven  years,  when  he 
traded  it  for  80  acres  near  Ernest.  He  afterward  sold 
this  and  bought  80  acres  in  Center  Township  on  the  Arcola 
road,  two  and  one-half  miles  northwest  of  Greenfield. 
He  lived  on  this  place  some  time,  when  he  sold  it  in  1902 
and  bought  a  small  farm  of  30  acres  adjoining  the  city  of 
Greenfield,  where  he  is  at  present  living  a  happy,  retired 
life. 

Mr.  Shipley  was  married  on  the  25th  day  of  Febru- 
ary, 1866,  to  Nancy  E.  Cook,  daughter  of  Phaeroh  and 
Mary  Cook,  natives  of  East  Tennessee,  but  a  pioneer  fam- 
ily of  Dade  County.  To  this  union  were  born  seven  chil- 
dren: 

(1)  Annie  L.,  born  March  10th,  1867,  married  A.  P. 
Parnell.     She  is  now  deceased,  leaving  one  child,  Raleigh 
E.,  the  only  living  representative  of  this  family.    He  is  nowr 
in  the  U.  S.  navy. 

(2)  Mary   J.,    born   September   13th,  1868,   married 
Robert  E.   Lamb,   who  died  early,  leaving  one  daughter, 
Katie,  now  Mrs.  Wiley  E.  Griffith.    Mary  married  again, 
this  time   to   Ira   Bardmas,  who  died,   leaving  one   child, 
Hattie  Bardmas.    Mary  again  married,  this  time  to  James 
H.  Davidson  of  Greenfield,  Mo.,  who  is  now  deceased. 

(3)  "Willie,  born  January  25th,  1870,  married  Julius 
McGinty,  who  died,  when  she  was  again  married  to  Charles 
Messick,  a  carpenter  living  at  Greeley,  Colo.     They  have 
five  children,  Maude,  Sylvia,  Roxie,  Finis  and  Albert. 

(4)  Clara  A.,  born  August  15th,  1873,  married  W.  C. 
Starr,  a  carpenter  now7  living  in  Greenfield.     She  died  in 
1903,  leaving  four  boys :  Leonard,  Howard,  Roy  and  Clar- 
ence. 

(5)  Albert   E.,   born   September   5th,   1878,  married 
Sarah  Price.     They  live  in  Houston,  Texas,  and  have  five 
children:    Roy,  Harold,  Clyde,  Kenneth  and  Irene. 


312 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

(6)  Margie  M.,  born  March  10th,  1880,  married  Jo- 
seph Stephenson,  of  Greenfield.    They  have  three  children : 
Joseph,  Gerald  and  Marguerite. 

(7)  Nora  E.,  bom  March  19th,  1885,  married  Clar- 
ence Brown.     She  died  March  21st,  1909. 

Mrs.  Shipley  was  a  native  of  Bade  County,  Mo.,  born 
April  7th,  1846,  daughter  of  Pharaoh  and  Mary  (McClure) 
Cook.  Her  father  died  a  great  many  years  ago,  but  the 
mother  died  in  1912  at  the  age  of  97  years  2  months  and  20 
days. 

Mrs.  Shipley  was  the  sixth  in  point  of  birth  of  a  fam- 
ily of  sixteen  children. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shipley  are  active  members  of  the  Bap- 
tist church.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  served  three 
terms  as  Justice  of  the  Peace  and  two  terms  as  a  member 
of  the  Township  Board  in  Center  Township.  The  only 
secret  organization  to  which  he  belongs  is  the  G.  A.  B. 

Mr.  Shipley  has  been  active  in  the  good  roads  move- 
ment in  Dade  County,  is  an  enthusiastic  farmer,  florist 
and  gardener,  and  has  made  a  specialty  of  fruit  and  bee 
culture. 


JOHN  C.  SHOUSE. 

Was  born  in  Kentucky  November  3rd,  1834,  son  of 
William  0.  Shouse,  a  native  of  Kentucky,  born  in  1812.  His 
parents  came  to  Kentucky  from  Pennsylvania  in  a  very 
early  day  and  were  of  German  ancestry.  William  0.  Shouse 
came  to  Missouri  in  1837  and  settled  upon  land  now  near 
the  townsite  of  AVestport,  a  suburb  of  Kansas  City,  Jackson 
Avenue  being  on  the  west  part  of  the  homestead,  it  also 
bordering  on  Elmwood  cemetery.  lie  became  successful 
as  a  farmer,  sold  his  homestead,  which  was  afterward  laid 
out  in  town  lots,  and  dred  in  Kansas  City  August  18th,  1892. 
lie  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church  and  one  of  it's  offi- 
cers. In  politics  he  was  an  old-line  Whig,  but  after  the 
Civil  war  became  a  Democrat.  For  a  number  of  years  he 
conducted  a  grocery  business  and  accumulated  consider- 


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HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  313 

able  property.    He  was  associate  .judge  of  the  county  court 
in  Jackson  county  for  a  number  of  years. 

William  0.  Shouse  was  married  to  Harriet  A.  Bryan, 
a  native  of  Kentucky,  born  in  1814,  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Elizabeth  (Alexander)  Bryan.  Her  father  was  of  Irish 
and  her  mother  of  Scotch -Irish  ancestry.  Her  parents  went 
into  Kentucky  at  a  very  early  day,  her  father  being  an 
intimate  friend  and  admirer  of  Daniel  Boone.  Her  father 
was  a  successful  farmer,  and  the  family  were  members  of 
the  Baptist  church.  Joseph  was  a  Whig  in  politics.  Her 
parents  both  died  in  Kentucky.  Harriet  was  married  in 
1833  and  was  the  mother  of  four  children: 

(1)  John  C.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

(2)  Mary,  now  deceased. 

(3)  Caroline  WT.,  now  deceased. 

(4)  Martha  V.,  married  Jackehm  Morgan,  a  real  es- 
tate dealer,  now  residing  in  Kansas  City. 

John  C.  Shouse  was  raised  on  the  farm  and  received 
but  a  limited  education,  principally  pertaining  to  farm- 
ing. The  common  free  public  school  system  was  adopted 
about  the  time  he  was  10  years  of  age,  but  they  were  few 
and  far  between,  the  closest  one  being  about  10  miles  away. 

Kansas  City  in  that  day  consisted  of  a  few  straggling 
business  houses  scattered  along  the  river  front  and  over 
the  adjoining  bluffs.  It  was  yet  in  its  infancy.  Mr.  Shouse 
was  always  a  farmer.  He  came  to  Bade  County  from  Jack- 
son County  in  the  fall  of  1880  and  settled  on  section  31,  in 
Morgan  Township,  where  he  owned  about  400  acres  of 
land.  He  now  has  120  acres  in  Center  Township  and  240 
acres  in  Ernest  Township.  He  has  enjoyed  the  full  measure 
of  success  in  his  farming  and  stock  raising  enterprises.  In 
the  year  1903  he  retired  from  the  active  farm  life  and  pur- 
chased a  lovely  home  on  College  street  in  Greenfield,  one 
of  the  most  attractive  in  the  city.  He  is  now  leading  a 
quiet,  retired  life  and  learning  how  to  grow  old  gracefully. 

He  was  married  in  1857  to  Mary  Ann  Campbell,  born 
in  Kentucky  and  dying  in  the  year  1874  at  the  age  of  39 
years.  She  was  of  Scotch  ancestry,  attended  the  Presbytc-- 
rian  church  and  was  the  mother  of  seven  children: 


314  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

(1)  William,  resides  at  Lexington,  Mo,,  has  a  family 
of  six  children,  engaged  in  merchandising. 

(2)  Eva,  married  John  B.  Clark  of  Los  Angeles,  Gal., 
an  artisan.     They  have  one  child. 

(3)  Nancy,  married  William  W.  Johnson,  a  freight 
solicitor  for  the  Union  Pacific  railroad.    They  had  two  chil- 
dren; one  is  now  deceased. 

(4)  Hattie,  married  John  Todd,  a  farmer  of  Norman, 
Okla.    They  had  14  children,  11  of  whom  are  living. 

(5)  Harry,  a  farmer  of  Center  Township.    They  have 
three  children. 

(G)  Charles,  a  farmer  living  near  Moberly,  Mo.  They 
had  five  children,  four  of  whom  are  living. 

(7)  Mary  Ann,  married  Henry  Rube  Oglesby  of  War- 
rensburg,  former  railroad  and  warehouse  commissioner  of 
Missouri,  now  with  the  Standard  Oil  Company.  They  have 
three  children. 

After  the  deatli  of  his  first  wife  John  C.  Shouse  mar- 
ried Caroline  Neece,  born  in  South  Carolina,  died  in  1891 
at  the  age  of  .'i8  years.  She  was  of  Irish  ancestry,  her  par- 
ents moving  to  Jackson  County,  Missouri,  in  an  early  day, 
in  which  county  she  was  married.  She  was  the  mother  of 
five  children: 

(1)  Martha    Virginia,    married    William    Cowen,    a 
farmer  of  Polk  County.    They  have  two  children. 

(2)  John  Caswell,  married  and  has  six  children.     He 
is  a  Colorado  farmer. 

(.'])  Caroline,  married  Sherman  Duncan  and  is  now 
living  in  Morgan  Township.  They  have  three  children. 

(4)  Edward,  married  and  living  in  Colorado.  They 
have  two  children. 

(fj)  Ben,  lives  in  Cedar  County  and  has  three  chil- 
dren. 

Sonic  years  after  the  death  of  his  second  wife  John  C. 
Shouse  married  Almira  Frances  Smith,  born  in  Morgan 
Township,  Dade  County,  Missouri,  February  ,12th,  18fj(), 
daughter1  of  James  M.  and  Cytha  Ann  (Morris)  Smith. 
They  came  to  Dade  County  from  Cass  County,  Missouri,  in 
1854.  They  were  farmers  and  very  successful.  They  came 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  315 

from  Tennessee  to  North  Missouri,  the  mother  being  a  na- 
tive of  Kentucky.  Mrs.  Shouse  was  sixth  in  point  of  birth 
in  a  family  of  eight  children. 

To  this  last  union  one  child  was  born: 

Cythia  Harriet,  born  on  the  farm  April  28th,  1894, 
graduated  from  the  Greenfield  High  School  and  died  De- 
cember 10th,  1915.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Christian 
church. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shouse  are  each  members  of  the  Chris- 
tian church.  He  is  a  life-long  Democrat,  but  never  had  any 
political  aspirations.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity with  membership  in  Greenfield.  He  has  47  living 
grandchildren  and  great-grandchildren. 


SILAS  E.  SHAW. 

One  of  Dade  County's  most  prominent  native  sons  is 
Silas  E.  Shaw  of  Sac  Township.  He  was  born  February 
10th,  1871,  a  son  of  Rev.  Samuel  M.  Shaw  and  Lucretia 
Jane  Hobbs,  his  wife.  Rev.  Samuel  Shaw  was  also  a 
native  of  Dade  County  from  January  1st,  1845,  and 
his  father,  Samuel  E.  Shaw,  was  a  native  of  Ken- 
tucky, where  he  married  Miss  Kate  Petty,  a  native 
of  North  Carolina,  and  they  emigrated  to  Dade 
County,  Missouri,  in  1840  and  entered  considerable  land 
and  also  bought,  and  he  became  one  of  the  prominent 
farmers  of  the  county,  as  well  as  a  very  prominent  factor 
in  local  politics.  He  was  a  republican  and  directly  follow- 
ing the  civil  war  was  elected  sheriff  and  collector,  and  in 
1870  was  elected  as  judge  of  the  county  court,  and  served 
for  many  years  with  credit  to  himself  and  the  county.  He 
was  especially  well  educated  for  his  time,  and  was  a 
leader  in  religious  matters,  being  a  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist Epsicopal  Church.  During  the  war  he  served  in  the 
Home  Guards.  He  died  in  1891  and  his  wife  passed  away 
in  1896.  Rev.  Samuel  M.  Shaw  was  educated  in  Dade 
County  and  at  the  time  of  the  great  civil  war  enlisted  in 
Company  D,  Sixth  Missouri  Volunteer  Cavalry,  and  served 
with  distinction.  He  died  at  Greenfield  April  1st,  1913, 


316 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

after  a  long  and  useful  life  of  doing  good  to  others.  Pie 
was  a  local  preacher  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  for 
many  years,  and  at  one  time  served  on  the  county  court 
as  judge.  His  wife  is  still  living  at  Greenfield.  They 
raised  a  large  family  and  gave  them  all  fine  educations.  All 
but  the  oldest  of  the  girls  of  the  family  were  teachers  in 
early  life.  A  brief  record  of  this  fine  family  is  as  follows : 
Of  the  twelve  children,  two  died  in  infancy;  Cora  A.  is 
now  Mrs.  J.  F.  Montgomery  of  Sac  Township;  Silas  E.  of 
this  review;  R.  M.  lives  on  the  old  Shaw  homestead  in  Sac 
Township ;  Myrtle  E.  is  now  Mrs.  Arthur  Morris  of  Green- 
field; Leonard  M.  of  Greenfield;  Gaylord  H.  lives  in  Lind- 
sey,  Cal.;  Elsie  Vale  and  Elva  Gale,  twins,  Elsie  is  un- 
married and  is  now  teaching  in  McAlister  Okla.,  while  Elva 
is  now  Mrs.  Howard  Berry  of  Greenfield;  Mary  E.  is  now 
Mrs.  Arthur  Hessler  of  Jerome,  Idaho;  Rose  Arnetta  is 
also  unmarried  and  teaching  in  McAlister,  Okla. 

Silas  E.  Shaw  remained  at  home  with  his  parents, 
helping  them  with  the  farm  until  his  21st  year.  On  Feb. 
2f)th,  1892,  he  married  Miss  Mary  M.  Marcum,  who  was 
born  September  7th,  1872,  a  daughter  of  William  K.  and 
Marietta  V.  (Hembree)  Marcum,  he  a  native  of  Tennessee 
and  she  of  Dade  County. 

Silas  Shaw,  after  spending  one  year  in  Indian  Terri- 
tory, where  he  put  in  one  crop  on  rented  land,  bought  70 
acres  in  Sac  Township,  Dade  County,  and  near  Seybert. 
This  was  partly  improved,  about  half  in  cultivation  and 
had  a  small  cabin.  Here  he  went  to  work  with  a  will  and 
greatly  improved  by  clearing  and  fencing  with  wire,  and 
prospered  with  his  business,  and  in  1902  bought  147  acres 
adjoining  him  on  the  south.  This  place  was  fairly  well 
improved  and  had  a  good  residence,  which  Mr.  Shaw  has 
rebuilt  until  now  it  is  one  of  the  finest  farm  residences  in 
the  county.  He  has  added  large  and  numerous  barns  and 
outbuildings,  ynd  today  this  fine  217-acre  farm  is  consid- 
ered one  of  the  best  in  the  entire  county  and  is  exception- 
ally well  watered  with  springs,  wells  and  the  Sac  river. 

To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Shaw  have  been  born  12  children,  as 
follows :  Nora  Caroline,  born  October  15th,  1896,  died 


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September  3rd,  1898;  Eulalia  Ruth,  born  February  18th, 
1893,  is  now  teaching  in  Sac  Township;  Herbert  M.,  born 
January  23rd,  1895,  lives  at  home  and  is  preaching  in  the 
Church  of  God;  Bessie  J.,  born  October  K)th,  1898;  Susie 
E.,  born  September  3()th,  1900;  William  E.,  born  Septem- 
ber 17th,  1902;  George  Argus,  born  September  8th,  1904; 
Robert  E.,  born  July  31st.  1906;  Mary  L.,  born  July  12th, 
1908;  Henrietta  C./born  May  5th,  1910;  Haydn  Lorenzo, 
born  May  2(5th,  1912;  Lilly  Maxine,  born  March  7th,  1914. 
All  the  last  named  nine  children  are  at  home  and  attend- 
ing school. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Slunv  arc  line  Christian  people,  and  are 
members  of  the  Church  of  God,  a  religious  belief  that  has 
a  large  ami  representative  following  in  Dade  County.  In 
politics  Mr.  Shaw  is  a  Republican  and  has  served  on  the 
school  board  for  some  years,  lie  does  not  care  for  office, 
prefering  to  devote  his  time  and  energies  to  his  large  busi- 
ness interests  and  his  fine  family.  His  farming  operations 
are  indeed  large,  and  he  raises  considerable  stock,  includ- 
ing horses,  mules,  hogs  and  cattle.  Mr.  Shaw  comes  from 
one  of  the  very  best  families  of  the  county  and  he  and  his 
wife  can  justly  be  proud  of  their  success  in  life  as  well  as 
their  fine  family,  which  they  have  raised  in  the  fear  of 
God  and  who  are  growing  up  to  be  our  best  citizens.  Mr. 
Shaw  is  a  kindly,  courteous,  Christian  gentleman,  whom  it 
is  a  pleasure  to  meet  and  know,  and  it  is  such  men  as  he 
that  constitute  the  backbone1  of  the  fine  citizenship  of  Good 
Old  Dade  Couutv. 


ISAAC  THOMAS  SLOAN. 

"Was  born  in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  September  17th, 
1845,  and  died  in  Greenfield  July  2nd,  1911,  son  of  William 
Bradley  Sloan,  who  came  from  Tennessee  to  Dade  County 
in  the  latter  part  of  the  30 's.  lie,  however,  located  first  in 
Greene  County,  but  in  a  short  time  came  on  to  Dade  County 
and  entered  land  in  Sac  Township  near  Sac  river,  where 
he  built  a  large  double  log  house  and  cleared  out  his  land. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  died  on  this  farm.  They  were  of  Eng- 


318 HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

lish-Irish  ancestry.  As  early  as  1849  he  took  the  gold  fever 
and  spent  some  years  in  California  in  digging  the  golden 
dust.  He  was  successful  in  all  his  undertakings,  and  during 
life  accumulated  considerable  property.  Tie  was  a  Whig 
in  politics.  He  was  twice  married,  his  second  wife  being 
Flora  L.  Fanning,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Harriet  Fan- 
ning, who  came  from  Tennessee  in  the  30 's  and  settled  in 
Sac  Township  about  one  mile  from  the  Sloans.  They  were 
the  first  families  in  the  neighborhood. 

Isaac  T.  Sloan  was  raised  on  a  farm  and  attended  the 
country  schools.  When  18  years  of  age  he  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany L,  Sixth  Missouri  Cavalry,  in  1862,  and  served  until 
the  end  of  the  war.  He  was  mustered  out  at  Baton  Rouge, 
La.,  and  returned  home  to  the  farm.  He  had  a  well  im- 
proved farm,  being"  part  of  the  old  homestead,  where  for 
many  years  lie  was  engaged  in  general  farming  and  stock- 
raising.  In  December,  1898,  lie  moved  to  Greenfield,  having 
been  elected  recorder  of  deeds  that  fall.  He  served  four 
years  as  recorder  and  also  filled  an  unexpired  term  as 
county  collector  by  appointment.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
M.  E.  church  and  took  great  interest  in  its  affairs.  He  was 
also  a  member  of  the  G.  A.  R.  post  at  Greenfield.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  originally  an  old-line  Whig,  but  later  a  Re- 
publican. 

Isaac  T.  Sloan  was  married  on  the  24th  day  of  Septem- 
ber, 18G5,  to  Sarah  Catharine  Shaw,  born  November  25th, 
1850,  daughter  of  Samuel  E.  and  Catherine  (Petty)  Shaw, 
who  came  from  Kentucky  in  the  30 's  and  settled  in  Sac 
Township.  The  Pettys  lived  in  Kentucky  and  later  came 
to  Pettis  County,  Missouri.  The  Shaws  were  successful 
farmers  and  died  on  the  old  homestead  in  Sac  Township. 
They  were  of  English-Irish  ancestry  and  had  eight  chil- 
dren, two  dying  in  infancy: 

(1)  James  J.,  a  successful  farmer  of  Sac  Township, 
represented  Dade  County  in  the  Missouri  Legislature  and 
died  in  Greenfield  in  1910. 

(2)  William  E.,  a  pastor  of  the  Cumberland  Presby- 
terian church  of  Greenfield. 

(3)  Mary  Ann. 


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(4)  Samuel  Manarift,  lived  for  years  and  raised  a  fam- 
ily on  the  old  homestead,  was  a  local  preacher  in  the  M.  E. 
church,  was  associate  judge  of  the  county  court,  moved  to 
Greenfield  and  died  there. 

(5)  Irvin  E. 

(6)  Sarah  Catharine,  widow  of  T.  T.  Sloan. 

(7)  Cyrus. 

(8)  Laura  Etta. 

Mrs.  Sloan  was  raised  on  a  farm  and  attended  the  coun- 
try schools,  was  married  to  I.  T.  Sloan  and  was  the  mother 
of  eight  children,  six  of  whom  are  still  living: 

(1)  Laura  J.,  married  Joseph   McLemore,  a   farmer 
and  stock  dealer  residing  in  (ireenlield.     They  have  three 
children. 

(2)  Flora,  married  Edward  C.  Montgomery,  a  fanner 
of  Nanton,  Canada.     They  have  five  children. 

(3)  Oscar  T.,  born  February  5th,  1874,  in  Sac  Town- 
ship. 

(4)  Minnie  C.,  married  Ottis  Hargrave,  a  farmer  in 
Canada.     They  have  three  children. 

(5)  William  Walter,  a  fanner  in  Canada;  one  child. 

(6)  Iva   Ferrel,   married   Ira   Pilkington,   a   railroad 
man  of  Greenfield.     Thev  have  two  children. 


JOSEPH  W.  MeLEMORE. 

Was  born  in  Sac  Township  May  3rd,  18(v>,  son  of  Wes- 
ley McLemore,  who  was  born  in  Tennessee  June  7th,  1827. 
He  came  to  Dade  County  in  1849  and,  with  his  brother,  A.  J. 
McLemore,  both  being  single,  located  in  Sac  Township.  AVes- 
ley  soon  returned  to  Tennessee  and  his  brother,  Archibald 
McLemore,  came  back  to  Dade  County  with  him.  Wesley 
McLemore  was  raised  on  a  farm  and  had  practically  no 
education.  Both  his  parents  died  when  he  was  <inite  young. 

Joseph  W.  McLemore  was  raised  on  a  farm,  attended 
country  school  and  remained  on  the  old  homestead  until 
his  marriage,  and  he  and  his  brother  still  own  the  old  place. 

This  farm,  part  of  it  having  been  settled  by  his  father, 
has  never  been  out  of  the  family,  lie  bought  the  old  AVilson 


320 HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Dicus  farm  in  Sac  Township  of  430  acres,  and  also  owns 
one-half  of  the  home  place,  which  contains  177  acres,  both 
well  improved. 

Mr.  McLemore  has  been  extensively  engaged  in  buy- 
ing and  shipping  stock  for  many  years  and  devotes  his 
entire  time  and  attention  to  farming,  stock  raising  and 
shipping. 

He  was  married  October  8th,  1885  to  Laura  Sloan,  a 
daughter  of  Isaac  T.  and  Sarah  Catherine  (Shaw)  Sloan, 
born  July  3rd,  1867.  She  attended  the  common  schools  of 
the  county  and  is  the  mother  of  three  children: 

(1)  Zetta  Fern,   born   December   24th,   1891,   gradu- 
ated from  Greenfield  High  School  and  is  engaged  in  teach- 
ing music. 

(2)  Orville,  born  April  llth,  1895,  married  Alma  Fin- 
ley  and  is  engaged  in  farming  on  the  old  homestead  in  Sac 
Township. 

(3)  Flora  Ella,  born  November  12th,  1899,  graduated 
from  the  Greenfield  High  School  in  class  of  1917. 

Mr.  McLemore  and  family  are  prominent  members 
and  workers  in  the  M.  E.  church,  have  a  lovely  home  on 
Maple  street  in  Greenfield,  his  girls  are  both  splendid  musi- 
cians and  their  home  is  an  ideal  one.  Mr.  McLemore  is  a 
republican  in  politics  and  is  counted  one  cf  the  substantial 
business  men  of  the  county. 


OSCAR  P.  SLOAN. 

Was  born  February  5th,  1874  in  Sac  Township,  son  of 
Isaac  T.  and  Sarah  Catherine  (Shaw)  Sloan.  He  received 
a  good  common  school  education,  and  on  the  3rd  day  of 
May,  1890  was  married  to  Birdie  M.  Davidson,  a  native  of 
Dado  County,  born  July  15th,  1878,  daughter  of  James 
find  Elizabeth  Jane  (Taylor)  Davidson,  both  now  deceased. 
They  were  old  residents  of  Dade  County  and  farmers. 

Oscar  P.  Sloan  carne  to  Greenfield  in  1911  and  clerked 
in  a  store  and  after  one  year  opened  a  grocery  store  on  his 
own  account,  in  which  business  he  is  still  engaged. 


TOM   ROUNTREE    AND   FAMILY. 


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Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sloan  are  the  parents  of  four  children, 
one  dying  in  infancy  named  Linzel: 

(1.)     Edna  Fern,  born  December  1.9th,  1901. 

(2)  Gladys  K.,  born  October  19th,  1904. 

(3)  Raymond  Edward,  born  October  10th,  191 1. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sloan  are  members  of  the  M.  E.  church 
and  he  is  an  active  republican  in  politics. 


ROBERT  SPAIN. 

One  of  our  highly  honored  citizens  of  Dado  County  ^s 
Robert  Spain  of  Smith  Township.  ITo  being  one  of  th^ 
oldest  native  sons  of  our  county  and  was  born  here  January 
21st,  1844  a  son  of  Lewis  and  Martha  Penn.  both  natives  of 
Tennessee  and  were  among  the  very  early  settlor*  of  this 
part  of  Missouri.  The  Penn  family  were  a  prominent 
pioneer  family  and  from  thorn  Penn  Prairie  received  its 
name.  Lewis  Spain  entered  some  700  acres  of  land  and 
was  a  prosperous  farmer  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  in 
1882  owned  440  acres  besides  having  given  his  children 
considerable  land  to  start  thorn  in  life.  His  wife  lived  some 
years  after  him  passing  away  in  1900  at  a  ripe  old  ago  and 
loved  and  respected  by  all.  They  raised  a  largo  family, 
throe  of  their  sons  served  in  the  Confederate  Army.  Rich- 
ard was  in  Company  A  and  was  killed  in  battle  in  Arkansas 
and  Wm.  D.  served  through  the  war  and  died  in  Dado 
county  whore  his  wife  and  children  still  live.  Robert,  the 
subject  of  this  review  was  a  member  of  company  A  and 
served  over  three  years  and  after  its  close  remained  in 
Texas  for  one  year  when  ho  came  back  to  Dado  county  and 
took  up  his  residence  in  1806,  working  on  the  home  farm 
with  his  father  at  general  farming"  and  stock  raising.  ITo 
also  followed  teaming  for  about  two  years.  June  30th, 
1879,  Mr.  Spain  married  Fannie  (Tlarrol)  Strip])  who  was 
the  widow  of  Killis  Stapp  and  by  whom  she  had  one 
daughter,  Lillie,  who  married  Tlieo  Oldham  and  died  in 
1911  leaving  three  children,  Sylvia,  Jewell  and  Claude 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Spain  were  born  six  children  as  follows: 
AVarron  J.,  born  September  7th,  1S77,  married  Fannie 


322 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Stapp  and  they  live  on  a  fine  farm  close  to  the  Spain 
homestead  and  have  six  children,  Edna,  Iva,  Lulu,  How- 
ard, Carlton  and  Ellis;  Homer,  born  March  7th,  1882, 
married  his  first  wife,  Mollie  Mitchell  who  died  leaving 
four  children,  Eula,  Louis,  Mildren  and  Robert.  He  mar- 
ried again  to  Miss  Gertie  Murs  and  they  have  one  child, 
Edith  J.;  Ira  L.,  born  March  7th,  1886,  married  Stella 
Speers  and  their  children  are,  Myrtle  and  Velmar,  they 
are  also  large  farmers  and  stock  raisers  in  Dade;  Bell, 
born  December  16th,  1889,  is  now  Mrs.  Wm.  Mallory  and 
has  four  children,  Everett,  Geneva,  Elsie  and  Laura; 
Nora  A.,  born  April  20th,  1892,  first  married  James  Lack 
by  whom  she  had  two  children,  named,  Oval  and  Ovia,  she 
married  again  to  Homer  Montgomery  and  they  reside  in 
California  and  have  one  child,  Merle*  Mr.  Spain's  first 
farming  for  himself  was  done  on  an  80-acre  tract  that  he 
had  purchased  previous  to  his  marriage  and  here  he  and 
his  wife  prospered  and  added  land  until  they  had  200 
acres.  At  the  time  of  his  father's  death,  Mr.  Spain  bought 
out  all  the  other  heirs  and  moved  to  the  old  Spain  home- 
stead of  440  acres  and  where  he  now  lives  in  a  large  coin 
modious  residence.  Here  lie  carries  on  general  farming 
and  stock  raising  on  a  large  scale  although  he  rents  out 
some  of  his  land.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Spain  are  members  of  the 
Cumberland  Presbyterian  church  and  in  polities  Mr.  Spain 
is  a  democrat  and  he  has  been  influential  in  the  party,  and 
has  served  as  town  assessor  and  for  many  years  on  the 
school  board.  Mr.  Spain  is  a  member  of  the  Confederate 
Veteran  Camp  at  Greenfield.  Too  much  cannot  be  said  of 
the  high  esteem  in  which  Robert  Spain  and  his  family  are 
held  in  minds  and  hearts  of  the  people  of  Dade  county. 
Mr.  Spain  is  a  fine  broad  minded,  courteous  and  Christian 
gentleman  and  he  and  his  family  have  been  a  blessing  to 
this  county  and  we  hope  that  Mi1,  and  Mrs.  Spain  may 
live  many,  many  years  filled  with  happiness  and  con- 
tentment. 


BOLIVER  WRIGHT  SMITH. 

Was  horn   in  South    Morgan  Township,   Dade  County, 
Missouri,   March    12th,    1^61,    son    of  John    \V.    and    Sallie 


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Ann  (Morgan)  Smith.  His  father  is  still  living  near 
Arcola,  in  North  Township,  at  the  advanced  age  of  84 
years.  His  mother  died  in  1896. 

B.  W.  Smith  was  the  3rd  child  in  a  family  of  nine, 
all  of  whom  are  dead  but  three.  Vinton  Smith  lives  with 
his  father  near  Arcola,  while  his  sister  Dell  is  now  Mrs. 
Murphy  Shaw  of  Greenfield. 

John  W.  Smith  came  to  Dade  County  in  1837,  being 
brought  by  his  father  and  mother  from  Tennessee.  They 
were  among  the  very  early  settlers  of  the  county.  It  is 
said  that  there  were  only  twelve  white  families  living  in 
Dade  County  at  that  time. 

At  the  time  of  his  marriage,  B.  W.  Smith  was  renting 
land  and  farming  in  different  places  in  the  county  up  to  12 
years  ago  wThen  he  bought  93  acres  in  Sac  township  wThich 
lie  kept  four  years  then  bought  1:20  acres  north  of  Dade- 
ville.  This  was  in  19(;8.  This  last  place  was  very  little 
improved  with  a  fair  frame  house.  He  has  since  broken 
and  cleared  out,  fenced  and  cross-fenced  with  hog-tight 
wire  and  built  a  good  barn.  The  place  is  well  watered  by 
two  good  springs  and  a  good  well.  At  the  time  of  his 
election  as  Sheriff  of  Dade  County,  Mr.  Smith  was  en- 
gaged in  general  farming  and  stock  raising,  usually  feed- 
ing out  all  his  crop  and  marketing  from  one  to  t\vo  car 
loads  of  hogs  each  year. 

He  was  married  April  15th,  1883  to  A  Hie  Van  Hooser, 
born  May  20th,  1866,  daughter  of  John  Newton  and 
Elizabeth  (Logan)  Van  Hooser,  both  natives  of  Tennessee, 
coming  to  Dade  county  among  the  early  settlers.  Mrs. 
Smith  was  born  one  mile  west  of  Dadeville.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Smith  are  the  parents  of  five  children,  viz: 

(1)  Hubert,   born   January   21st,   1885,   died   August 
5th,  188'8. 

(2)  Homer,  born  July  2nd,  1887.  married  Bessie  Wil- 
son, a  native  of  Dade  County.     They  have  four  children: 
Opal,   Sherman,   Madaline   and   Josephine.      They    live    in 
North  Morgan  Township. 


324 HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

(3)  Macie,  born  July  22nd,  1889,  married  Joe  Witt, 
a  farmer  of  North  Morgan   Township,  a   native   of   Dade 
County.    They  have  two  children:   Elma  and  Wilma. 

(4)  Kay,    born    August    3rd,     18D1,    married    Sabra 
Kirby,   a    native    of   Dade    County.      They    live    in    South 
Morgan  Township  and  have  one  child,  Leon. 

(5)  John    Wesley,   born   October   2(.)th,    18!)D,   still   at 
home. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Smith  are  each  members  of  the  Christ- 
ian church,  he  is  a  Republican,  has  served  on  school  board 
for  a  number  of  years.  He  is  making  a  splendid  official 
but  expects  to  return  to  his  farm  when  his  term  of  office 
expires. 

Mrs.  Smith  has  four  brothers  living  in  Dade  County: 
John  B.  Van  I  looser,  J.  I.  Van  Hooser,  \V.  II.  Van  I  looser 
and  ]{.  II.  Van  I  looser.  One  C.  X.  Van  1  looser  lives  at 
Hoisington,  Kansas  and  one,  J.  F.  Van  I  looser  lives  in  Cal- 
ifornia. 

o 

F.  M.  SNEED  DRUG  COMPANY. 

F.  M.  Sneed,  the  proprietor  of  this  Drug  Company 
was  born  in  Greene  County,  Missouri,  January  1st,  18^3, 
son  of  J.  P.  and  Mollie  (Knox)  Sneed,  the  former  being  a 
native  of  Greene  County  and  his  father  was  a  pioneer 
from  Tennessee.  J.  P.  Sneed  \vas  married  in  Greene 
county,  Mo.,  in  1881.  lie  was  a  farmer  and  is  still  active. 
Is  a  republican  in  politics,  and  both  he  and  his  wife  are 
members  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  church.  Mrs. 
J.  P.  Sneed  was  also  a  native  of  Greene  County,  of  the  old 
pioneer  Knox  stock  who  were  originally  from  Tennessee. 

F.  M.  Sneed  was  the  oldest  of  a  family  of  14  children, 
all  of  whom  are  living  except  one  who  died  at  the  aire  of 
'2  years.  Mr.  Sneed  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Greene 
county  and  supplemented  that  education  by  entering  the 
Queen  City  Business  College  from  which  he  graduated 
in  11)03  after  which  he  went  to  Pleasant  Hope  in  Polk 
county  where  he  worked  for  the  Pleasant  Hope  Milling 
Company  for  one  year  then  entered  the  drug  business  as 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  325 

clerk  for  The  J.  W.  Crank  Drug  Company  at  Springfield, 
in  which  position  he  remained  for  twelve  years.  On  the 
19th  day  of  December,  1907,  he  was  licensed  as  a  .Reg- 
istered Pharmacist  and  in  June,  1914  came  to  Greenfield 
and  bought  out  the  Weir  pharmacy.  He  immediately  en- 
larged the  stock  and  now  carries  a  complete,  up-to-date 
line  of  drugs  and  medicines,  including  jewelry,  books,  sta- 
tionery, cut  glass,  paints,  oils,  druggists'  sundries  and 
medical  appliances.  It  is  one  of  the  most  complete  phar- 
macies to  be  found  in  the  country. 

F.  M.  Sneed  was  married  on  the  8th  day  of  Septem- 
ber, 1908,  to  Miss  Bessie  B.  White,  born  May'  4th,  1889  in 
Springfield,  daughter  of  A.  C.  and  Fannie  (Gott)  White. 
To  this  union  was  born,  one  child,  Melvin  White  Sneed, 
July  5th,  1912  in  Springfield.  Mr.  Sneed  is  a  Republican 
in  politics  and  both  himself  and  wife  are  members  of  the 
Cumberland  Presbyterian  church.  He  is  an  active,  ener- 
getic, public-spirited  man,  wide  awake  to  the  best  inter- 
ests of  the  community  and  in  every  way  an  exemplary 
citizen. 

o— 

HUGH  STAPP. 

Born  March  21st,  1852,  in  Monroe  County,  Tenn.,  son 
of  Achillis  Granville  Stapp  also  born  in  Tenn.,  February 
21st,  1830,  and  Margaret  (Weir)  Stapp,  a  native  of  Tenn., 
born  August  .'51st,  182f>.  Father  and  mother  were  mar- 
ried in  Tennessee,  April  24th,  1851  and  came  to  Missouri, 
overland,  in  an  ox  wagon  and  settled  first  in  Greene  county 
in  fall  of  1852.  He  later  took  up  a  claim  on  the  prairie  in 
Dade  county  but  was  forced  to  give  it  up  by  reason  of  the 
treachery  of  persons  he  supposed  were  his  friends.  In 
company  with  his  family  he  wont  back  to  Greene  county 
on  a  visit  just  before  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  and  was 
taken  sick  and  for  a  few  years  his  life  was  despaired  of. 
After  the  war  he  entered  120  acres  and  purchased  40  acres 
adjoining,  upon  which  he  made  his  home  until  the  date  of 
his  death,  June  !!0th,  1870.  lie  was  buried  in  Christian 
countv. 


326 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Achillis  G.  Stapp  and  wife  were  the  parents  of  six 
children: 

(I)  Granville  Armstrong,  died  May  28th,  1863,  aged 
1  year. 

(2  and  3)     Hugh  and  Achillis  (twins). 

(4)  Jasper,  B.,  born  July  5th,  1854. 

(5)  Sarah  Elizabeth,  born  February  15th,  1856. 

(6)  Elbridge  Newton,  born  November  26th,  1859. 
All  of  the  above  children  are  living  in  Dade  county, 

Hugh  Stapp  was  married  February  llth,  1877  to  Louisa 
Morris,  who  was  born  June  29th,  1858,  a  daughter  of  Mon- 
roe and  Mary  Jane  (Menesse)  Morris,  both  natives  of 
Tennessee  but  were  married  in  Dade  County,  December 
1st,  1853. 

James  Monroe  Morris  died  in  Dade  County,  February 
28th,  1905  and  his  wife  Mary  Jane  Morris  died  the  same 
year,  January  10th,  1905.  They  were  the  parents  of  13 
children: 

(1)  Sarah  Cordelia,  born  February  13th,  1856. 

(2)  Mary  Josephine,  born  April  20th,  1857. 

(3)  Louisa  Zipporah,  born  June  29th,  1858. 

(4)  Malissa,  born  June  4th,  1860. 

(5)  Martha,  born  September  8th,  1861. 

(6)  James  Monroe,  born  October  2nd,  1862. 

(7)  Susan  Rittabell,  born  February  12th,  1864. 

(8)  William  Elvis,  born  August  29th,  1866. 

(9)  Jesse,  born  February  5th,  1868. 
(10)     Louetta,  born  March' 20th,  1870. 

(II)  Rachel  Catherine,  born  December  27th,  1871. 

(12)  Bailey,  born  July  12th,  1873. 

(13)  Elsie  May,  born  November  4th,  1877. 

Of  the  above  children,  Malissa  married  Harry  Cowan 
of  California,  Cordelia  married  J.  R.  Cearnal  of  Jasper 
county,  Rachel  Catherine  married  Albert  Lucas,  Louetta 
died,  aged  20  years,  Susan  Ritabell  was  the  wife  of  Albert 
Daughtrey,  died  May  31st,  1914.  Martha  died  in  infancy 
and  Elsie  May  is  now  the  wife  of  G.  W.  Snaden. 

Hugh  Stapp  and  wife  are  the  parents  of  two  children: 
(1)     Nora  Neel,  born  July  13th,  1880,  died  October 
6th,  1880. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  327 

(2)  Jesse  Lawson,  born  February  15th,  1882,  married 
Grace  L.  Allison  a  native  of  Ohio,  who  was  born  December 
14th,  1879,  daughter  of  David  J.  and  Lucinda  (Weed) 
Allison.  They  have  two  children:  James  Lacey,  born 
June  20th,  1910  and  Flsie,  born  September  24th,  1913. 
Father  and  son  are  no\v  engaged  in  farming  on  a  large 
farm. 

At  the  time  of  his  marriage  Hugh  Stapp  was  a  tenant 
farmer  and  continued  so  until  1SS5  when  he  bought  80 
acres  of  land  in  Washington  Township  where  he  now 
lives.  It  was  raw  timber  land,  but  Mr.  Stapp  went  to 
work  with  a  vim,  erected  a  little  frame  cabin,  15  by  17 
feet  with  a  lean-to,  cleared  out  a  field,  added  20  acres  in 
two  years  and  later  bought  40  acres  adjoining  and  after- 
wards 70  acres  more  so  that  his  farm  now  comprises  210 
acres  of  splendid  land,  practically  the  fruits  of  his  own 
labor.  He  has  made  splendid  improvements.  His  son 
owns  30  acres  adjoining  this  farm  and  lie  and  his  father 
work  in  partnership. 

Hugh  Stapp  and  son  are  engaged  in  general  farming, 
raise  40  or  50  head  of  hogs  each  year  and  make  a  spe- 
cialty of  Short-Horn  cattle.  They  also  have  50  head  of 
Angora  goats. 

In  1905  they  erected  a  fine  barn  on  this  farm  which 
is  remarkable  by  reason  of  the  floor,  being  a  natural 
strata  of  flat  limestone  rock  on  the  surface  of  the  ground, 
38  by  40  feet  without  a  break,  the  foundation  wall  of  the 
barn  being  cemented  to  the  rock  floor  making  it  absolutely 
varment  proof. 

Both  Hugh  Stapp  and  his  son,  Jesse,  are  members  of 
the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  church.  Jesse  is  also  an 
Odd  Fellow.  Both  are  democrats  and  active  in  party 
work  though  not  office  seekers.  Hugh  Stapp  is  a  stock- 
holder in  the  R.  S.  Jacobs  Bank  of  Greenfield,  while  Jesse 
is  a  stockholder  in  the  Bank  of  Pennsboro.  Both  are 
splendid  citizens,  good  roads  enthusiasts  and  progressive 
farmers. 


328  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

AARON  D.  STATES. 

Born  in  West  Cairo,  Ohio,  April  16th,  I860,  died  at  his 
Cabin  Home,  near  Greenfield,  Mo.,  December  5th,  1916. 

Mr.  States  received  the  major  part  of  his  education  in 
the  schools  of  Ada,  Ohio,  fitting  him  for  the  work  of  later 
life  in  the  lines  of  education,  writer,  platform  orator  mid 
minister  in  ail  of  which  lines  he  did  credit  to  his  early  teach- 
ing, to  himself  and  to  the  community  wherever  his  lot  was 
cast. 

Just  budding  into  young  manhood  he  came  west  with 
his  parents  in  1879;  four  years  later,  in  1883  was  married 
to  Miss  Josephine  Culpepper,  who  survives  him. 

His  first  newspaper  work  was  at  Cherokee,  Kansas 
where  lie  founded  and  became  editor  of  the  "Cyclone"  in 
1884.  He  was  afterward  connected  with  the  "Miami  County 
Republican  and  the  Paola  Times  of  which  he  was  owner  in 
the  same  state;  the  Kansas  City  World,  Golden  City  Trib- 
une, Lamar  Republican-Sentinel,  Columbia  Herald,  and 
Springfield  Independent,  all  in  Missouri. 

He  entered  the  ministry  of  the  Church  of  Christ  in 
1890,  his  first  pastorate  being  that  at  Olathe,  Kansas.  He 
served  later  at  Ft.  Scott  and  also  at  Lawrence,  Kansas,  from 
which  place  he  moved  to  Greenfield,  Mo.,  in  1892,  since 
which  time  his  ministerial  efforts  were  largely  devoted  to 
evangelizing.  He  held  pastorates  with  different  churches 
over  most  of  Southwest  Missouri  and  his  work  often  calling 
him  to  other  states.  He  was  engaged  in  Christian  work 
up  to  the  time  of  his  death  but  at  that  time  was  serving  no 
regular  pastorate.  The  last  public  act  of  his  life  was  the 
conducting  of  the  funeral  of  a  prominent  Greenfield  citizen, 
the  late  John  Harrison. 

During  all  the  years  of  his  church  work  he  never  for- 
got his  pen  nor  permitted  his  ambitions  as  a  writer  to  fag: 
was  a  constant  contributor  to  the  magazines  and  journals. 

As  an  orator,  his  abilities  brought,  him  into  prominence 
as  a  campaigner,  political  and  otherwise  and  for  33  years 
the  work  occupied  much  of  his  time  from  National  cam- 
paign work  down  to  the  smaller  and  mor<>  local  work,  but 
never  at  the  sacrifice  of  his  greater  ideals.  With  all  this, 


HISTORY  OF  PADS  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 829 

always  public  spirited  and  in  the  forefront  of  every  move- 
ment for  the  material  as  well  as  the  spiritual  welfare  of  his 
people,  his  indefatigable  labors  accomplished  much.  He 
was  the  pioneer  in  the  business  and  established  the  first 
practical  telephone  system  in  Greenfield — the  business  out 
of  which  the  Dade  County  Mutual  and  other  systems,  local, 
have  grown. 

Not  long  after  coming  to  Greenfield  he  established  a 
neat  little  cottage  home  in  the  north  part  which  he  christ- 
ened "Rest-A- While."  This  was  in  his  possession  at  the 
time  of  his  death  and  is  now  occupied  by  his  bereaved  wife. 
For  some  years,  however,  he  had  not  occupied  this  home. 
After  returning  from  Springfield  where  he  was  last  in  the 
newspaper  business  he  settled,  with  Mrs.  States,  in  the 
Cabin  Home,  "The  Cabin  by  the  Winding  Way,"  as  he  de- 
lighted to  express  it,  situated  on  his  holdings  out  on  the 
Limestone  Way.  This  spot  he  dearly  loved — loved  to  live 
in — loved  to  write  about  and  to  talk  about — loved  to  work 
for  and  "his  works  do  follow  him." 

He  has  been  an  Odd  Fellow  for  nearly  35  years  and  had 
served  that  order  as  state  Chaplain  and  was  never  too  busy 
to  do  his  duty  for  the  organization  or  anywhere  else  when 
duty  called  him. 

The  writer  realizes  that  this  brief  biographical  sketch 
can  give  but  an  intimation  imperfect  and  colorless  of  the 
man's  real  worth  who  was  altogether  and  wholly  a  man. 
At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  engaged  in  the  work  of  this 
publication  and  collaboration  with  others  and  was  a  moving 
spirit  if  not  in  fact  the  moving  spirit  locally  in  the  enter- 
prise. As  an  evangelist,  writer,  platform  and  pulpit  orator 
and  a  literateur  of  no  mean  ability,  he  magnified  his  posi 
tion  to  all  cases  for  more  than  these  positions  magnified  the 
man.  As  a  citizen,  a  plain  citizen,  his  life  and  example 
were  worth  more  than  all  these.  The  worth  of  his  life 
among  us  was  inestimable  and  his  loss  to  us  is  irreparable. 


GEORGE  E.  STRANGE. 

A  native  of  Barton  County,  Mo.,  born  December  25th, 
1878,  son  of  Joseph  Abner  and  Lucinda  E.  (White)  Strange. 


330 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

His  father  was  born  December  3rd,  1847  and  his  mother 
was  born  March  llth,  1840.  His  father  was  a  native  of 
Johnson  County  where  he  was  raised  and  so  far  as  known 
the  Strange  family  were  native  Missourians  while  Mrs. 
Strange  was  a  native  of  Tennessee,  her  people  coming  to 
Missouri  in  1840.  Joseph  A.  Strange  died  in  Dade  County. 
He  was  a  farmer.  He  came  to  Dade  county  in  the  early 
80 's  and  settled  near  Lockwood.  In  his  early  life  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Christian  church  but  later  joined  the  United 
Brethern.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican.  Joseph  A. 
Strange  and  wife  were  the  parents  of  six  children  all  dead 
but  George  E. 

(1)  Martha,   born   August   10th,    1870,   married   Ed. 
Means.    She  is  now  deceased.    Left  no  children. 

(2)  William    Clay,    married   Mary   Kimbler.      He   is 
now  dead.    Left  one  child,  Eltha. 

(o)  John  (twin  of  William  Clay)  they  were  born 
April  llth,  1872,  John  married  Zona  Cassada.  He  died  leav- 
ing three  children,  Goldie,  Kay  and  Hughie. 

(4)  C.  W.,  born  December  25th,  1878,  died  single. 

(5)  George  E.  Strange. 

(6)  Xora  A.,  born  February  25th,  1880,  died,  aged  10 
years. 

Lucinda  E.  Strange  is  still  living  with  her  son,  George 
E.,  at  a  ripe  old  age. 

George  E.  Strange  received  his  education  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  Dade  county  and  remained  at  home  until 
1900  when  he  commenced  farming  on  rented  land  on  his 
own  account.  In  1909  he  bought  an  80-acres  of  land  in 
South  Morgan  Township  which  he  kept  for  one  year,  and 
since  which  time  he  has  bought,  sold,  traded,  exchanged  and 
invested  until  he  now  owns  1GO  acres  all  in  one  body  in 
South  Morgan  Township. 

This  160  acres  is  a  well  improved  farm,  all  in  cultiva- 
tion except  15  acres,  well  fenced,  well  watered  by  springs 
and  well.  In  1913  Mr.  Strange  built  a  new  frame -house  on 
the  Greenfield  &  Dadeville  road  also  a  new  house  west  of  his 
present  [dace.  lie  lias  put  up  substantial  out  buildings,  and 
lias  one  of  the  choice  farms  in  his  locality.  He  is  engaged 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  381 

in  general  farming  and  stock  raising.     Raises  horses,  cat- 
tle, mules  and  hogs. 

In  the  year  1899,  on  the  24th  day  of  October,  he  was 
married  to  Mary  Elizabeth  Edwards,  who  was  born  Jan- 
uary 7th,  1881,  a  native  of  Spencer  County,  Ind.,  daughter 
of  Abraham  and  Levenia  Jane  (Dale)  Edwards.  Her  fath- 
er was  a  native  of  Indiana  while  her  mother  was  born  in 
Kentucky.  The  Dales  were  early  emigrants  from  Kentucky. 
There  were  six  children  in  the  Edwards  family,  three  of 
whom  are  living: 

(1)  Clara,  married  Robert  W.  Vanderville,  and  lives 
in  Kansas.    They  have  one  child,  Agnes. 

(2)  Arema,  married  Alex  Cassada  of  Dade  county. 
They  have  nine  children. 

(3)  Mary  Elizabeth,  married  George  E.  Strange. 

(4)  Franklin  A.,  died  in  early  manhood. 
Clarence,  died  in  early  manhood. 

The  Edwards  family  came  to  Dade  County  about  1881. 
They  settled  near  Dadeville  and  Mr.  Edwards  died  August 
18th,  1894.  Mrs.  Edwards  still  lives  in  Dadeville. 

George  E.  Strange  and  wife  are  the  parents  of  seven 
children : 

(1)  Levenia   E.,   born  July   6th,   1900.   received   her 
schooling  in  Dade  county,  married  Hiram  Hunt,  March  5th, 
3915,  and  lives  in  South  Morgan  township.    He  is  a  native 
of  Dade  county,  born  December  25,  1889,  and  is  a  farmer 
by  occupation. 

(2)  Forrest  S.,  born  July  21st,  1902,  is  still  at  home 
attending  school. 

(3)  Lottie  D.,  born  July  4th,  1904. 

(4)  Clara  V.,  born  October  2nd,  1906. 

(5)  Mary  E.,  born  March  23rd,  1908. 

(6)  Berniece  F.,  born  August  16th,  1910. 

(7)  Joseph  E.,  born  November  22nd,  1915. 

All  of  the  above  children  are  at  home  attending  school 
except  the  oldest  daughter.  Mr.  Strange  is  a  Republican 
but  never  aspired  to  a  public  office  nor  held  any  political 
position.  Has  been  a  member  of  his  local  school  board.  He 


882 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

has  always  been  an  earnest  supporter  of  good  schools  and 
is  an  advocate  of  good  roads. 

Mr.  Edwards,  his  father-in-law  was  a  veteran  of  the 
civil  war,  serving  in  the  53rd  regiment,  Indiana  Volunteer 
Infantry  for  three  years  and  four  months,  and  was  for  some 
time  a  prisoner  in  the  Andersonville  prison. 


MASON  TALBUTT. 

Mason  Talbutt,  a  member  of  the  Greenfield  bar,  was 
born  October  6th,  1846,  in  Greenfield,  Dade  county,  Mo., 
his  parents  being  Columbus  and  Amanda  (Allison)  Talbutt. 
The  father  who  was  a  Tailor  by  trade,  was  born  in  Bour- 
bon county,  Kentucky,  and  the  mother  in  Tennessee,  but  for 
many  years  they  were  residents  of  Greenfield  where  both 
passed  away.  They  had  a  family  of  eight  children,  seven 
of  whom  are  now  living. 

In  his  early  life  Mr.  Talbutt  learned  the  printing  busi- 
ness, and  worked  at  it  until  the  beginning  of  the  Civil  War, 
and  in  186.3  he  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Co.  I  of  the  15th  Mo. 
Cav.  Vol.,  and  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  First  Sergeant, 
and  was  discharged  June  30th,  1865.  After  the  war  was 
over  he  again  engaged  in  the  newspaper  business  for  a 
number  of  years,  and  while  working  at  his  trade  studied 
law  and  was  admitted  to  practice  by  Judge  Parkinson  at 
Greenfield,  in  June,  1879,  and  has  been  so  engaged  since 
that  time.  In  October,  1884,  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
the  lion.  E.  P.  Mann,  which  continued  until  January,  1901, 
when  Mr.  Mann  moved  to  Springfield. 

Mr.  Talbutt  served  several  years  as  Justice  of  the 
Peace,  and  in  ISS:!  he  was  elected  Judge  of  the  Probate 
Court  and  served  four  years,  and  in  1896  he  was  elected 
Prosecuting  Attorney  of  Dade  county,  and  served  two 
terms,  lie  is  a  member  of  the  Greenfield  School  Board  and 
has  been  for  a  number  of  years,  and  has  served  as  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  Aldermen  and  one  term  as  Mayor  of  Green- 
field. 

In  Greenfield,  on  December  7th,  1869,  he  was  united  in 
marriage  to  Miss  Clara  Kimber,  a  daughter  of  Joseph  II. 
Kirnher,  and  to  this  union  five  children  were  born  who  are 


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now  living,  viz:  Florence  B.,  the  wife  of  C.  E.  Tarr,,  of 
Billings,  Montana,  Mary  E.,  the  widow  of  Harry  II.  Davis, 
of  Greenfield,  Maggie  D.,  the  wife  of  W.  C.  "Whaley,  of 
Greenfield,  Henry  K.,  of  Greenfield,  and  Lucy  M.,  wife  of 
Clyde  McLemore,  of  Billings,  Montana. 

Mr.  Talhntt  has  been  connected  with  the  K.  S.  .Jacobs 
Banking  Co.,  from  its  organization,  was  elected  a  director 
June  10th,  ISSrJ,  and  has  been  on  the  Board  since  that  time, 
was  elected  Vice  President  in  February,  11)00  and  President 
in  June,  1!)0(> — which  position  he  still  holds. 

The  family  are  members  of  the  M.  E.  church,  and  Mr. 
Talbutt  politically  is  a  Democrat.  1  Ie  is  a  member  of  Wash- 
ington Lodge  Xo.  S7,  A.  F.  cV.  A.  M.,  and  of  Dude  Lodge  Xo. 
518,1.  ().  0.  F.  at  Greenfield,  Mo. 

The  above  is  a  brief  sketch  of  a  man  who  has  resided 
in  Greenfield  for  more  than  seventy  years  and  whose  life 
is  written  upon  every  page  of  her  history.  Judge  Talbutt 
has  been  a  power  in  the  educational  forces  of  Greenfield.  He 
was  the  first  man  to  place  his  name  upon  the  subscription 
list  for  $1,000  in  an  effort  to  secure  the  Southwest  Missouri 
Normal  School  for  Greenfield.  His  influence  and  standing 
in  the  community  has  contributed  to  the  success  of  the  H. 
S.  Jacobs  Banking  Company  of  which  institution  he  is  Pres- 
ident. As  an  evidence  of  the  high  regard  and  esteem  in 
which  he  was  held  by  the  veteran  financier  and  business- 
man, K.  S.  Jacobs,  he  was  named  as  one  of  the  Executors 
in  his  will.  Mr.  Talbutt 's  law  library  is  one  of  the  best 
in  Southwest  Missouri  outside  the  large  cities,  and  the 
books  have  not  been  mere  shelf  ornaments  but  have  been 
carefully  and  diligently  studied  by  the  Judge  so  that  his 
knowledge  of  the  law  is  equalled  by  few  and  surpassed  by 
none  of  the  leading  lawyers  of  this  section. 

By  reason  of  his  extreme  modesty  the  last  portion  of 
this  sketch  goes  to  the  printer  without  Mr.  Talbutt 's 
knowledge  or  consent,  but  it  is  true  in  every  particular, 
never-tlie-less. 


D.   E.  TARR. 

AYas  born  in  Barton  County,  Missouri,  November  10, 
1871,  son  of  Nathan  D.,  and  Lina  B.  (Waight)   Tarr.     His 


33^4 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

father  was  a  native  of  Maine  while  his  mother  is  a  native 
of  New  York.  They  were  married  at  Liberty,  Clay  County. 
Mo.  Both  families  had  emigrated  to  Clay  county  in  an 
early  day,  although  Mrs.  Tarr  had  been  previously  mar- 
ried to  George  Potter  in  New  York  and  after  living  in 
Kentucky  for  some  time  where  they  were  engaged  in  the 
dairy  business,  they  had  two  children,  Flora,  who  is  now 
Mrs.  William  Thomas  of  Douglas,  Iowa  and  Arthur  Potter, 
of  Greenfield.  Mr.  Potter  enlisted  in  the  Union  Army  dur- 
ing the  civil  war  from  Clay  County,  Mo.,  and  died  during 
the  service. 

After  the  marriage  of  Nathan  D.  Tarr  and  Mrs.  Pot- 
ter (Lina  B.  Waight)  they  remained  in  Clay  County  only 
a  short  time,  moving  first  to  Cass  county,  later  to  Barton 
county,  then  to  Yernon  county,  after  which  they  came  to 
Dade  county,  locating  in  Greenfield  in  1878  where  Mr. 
Tarr  opened  up  a  jewelry  store  which  he  conducted  and 
enlarged  until  his  death  in  1884. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tarr  were  the  parents  of  two  children: 
Charles  E.  Tarr,  for  man}'  years  a  prominent  business  man 
of  Greenfield,  serving  one  term  as  mayor  of  the  city,  now 
located  in  Billings,  Mont.,  where  he  is  engaged  in  the  coal 
and  ice  business. 

D.  E.  Tarr,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  Greenfield.  After  his 
father's  death  in  the  year,  1885  in  company  with  his 
mother  and  brother  they  moved  to  the  old  Scroggs  farm 
where  they  farmed  for  one  year  then  returned  to  Green- 
field and  in  February,  1887  opened  up  a  new  grocery  store 
where  the  Opera  House  now  stands.  They  begun  business 
with  a  $.'500  stock  of  goods  under  the  firm  name  of  L.  B. 
Tarr,  although  both  boys  were  interested  in  the  business. 
This  firm  is  now  the  largest  grocery  firm  in  Greenfield  and 
one  of  the  largest  in  Southwest  Missouri.  It  still  retains 
the  original  firm  name.  In  1!K)0  C.  E.  Tarr  retired  as  man- 
ager, selling  his  interest  to  D.  E.  Tarr  and  Arthur  Patter, 
his  half-brother,  but  the  business  still  continues  in  the 
original  firm  name  of  L.  B.  Tarr.  They  now  occupy  a 
large,  two-story  brick  building  on  the  west  side  of  the 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  335 

square  and  large  ware-rooms  farther  south  on  the  same 
street.  They  carry  a  stock  of  approximately  $15,000,  con- 
sisting of  " up-to-the-minute"  groceries,  crockery  and  gen- 
eral supplies.  In  addition  to  a  large  retail  trade  they  also 
conduct  a  wholesale  grocery  business  covering  a  territory 
of  several  counties. 

D.  E.  Tarr  and  Arthur  Potter  are  the  owners  of  the 
Dade  County  Garage  which  was  completed  in  1917  and  is 
one  of  the  very  best  equipped  buildings  of  its  kind  in 
Southwest  Missouri.  Mrs.  Tarr  is  still  living  at  the  age 
of  85  years. 

D.  E.  Tarr  was  married  on  the  17th  day  of  May,  1899, 
to  Ethel  A.  Wilson,  a  native  of  North  Missouri,  born  August 
27th,  1878,  daughter  of  George  and  Fannie  (Harper)  Wil- 
son. Her  mother  is  now  deceased.  Her  father  is  a  farmer 
residing  one  mile  southeast  of  Greenfield. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tarr  are  the  parents  of  four  children: 
Wilson,  PVed,  Howard  and  John.  Wilson  is  now  attending 
Westminster  College  at  Fulton,  Mo.,  taking  a  commercial 
course,  the  other  children  are  attending  the  Greenfield 
schools. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tarr  arc'  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  and  he  belongs  to  the  W.  ().  W. 

Arthur  Potter  married  Effie  Evans,  daughter  of  A.  J. 
Evans  of  Nevada,  Mo.,  and  they  have  two  children,  Jack 
and  George,  both  attending  school  in  Greenfield. 

The  firm  of  L.  B.  Tarr,  in  addition  to  the  grocery  busi- 
ness, conducts  a  large  (lour,  feed,  hay  and  grain  business, 
and  were  the  first  to  establish  the  auto  delivery  in  the  city. 

Until  recently  1).  E.  Tarr  was  the  owner  and  resided 
upon  a  fine  farm  of  1  O'O  acres,  adjoining  the  city  limits  on  the 
south.  Here  he  built  a  large  frame  residence,  barn  and 
other  outbuildings,  planted  an  orchard  and  otherwise  im- 
proved it  for  an  ideal  farm  home.  He  has  been  connected 
with  the  grocery  business  for  over  Ml  years,  and  is  active 
in  all  the  public  enterprises  of  the  city. 

— o — 
BERRY  G.  THURMAN. 

Was  born  in  Miller  County,  Missouri,  June  25th,  1851. 
He  was  one  of  a  familv  of  six  bovs  and  four  girls,  of  which 


'•36  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

three  sons  and  one  daughter  are  living:  Dr.  E.  J.  Thurman, 
a  practicing  physician  in  St.  Louis;  James  W.  Thurman,  a 
farmer  in  the  state  of  Washington,  and  Mary  N.  Tarrant, 
the  wife  of  J.  R.  Tarrant  of  Springfield,  Mo. 

His  father,  John  B.  Thurman,  was  born  in  Warren 
County,  Kentucky,  and  came  to  Galloway  County,  Missouri, 
when  20  years  old.  He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  but  spent 
most  of  his  life  on  a  farm.  He  died  at  his  home  in  Green- 
field, Mo.,  in  1888,  at  the  age  of  74  years. 

His  mother  was  born  in  Monitau  County,  Missouri,  and 
died  at  the  home  of  J.  R.  Tarrant  in  Springfield,  Mo.,  in 
1905,  at  the  age  of  86  years.  Her  maiden  name  was  Jane 
Allee.  Her  mother  was  a  Hill,  and  it  was  said  in  an  early 
day  that  the  population  of  Maniteau  County  consisted  of 
"Hills  and  Alices." 

Both  the  father  and  mother  are  buried  at  Greenfield, 
Mo. 

B.  G.  Thurman,  with  his  father,  moved  from  Miller 
County  to  Morgan  County,  Missouri,  in  1858,  and  from 
there,  in  1S68,  to  the  Thurman  farm,  adjoining  Cedarville, 
in  Cedar  Township,  Dade  County.  Thurman  was  raised 
on  a  farm  and  was  educated  in  the  district  schools  of  Mor- 
gan County.  lie  attended  the  High  school  at  Greenfield, 
.Missouri,  in  18(58,  and  of  Boliver  in  18(59,  and  the  State  Uni- 
versity at  Columbia  in  1X71 -72 -7.'}.  He  received  his  first  cer- 
tificate to  teach  school  from  Prof.  West,  school  commis- 
sioner of  Dade  County,  and  taught  school  in  Dade,  Barton, 
Cedar  and  Vernon  Counties,  and  paid  his  expenses  ill  High 
school  and  college.  He  read  la\v  in  the  office  of  the  late 
and  lamented  Judge  David  A.  DeArmond  in  the  summer 
of  187-!,  and  graduated  in  .June,  1  x7.v>,  in  the  first  law  class 
graduating  after  the  inauguration  of  the  law  department  in 
the  State  I'niversity.  lie  laught  school  at  Virgil  City,  in 
Vernon  County,  to  pay  up  indebtedness  incurred  during  the 
last  year  at  the  university,  and  opened  a  law  office  with 
.Judge  DeArmond  in  the  old  .Jacobs  building  in  Greenfield 
.January  1,  1X74. 

He  was  elected  prosecuting  attorney  of  Dade  County 
at  the  general  election  of  1X74,  over  the  late  Henry  Merrill, 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  337 

who  was  a  candidate  for  re-election  after  defeating  Judge 
DeArraond  for  the  office  in  1872.  lie  was  again  a  candidate 
for  re-election  in  1870,  and  was  defeated  by  J.  F.  Duckwall. 
In  1878  he  was  a  candidate  against  the  late  Judge  L.  W. 
Shafer  for  prosecuting  attorney,  and  was  elected.  In  1881 
he  moved  with  his  family  to  Lamar,  Mo.,  having  dissolved 
partnership  with  Judge  DeAnnond,  and  entered  into  part- 
nership with  A.  J.  Wray,  a  lawyer  at  Lamar,  Mo.,  which 
partnership  was  continued  for  more  than  25  years,  and  un- 
til the  death  of  Mr.  Wray.  He  was  elected  to  the  State 
Senate  in  1888  to  fill  out  the  uncxpired  term  of  Senator 
Claycomh,  who  had  been  nominated  to  the  office  of  lieuten- 
ant governor  on  the  ticket  headed  by  Governor  I).  K.  Fran- 
cis, lie  was  a  member  of  the  revision  committee  of  1889, 
and  helped  to  revise  and  compile  the  Statutes  of  1889.  He 
was  appointed  by  Governor  Dockery  as  a  member  of  the 
board  of  curators  of  the  State  University,  and  served  from 
1902  to  1906. 

At  the  election  in  1906  he  was  elected  judge  of  the 
Twenty-sixth  Judicial  District  of  Missouri,  composed  of 
Barton,  Cedar,  Dade  and  Yernon  Counties,  Judge  Charles 
G.  Burton  of  Nevada,  Mo.,  being  the  candidate  against  him. 
This  election  was  to  fill  out  the  unexpired  term  of  the  late 
Judge  L.  W.  Shafer,  who  was  elected  over  J.  B.  Johnson 
of  Nevada,  Mo.,  in  1904.  lie  was  a  candidate  in  1910  against 
S.  A.  Payne  of  Greenfield,  and  was  elected.  He  was  re- 
elected  in  1916  over  A.  J.  Young  of  Greenfield,  and  his 
present  term  will  expire  in  1922. 

He  was  married  at  Greenfield,  Mo.,  November  12th, 
1879,  to  Lnla  C.  Clark,  daughter  of  Captain  S.  S.  and  Mar- 
garet Clark.  There  were  born  of  that  marriage  two  chil- 
dren, a  boy  and  a  girl:  Harold  C.  and  Bess.  Harold  C. 
graduated  from  the  university  in  June,  1904,  having  com- 
pleted the  full  course  in  the  Academic  and  Law  Depart- 
ments of  the  University,  and  located  that  year  at  Musko- 
gee,  Okla.  (then  Indian  Territory.)  "Hal,"  as  he  was  com- 
monly called,  was  married  in  1904  to  Freda  Levy  at  Colum- 
bia, Mo.,  and  there  are  four  children  born  of  that  marriage. 
He  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law  at  Muskogee,  and  in 


338 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

1914  was  elected  superior  judge  of  that  county,  which  has 
the  same  jurisdiction  as  our  Circuit  Court.  He  was  born  in 
Dade  County  July  29th,  1881.  Bess  was  born  in  Barton 
County  July*  25th,"  1887,  and  married  T.  E.  Braniff  of  Okla- 
homa City  October  26th,  1912,  and  she  now  lives  with  her 
husband  in  that  city.  They  have  one  child,  a  girl. 

Thurman  moved  from  Lamar  to  Nevada  in  September, 
1913,  where  he  now  resides. 

Since  January,  1874,  he  has  devoted  his  time  almost 
exclusively  to  the  practice  of  law,  up  to  the  time  he  was 
elected  judge.  Since  1874  he  has  been  at  every  term  of  the 
Dade  County  Circuit  Court  except  one,  in  1889,  when  he 
was  in  the  State  Senate.  During  the  years  lie  has  been  on 
the  bench  he  has  never  failed  to  open  court  at  9  o'clock  in 
the  morning,  except  one  time  when  high  water  prevented 
him  from  reaching  Stockton  until  10  o'clock  of  the  first  day 
of  court. 


THOMAS  JEFFERSON  UNDERWOOD. 

There  is  probably  no  better  known  or  more  highly  re- 
spected man  in  Dade  County  than  T.  J.  Underwood,  the  sub- 
ject of  this  sketch.  He  was  born  in  Xorth  Township,  Dade 
County,  January  19th,  1862,  the  son  of  Decatur  and  Eliza- 
beth (Davidson)  Underwood.  He  was  born  in  Tennessee 
in  1835  and  she  in  1834.  Decatur  Underwood  was  brought 
to  Dade  County  by  his  father,  Thomas  Underwood,  during 
the  late  30's,  who  came  overland  with  ox  teams  and  wagons, 
bringing  his  wife,  who  was  Maria  Howard.  They  settled 
two  miles  north  of  Areola  on  160  acres  which  they  home- 
steaded.  This  they  improved  and  built  a  log  house,  which 
was  one  of  the  first  in  that  part  of  the  county  and  which 
is  still  standing,  although  weather-boarded,  and  is  prob- 
ably the  oldest  building  now  in  use  in  the  county.  Thomas 
Underwood  was  a  pioneer  in  every  sense  of  the  word.  He 
died  in  St.  Louis,  while  his  wife  passed  away  in.  Dade 
County.  Decatur  Underwood  was  a  prominent  citizen  of 
Dade  County  and  was  the  father  of  four  children,  three  of 
whom  are  now  living.  They  are:  Thomas  J.  of  this  review; 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 339 

Sarah  E.,  who  is  now  Mrs.  D.  W.  Edwards  of  Greenfield, 
and  Alice,  now  Mrs.  I.  G.  Hawkins  of  North  Township,  while 
Anna  married  Dr.  E.  U.  Sloan  and  died  leaving  two  chil- 
dren, Geneva  and  Eudora.  The  father  of  these  children 
died  July  16th,  1908,  but  his  first  wife,  mother  of  our  sub- 
ject, died  January  3rd,  1917,  at  the  advanced  age  of  83 
years. 

Thomas  J.  Underwood  was  20  years  of  age  when  he 
started  out  to  make  his  own  way  in  the  world.  He  first 
entered  the  mercantile  business  in  a  very  modest  way,  open- 
ing up  a  store  in  Arcola  in  a  small  rented  building  and  with 
a  stock  of  about  $200.  He  enlarged  this  considerably,  and 
finally  took  in  as  partners  J.  0.  Mitchell  and  D.  W.  Ed- 
wards, and  together  they  increased  the  stock  materially, 
but  after  a  few  years  closed  the  business  and  Mr.  Under- 
wood bought  212  acres  of  good  land  and  farmed  and  raised 
considerable  stock,  but  sold  this  place  in  1901,  at  which 
time  he  was  elected  county  assessor,  which  position  he  held 
for  four  years.  In  1903  he  again  entered  the  mercantile 
business  at  Arcola  with  his  father  as  his  partner.  They 
started  with  a  stock  of  $500  and  soon  increased  it  to  $5,000, 
and  ran  the  business  under  the  firm  name  of  D.  Underwood 
&  Son.  This  store  burned  in  1905,  but  the  building,  which 
was  owned  by  Decatur  Underwood  and  D.  W.  Edwards,  was 
at  once  rebuilt,  and  the  firm  of  D.  Underwood  &  Son  re- 
sumed their  business.  They  had  little  money,  but  ample 
credit,  so  that  thoy  were  able  to  go  ahead  with  a  stock  of 
near  $3,000.  In  1908  Thos.  J.  took  over  the  entire  business, 
and  the  business  is  now  known  as  The  Home  Store,  T.  J. 
Underwood,  proprietor.  Mr.  Underwood  has  certainly  made 
good  in  his  business.  He  now  carries  a  stock  of  $7,000.  and 
it  is  a  well-kept  and  up-to-date  establishment.  In  1909  he 
was  appointed  postmaster,  and  he  has  made  a  very  efficient 
officer  and  still  holds  the  place,  even  under  a  Democratic 
administration. 

Mr.  Underwood  married  Miss  Amanda  Appleby,  who 
was  born  February  2nd,  1862,  a  daughter  of  Benj.  and 
Louise  (Wilson)  Appleby,  more  of  whom  is  written  else- 
where. To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Underwood  have  been  born  seven 


340 HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

children,  five  of  whom  are  living.  Those  deceased  are: 
Howard,  born  October  4th,  1896,  died  at  the  age  of  10  years, 
Irene,  born  November  1st,  1888,  died  in  1900.  Those  living 
are  as  follows:  Eulalia  May,  born  September  2nd,  1888, 
married  C.  W.  Daugherty,  a  business  man  of  Long  Beach, 
Cal.,  and  they  have  two  children,  Mary  and  Helen;  Goldie, 
born  February  2nd,  1891,  married  R.  A.  Furnoy,  a  business 
man  of  Joplin,  Mo.;  Benj.  D.,  born  October  24th,  1894,  lives 
in  California,  where  he  has  been  employed  by  the  Long' 
Beach  Dairy  Company  for  the  past  six  years;  Thos.  Walker, 
born  April' 8th,  1900,  and  Clyde  Cowan,  born  May  29th, 
1905,  both  at  home  and  attending  school. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  LTnderwoo<l  are  members  of  the  M.  E. 
church,  in  which  they  are  both  very  prominent,  and  Mr. 
L'nderwood  is  a  trustee.  Fraternally  Mr.  Underwood  is 
a  Mason,  an  Odd  Fellow,  and  also  belongs  to  the  Modern 
Woodmen  of  America,  while  his  wife  is  a  member  of  the 
Eastern  Star  and  also  president  of  the  Home  makers'  Club. 
Mr.  Underwood  is  a  Republican  and  has  always  been  active1 
in  the  party.  He  has  been  a  notary  public  for  over  .'!()  years 
and  has  served  for  many  yen's  on  the  school  board.  Too 
much  cannot  be  said  of  this  fine,  courteous  gentleman.  He 
has  lived  a  clean  and  upright  life  and  well  deserves  the 
high  esteem  in  which  he  is  held  by  all.  He  owns  the  build- 
ing in  which  his  fine  store  is  located,  and  his  fair  and  honest 
dealing  has  built  up  for  him  a  business  that  is  one  of  the 
best  in  the  county.  Tom  Underwood  numbers  his  friends 
by  the  thousands,  and  we  are  proud  to  own  him  as  a  na- 
tive son. 


FLOYD  G.  VANOSDELL. 

Was  born  in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  in  1875.  His 
father,  Thomas  .1.  VanOsdell,  was  connected  with  the  R.  S. 
Jacobs  Banking  Company  of  Greenfield  for  many  years. 
He  died  in  1*92.  His  grandfather,  Peter  VanOsdell,  was 
one  of  the  pioneers  of  Dade  County,  was  public  adminis- 
trator for  a  number  of  years  and  guardian  and  curator  for 
more  minor  heirs  than  any  other  man,  perhaps,  who  ever 


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lived  in  the  county.  His  mother  was  Mary  Emma  Garrett, 
daughter  of  Rev.  W.  J.  Garrett,  one;  of  the  pioneer  Cum- 
berland Presbyterian  preachers  of  Southwest  Missouri. 

Mr.  VanOsdell  became  connected  with  the  Dade  County 
Bank  in  1897  and  has  remained  therein  to  this  date.  He  is 
at  present  the  assistant  cashier.  His  wife  is  the  daughter 
of  the  late  J.  F.  Johnson,  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Dade 
County  Bank.  They  have  five  children.  Fraternally  Mr. 
VanOsdell  belongs  to  the  Masonic  Order,  Comrnandery, 
Shrine,  the  Elks  at  Aurora,  the  I.  0.  O.  F.  of  Greenfield.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  has  been  sec- 
retary of  the  Cemetery  Association  of  Greenfield  for  17 
years.  He  is  one  of  the  prominent  men  of  Greenfield  in 
business,  social  and  civic  life. 


REV.  J.  MONROE  VAUGHN. 

Was  born  in  Giles  County,  Tennessee,  October  26th, 
1850,  son  of  David  Franklin  and  Lucinda  (Cook)  Vaughn, 
both  natives  of  Tennessee,  he  being  born  about  the  year 
1826,  and  she  perhaps  a  year  later.  They  were  farmers  in 
Giles  County  and  he  was  also  a  cabinet  maker.  They  left 
Tennessee  about  1853,  coming-  to  Springfield,  Mo.,  where 
he  followed  his  trade  for  about  one  year,  then  located  near 
Avilla,  in  Jasper  County,  Missouri,  for  a  short  time,  and 
then  moved  to  Dade  County,  about  185-i,  where  he  bought 
500  acres  of  government  land  near  Greenfield.  It  was  roll- 
ing prairie  land.  He  improved  this  farm  and  lived  upon 
it  till  the  war,  when  he  enlisted,  in  1861,  in  Captain  J.  J. 
Tucker's  Confederate  Company,  one  of  the  first  to  be  organ- 
ized in  Dade  County.  They  first  marched  into  Greene 
County,  and  was  at  the  battle  of  Wilson  Creek,  where  he 
was  wounded  on  August  10th,  and  died  at  sunrise  the  next 
morning.  There  were  eight  children  in  this  family,  three 
girls  and  five  boys.  The  mother  raised  this  family  on  the 
500-acre  farm.  One  daughter  died  at  the  age  of  12  years. 
The  others  grew  to  maturity.  They  were: 

(1)  Ellen,  married  W.  F.  Grider,  died  in  Dade  County 
about  the  year  1886,  leaving  four  children. 


342 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

(2)  Ann  Eliza,  now  Mrs.  James  Oarlock  of  Center 
Township. 

(3)  John  Monroe  (the  subject  of  this  sketch.) 

(4)  Robert  Franklin,  died  in  Dade  County  in  1905, 
leaving  several  children.    He  was  an  M.  E.  preacher. 

(5)  David  Saxton,  lives  at  Eureka,  Kas. 

(6)  Amanda,  died  at  the  age  of  12  years. 

(7)  William  D.,  of  Center  Township. 

(8)  Benjamin  Price,  lives  at  Neola,  Dade  County. 

David  Franklin  Vaughn  was  a  Democrat  in  politics. 
After  his  death  the  mother  divided  up  the  farm  with  the 
children  and  lived  with  her  son,  DeWitt,  until  her  death, 
which  occurred  about  1907.  The  Vaughn  family  were,  and 
are  still,  very  prominent. 

J.  Monroe  remained  at  home  with  his  mother  until 
20  years  of  age.  He  received  a  common  school  education 
in  Dade  County.  He  was  married  on  the  1st  day  of  Decem- 
ber, 1870,  to  Martha  0.  Tucker,  born  in  Dade  County,  where 
the  County  Farm  is  now  located,  May  10th,  1852,  daughter 
of  Captain  J.  J.  and  Elizabeth  C.  (McClure)  Tucker,  her 
father  being  a  native  of  Richmond,  Va.,  born  in  1816,  while 
her  mother  was  born  near  Cleveland,  Tenn.,  in  1827.  He 
came  to  Dade  County  when  a  young  man  in  the  early  40 's, 
and  followed  his  trade,  being  a  tailor,  for  a  time,  then  traded 
with  an  uncle,  Captain  N.  H.  McClure,  for  about  600  acres 
of  land  lying  southwest  of  Greenfield,  which  included  the 
present  County  Farm.  He  married  his  wife  in  Dade  County, 
she  being  16  years  of  age  at  the  time,  and  moved  upon  this 
land,  improving  it  and  building  a  large  two-story  frame 
house.  He  was  an  extensive  drover  of  horses  and  mules, 
driving  many  head  to  markets  in  the  South  previous  to 
the  war.  He  recruited  the  first  Confederate  company  in 
Dade  County  and  served  actively  in  the  Confederate  army 
about  one  year,  when  he  suffered  an  attack  of  measles,  was 
sent  home,  and  died  about  18  months  afterward  in  Waco. 
Tex.,  when?  his  family  had  gone.  He  died  December  1st, 
18G4,  and  was  buried  there.  The  mother  returned  to  Dade 
County  in  August,  1865,  and  went  to  the  farm.  She  sold 
out  in  1868  and  bought  120  acres  east  of  Greenfield,  where 


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she  died  February  16th,  1880.  There  were  nine  children  in 
this  family  which  lived  to  maturity;  one  boy,  Charles,  died 
at  the  age  of  11  years.  They  are: 

(1)  Hartwell  H.,  now  lives  at  Van  Buren,  Ark.     He 
is  a  Presbyterian  minister  and  served  as  the  first  chaplain  of 
the  Oklahoma  Senate. 

(2)  Anis,,  was  Mrs.  G.  II.  Hall.    She  is  now  deceased. 

(3)  Nathan,  died  at  the  age  of  19  years  and  buried 
at  Waco,  Tex. 

(4)  Mary,  now  Mrs.  Thomas  M.  Dicus  of  Lockwood 
Township. 

(5)  Martha  ().,  wife  of  J.  Monroe  Vaughn. 

(6)  Walter  S.,  a  lawyer  living  in  California. 

(7)  Florence,  now  Mrs.  A.  A.  Long  of  Los  Angeles, 
Cal. 

(8)  James  L.,  lives  in  Durango,  Colo. 

(9)  Hattie,   now   Mrs.    Dr.   H.   E.   Hackney   of   San 
Joachin  Valley,  Cal. 

Captain  J.  J.  Tucker  in  politics  was  a  Whig  before  the 
war,  and  both  he  and  his  wife  were  prominent  members  of 
the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  church.  He  was  active  in 
politics  and  served  as  sheriff  and  collector  of  revenue  for 
Dade  County  two  terms  and  one  term  as  Representative  in 
the  Missouri  Legislature  before  the  war.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  while  his  wife  belonged  to  the 
Eastern  Star. 

J.  Monroe  Vaughn  and  wife  first  went  to  farming  upon 
a  40-acre  tract  of  land  his  mother  had  given  him,  being  a 
part  of  the  old  homestead.  Here  he  built  a  two-room  house, 
and  here  he  wrent  to  work  with  a  vim.  They  lived  upon  this 
place  11  years  and  prospered,  then  sold  out  and  bought  200 
'acres  southwest  of  Lockwood.  After  one  year  they  sold  this 
and  bought  200  acres  east  of  Greenfield.  After  living  on 
this  place  three  years  they  sold  out  and  bought  160  acres 
in  Cedar  Township,  where  they  lived  for  eight  years.  Dur- 
ing all  these  years  they  were  very  prosperous,  adding  160 
acres  near  his  first  purchase  and  two  80-acre  tracts  in 
Ernest  and  North  Townships.  They  farmed  and  handled 
stock,  being  successful  in  both  enterprises. 


344 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Vaughn  were  the  parents  of  one  child,  a 
son,  Howard  Ernest,  born  April  13th,  1876.  On  account  of 
the  ill  health  of  this  son  they  went  to  Arizona  in  1892,  where 
they  bought  160  acres  of  land,  but  lived  in  the  city  of 
Phoenix.  They  bought  lots  and  built  a  home  in  the  city, 
where  they  lived  for  10  years,  then  came  back  to  their  Dade 
County  farm,  where  the  son  died  March  23rd,  1904.  They 
moved  to  Lockwood,  where  they  bought  a  nice  home  in  1905. 
Immediately  after  this  they  went  to  Chicago  and  entered  the 
Moody  Bible  School  for  study,  Mr.  Vaughn  for  the  minis- 
try and  his  wife  for  special  Sunday  School  work.  They  re- 
mained during  the  season  and  returned  to  Lockwood.  Mrs. 
Vaughn  was  the  first  in  the  state  to  receive  the  diploma  for 
the  Advanced  Course  in  Bible  Study  from  the  International 
Sunday  School  Association. 

Mr.  Vaughn  had  been  studying  for  the  ministry  some 
time  previous  to  going  to  Chicago.  They  are  each  mem- 
bers of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  he  was  ordained  at 
Mt.  Vernon  in  1906,  and  since  that  time  has  preached  all 
over  Dade,  Polk,  Greene  and  adjoining  counties.  He  is  a 
forceful  public  speaker  and  a  power  in  the  pulpit.  They 
were  each  delegates  to  the  World's  Sunday  School  Conven- 
tion held  in  Washington,  D.  C.,  in  1910,  where  52  nationali- 
ties were  represented  and  many  illustrous  speakers  present, 
including  President  Taft. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Vaughn  are  living  practically  retired 
from  the  business  activities  of  life  save  and  except  the  more 
weighty  affairs  of  the  Master's  Kingdom.  Mr.  Vaughn  still 
personally  supervises  his  farming  enterprises,  which  con- 
sist of  640  acres  all  told  in  Dade  County  and  80  acres  near 
Wagoner,  Okla.  They  also  own  some  business  blocks  in 
Lockwood.  Mr.  Vaughn  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  orig- 
inal stockholders  in  the  Bank  of  Lockwood.  He  is  a  Demo- 
crat in  politics,  a  strong  temperance  advocate,  and  both  he 
and  his  wife  have  been  largely  identified  in  the  county  Sun- 
day School  work  for  many  year's.  They  drove  one  faithful 
horse;  no  less  than  1,600  miles  in  organizing  the  various 
townships  in  tin;  county.  Both  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Vaughn  are 
highly  educated  and  refined  people.  Their  standing  in  the 


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community  in  which  they  live  is  irreproachable.  Few  peo- 
ple have  contributed  more  of  their  time,  talents  and  worldly 
goods  to  the  welfare  of  humanity  and  the  advancement  of 
the  cause  of  Christ's  Kingdom  than  the  Rev.  J.  Monroe 
Vaughn  and  his  faithful  wife. 


W.  H.  VANHOOSER. 

Among  the  enterprising  merchants  of  Dade  County  is 
to  be  found  W.  II.  Vanhooser  of  Dadeville,  where  he  con- 
ducts one  of  the  best  grocery  and  hardware  stores  in  north 
east  Dade.  Mr.  Vanhooser  is  a  native  of  Dade  County,  born 
December  16th,  1877,  a  son  of  John  X.  and  Minerva  Eliza- 
beth (Logan)  Vanhooser,  both  natives  of  Tennessee,  he 
having  been  born  in  1843  and  she  in  1842.  They  were  mar- 
ried there  on  December  24th,  1863,  and  were  the  parents  of 
thirteen  children,  seven  of  whom  are  still  living  and  are  as 
follows :  John,  William,  Horace  and  James  of  Dade  County ; 
Charles  of  Kansas  and  J.  E.  of  California,  and  one  daugh- 
ter, Mrs.  Wright  Smith  of  Greenfield. 

John  X.  Vanhooser  was  a  kind,  Christian  gentleman. 
He  belonged  to  the  Christian  church  and  served  during  the 
Civil  war  in  the  Sixth  Missouri  Provincials.  He  died  at 
Dadeville  in  1915  at  the  ripe  old  age  of  71,  while  his  wife 
passed  away  in  1906,  also  a  member  of  the  Christian  church. 

W.  H.  Vanhooser  received  a  good  education,  remaining 
at  home  until  the  year  1899,  when  he  started  teaching  at 
the  McConnell  school;  he  taught  there  for  two  years,  and 
was  then  elected  on  the  Republican  ticket  to  the  office  of 
county  surveyor,  which  he  held  for  four  years,  and  lived 
in  Dadeville  during  this  time.  After  spending  one  year  at 
farming  on  his  father's  farm,  he  went  west,  locating  in  Los 
Angeles,  Cal.,  holding  the  responsible  position  of  civil  en- 
gineer for  the  city  for  five  years,  which  fact  alone  speaks 
volumes  for  the  high  ability  of  Mr.  Vanhooser.  During  his 
stay  in  the  west  he  entered  into  partnership  with  his 
brother-in-law,  R.  A.  Moore,  and  opened  up  a  hardware  and 
grocery  store  at  Dadeville.  This  was  in  1908,  and  the  busi- 
ness was  successfully  run  until  1915,  when  Mr.  Vanhooser 


346 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

bought  out  the  entire  business,  having  returned  to  his  native 
town  in  the  meantime,  and  has  since  run  the  business  under 
his  individual  name.  He  carries  a  fine  stock  of  hardware, 
groceries  and  sundries,  also  conducting  a  large  business  in 
general  produce,  butter,  eggs  and  cream.  His  stock  will 
average  about  $.3,000,  and  is  kept  clean  and  up-to-date,  and 
is  known  all  through  northeast  Dade  County  as  a  good, 
square  place  to  trade.  Mr.  Vanhooser  was  married  Febru- 
ary l!)th,  11)02,  to  Miss  Kozella  E.  Moore,  who  was  born  Jan- 
uary 12th,  1882,  and  a  (laughter  of  Ruben  N.  Moore,  more 
extended  mention  of  whom  is  made  elsewhere  under  the 
name  of  Charles  Moore  of  Dadeville.  To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Van- 
hooser has  been  born  one  child,  Leona  Chloe,  born  August 
12th,  liKK"),  who  is  at  home  and  receiving  a  good  education. 
Mr.  Vanhooser  is  one  of  our  all-around  good  citizens.  He 
supports  both  the  Christian  and  Presbyterian  churches.  He 
is  a  staunch  Republican  and  a  booster  for  any  enterprise  for 
the  good  of  the  county,  such  as  good  roads,  free  public 
schools  and  good  government.  Fraternally  he  is  a  Mason 
and  \V.  ( ).  \V.  Too  much  cannot  be  said  for  the  true  worth 
of  Mi1.  Yanhooser  as  a  citizen  and  business  man.  He  is  well 
worthy  to  be  numbered  among  our  most  prominent  native 
sons.  To  meet  is  to  like  and  appreciate  this  well-educated 
and  courteous  business  man. 


WILLIAM  VONSTROH. 

Among  the  prominent  and  well-to-do  farmers  of  Dade 
County  we  must  mention  William  Vonstroh.  As  his  name 
indicates,  he  is  a  native  of  Germany,  having  been  born  Octo- 
ber 24th  18.'>6,  in  that  country.  lie  was  a  son  of  Henry  and 
Lizzie  Vonstroh.  His  parents  were  both  natives  of  Ger- 
man}-, were  married  there,  and  followed  farming  in  their 
native  country  until  the  year  1850,  when  they  emigrated  to 
the  Fiuted  States,  landing  in  the  state  of  Illinois,  and  set- 
tling about  .'K)  miles  east  of  St.  Louis  on  160  acres  of  good 
land.  Here  they  farmed  arid  prospered,  raised. their  family, 
and  died  many  years  ago.  They  had  a  family  of  six  chil- 
dren. Mr.  Vanstroh,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  third 


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in  order  of  birth.  At  the  age  of  14  years  he  went  to  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  and  learned  the  blacksmithing  trade,  which  he 
followed  for  some  years,  alternating  with  farming  at  his 
father's  place.  Mr.  Vanstroh  married  first  Miss  .Dora 
Eggeman,  a  native  of  Illinois.  She  died  in  April,  1880,  and 
in  1881  Mr.  Vonstroh  married  her  sister,  Miss  Catherine 
Eggeman.  About  this  time  Mr.  Yonstroh  became  interested 
in  the  west,  and  came  to  Dade  County  in  1882,  bought  560 
acres  lying  close  to  Lockwood,  in  fact,  joining  the  corpora- 
tion line.  lie  farmed  here  and  prospered  greatly,  until  at 
one  time  he  owned  1,040  acres  of  fine  prairie  land  in  western 
Dade  County.  There  are  11  children  of  this  fine  family,  all 
of  whom  live  in  Dade  County.  They  are  as  follows : 

Henry,  William,  Frank,  John,  all  living  within  a  few 
miles  of  the  city  of  Lockwood  on  farms.  One  daughter, 
Caroline,  is  now  Mrs.  Henry  Bohne  of  Marion  Township, 
and  Millie  is  now  Mrs.  Fred  Bohne  of  Marion  Township. 
Mollie  is  now  Mrs.  William  Xehoff.  They  all  live  near  Lock- 
wood.  Ida  is  the  wife  of  Gus  Bohne.  Lizzie  married  Henry 
Brinkhoff  of  western  Dade  County.  Dora  and  Mabel  reside 
at  home  with  their  father  and  mother. 

Mr.  Vonstroh  has  given  his  children  good  educations 
and  has  started  them  all  in  life  with  good  farms;  in  fact,  it 
is  hard  to  bring  to  mind  another  family  resident  in  Dade 
County  who  are  more  appreciated  and  considered  better 
citizens  than  the  descendants  of  William  Vonstroh. 

Mr.  Vonstroh  is  now  living  practically  retired  and  en- 
joying a  well-deserved  rest  from  his  strenuous  labor  in  his 
fine  residence,  two  and  one-half  miles  west  of  Lockwood. 
He  still  retains  200  acres  of  his  original  holdings.  Mr.  Von- 
stroh is  a  fine  specimen  of  the  high  class  citizens  that  Ger- 
many has  given  to  this  country.  Mr.  Vonstroh  is  a  member 
of  the  Lutheran  church,  in  which  he  has  been  more  or  less 
active  all  these  years.  He  was  one  of  the  main  movers  in 
the  construction  of  the  first  Lutheran  church  in  the  county, 
which  is  at  Lockwood,  and  he  donated  two  acres  for  a  Lu- 
theran cemetery,  which  is  located  just  north  of  Lockwood. 
He  is  a  Republican,  having  cast  his  first  vote  for  Abraham 
Lincoln.  He  has  served  as  school  director  a  great  many 


S48 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

times.  He  has  also  been  a  promoter  of  public  good  and  a 
friend  of  education,  although  he  received  very  little  in  his 
early  life.  He  is,  however,  a  self-made  and  self-educated 
man.  One  whom  we  of  the  younger  generation  of  citizens 
of  Dade  County  delight  to  honor,  and  whose  example  is  well 
worthv  of  emulation. 


JUDGE  JOHN  WILLIAM  WADDLE. 

Xo  history  of  Dade  County  could  be  written  mention- 
ing the  prominent  people  without  putting  at  the  head  of 
the  list  John  William  Waddle,  Judge  of  the  County  Court 
for  the  Eastern  District,  a  prominent  farmer  of  the  east 
side  of  the  county  and  a  man  of  illustrous  ancestry.  Mr. 
Waddle  was  born  April  15th,  1851,  in  Lawrence  County, 
Missouri,  the  son  of  David  and  Margaret  (Reagan)  Wad- 
dle. 

David  Waddle  was  born  in  Chariton  County,  Mis- 
souri, November  26th,  1827,  and  came  with  his  parents 
to  Greene  County  in  1830.  He  married  Miss  Margaret 
Reagan  in  Greenfield,  Dado  County,  Missouri,  August  llth, 
1848.  Miss  Reagan  was  born  August  9th,  1831,  in  Ten- 
nessee, near  Nashville,  and  came  to  Dade  County  in  1834 
with  her  parents.  They  both  died  while  she  was  quite 
young  and  she  resided  in  Dade  County  until  she  was 
married.  Her  mother's  maiden  name  was  Gerard  and  her 
father  was  a  wealthy  farmer  and  slave-holder  near  Nash- 
ville, Tenn.  David  Waddle  and  his  wife  resided  in  Dade 
and  Lawrence  Counties  until  1857,  then  went  from  Law- 
rence to  Washington  County,  Arkansas,  and  resided  there 
until  1862.  He  was  a  strong  adherent  to  the  Union  cause 
and  had  to  leave  there  on  short  order  or  be  conscripted 
into  the  Confederate  army.  He  left  his  family  and  went 
to  Fayetteville,  Ark.,  where  a  branch  of  the  Union  army 
was  located,  lie  was  gone  for  several  weeks  and  acted 
as  guide  and  scout  all  over  that  country.  He  was  even- 
tually given  an  escort  of  100  soldiers  for  the  purpose  of 
bringing  his  family  out.  He  took  them  first  to  Fayette- 
ville, and  from  there  to  Springfield,  Mo.,  where  he  left 


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them  and  went  back  on  the  provision  train  for  the  Union 
army.  Judge  Waddle  well  remembers  this  period  of  his 
life,  when  his  father  returned  to  Arkansas  and  left  his 
wife  and  children,  one  of  which  is  our  subject.  They  re- 
sided in  a  large  brick  house  on  South  Street,  Springfield, 
Mo.,  which  was  opposite  Fort  Xo.  4,  so-called  when  General 
Marmaduke  made  his  famous  raid  on  Springfield.  All 
the  women  and  children  were  ordered  to  the  north  side  of 
the  city,  and  the  cannon  balls  passed  over  them  all  day 
during  that  raid.  When  the  family  returned  home  the 
next  morning  there  were  dead  soldiers  on  the  porch  and 
in  the  yard,  both  the  Blue  and  the  Gray.  The  Union 
soldiers  fought  from  this  residence  and  one  was  killed 
inside  of  the  house.  When  his  father  returned  from  Ar- 
kansas they  came  to  Dad*1  County,  and  here  he,  David 
Waddle,  enlisted  in  Company  1,  Seventh  Missouri  Prov- 
incials, and  was  finally  discharged  on  account  of  disability, 
never  regaining  his  health.  He  died  August  15th,  1901, 
in  Greene  County,  Missouri. 

His  father,  Martin  Waddle,  grandfather  of  our  sub- 
ject. Judge  Waddle,  was  undoubtedly  a  native  of  Ken- 
tucky. It  is  known  that  lie  came  from  Kentucky  to  Chari- 
ton  County,  Missouri,  and  from  there  to  Greene  County, 
and  settled  on  what  is  known  as  the  Peter  Ooley  place  or 
Clear  creek,  20  miles  northwest  of  Springfield.  He  w.-nl 
from  there  to  Scott  County,  Arkansas,  where  he  died.  At 
one  time,  many  years  ago,  he  owned  the  land  where  Cin- 
cinnati, O.,  now  stands,  and  he  also  held  title  to  the  Mam- 
mouth  Cave  in  Kentucky.  His  wife  was  Pollv  Ann  Laniar, 
whose  father  was  a  Frenchman  and  came  to  America  with 
General  Lafayette  and  fought  in  the  Revolutionary  \var. 
His  mother's  na.me  was  Delia rt. 

Judge  Waddle  was  second  in  order  of  birth  of  eight 
children  born  to  David  Waddle  and  Margaret  (Reagan) 
AVaddle.  In  order,  they  are  named  as  follows:  Elizabeth, 
born  August  21st.  1S4'.»;  John  William,  born  April  15th, 
LSol  ;  Polly  Ann.  born  November  27th,  ls">.'$:  Columbus, 
born  November  20th.  1^,V>;  Martin  M.,  born  February  20th, 
1S58;  Margaret,  born  May  10th,  I*(i1  ;  David,  born  April 


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1st,  1862;  Young  D.,  born  February  llth,  1865.  John  W. 
Waddle,  as  stated  before,  was  born  in  Lawrence  County, 
on  Spring  river.  His  father  having  lost  his  health  during 
the  war  and  never  having  been  able  after  that  to  do  manual 
labor,  John  W.,  being  the  oldest  boy,  had  to  take  the  bur- 
den of  the  main  support  of  the  family.  He  worked  out 
from  place  to  place,  cheerfully  performing  this  duty  until 
he  became  of  age,  at  which  time  he  married  Eliza  Jane 
Beal,  on  January  14th,  1872,  in  Greene  County,  Missouri. 
She  was  born  July  16th,  1851,  daughter  of  George  Thomas 
Beal  and  Emily  Jane  (Ooley)  Beal,  who  \vere  married 
September  18th,  1845,  his  birthday  being  August  5th,  1823, 
and  hers  September  18th,  1819.  George  Thomas  Beal 
was  the  son  of  Charles  Fay  Beal,  who  came  to  Dade 
County  at  an  early  date  and  settled  in  Greenfield,  where 
lie  carried  on  a  saddlery  and  harness  shop  previous  to  the 
Civil  war.  He  moved  to  the  northern  part  of  the  state 
when  the  war  came  up,  and  there  died  in  a  later  year.  His 
wife's  maiden  name  was  Deliah  Dotson.  Emily  Jane 
(Ooley)  Beal  was  the  daughter  of  Peter  Ooley,  who  in 
turn  was  the  son  of  David  and  Catherine  Ooley.  Peter 
Ooley  was  born  October  28th,  1787,  and  married  a  Miss 
Mary  Clark  April  5th,  1810,  who  was  born  October  2nd, 
1792.  He  came  to  Greene  County  at  a  very  early  date, 
in  fact,  when  the  Indians  were  plentiful,  and  entered  a 
large  tract  of  land  on  Clear  creek,  and  resided  there  until 
he  died.  Eliza  Jane  (Beal)  Waddle,  wife  of  our  subject, 
Judge  Waddle,  was  third  of  a  family  of  five  children.  Tn 
order  of  birth  they  are  as  follows: 

Mary  Deliah  Beal,  born  December  30th,  1846;  Thursey 
Ann,  born  October  19th,  ls'4^;  Eliza  Jane,  born  July  16th, 
1851;  Peter  Fay,  born  April  16th,  1854;  Martha  Samantha, 
born  December  4th,  1857.  George  Thomas  Beal,  father  of 
Mrs.  Waddle,  resided  in  Dade  County  near  Greenfield 
from  childhood  until  the  Civil  war,  when  he  went  to  Rolla, 
Mo.,  arid  enlisted  in  the  Union  army.  He  was  killed  in 
the  battle  of  Pea  Kidge  March  8th,  1862.  He  was  a  de- 
voted Christian.  The  following  is  a  letter  verbatim  as 
written  by  George  Thomas  Beal  to  his  wife,  Emily  Jane 


DAE)K  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  351 


(Ooley),   while   he   was  in   active   service,   and   only   a   few 
days  previous  to  his  death: 

State  of  Missouri,  Phelps  County, 

December   Uth,  !S(il. 
My  JJear  Companion : 

I  now  take  my  pen  in  hand  to  inform  you  that  I  have 
not  forgotten  you,  and  that  T  am  well  at  this  time.  I  have 
enjoyed  good  health  ever  since  I  left  home.  I  weigh  more 
than  I  ever  did  before.  I  now  weigh  1*0  pounds.  T  do 
hope  these  few  lines  may  find  you  enjoying  the  same  bless- 
ings of  God,  the  Giver  of  our  Spirits  and  the  Creator 
of  our  bodies,  to  whom  we  owe  our  thanks,  praise  and 
adoration  forever. 

T  am  surrounded  with  blasphemers,  yet  there  are  many 
good,  pious  men  in  our  midst.  I  have  a  good  many  friends 
here. 

]  would  write  something1  about  how  bad  I  want  to 
see  you,  but  F  cannot  tell  it  with  my  pen;  neither  could 
I  express  my  feelings  with  my  tongue.  The  longer  T  stay 
away  the  dearer  and  iiearer  you  feel  to  me,  but  God  only 
knows  whether  we  will  meet  again  on  eartli  or  not,  and  if 
we  never  meet  again  I  want  you  all  to  meet  me  in  heaven, 
where  parting  will  be  no  more. 

I  pray  to  the  Lord  that  lie  will  strengthen  and  sup- 
port you  in  all  your  hard  trials  in  this  life.  I  yet  hope 
there  is  a  time  coming  when  we  can  stay  at  home  in  peace 
again.  I  bought  shoes  for  you  and  started  them  to  you  by 
Hiter  Sanford,  but  he  met  the  last  retreat  and  came  back 
again. 

I  could  write  many  things  to  you  if  I  dared  to,  but 
T  cannot.  We,  the  soldiers,  are  perfect  Know  Nothings. 
We  have  strict  laws  and  we  must  obey  them.  T  must  now 
bring  my  letter  to  a  close.  Give  my  best  respects  to  all 
inquiring  friends.  May  God  Almighty  save  us  all  with  an 
everlasting  salvation  for  Christ's  sake,  is  my  prayer,  so 
nothing  more  at  present  but  to  remain.  Your  affectionate 
friend,  until  death. 

G.  T  .BEAL  TO  E.  J.  BEAT.. 


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As  has  been  stated  before,  Judge  Waddle,  up  to  his 
21st  year,  had  spent  his  energies  in  the  support  of  father, 
mother,  brothers  and  sisters.  He  had  received  some  little 
schooling,  however,  in  Greene  County.  But  of  this  world's 
goods  when  he  had  reached  his  majority  lie  had  very 
little.  The  amount  of  his  worldly  assets  the  year  previous 
to  his  marriage  we  find  to  be:  One  horse,  good  health,  and 
a  firm  determination  to  make  good  and  be  somebody,  and 
enough  money  for  a  marriage  fee.  He,  therefore,  decided 
to  marry,  and  just  previous  to  his  marriage  he  harvested 
a  fair  crop  of  wheat  and  was  married  the  first  of  the 
following  year.  That  year  they  rented  80  acres  and  made 
a  splendid  corn  crop,  and  from  this  beginning  began 
slowly  to  prosper.  In  the  year  1874  they  rented  another 
farm,  and  it  was  a  very  dry  year.  In  1875  they  rented  120 
acres  in  Dade  County,  and  this  was  another  poor  crop 
year.  They  returned  to  Greene  County  and  bought  40 
acres  of  land  on  Clear  creek.  Here  they  built  their  first 
log  cabin,  about  14  feet  square  with  a  side  room.  He 
added  to  this  place  96  acres  and  30  acres  in  another  tract 
Their  children  were  all  born  here  except  the  oldest  and 
the  youngest.  They  lived  on  this  farm  until  1891,  when 
they  sold  out  and  bought  a  small  farm  in  Dade  County, 
Missouri,  one  and  one-half  miles  north  of  Arcola,  kept 
this  only  one  year  and  sold  that  farm,  went  back  to 
Greene  County  and  bought  80  acres  near  the  old  home 
place,  and  in  one  year  bought  back  the  old  home  place 
in  addition  to  the  80  acres.  In  1901  they  sold  all  this  land 
and  bought  1  20  acres  in  Murray  Township,  known  as  the 
James  Thomas  farm,  living  here  until  1903,  when  they 
sold  this  farm  and  returned  to  Dade  County,  buying  160 
acres  in  Rock  Prairie  Township,  where  they  now  reside. 

To  J.  W.  Waddle  and  wife  the  following  children 
were  born  :  Ephriam  Orlando  Waddle,  born  January  7th, 
1873,  died  November  2nd,  1874;  Orral  Larismur,  born 
April  19th,  1876,  died  May  9th,  1876;  Aria  Rosilla,*  born 
July  9th,  1877,  married  Joseph  McBee  November  25th, 
1896,  and  died  November  14th,  1911,  leaving  one  son, 
Archmer  Eltry  McBee,  who  was  born  December  31st,  1900; 


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Bertha  Natrulia,  born  January  7th,  1880,  married  Edward 
Robert  Kelley  August  2nd,  1896,  and  they  had  children 
as  follows: 

Terry  McConnel,  born  in  Greene  County,  Missouri, 
September  15th,  1901;  Ellis  John,  also  born  in  Greene 
County,  December  llth,  1903:  Claire  Alta  May,  bom  in 
Morencia,  Ariz.,  February  1st,  1906;  Robert  Leland,  born 
in  Greene  County,  Missouri,  August  16th,  1908;  Louis, 
born  in  Webster  County  June  21st,  1911;  Alta  Eulalia  May 
Waddle,  born  March  26th,  1882,  was  married  July  23rd, 
1905,  to  Charles  W.  Fortner,  and  they  have  one  daugh- 
ter, Bertha  Genevieve  Fortner,  born  September  6th,  1907; 
Lourell  Lyman,  born  September  27th,  1884,  married  July 
5th,  1905,  to  Erie  Killingsworth;  John  Devillo,  born  March 
5th,  1892,  married  March  9th,  1912,  to  Miss  Jessie  Irene 
Brookshier. 

Judge  Waddle  is  a  Republican  in  politics  and  has 
ever  held  true  and  steadfast  to  the  principles  of  his  party. 
Tn  1912  he  was  nominated  for  county  judge  by  the  Re- 
publicans in  the  eastern  district,  and  was  beaten  by  39 
votes,  and  again  in  1916  the  Republican  party  nominated 
him  for  the  same  office  and  he  was  elected  by  a  majority 
of  133  votes.  Too  much  cannot  be  said  of  the  high  charac- 
ter of  Judge  Waddle  and  his  fine  wife.  They  are  among 
our  most  respected  and  honored  citizens. 


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JUDGE  THOMAS  M.  WALKER. 

There  is  probably  no  better  known  or  more  highly 
respected  citizen  of  Dade  County  than  Thomas  M.  Walker, 
presiding  judge  of  the  Dade  County  Court.  He  was  born 
in  Newton  County,  Missouri,  March  14th,  1858,  a  son  of 
John  M.  Walker  and  Sarah  Reynolds,  his  wife,  both  of 
whom  were  natives  of  Georgia,  where  they  were  married, 
and  came  to  Newton  County  about  1852.  He  was  a  me- 
chanic and  farmer.  They  remained  in  Newton  County 
until  1860,  when  they  moved  to  Greene  County,  Missouri, 
where  they  carried  on  farming".  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Union  army  during  the  Civil  war,  enlisting  in  1860.  He 


354 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

passed  away  in  Christian  County  February  19th,  1894, 
while  his  wife  had  died  in  1863,  leaving  five  children, 
all  of  whom  grew  to  maturity  excepting  one  boy,  Joel  A., 
who  was  drowned  at  the  age  of  14  years.  The  others  were: 
John  M.,  who  died  in  Barry  County;  William  Franklyn, 
now  supposed  to  be  living  in  some  part  of  the  north;  Henry 
a  farmer  of  Barry  County;  Thomas  M.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch.  After  the  war  John  M.  Walker  married  a  second 
time,  but  did  not  raise  a  family.  He  spent  some  time 
following  his  trade  as  farmer  and  mechanic  in  eastern 
Lawrence  County,  retiring  to  Billings,  Christian  County, 
about  three  years  previous  to  his  death.  He  was  a  Bap- 
tist in  religious  belief,  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  was 
a  very  prominent  citizen.  He  was  a  brave  and  efficient 
soldier  and  became  crippled  while  in  active  service.  He 
had  been  detailed  to  carry  the  mail  from  Springfield  to 
Rolla,  Mo.,  which  he  did  for  some  two  years,  and  it  was 
while  in  this  service  that  an  escaping  prisoner  ran  his 
horse  into  the  horse  Mr.  Walker  was  riding,  the  result 
of  which  made  Mr.  Walker  a  cripple  for  life. 

Judge  Walker  received  his  education  in  Lawrence 
County  in  the  common  schools  and  remained  at  home  until 
he  was  21  years  of  age,  at  which  time  he  went  to  farming 
in  Lawrence  County,  and  later  on  bought  40  acres  in  that 
County,  which  he  soon  traded  for  an  80-acre  tract,  but 
did  not  keep  this  a  great  while  before  he  traded  it  off  and 
rented  for  several  years,  than  again  invested  in  40  acres, 
which  he  kept  until  1901,  when  he  sold  this,  and  on  De- 
cember 1st,  1901,  moved  to  Dade  County.  He  first  rented 
the  P.  R.  Montgomery  farm  in  Sac  Township,  paying  $1,000 
a  year  for  three  years.  He  prospered  here,  and  in  1904 
bought  a  fine  farm  of  240  acres  in  Cedar  Township,  where 
lie  now  lives.  This  place  had  about  KiO  acres  in  cultiva- 
tion and  was  fairly  well  improved,  but  Judge  Walker 
has  added  to  the  improvements  materially,  and  now  it  is 
considered  one  of  the  finest  stock  farms  of  northwest  Dade 
County.  Besides  fanning  for  the  benefit  of  himself  and 
family,  Judge  Walker  has  devoted  a  great  deal  of  his  life 
to  the  benefiting  of  his  fellow-man.  He  was  ordained  to 


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preach  May  1st,  1886,  in  the  Baptist  church.  His  first 
charge  was  at  Sycamore,  where  he  remained  five  years. 
He  was  pastor  of  Pleasant  Grove  two  years  and  then 
spent  two  years  as  district  missionary  worker  in  Law- 
rence. During  this  time  he  organized  Summit  church, 
which  is  six  miles  northeast  of  Mt.  Vernon,  and  where  he 
served  two  years  as  pastor.  Pie  also  organized  the  New 
Home  church,  eight  miles  south  of  Kverton.  He  has  been 
very  active  in  the  mission  work,  but  during  his  activities 
along  this  line  his  health  failed,  and  after  a  strenuous 
campaign  of  three  months'  mission  work  in  St.  Clair 
County  he  was  forced  to  a  well  deserved  rest,  so  for  the 
last  six  years  he  has  spent  most  of  his  time  farming. 

In  politics  Mr.  Walker  is  a  staunch  Republican,  and 
in  1914  was  elected  to  the  Republican  ticket  as  presiding 
judge  of  the  Dade  County  court,  which  position  he  has 
filled  T"ith  marked  credit  to  himself  and  with  entire  satis- 
faction to  the  people  of  the  county  at  large.  As  much 
time  as  his  health  will  permit,  lie  still  devotes  to  religions 
teaching,  lie  is  at  present  the  moderator  of  the  Dade 
County  Baptist  Association,  and  is  now  preaching  for  the 
Cedarville  church,  and  also  takes  leadership  in  Sunday 
school  work. 

On  November  4th,  1880,  Mr.  Walker  was  married  <»' 
Sarcoxie,  Mo.,  to  Nora  S.  Hammer,  who  was  born  February 
Oth,  1801,  i;>  Lawrence  County  near  Mt.  Vernon,  a  daugh- 
ter of  James  Allen  and  Sarah  (Tolliver)  Hammer.  Both 
were  natives  of  Tennessee  and  both  were  brought  by  their 
parents  to  Lawrence  County  in  the  early  40's.  They  wen- 
married  there  and  raised  a  large  family,  of  whom  Mrs. 
Walker  was  fourth  in  order  of  birth  of  eleven  children, 
nine  of  whom  are  living  and  all  settled  near  Mt.  Vernon, 
with  the  exception  of  Mrs.  Walker.  Her  father  is  de- 
ceased, dying  in  1000.  Her  mother,  however,  is  living, 
and  resides  with  Judge  Walker  and  his  wife.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Walker  were  the  parents  of  five  children,  two  of 
whom  are  living.  Record  of  the  family  is  as  follows:  The 
first  child  died  in  infancy,  unnamed.  The  second,  Arthur, 
was  born  October  4th,  1S83,  and  di«>d  May  20th.  1004,  at 


356  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

the  age  of  21.  Sherman  A.  was  born  August  17th,  1885, 
married  Eva  Toller;  they  live  on  a  part  of  Judge  Walker's 
farm  in  Cedar  Township  and  have  two  children,  Loren 
and  Jewel.  Sarah  Floe  was  born  November  28th,  1887, 
married  Robert  Coin,  a  prominent  farmer  of  Cedar  Town- 
ship, but  died  February  3rd,  1911,  leaving  one  child,  Elma. 
Edna  Gertrude  was  born  February  7th,  1890,  married  Lon 
McGuire  of  Cedar  County,  and  they  now  live  in  Shenan- 
doah,  la.;  they  have  two  children,  the  first,  Carl,  was  born 
March  7th,  1911,  and  Max  Walker,  born  April  8th,  1915. 

Too  much  cannot  be  said  of  the  good  that  Judge 
Walker  and  his  estimable  wife  have  done  in  our  midst. 
They  are  both  fine  Christian  people  and  have  devoted  the 
greater  part  of  their  lives  to  doing  good  to  others.  Truly, 
Judge  Thomas  M.  Walker  is  one  of  our  first  citizens,  and 
no  man  stands  higher  in  the  hearts  of  the  people  than  this 
fine,  courteous  gentleman.  He  and  his  wife  are  members 
of  the  Baptist  church  at  Cedarville.  Fraternally  Mr.  Wal- 
ker is  a  member  of  the  A.  F.  &  A.  M.  at  Arcola,  and  was 
a  charter  member  of  the  M.  W.  A.  at  Miller,  Mo.,  but  now 
has  his  membership  at  Jerico  Springs,  Cedar  County. 
Along  all  lines  Judge  Walker  is  progressive  and  broad- 
minded.  He  is  a  first-class  farmer,  a  first-class  judge  and 
a  first-class  citizen,  and  he  well  deserves  the  exceptional 
high  esteem  in  which  he  is  held  by  the  entire  population 
of  this  county. 


ALBERT  E.  WATSON. 

Born  in  Macoupin  County,  Illinois,  June  2nd,  1863.  His 
father,  James  T.  Watson,  was  born  in  Kentucky,  near 
Louisville,  and  died  in  September,  1894.  His  parents 
moved  to  Illinois  in  the  early  50 's.  His  father  was  a  suc- 
cessful farmer  and  stock  raiser  and  died  on  the  farm.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican,  but  at  the  breaking  out  of 
the  Civil  war  lie  was  not  eligible  for  military  duty.  He 
was  an  old-time  Whig  and  afterward  a  Republican.  In 
1871  lie  moved  to  Jasper  County,  Missouri,  where  he  spent 
the  remainder  of  his  days.  James  T.  Watson  was  married 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 867 

to  Malinda  J.  Brown,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania,  who  died 
in  the  year  1912  at  the  age  of  85  years.  Her  parents 
moved  to  Macoupin  County,  Illinois,  in  an  early  day. 
She  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church  and  the  mother 
of  three  children: 

(1)  Albert  E.  Watson,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

(2)  Alice,  born  in  Macoupin  County,  Illinois,  married 
Albert  Clayton,  a  farmer.     She  died  in  1901,  leaving  four 
children. 

(3)  Lula,  born  in  Jasper  County,  Missouri,  married 
Edward  Broughton,  and  now  lives  in  Webb  City,  Mo. 

Albert  E.  Watson  was  raised  upon  Illinois  and  Mis- 
souri farms.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and  also  an 
Academy  at  Carlinville,  111.  He  continued  on  the  farm 
until  1908,  when  he  came  to  Greenfield,  and  in  1914  en- 
gaged in  the  telephone  business,  buying  out  the  Mutual 
Telephone  Company  lines.  Prior  to  this  time  he  was  in 
business  at  Golden  City  for  four  years.  As  a  manager 
of  a  telephone  exchange  Mr.  Watson  has  proven  a  suc- 
cess. 

On  the  18th  day  of  February,  1896,  he  was  married 
to  Lizzie  Mosher,  born  in  Galesburg,  111.,  in  1878.  Her 
father  was  a  farmer  and  a  very  successful  one,  too. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Watson  are  the  parents  of  three  chil- 
dren: 

(1)  H.  Raymond,  born  in  Jasper  County,  Missouri, 
January  21st,   1897,   and   graduated   from   the   Greenfield 
High  School  in  the  class  of  1917. 

(2)  Frank    G.,    born    in    Jasper    County,    Missouri, 
August  9th,  1899,  and  is  now  attending  school. 

(3)  Fern,  born  in  Jasper  County,  Missouri,  August 
14th,  1904. 

Mrs.  Watson  is  a  member  of  the  Christian  church. 
Mr.  Watson  is  a  member  of  the  Odd  Fellows  and  the 
M.  W.  A.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  Besides  being 
the  owner  of  the  Mutual  Telephone  Company  lines  and 
exchange  in  Greenfield,  he  also  has  property  in  Golden 
City,  and  is  the  owner  of  a  fine  residence  property  in 
Greenfield,  located  on  one  of  the  most  desirable  streets  in 
the  city. 


358 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

SAMUEL  J.  WEIR. 

Was  born  in  Cooper  County,  Missouri,  December 
27th,  1830,  son  of  Samuel  and  Polly  B.  (Stevens)  Weir. 
His  father  was  a  native  of  Tennessee,  born  April  9th, 
1791,  and  died  in  Dade  County  October  21st,  1848.  His 
mother  was  a  native  of  Kentucky,  born  October  9th,  1797, 
and  died  September  23rd,  1883.  His  father  and  mother 
came  to  Dade  County  in  1840  and  entered  a  large  tract 
of  land,  some  of  it  adjoining  the  city  of  Greenfield.  He 
owned  2,000  acres  at  the  time  of  his  death.  There  were 
ten  children  in  this  family,  but  all  are  dead  except 
Sampel  J.  He  remained  at  home  on  the  old  homestead, 
living  with  his  parents  till  both  passed  away.  The 
house  where  he  now  lives  was  also  the  home  of  his 
father.  Part  of  it  is  constructed  of  logs,  built  by  his 
father,  but  is  now  weather-boarded  over,  and  is  prob- 
ably one  of  the  oldest,  if  not  the  very  oldest,  building 
in  the  county.  His  father  was  a  Cumberland  Presbyte- 
rian minister  and  rode  and  preached  all  over  southwest 
Missouri.  He  also  married  many  of  the  older  settlers 
of  the  county. 

Samuel- J.  Weir  was  married  on  the  10th  day  of  Feb- 
ruary, 1858,  to  Mattie  D.  Wilson,  who  was  born  April 
21st,  1840,  and.  died  March  27th,  1915.  She  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  William  Wilson.  There  were  ten  children  born  of 
this  union,  nine  of  whom  grew  to  maturity:  Nora,  born 
February  24th,  1859,  married  Lewis  Hembree;  Don,  born 
November  7th,  1862;  Anna,  born  September  15th,  1861, 
married  D.  P.  Duffy:  Horace  E.,  born  November  14th, 
1867;  George  L.,  born  March  8th,  1868;  Robert  S.,  born 
November  17th,  1874;  Frank  B.,  born  December  12th, 
1876;  Lucy  M.,  born  June  10th,  1878,  married  J.  L.  Hig- 
gins;  Daisy  D.,  born  August  31st,  1882,  married  R.  0. 
Ball,  died  leaving  one  child. 

Samuel  J.  Weir  entered  the  mercantile  business  in 
Cooper  County  in  1864,  but  was  cleaned  odt  by  Con- 
federate soldiers  and  others  just  as  he  was  getting  ready 
to  move  back  to  Dade  County.  After  coming  to  Green- 
field he  enlisted  in  the  Enrolled  Militia  of  Missouri,  and 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 359 

served  in  the  Home  Guards.  In  politics  Mr.  Weir  is  a 
Democrat.  In  the  earlier  days  of  his  life  he  accumulated 
a  large  amount  of  property,  much  of  which  has  been 
given  to  his  children.  He  has  given  them  all  a-  good 
start  in  life.  At  the  present  time  he  is  the  owner  of  land 
near  Greenfield,  much  of  which  has  been  given  to  his 
children  to  use,  retaining  only  a  life  estate  for  himself, 
and  all  of  which  will  be  theirs  after  his  death. 

Mr.  Weir  remembers  much  concerning  the  pioneer 
life  in  Dade  County.  He  readily  recalls  the  days  of  ox- 
teams,  poor  roads,  log  cabin  homes,  gourd  dippers,  spin- 
ning wheels,  looms  and  corn-dodger  bread  baked  in  the 
fireplace  skillet.  In  those  days  buggies,  spring  wagons, 
harvesting  machines,  sewing  machines,  telephones,  elec- 
tric lights  and  automobiles  had  never  been  dreamed  of, 
much  less  realized. 


JAMES  P.  WHEELER. 

Was  born  in  Polk  Township,  Dade  County,  Missouri, 
February  24th,  1869,  son  of  John  C.  and  Melissa  Jane 
(Hayes)  Wheeler.  His  father  was  also  born  in  Dade 
County,  January  24th,  1840,  while  his  mother  was  a  na- 
tive of  Kentucky.  His  paternal  grandfather  was  born 
in  Tennessee  January  23rd,  1800,  and  married  Barbara 
Julian,  also  a  native  of  Tennessee.  They  came  to  Mis- 
souri in  1838,  bringing  a  family  of  six  children  with 
them,  and  settled  in  Polk  Township,  taking  up  640  acres 
of  government  land.  These  old  people  farmed  all  their 
life.  He  cleared  out  a  great  many  acres  and  was  a  fine 
specimen  of  the  hardy  pioneer.  Both  are  buried  in  the 
Wheeler  cemetery  in  Polk  Township. 

John  C.  Wheeler  was  married  and  remained  with 
his  father  for  about  one  year,  when  he  purchased  120 
acres  of  land  just  across  the  line  in  Polk  County,  which 
was  partly  improved.  He  built  a  large  barn  on  this 
land,  farmed  it  for  about  six  years,  and  then  traded  it 
for  an  improved  160  acres  in  Barton  County,  upon  which 
he  moved,  and  remained  for  two  years,  sold  out  and 


360  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

bought  260  acres  of  the  old  homestead  in  Polk  Township, 
the  place  where  he  was  born.  Here  he  lived  and  worked, 
building  a  fine  house  and  barn  and  cleared  out  con- 
siderable land.  Here  also  he  died.  He  was  a  Republican, 
active  in  local  politics,  a  member  of  the  Cumberland 
Presbyterian  church. 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  war  he  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany L,  Sixth  Missouri  Cavalry,  and  served  for  four 
years  in  the  South.  His  widow  is  still  living  in  Dade- 
ville  at  the  age  of  67  years,  in  fairly  good  health.  John 
C.  Wheeler  and  wife  were  the  parents  of  six  children, 
which  grew  to  maturity: 

(1)  James  P.  Wheeler,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

(2)  Calvin,  a  farmer  (now  deceased),  married  Nellie 
Gilliland. 

(3)  William     Leander,     a  farmer,     lives     in     Polk 
County,  near  the  Dade  County  line. 

(4)  Dollie,  married  Roy  C.  King  of  Polk  Township. 

(5)  Clarence  C.,  now  lives  in  Polk  County. 

(6)  Bessie,  married  William  Maze,  a  hardware  mer- 
chant in  Dadeville. 

James  P.  Wheeler  remained  at  home  till  20  years  of 
age.  He  obtained  his  schooling  in  Dade  County  in  the 
common  schools,  high  school  and  Ozark  College.  He 
taught  school  at  the  age  of  17  years.  On  the  14th  day  of 
August,  1892,  he  was  married  to  Alma  Gilliland,  who 
was  born  in  Kentucky  September  26th,  1875,  daughter 
of  H.  A.  and  Nannie  (Bryan)  Gilliland,  both  natives  of 
Kentucky.  Her  father  was  a  farmer  in  Polk  County. 

James  P.  Wheeler  and  wife  are  the  parents  of  three 
children,  all  of  whom  are  living: 

(1)  John  Hugh,  born  March  6th,  1806.     Is  now  at- 
tending the  State  Normal  School  at  Springfield,  and  will 
serve   in   1917   his   first  year   as   principal   of   Greenfield 
public  schools. 

(2)  Bertha,   born    October    28th,    1897,    graduate    of 
High   School   at   Greenfield. 

(3)  Gale,   born  July   26th,   1899.     Is   still   at   home, 
and  is   a  graduate  .of  High   School   at   Greenfield.     Both 


JOHN    W.   WOODARD  AND   WIFE. 


JAMES  L.  DA1GH  AM)  WIFE. 
JOHN  WOODARD  AND  WIFE. 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  361 

girls  are  making  a  specialty  of  music,  in  which  line  they 
show  much  proficiency. 

James  P.  Wheeler  taught  school  in  Dade  County 
for  ten  years,  and  was  one  year  principal  of  the  Everton 
city  schools.  Farming  and  stock  raising  has,  however, 
been  his  principal  occupation  in  life.  He  first  bought 
100  acres  of  farming  land  in  Polk  Township,  kept  it  for 
10  years,  sold  out  and  bought  160  acres  near  Greenfield. 
About  this  time  he  also  bought  160  acres  in  Polk  Town- 
ship. Afterward  he  exchanged  the  160  acres  near  Green- 
field to  T.  Howard  Finley  in  the  purchase  of  the  240-acre 
farm  upon  which  he  now  resides  in  East  Center  Town- 
ship, three  miles  northeast  of  Greenfield.  He  also  owns 
20  acres  just  north  of  the  city  of  Greenfield. 

Mr.  Wheeler  is  a  high-grade  farmer  and  stock  man, 
handling  Shropshire  sheep,  Poland-China  hogs,  and  does 
some  feeding  on  his  present  farm. 

His  farm  is  improved  with  fine  buildings  and  orna- 
mented with  a  20-acre  grove  of  native  trees  for  a  front 
yard.  This  grove  is  clean  and  kept  as  beautiful  as  a 
lawn.  Altogether,  his  farm  is  one  of  the  most  attractive 
and  desirable  to  be  found  in  the  county. 

In  politics  Mr.  Wheeler  is  a  Democrat,  but  he  has 
never  held  or  desired  a  public  office.  His  wife  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Baptist  church.  Mr.  Wheeler  holds  membnr- 
ship  in  the  Odd  Fellow  and  M.  W.  A.  of  Greenfield.  When 
the  good  roads  movement  first  became  dominant  in  Dade 
County  Mr.  Wheeler  was  one  of  its  prime  movers.  He 
was  instrumental  in  building  more  than  three  miles  of 
rock  road  from  Greenfield  to  the  Lundsford  ford  before 
voting  of  road  bonds  was  ever  dreamed  of.  Mr.  Wheeler 
has  always  been  a  public-spirited  citizen,  taking  great  in- 
terest in  every  movement  and  organization,  especially 
among  the  farmers,  which  had  for  its  object  the  better- 
ment of  living  conditions  in  the  community. 


CHARLES  D.  WHITE. 

One   of   Dade   County's   most   prominent   native   sons 
is   Charles   D.   White   of   North   Sac  Township.     He   was 


362 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

born  December  2nd,  1862,  on  the  farm  that  he  now  owns 
and  upon  which  he  makes  his  residence.  He  was  the 
son  of  Elija  and  Caroline  (Clark)  White,  both  natives 
of  Tennessee,  where  they  were  married  in  June,  1855. 
Mr.  White  had  come  into  Dade  County  in  the  year  1851, 
and  bought  80  acres  of  land  and  entered  an  adjoining 
180,  and  here  he  and  his  wife  lived,  carrying  on  general 
farming  and  stock  raising  until  he  passed  away.  He  died 
in  early  life,  while  his  wife  lived  a  number  of  years 
longer,  and  married  as  her  second  husband  Anderson 
Fox,  by  whom  she  raised  a  family.  She  died  January 
13th,  1917,  at  an  advanced  age  of  85  years.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  White  were  the  parents  of  four  children,  one  of 
whom  died  in  infancy.  Those  living  are:  Nancy,  the 
widow  of  Harry  C.  Crisp,  and  is  now  living  in  North 
Sac  Township,  directly  on  the  Dade  and  Cedar  County 
line;  John,  a  farmer  of  North  Sac  Township,  married  as 
his  first  wife  Emma  Fry,  and  she  died  leaving  two  chil- 
dren, he  subsequently  marrying  Susie  Taylor,  by  whom 
he  has  five  children;  and  Charles  D.,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch. 

Charles  D.  White  has  always  remained  at  home,  or 
at  least  on  a  portion  of  the  original  White  homestead. 
He  had  very  little  chance  for  schooling  and  was  taught 
to  work,  and  to  work  hard.  At  the  age  of  14  he  started 
out  for  himself.  At  the  time  of  his  father's  death  he  re- 
ceived 100  acres  of  good  land  from  his  father's  estate. 
On  January  18th,  1885,  Mr.  White  married  Eliza  Dun- 
can, who  was  born  January  9th,  1869,  a  daughter  of  Eli 
Duncan  and  Caroline  McGurie,  his  wife,  both  natives  of 
Tennessee.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  White  have  two  fine  children, 
as  follows:  Myrtle  C.,  born  January  1,  1886,  and  mar- 
ried Carter  Clopton;  they  are  farming  in  Dade  County 
and  have  one  child,  Robert  Theopolis,  born  July  27th, 
1916.  Jessie,  born  July  27th,  1887,  married  Marvin  Wil- 
litt;  they  are  farming  in  Cedar  County  and  have  one 
child,  Charles  H.,  who  was  born  January  27th,  1909. 

Charles  D.  White  is  a  successful  farmer  and  stock 
man.  lie  has  stuck  to  his  original  farm  as  received  from 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  363 

his  father's  estate  and  through  the  years  has  prospered 
exceedingly,  and  has  added  to  his  original  holdings,  until 
now  he  has  219  acres  practically  in  a  body.  Here  he 
has  done  considerable  improving,  having  cleared,  fenced 
and  cross-fenced,  using  all  hog-tight  wire,  and  this  fine 
place  is  all  in  cultivation  with  the  exception  of  20  acres 
of  timber.  Here  in  1912  he  built  a  90-ton  silo,  and  the 
same  year  he  erected  a  fine  new  barn  38x40,  and  large 
sheds  and  outbuildings.  He  has  a  very  attractive  resi- 
dence, as  well  as  a  new  four-room  house,  on  another  part 
of  his  place,  which  he  built  in  1915. 

This  is  one  of  the  fine  stock  farms  of  northern  Dade 
County.  It  is  well  watered,  and  here  Mr.  White  handles 
yearly  some  200  head  of  Poland-China  hogs,  one  car  of 
cattle  and  other  stock. 

In  politics  Mr.  White  is  a  Democrat,  and  has  served 
on  the  school  board  for  a  number  of  years  and  also  has 
been  road  commissioner  and  constable.  He  and  his  wife 
are  members  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and 
finer  Christian  people  it  is  hard  to  find.  Truly,  Mr. 
White  is  one  of  the  leading  citizens,  ever  ready  to  help 
with  his  time  and  money  in  any  cause  for  the  good  of 
the  county  or  its  people.  A  big-hearted,  broad-minded 
man  is  Charley  White.  He  is  a  booster  for  good  roads 
and  public  schools.  Was  one  of  the  first  to  become  in- 
terested in  the  rural  telephone.  He  is  a  wide-awake,  ag- 
gressive, progressive  man. 


GEORGE  W.  WILSON. 

Was  born  in  Tennessee  on  the  24th  day  of  September, 
1852,  son  of  Solomon  H.  and  Mary  M.  (Bell)  Wilson. 
They  were  both  natives  of  Tennessee  and  were  married 
there.  They  were  farmers  in  their  native  state  and  came 
direct  to  Dade  County  in  1857  and  settled  on  a  partly 
improved  160  acres  a  few  miles  northwest  of  where  Ever- 
ton  now  stands.  They  stayed  there  about  two  years,  then 
traded  for  270  acres  on  Lynn  Branch,  and  lived  there 
the  remainder  of  their  days.  He  had  retired  from  active 


364  HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLS 

business  and  lived  for  a  while  in  Everton,  but  eventually 
returned  to  the  farm,  where  he  died  in  1896.  His  wife 
lived  until  1906,  when  she  died,  also  at  the  farm.  There 
were  15  children  in  this  family,  three  dying  in  infancy: 

(1)  John  S.,  now  deceased. 

(2)  George  W.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

(3)  W.  0.   (see  sketch.) 

(4)  Dr.  C.  F.,  now  located  in  Memphis,  Tex. 

(5)  J.  G.   (see  sketch.) 

(6)  S.  H.,  now  deceased.     His  widow  lives  in  Ever- 
ton. 

(7)  Albert  L.,  lives  in  Springfield. 

(8)  Elender  Jane,  now  deceased.     Was  the  wife  of 
Judge  John  M.  Landers. 

(9)  Eliza  Ann,  now  Mrs.  Ewing  Oarlock. 

(10)  Mary   L.,    now    the    wife    of   W.   L.  Roark    of 
Aurora,  Mo. 

(11)  Victoria   P.,   now   Mrs.   J.   E.    Gyles    of  Here- 
ford, Tex. 

(12)  Veda  P.,  widow  of  Albert  Morris  (see  sketch). 
Solomon  H.  Wilson  was  a  prominent  Democrat,  but 

never  held  office.  He  ran  for  Representative  on  the  Dem- 
ocratic ticket  in  1884,  but  was  defeated.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Presbyterian  church,  belonged  to  the  Masonic 
lodge  at  Dadeville,  and  served  in  the  militia  during  the 
war. 

George  W.  Wilson  remained  at  home  until  22  years 
of  age,  received  his  schooling  in  the  country  schools  of 
Dade  County.  He  farmed  on  his  own  account  for  about 
two  years,  then  entered  the  mining  business  in  the  McGee 
district,  after  which  he  entered  the  mercantile  business 
at  the  old  Cross  Roads,  one  mile  northeast  of  Everton. 
He  remained  at  this  point  for  five  years,  then  moved  his 
stock  to  Everton  in  1881.  He  was  in  company  with  W.  Y 
McLcrnore,  who  later  sold  out  to  J.  G.  Wilson,  after 
which  the  business  was  conducted  in  the  name  of  Wilson 
Bros.  In  1889  George  W.  Wilson  sold  out  his  interest  in 
the  store  to  his  father  and  brother  and  started  a  private 
bank  under  the  name  of  "Bank  of  Everton,"  which 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 365 

he  conducted  as  a  private  institution  for  25  years.  In 
1914  it  became  incorporated  for  $25,000,  with  George  W. 
Wilson  as  President;  W.  Y.  McLeraore,  Vice  President- 
Monte  Poindexter,  Cashier,  and  Clarence  McLemore,  As- 
sistant Cashier,  who  are  the  officials  at  the  present  time. 
For  a  number  of  years  this  bank  was  known  as  the 
largest  private  bank  in  Southwest  Missouri,  the  deposits 
averaging  more  than  $200,000,  and  with  a  total  footing 
in  excess  of  $250,000. 

George  W.  Wilson  was  married  February  15th,  1857, 
to  Miss  Fannie  McLemore,  a  native  of  Dade  County,  Mis- 
souri, daughter  of  Archibald  McLemore.  They  have  no 
children.  Mr.  Wilson  is  an  extensive  farmer  as  well  as 
a  banker.  He  is  the  owner  of  more  than  600  acres  of 
farm  land,  all  in  Dade  County  except  91  acres  in  Law- 
rence County.  He  makes  a  specialty  of  apple  orchards, 
and  his  shipments  in  carload  lots  run  away  up  into  the 
thousands  of  bushels. 

Mr.  Wilson  is  a  public-spirited  citizen  and  has  been 
identified  with  every  movement  which  has  had  for  its 
object  the  betterment  of  Everton  and  vicinity.  Good 
roads  and  good  schools  have  been  the  special  objects 
of  his  devotion.  In  a  financial  way  his  value  to  the 
community  can  hardly  be  estimated.  In  politics  Mr. 
Wilson  is  a  Democrat,  but  too  busy  to  seek  or  hold  office. 
Both  he  and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  and  active  in  its  benevolences.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  holding  membership  at  Everton. 
Since  the  incorporation  of  the  Bank  of  Everton  Mr.  Wil- 
son has  found  more  time  for  outdoor  recreation,  which 
he  has  taken  advantage  of,  to  the  great  benefit  of  his 
health  as  well  as  to  the  betterment  of  his  farming  enter- 
prises. Mr.  Wilson  is  the  owner  of  one  of  the  fine  homes 
in  Everton,  the  comfort  of  which  he  enjoys  quite  as 
much  if  not  more  than  the  strenuous  occupation  of  mak- 
ing money. 


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WILLIAM  OREGON  WILSON. 

There  is  no  more  prominent  farmer  and  citizen  in 
Dade  County  than  W.  0.  Wilson  of  Polk  Township.  He 
was  born  in  Monroe  County,  Tennessee,  February  4th, 
1855,  a  son  of  Solomon  H.  and  Mary  (Bell)  Wilson.  Both 
the  Wilsons  and  Bells  were  pioneer  settlers  of  Dade 
County.  Solomon  Wilson  came  overland  to  Dade  County 
in  the  year  1857.  Wm.  ().,  of  this  review,  remained  at 
home  until  he  was  22  years  of  age,  and  had  the  usual 
experiences  of  the  farmer  boy.  He  first  started  for  him- 
self on  79  acres  of  land  in  Polk  Township,  which  he  had 
bought,  and  on  this  he  lived  for  two  years,  and  after  im- 
proving it,  sold  out  and  bought  200  acres  where  he  now 
lives.  In  the  meantime  he  had  married  Miss  Sallie  Car- 
lock  on  March  28th,  1877.  She  is  a  daughter  of  L.  L. 
Carlock,  who  was  a  very  early  settler  of  this  county,  and 
of  whom  a  sketch  will  be  found  elsewhere  in  this  work. 
To  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wilson  have  been  born  three  children, 
as  follows:  Lula,  born  April  4th,  1880,  married  J.  S. 
Whitaker,  a  lumber  merchant  of  Walnut  Grove,  and  they 
have  six  daughters,  namely,  Joe,  Francis,  Helen,  Ruth, 
June,  Virginia;  James  H.  Wilson,  born  May  28th,  1882, 
is  at  home  and  in  partnership  with  his  father;  Evalyn, 
born  April  2nd,  1885,  married  Dr.  C.  A.  TCowe  of  Lamar, 
Mo.,  and  they  have  one  daughter,  Elizabeth,  born  May 
Gth,  1916. 

When  Mr.  Wilson  first  bought  his  present  original 
farm  it  was  little  improved,  and  he  went  to  work  with  a 
will  to  get  it  in  shape;  he  had  to  clear  and  fence  it.  He 
cleared  110  acres  and  fenced  with  rails.  There  was  a 
small  log  house  on  the  place,  arid  to  this  he  added  a  frame 
addition,  and  here  they  lived  until  1905,  when  lie  built 
a  beautiful  nine-room  residence,  modern  in  every  way, 
including  a  bathroom  and  lights.  The  house  is  sur- 
rounded with  a  fine  grove  and  well-kept  lawn,  and  is 
one  of  the  beauty  spots  of  the  country.  Mr.  Wilson  is 
one  of  the  largest  land  owners  in  the  countrv,  for  he  has 
greatly  prospered  with  his  farming  and  stock  raising. 
He  rio\v  has  98(>  acres  of  fine  land.  It  lies  all  in  a  bodv 


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and  comprises  an  ideal  stock  ranch.  Here  Mr.  Wilson 
raises  mules  and  horses,  and  feeds  yearly  eight  to  ten 
carloads  of  cattle  and  some  eight  to  ten  carloads  of 
hogs.  His  farm  is  equipped  with  four  silos,  with  a  ca- 
pacity of  460  tons.  This  is  one  of  the  busiest  places  in 
the  country,  and  truly  Mr.  Wilson  is  worthy  of  the  name 
of  being  the  largest  stock  farmer  in  the  entire  county. 
Besides  farming  and  stock  raising,  Mr.  Wilson  has  other 
large  interests.  He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
Citizens'  Bank  of  Walnut,  and  also  of  the  Bank  of  Ever- 
ton,  and  is  a  director  of  the  Bank  of  Everton,  and  he  is 
a  stockholder  in  the  Everton  Hardware  Company.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Democrat,  but  does  not  seek  or  care  for 
office,  as  his  large  business  interests  absorb  his  time,  for, 
indeed,  it  takes  close  application  and  large  business  ca- 
pacity to  manage  such  a  large  business  as  Mr.  Wilson 
has,  and  he  is  well  able  to  do  the  job  as  is  amply  proven 
by  the  appearance  of  things  around  him.  With  all  his 
success  in  life,  Mr.  Wilson  is  not  a  bit  stuck  up.  He  is 
a  pleasant,  courteous,  Christian  gentleman.  He  and  his 
wife  are  members  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  of  which 
he  has  been  an  elder  for  many  years.  Mr.  Wilson  is 
truly  one  of  our  foremost  citizens,  and  can  always  be 
relied  upon  for  help  in  any  worthy  cause  that  is  for  tie 
good  of  the  county  and  its  people.  A  broad-minded,  big- 
hearted  man,  he  is  a  booster  for  good  roads  and  schools, 
and  the  type  of  citizen  we  need  more  of. 


JAMES  G.  WILSON. 

One  of  the  prominent  business  men  and  farmers  of 
Dade  County  is  Jas.  G.  Wilson,  whose  name  heads  this 
sketch.  Mr.  Wilson  has  had  an  eventful  and  strenuous 
life.  He  is  the  son  of  Solomon  and  Mary  (Bell)  Wilson, 
who  came  to  this  county  in  1857,  overland  from  Tennes- 
see. Mr.  Wilson  was  born  October  20th,  I860,  in  Dade 
County,  and  remained  at  home  until  22  years  of  age,  at 
which  time  he  entered  the  mercantile  business  with  his 
brothr,  Geo.  W.  WTilson,  at  Everton,  where  they  opened 


368 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

up  a  general  merchandise  store,  and  ran  under  the  firm 
name  of  Wilson  Brothers,  which  continued  for  about  ten 
years,  when  he  sold  out  to  his  brother,  and  then  engaged 
in  the  merchandise  brokerage  business  at  Kansas  City 
under  the  firm  name  of  Shawgo  &  Wilson.  This  business 
was  conducted  for  ten  years,  when  they  closed  out,  and 
Mr.  Wilson  returned  to  Dade  County,  and  since  has  been 
connected  with  his  brother,  W.  0.  Wilson,  in  the  business 
of  stock  raising  on  the  large  Wilson  ranch  in  Polk  Town- 
ship. Plere  they  carry  on  one  of  the  largest  stock  and 
feeding  businesses  in  the  country.  A  complete  sketch 
of  W.  0.  Wilson  and  also  Geo.  W.  Wilson,  brothers  of 
James  G.,  will  be  found  elsewhere  in  these  pages.  Mr. 
Wilson  first  married  Miss  Louise  Fyffe,  in  1882.  She 
was  a  native  of  Dade  County,  and  died  leaving  two  chil- 
dren, the  oldest  Mamie,  married  Charles  Brockway, 
and  they  live  in  California  and  have  one  child,  Charles 
W.;  Clair  F.  is  now  living  in  Kansas,  and  has  a  family  of 
four  children,  as  follows:  King  and  Chas.  R.  are  living 
at  homo;  there  were  two  children,  Glasly  and  Fay,  who 
are  deceased.  Mr.  Wilson  married  for  his  second  wife 
Miss  Josie  Mason,  who  died  leaving  one  son,  Paul,  who 
married  Miss  Minnie  Bowman  and  is  living  in  Dade 
County.  On  March  27th,  1898,  Mr.  Wilson  was  again 
married,  to  Minnie  C.  Peterson,  who  was  born  July  26th, 
1871,  in  Edgar  County,  Illinois,  and  brought  by  her  par- 
ents to  Kansas,  where  her  father  was  an  early  settler. 
Mr.  Wilson  is  now,  we  hope,  settled  for  good  in  Dade 
County,  for  we  need  many  such  broad-minded  and  indus- 
trious gentlemen  as  he.  He  is  a  red-hot  Democrat  and  a 
progressive,  hustling  business  man.  Here  is  hoping  that 
he  alwavs  remains  with  us. 


W.  S.  WILSON. 

One  of  Dade  County's  most  prominent  native  sons 
and  farmers  is  W.  S.  Wilson  of  Rock  Prairie  Township. 
lie  was  born  September  24th,  1873,  a  son  of  Charles  and 
Martha  (Hastings)  Wilson.  Charles  Wilson  was  born 


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HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  369 

in  McMinn,  Term.,  and  came  to  Bade  County  in  1868, 
but  soon  went  further  west  into  Kansas,  where  he  took 
up  a  claim,  and  in  1871  traded  this  for  160  acres  of  good 
land  in  Rock  Prairie  Township,  Dade  County,  which  he 
cleared  and  generally  improved.  In  the  meantime  he  had 
married,  in  1869,  Miss  Martha  Hastings,  by  whom  he  had 
one  son,  W.  S.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch.  Mrs.  Wilson 
died  June  l()th,  1878,  and  Mr.  Wilson  again  married, 
this  time  Elizabeth  Grisham,  but  they  had  no  children. 
Mr.  Wilson  died  January  27th,  1912,  and  his  second  wife 
is  still  living.  He  was  a  Democrat  all  his  life  and  was 
in  the  Civil  war,  serving  in  the  Confederate  army  for 
three  years.  He  was  at  the  £eige  of  Vicksburg  under 
General  Pemborton  and  was  twice  captured,  and  spent 
some  time  in  prison  at  Morton,  Ind.,  after  a  capture. 
He  was  a  fine  Christian  gentleman  and  belonged  to  the 
Baptist  church. 

W.  S.  Wilson  was  brought  up  on  the  farm  and  had 
the  usual  experiences  of  the  farmer  boy,  working  and 
attending  school.  He  received  a  good  education  and 
taught  school  for  sixteen  years,  all  in  Dade  County.  De- 
cember 22nd,  1898,  Mr.  Wilson  married  Miss  Clara  Gris- 
ham, who  was  born  in  Dade  County  February  22nd,  1875, 
a  daughter  of  M.  H.  and  Jane  (Blakey)  Grisham.  To 
Mr.  arid  Mrs.  Wilson  have  been  born  five  children,  as 
follows:  Mattie  J.,  born  January  10th,  1901;  Nina  E., 
born  January  15th,  1904;  Thora  Maude,  born  May  2nd, 
1908;  Charles  H.,  born  March  12th,  1911,  and  William 
Lawrence,  born  September  8th,  1913,  all  at  home  and 
enjoying  good  educational  advantages.  Mr.  Wilson  is  an 
up-to-date  farmer  and  uses  all  modern  machinery  and 
methods.  His  fine  farm  comprises  300  acres  of  as  good 
land  as  can  be  found  in  the  county.  On  this  place  he 
has  a  100-ton  silo  and  handles  considerable  stock  to 
advantage.  In  politics  Mr.  Wilson  is  a  Democrat,  but 
has  never  sought  or  cared  for  office,  as  his  large  business 
interests  and  fine  family  receive  his  undivided  attention. 
Truly,  Mr.  Wilson  is  one  of  our  first  citizens.  He  is  pro- 
gressive and  is  always  ready  to  help  in  any  enterprise 


370 HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

that  is  for  the  good  of  the  county.  He  is  a  booster  for 
good  roads  and  a  friend  of  our  free  public  school  sys- 
tem. He  is  a  type  of  citizen  that  we  need  more  of,  and 
we  are  proud  to  own  him  as  one  of  our  native  sons. 


CHARLES  WINKLE. 

Born  in  Monroe  County,  Tennessee,  March  18th,  1841, 
son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Wilson)  Winkle,  both  natives 
of  Tennessee.  His  father  came  to  Greene  County,  Mis- 
souri, in  the  fall  of  1851,  and  after  making  one  crop  they 
moved  to  Bade  County  in  1852  and  bought  a  claim  of 
80  acres  from  David  Waddell,  and  later  added  by  pur- 
chase until  he  owned  220  acres. 

Charles  Winkle  received  40  acres  of  land  from  his 
father's  estate,  and  purchased  40  acres  of  the  land  which 
his  father  originally  settled.  Both  his  father  and  mother 
are  now  deceased.  Joseph  Winkle  was  a  Democrat. 
Charles  remained  at  home  until  he  was  29  years  of  age, 
when  he  married,  October  7th,  18G9,  Sarah  Mathews, 
who  was  born  April  5th,  1848,  daughter  of  James  and 
Mary  (Gilles)  Mathews,  both  born  in  Coffey  County,  Ten- 
nessee. The  father  died  in  Tennessee  and  his  family 
moved  to  Arkansas,  and  later  to  Ozark  County,  Mis- 
souri, (then  to  Gasconade  County),  and  finally,  in  1866, 
came  to  Dade  County.  They  settled  near  Hoyle  Mill. 
The  mother  re-married  to  a  man  by  the  name  of  Alex 
Brantley,  a  native  of  Tennessee. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Winkle  never  had  any  chil- 
dren. However,  they  have  raised  several:  Nancy  D. 
Brantley  from  the  age  of  10  years;  she  was  Mrs.  Win- 
kle's half-sister,  arid  is  now  Mrs.  Henry  Saffles.  They 
also  raised  Hugh  and  Newt  Burlison.  They  lived  with 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Winkle  until  they  were  married.  They 
have  an  adopted  son,  Loda  C.  Winkle,  who  married 
Delia  Ritchie,  and  they  have  one  child,  Charles  Bui-ton, 
born  August  4th,  1909. 

Mr.  Winkle  is  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and  both  he 
and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  M.  E.  church  (South.) 


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At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  war  Mr.  Winkle 
enlisted  in  the  Confederate  army  in  Company  E,  Eighth 
Regiment,  under  Clarkson.  This  enlistment  was  only 
for  state  service.  He  next  enlisted  in  Company  G,  Six- 
teenth Regiment,  under  Captain  Stemmons  (afterwards 
a  colonel),  and  served  in  General  Price's  division,  Par- 
son's Brigade.  He  was  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Prairie 
Grove,  but  not  seriously,  remaining  in  the  fight.  Was  in 
the  Red  River  campaign.  He  served  till  the  end  of  the 
war  and  was  discharged  at  Shreveport,  La. 

Mr.  Winkle  is  the  owner  of  a  fine  farm,  well  im- 
proved, consisting  of  124  acres,  good  frame  house,  erected 
in  1882,  with  comfortable  and  commodious  outbuildings. 
He  is  living  in  ease  and  comfort,  enjoying  the  benefits  of 
his  industrv  and  frugality  of  former  days. 


JOHN  JAMES  WINKLE. 
(Deceased.) 

Was  born  in  Monroe  County,  Tennessee,  and  died 
in  Dade  County,  Missouri,  February  4th,  1910.  He  was 
a  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Wilson)  Winkle,  both  natives 
of  Tennessee.  His  father  and  mother  came  to  Greene 
County,  Missouri,  in  the  fall  of  1851,  and  after  farming 
there  one  year  came  to  Dade  County  in  1852,  where  they 
settled  near  Hoyle  Mill.  He  purchased  a  relinquish- 
ment  on  80  acres  of  land  from  David  Waddell,  and  later 
acquired  title  to  adjoining  land,  until  he  owned  220  ncres. 
His  father  in  his  life  time  gave  John  a  40-acre  tract 
of  land  as  a  start  in  life. 

On  the  loth  day  of  April,  1870,  he  was  married  to 
Xcircissus  Catharine  Scott,  who  was  born  January  29th, 
1846,  daughter  of  Emerson  Scott. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Winkle  raised  seven  children.  He 
served  in  the  Confederate  army  during  the  Civil  war  and 
witnessed  many  hardships  and  dangers  incident  to  that 
service.  A  complete  resume  of  his  service  will  be  re- 
corded in  another  part  of  this  history  in  a  sketch  written 
by  Lewis  Renfro.  In  politics  Mr.  Winkle  was  a  Demo- 


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crat.  Both  himself  and  wife  were  members  of  the  Cum- 
berland Presbyterian  church.  At  the  time  of  his  death 
Mr.  Winkle  was  the  owner  of  169  acres  of  fine  land  fairly 
well  improved,  upon  which  Mrs.  Winkle  still  resides. 

Mr.  Winkle  was  an  industrious  man,  of  frugal  habits, 
and  a  good  citizen.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
lodge,  in  good  standing,  at  the  time  of  his  death. 


JOSEPH  H.  WINTER. 

(Deceased.) 

One  of  Dade  County's  best  known  stock  men  was 
Joseh  H.  Winter.  He  was  a  man  who  was  business  at  all 
times.  A  man  who  became  one  of  our  most  substantial 
citizens  and  one  whose  memory  will  never  die.  Mr. 
Winter  was  born  in  Maryland  on  October  19th,  1844,  of 
English  parentage.  His  father  was  John  Winter  arid 
his  mother's  given  name  was  Ester.  Little  is  available  of 
the  records  of  his  parents  on  either  side.  That  they  were 
of  the  right  stuff  is  evident  in  the  fact  that  their  son 
Joseph  was  a  man,  every  inch  of  him.  He  enlisted  in 
the  Confederate  army,  and,  while  no  records  are  obtain- 
able, it  is  known  that  he  served  the  cause  with  honor. 
He  first  came  to  Dade  County  in  1871,  after  having  spent 
some  five  years  in  Iowa  getting  a  start  in  the  world  by 
working  out.  When  he  CM  me  to  Dade  he  was  able  to 
buy  320  acres  of  land  on  the  prairie  west  of  Lock  wood. 
This  lie  began  to  improve.  He  built  a  house  and  lived 
alone.  His  stock  operations  were  large  and  his  strong 
will  and  determination  to  succeed  bore4  fruit  in  abun- 
dance, for  at  the  time  of  his  marriage  he  had  accumu- 
lated about  1,000  acres  of  as  fine  land  as  lies  in  Dade 
County.  He  married  January  1st,  1884,  Miss  Lucia 
Howen,  who  was  born  July  27th,  lsf)6,  a  daughter  of 
Charles  and  Martha  (Cummings)  Bowen.  Her  father 
was  a  native  of  Illinois  and  her  mother  was  horn  in 
Tennessee.  They  were  married  in  Illinois  and  made  their 
home  in  Iowa,  and  later  were  for  three  years  in  Polk 
County,  Missouri,  when  they  moved  to  Dade  County, 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 373 

where  they  farmed  successfully.  To  Joseph  Winter  and 
wife  were  born  two  daughters:  Miss  Ethel  was  born  July 
5th,  1889,  and  is  an  accomplished  young  lady,  now  re- 
siding at  home  with  her  mother;  May  was  born  May  5th, 
1894,  and  married  December  3rd,  1915,  to  Melville  Hunt, 
a  farmer  of  Grant  Township,  Dade  County.  Since  the 
death  of  Joseph  II.  Winter,  which  occurred  July  26th, 
1908,  Mrs.  Winter  has  managed  the  large  farming  in- 
terests, and  resides  in  her  elegant  residence  in  Grant 
Township.  This  fine  home  was  built  by  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Winter  prior  to  Mr.  Winter's  death,  and  it  is  indeed  one 
of  the  best  residences  in  the  county.  The  house  was 
built  in  1897  and  is  a  modern  eight-room  dwelling,  with 
bath  and  large  cement  porches,  and  is  surrounded  by  a 
beautiful  grove  and  well-kept  lawn.  Mr.  Winter  was 
a  Democrat  in  politics  and  active  in  the  work  of  his 
party.  He  was  a  fine,  broad-gauged  man  of  affairs,  and 
the  record  of  his  life  so  well  and  profitably  spent  may 
well  be  the  inspiration  to  the  young  men  of  our  county, 
for  it  tells  what  any  man  with  the  right  metal  and  ca- 
pacity for  honesty  of  purpose  and  right  dealing  can 
accomplish.  When  Mr.  AVinter  passed  from  among  us 
he  was  counted  one  of  our  most  wealthy  citizens,  as 
well  as  one  of  our  very  best  from  the  standpoint  of  horn 3, 
county  and  state. 


JOHN  W.  WOODARD. 

The  Woodards  are  among  the  oldest  families  of 
Dade  County.  John  W.  W^oodard  was  born  in  Rock 
Prairie  Township  January  3rd,  1860,  son  of  John  Wood- 
ard  and  Eunice  (Jerome)  Woodard.  His  father  was  a 
native  of  Kentucky,  while  his  mother  was  a  native  of 
Ohio.  His  father  was  brought  to  Dade  County  by  the 
grandfather  of  John  W.  in  the  early  40  's  from  Kentucky 
and  settled  north  of  Everton.  The  grandfather's  name 
was  George  J.  Woodard.  He  owned  several  tracts  of 
land  in  the  vicinity  of  where  Everton  now  stands,  and 
at  the  time  of  his  death  owned  120  acres  one  mile  south- 


374 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

east  of  Everton.  He  died  at  the  advanced  age  of  93 
years.  He  was  twice  married,  his  first  wife  dying  some 
25  years  before  his  decease.  His  only  children  were  by 
his  first  wife,  six  in  number,  two  boys  and  four  girls,  all 
deceased.  John  Woodard,  in  company  with  his  father, 
operated  a  tan  yard  in  the  vicinity  of  where  Everton 
now  stands.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  war  he 
joined  the  Confederate  army.  He  died  January  8th, 
1864,  and  his  widow  married  George  D.  Hunts,  from 
Tennessee.  She  died  December  25th,  1879.  John  Wood- 
ard was  a  democrat,  a  member  of  the  M.  E.  church 
(South),  as  also  was  his  wife.  They  raised  a  family  of 
seven  children,  all  born  in  Dade  County,  where  they  also 
were  married.  There  are  four  living.  John  W.  was  the 
fifth  child: 

(1)  William  Jasper,  a  farmer,  now  living  in  Howell 
County. 

(2)  Mary  Jane,  now  Mrs.  Henry  Hunts,  of  Phoenix, 
Ariz. 

(3)  Richard  Newton   (deceased),  died  in  Colorado. 

(4)  Laura,  died  at  the  age  of  6  years. 

(5)  John  W.  Woodard. 

(6)  Sterling  P.,  moved  to  Kansas  and  died  there. 

(7)  Sarah,  now  Mrs.  Thompson  of  San  Diego,  Cal. 

John  W.  W^oodard  resided  on  the  home  farm  of  160 
acres  in  Rock  Prairie  Township  with  his  mother  until 
her  death,  then,  on  the  25th  day  of  December,  1881,  he 
married  Lizzie  R.  Daigh,  who  was  born  in  Christian 
County,  111.,  on  March  12th,  1863,  a  daughter  of  James  L. 
and  Eveline  (Willis)  Daigh.  Her  father  is  still  living 
in  Barton  County,  Missouri,  with  his  son-in-law,  Mr. 
Hastings,  at  the  age  of  82  years.  Her  mother  died  at 
the  age  of  69  years. 

In  1883  John  W.  WToodard  moved  to  Elk  County, 
Kansas,  where  he  rented  land  for  two  years,  returning  to 
Dade  County. 

Mrs.  Woodard  is  the  second  of  a  family  of  13  chil- 
dren. Her  father,  James  L.  Daigh,  was  born  in  Law- 
rence County,  and  her  mother,  Eveline  Willis,  was  born 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 375 

in  Dade  County,  a  daughter  of  Rev.  Willis,  a  well-known 
minister  of  the  gospel: 

(1)  Willis  Daigh,  a  farmer  residing  in  South. Town- 
ship. 

(2)  Mrs.  John  W.  Woodard. 

(3)  Richard  T.,  lives  west  of  Pennsboro. 

(4)  Charles,  died  at  the  age  of  10  years. 

(5)  Mary,    now    Mrs.    Buster    Hastings    of    Barton 
county. 

(6)  George,  died  at  the  age  of  38   (was  killed)  left 
wife   and   three   children.     She  was   Miss   Ella   Ruyle,    a 
native  of  Lawrence  county,  and  now  lives  in  Los  Angeles, 
Calif. 

(7)  John  Harvey,  now  living  in  Kansas. 

(8)  Francis  Elmer,  a  farmer  of  South   Township. 

(9)  Leslie,  a  farmer  in  Dade  county. 

(10)  Alva,  lives  in  Webb  City.     Twin  sister  died  in 
infancy. 

(12)  Amanda,  now  Mrs.  Frank  Grewell,  a  farmer  of 
Dade  County. 

(13)  Jesse,  died  at  the  age  of  28  years.     Was  twice 
married.  First    wife,    Alta    Mitchell,    a    native    of   Dade 
County.  Second  wife,  Laura  White  of  Greene  County. 

John  W.  Woodard  and  wife  are  the  parents  of  fi  /o 
children,  three  of  whom  are  living: 

(1)  Charles  E.,  born  November  23rd,  died  January 
1st,  1885. 

(2)  W.    Roy,    born  February    22nd,    1884,    married 
Bertha   Gideon,   a  native   of  Barton  county,   Mo.     He   is 
now  farming  in  Barton  county,  has  one  child,  Wava,  born 
March  26th,  1914. 

(3)  Neva    G.,    born    December  3rd,    1887,    married 
Richard  Hill,  a  farmer  of  Lawrence  County,   Mo.     Two 
children  were  born  to  them,  one  baby  named  Donald  died 
in  infancy  and  Ralph  Harold,  born  December  22nd,  1914. 

(4)  Lela  B.,  born  August  15th,  1893. 

(5)  Baby,  died  in  infancy. 

On  his  return  from  Kansas  in  1885,  John  W.  Wood- 
ard purchased  a  partly  improved  80  acres  of  land  in  South 


376 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Township,  which  he  immediately  proceeded  to  put  in 
first  class  shape.  In  1891  he  erected  a  fine  8-room  house 
and  in  1907  he  added  a  splendid  barn.  Mr.  Woodard 
was  prosperous  and  bought  an  adjoining  70  acres  of 
land.  His  farm  now  consists  of  150  acres,  fenced,  cross- 
fenced,  well  watered  with  branch  and  four  wells,  and 
especially  improved  for  raising  hogs. 

Mr.  Woodard  is  engaged  in  general  farming,  raises 
cattle,  hogs  and  mules  and  is  living  easy.  He  is  ex- 
perimenting with  alfalfa.  He  and  his  family  are  members 
of  the  Christian  church,  worshiping  at  Antioch.  Mr. 
Woodard  is  a  democrat,  has  served  as  Justice  of  the 
Peace  six  years,  a  member  of  the  Township  board  four 
years  and  as  school  director  for  sixteen  years.  During 
most  of  those  years  he  was  clerk  of  the  board.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Odd  Fellow  lodge  at  Everton,  and  for  two 
years  the  family  resided  in  Greenfield  where  the  daughter 
attended  High  School. 

Mr.  Woodard  is  a  man  who  never  frets  or  worries. 
He  takes  life  easy  and  tries  to  make  the  best  out  of  every 
aggravating  situation.  He  is  respected  by  his  neighbors 
and  friends  and  is  always  ready  to  lend  a  helping  hand 
to  those  who  are  in  trouble  or  distress. 


JOHN  A.  WOODY. 

Was  born  in  Dade  County,  Mo.,  December  28th,  1855, 
a  son  of  James  C.  and  Eliza  (Alexander)  Woody,  both  of 
whom  were  natives  of  Tennessee.  His  father  was  born 
in  Tennessee,  May  19th,  1824,  was  married  to  Eliza 
Alexander  in  that  state  and  came  to  Missouri  in  1850. 
They  made  the  trip  overland  with  a  party  of  emigrants, 
being  six  weeks  on  the  road.  His  first  purchase  of  Dade 
county  soil  consisted  of  160  acres  but  prosperity  enabled 
him  to  add  another  160  acres  before  his  death.  At  the 
time  of  his  coming  to  Missouri,  James  C.  Woody  had  one 
daughter,  Lorina,  who  afterward  married  Alonzo  Buchan- 
an and  raised  a  family  of  four  children.  One  son,  James 
Buchanan  now  lives  in  Springfield. 


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HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 377 

James  C.  Woody  died  in  September,  1880,  his  wife, 
Eliza  Woody,  died  September  18th,  1908. 

John  A.  Woody  was  the  4th  of  a  family  of  eight 
children : 

(1)  Lorina,  mentioned  above. 

(2)  Catherine,    first    married    to    Henry    Maxwell. 
After  his  death  she  was  married  to  Rolla  Freeman  and 
now  they  reside  in  Idaho. 

(3)  Oliver,  a  farmer  living  near  Golden  City,  Barton 
county.     They  have  two  children,  L.  Laverne  and  Maude. 

(4)  John  A.  Woody. 

(5)  James   Wesley,   married   Margaret   Dodson   and 
raised    two    children.      He    is    now  deceased,    his    widow 
lives  in  Colorado. 

(6)  Charles    E.,    married    Buela     Porter    of    West 
Plains.      He    is    now    a    regular    practicing    physician    at 
Springfield  but  was  formerly  prominent  in  Dade  county. 

(7)  Alice  Elnora,  died  at  the  age  of  26.     She  was 
a  Dade  County  teacher,  and  at  one  time  was  a  member  of 
the  Greenfield  High  School  faculty. 

(8)  Cordie     F.,     married     James     Yarbro,     now     of 
Springfield.      They    have    four  children,    Gladys,    Leslie, 
Elizabeth  and  James  Edward. 

John  A.  Woody  and  Mary  Magdaline  (Kimble1  "> 
Woody  were  married  December  5th,  1882.  She  was  born 
February  20th,  1861,  a  daughter  of  Henry  and  Cynthia 
Ann  (Humbert)  Kimbler  who  were  married  in  East 
Tennessee  July  30th,  1846,  came  to  Dade  County  in  1853. 
They  bought  80  acres  of  land  and  lived  thereon.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  civil  war  and  died  in  service,  October  7th, 
1861.  She  died  May  17th,  1898.  Of  their  seven  children, 
Mrs.  Woody  was  the  only  girl.  The  others  are: 

(1)  Samuel,  married  Sarah  Boyd.     Lives  near  Hul- 
ston  Mill  and   has   two   children. 

(2)  William,    married  Mary    L.    Wright.      He    died 
September    21st,    1892   leaving   a    large   family.     He   was 
twice  married,  his  second  wife,  Mary  Jane    (Wright)    is 
still  living  on  the  farm  in  Polk  Township. 

(3)  Anderson  Riley,  died  when  5  years  of  age. 


378 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

(4)  Joseph  A.,  died  at  the  age  of  27  years. 

(5)  Henry  A.,   now   living   in   Oklahoma.      Married 
Margaret  Goose  and  raised  a  large  family. 

(6)  John  Harvey,  died  in  infancy. 

(7)  Thomas   David    (a   twin  of  Mrs.   Woody)    died 
August    9th,    1883,    married    Orlena    Stockton,    one    child 
which  died  in  infancy. 

Mr.  Woody  and  wife  were  the  parents  of  three  chil- 
dren: 

(1)  James  Albert,  died  in  infancy. 

(2)  John  C.,  born  February  7th,  1890,  died   age   5 
months. 

(3)  Anna    May    (twin)    born    February    7th,    1890, 
married   Howard  Farmer,    a  farmer   and   teacher.      They 
have  two  children:    John  Howard,  born  April  12th,  1914 
and   Samuel,   born  June   29th,   1917.     Anna   May   was   a 
teacher  in  the  Bade  County  schools  for  a  few  years  prior 
to  her  marriage. 

John  A.  Woody  and  wife  are  members  of  the  Cum- 
berland Presbyterian  church.  He  is  a  republican  in  pol- 
itics. His  father  served  in  the  militia  during  the  war. 
Mr.  Woody  spent  13  years  in  Greenfield,  returning  to  his 
farm  in  1913. 

Mr.  Woody  owns  and  resides  upon  a  fine  farm  of  100 
acres  a  few  miles  northeast  of  Greenfield.  It  is  improved 
with  two  dwelling  houses,  one  being  occupied  by  Howard 
Farmer,  his  son-in-law.  They  do  a  general  farming  busi- 
ness, the  entire  tract  being  in  cultivation.  Mr.  Woody 
has  owned  this  farm  since  1884  and  has  placed  all  the 
improvements  thereon. 

Mr.  Woody  is  an  exemplary  citizen,  being  vitally  in- 
terested in  the  general  welfare  of  the  county.  He  is  a 
leader  for  good  schools,  good  roads  and  good  citizenship. 
Mrs.  Woody  died  May  13th,  1917. 


JOHN  Q.  WORKMAN. 

A  short  time  prior  to  the  civil  war  a  colony  of  home- 
seekers  headed  by  John  Dyer,  Sr.,  was  formed  at  Alle- 
gehny  City,  Pa.,  and  known  as  the  "Sylvania  Homestead 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  379 

Company"  and  its  agents  located  several  thousand  acres 
of  land  in  Dade  County.  Each  member  of  this  colony 
was  to  receive  80  acres  of  prairie  land,  10  acres  of  timber 
land  and  one  town  lot  in  the  prospective  city  of  Sylvania. 
The  members  of  this  colony  were  artisans  living  in  the 
cities  of  Pittsburg  and  Allegheny  City.  The  breaking  out 
of  the  civil  war  in  a  large  measure  destroyed  this  enter- 
prise, however  a  number  of  its  members  came  to  Dade 
County  and  occupied  the  land  allotted  them  but  the  city 
of  Sylvania  was  never  built.  Ross  A.  Workman,  father  of 
the  subject  of  this  sketch,  was  one  of  the  original  Syl- 
vania Homesteaders. 

John  Q.  Workman  was  born  in  the  city  of  Pittsburg, 
Pa.,  December  4th,  1861,  a  son  of  Ross  A.  and  Letitia 
(Grazzam)  Workman,  both  natives  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  of 
Scotch-Irish  parentage.  Ross  A.  Workman  was  a  printer 
by  trade  and  came  to  Dade  County  with  his  family  in 
1867  and  settled  upon  that  portion  of  the  original  Sylvania 
Homestead  tract  which  had  been  allotted  to  him,  in  Cedar 
Township.  Being  the  holder  of  two  shares  in  the  company 
he  was  allotted  160  acres.  Ross  A.  Workman  spent  the 
remainder  of  his  days  in  Dade  County,  departing  this  life 
in  1885  his  wife  having  previously  died  in  1874.  They 
were  the  parents  of  eight  children  all  but  one  reaching 
maturity. 

John  Q.  Workman  was  but  six  years  of  age  when  he 
came  with  his  parents  to  Dade  County  and  the  next  twenty 
years  of  his  life  was  spent  upon  the  farm.  During  that 
time  he  attended  the  common  schools  of  the  neighborhood 
and  engaged  in  general  farm  work. 

At  the  age  of  27  years  he  and  his  brother  Ross  opened 
a  tin-shop  in  Lockwood.  Here  he  worked  at  the  bench 
repairing  tinware,  polishing  stoves  and  later  did  con- 
siderable out-side  tin  work  on  buildings,  and  after  three 
years  formed  a  partnership  with  his  brother  Ross  and  en- 
gaged in  the  general  hardware  business  under  the  firm 
name  of  Workman  Bros.  This  firm  continued  in  business 
23  years  and  prospered.  In  the  beginning  it  was  quartered 
in  a  small  frame  building  but  as  its  business  grew  it  be- 


380 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

came  necessary  to  erect  a  large  two-story  brick  business 
block  with  a  frontage  of  42  feet  on  Mission  street  and 
augmented  with  commodious  storage  rooms  in  the  rear. 
As  the  years  went  by,  Ross  sold  his  interest  in  the  business 
to  Jacob  F.  Horn  and  for  two  years  the  business  con- 
tinued in  the  name  of  Workman  &  Horn,  after  which 
Mr.  Workman  sold  out  to  engage  in  the  then  new  enter- 
prise of  selling  automobiles.  With  keen  business. fore- 
sight he  secured  the  Dade  County  agency  for  the  Ford 
cars  and  his  son  who  was  associated  in  business  with 
him  became  the  agent  for  the  Oakland  cars.  They  have 
sold  these  cars  by  the  hundred  and  in  order  to  accommo- 
date their  ever  increasing  business  Mr.  Workman  in  com- 
pany with  Arthur  Smith  erected  a  large  two-story  brick 
business  block  in  Lockwood  with  ample  show  rooms,  of- 
fice, garage  and  work  shop  below  and  business  offices  on 
the  second  floor. 

On  the  17th  day  of  December,  1883,  Mr.  Workman  was 
married  to  Dora  Scott,  a  native  of  Worth  County,  Mis- 
souri, who  was  born  in  April,  1865,  a  daughter  of  T.  M. 
and  Elizabeth  (Bonham)  Scott  who  came  to  Dade  county 
in  the  70 's  and  settled  on  a  farm  in  Cedar  Township. 
Dora  was  one  in  a  family  of  nine  children.  Her  father  is 
now  dead. 

John  Q.  Workman  and  wife  are  the  parents  of  eight 
children,  one  dying  in  infancy,  viz: 

(1)  Myrtle,  a  graduate  of  the  Lockwood  High  School 
and   a  teacher  by  profession.     Has   taught   a  number  of 
terms  both  in  the  country  schools  and  in  the  High  School 
at  Lockwood. 

(2)  Wilma,    a    graduate    of    the    Lockwood    High 
School.     Taught  one  term,  married  Fred  R.  Heisey  who 
operates  an   auto-livery  business.     They  have   one   child, 
Alildred. 

(3)  Sylvia,  married  John  Covert,  a  farmer,  residing 
near  Lockwood.     They  have  two  children,  Jay  and  Ken- 
neth. 

(4)  Arden,  asociated  with  his  father  in  auto  business. 

(5)  Clifford  R.,  works  in  business  with  his  father. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 381 

(6)  Ward,  in  school. 

(7)  Harry,  in  school. 

(8)  Virginia,   at  home. 

Mr.  Workman  and  wife  are  active  members  in  the 
M.  E.  church.  He  is  an  Odd  Fellow  and  a  member  of  the 
M.  W.  A.  In  politics  Mr.  Workman  is  a  Republican  and 
his  official  life  has  been  confined  to  that  of  Alderman  in 
the  city  of  Lockwood.  In  business,  Mr.  Workman  has 
been  a  success  but  in  social  and  domestic  affairs  he  has 
been  even  more.  He  has  raised  a  large  family  of  children 
who  are  an  honor  to  their  parents  and  a  credit  to  the  com- 
munity in  which  they  live.  His  home  is  one  of  the  best 
in  the  city  and  one  which  he  has  occupied  for  more  than 
20  years.  In  matters  of  church  and  school  Mr.  Workman 
has  always  taken  a  leading  part  while  in  business  circles 
his  firm  has  always  been  looked  upon  as  one  of  reliability 
and  permanence. 

— o — 

ANDREW  JACKSON  YOUNG. 

Was  born  in  an  obscure  log  cabin  in  Woodville  Town- 
ship, Greene  County,  Illinois,  December  24th,  1859.  His 
father,  Nathaniel  Eaton  Young  was  born  in  this  same 
cabin,  September  19,  1833.  His  grandfather,  William 
Young,  was  born  in  Virginia  in  1790,  of  German-French 
parentage,  was  a  veteran  of  the  war  of  1812,  and  later  of 
the  Indian  wars  which  raged  in  the  Ohio  valley.  He  was 
a  member  of  Dick  Johnson's  company  of  famous  riflemen 
and  participated  in  the  battle  of  Tippecarioe.  At  the  close 
of  the  Indian  wars  he  settled  in  Kentucky  near  George- 
town. He  was  a  woodsman  of  the  Daniel  Boorie  type, 
wedded  to  winning  the  wilderness  with  the  rifle  and  im- 
bued with  the  wanderlust  of  the  Cavalier.  He  was  mar- 
ried to  Catherine  Ann  Lair  of  Cynthianna,  daughter  of  a 
wealthy  distiller  and  after  a  few  years  emigrated  to 
Greene  County,  Ills.,  and  settled  there  in  1830.  At  the 
breaking  out  of  the  Mexican  war  he  was  again  seized  with 
the  spirit  of  the  Cavalier  and  entered  that  conflict  as 
captain  of  a  company  of  volunteers  and  served  with  dis- 


382 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

tinction  till  the  end  of  the  war.  The  old  army  rifle, 
medals  of  honor  and  other  souvenirs  of  pioneer  days  are 
still  in  possession  of  the  family. 

Ten  children  were  born  in  Greene  County  cabin, 
Nathaniel  E.,  being  ninth  in  point  of  birth.  They  all 
grew  to  maturity  and  remained  near  the  old  homestead 
till  the  breaking  out  of  the  civil  war.  Nathaniel  E.  Young 
cast  the  only  vote  for  Abraham  Lincoln  in  Woodville 
Township  in  1860. 

Nathaniel  E.  Young  was  married  on  the  27th  day  of 
March,  1857,  to  Mary  Peeler  of  Bloomington,  Ills.,  daught- 
er of  Abner  Peeler  a  minister  of  the  gospel  and  a  college 
professor.  She  was  a  Colonial  Dame  of  purest  Puritan 
stock,  a  graduate  of  the  Bloomington  Seminary  and  a 
teacher  by  profession. 

To  this  union  were  born  seven  children: 

(1)  George  Edwin,  born  March  4th,  1858,  in  Logan 
County,  Illinois^  married  Huldah  Slater,  was  a  carpenter- 
contractor  of  Topeka,  Kas.,  and  died  in  February,  1890, 
leaving  a  widow  and  one  son,  Harold. 

(2)  Andrew  Jackson,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  born 
in  Greene  County,  Illinois,  December  24th,  1859. 

(3)  Annie  Melissa,   born  in   Sangamon  County,  Illi- 
nois,  December  29th,   1861;  married   W.  A.   Wiley,   lives 
at   Palouse,   Wash.     They  have  five  children. 

(4)  Sarah  Ellen,  born  in  Lyon  County,  Kansas,  May 
l()th,   1S64;  married  W.  L.  Mills,  a  railroad  man.     They 
have  four  children. 

(5)  Emily  Alberta,  born  in  Douglass  County,  Kan- 
sas, September  23rd,  1866;  married  Fred  H.  Woodbury,  a 
cattle    ranchman    and    farmer    of   Osage   County,   Kansas. 
She  is  now  deceased.     They  had  a  family  of  nine  children. 

(6)  William   Evans,  born   in  Douglas  County,   Kan- 
sas,   December  Sth,    1868;   married   Belle   Moss.     He   is   a 
ranchman    in    Wallace   County,   Kansas.      They    have    two 
children. 

(7)  Agusta,    horn    in    Osage    County,    Kansas,    April 
19th,   1871;   died   single   and   unmarried   at   the   age   of  20 
years. 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 383 

At  the  breaking  out  of  the  Civil  war  Nathaniel  E. 
Young  moved  to  central  Kansas  and  was  stationed  with 
the  Seventeenth  Kansas  Infantry  at  Council  Grove,  which 
was  then  the  Kaw  Indian  Agency.  He  was  mustered  out 
of  the  service  at  Fort  Riley  in  1865,  and  settled  at  Law- 
rence, Kas.  He  was  a  militant  Republican,  and  with  him 
the  war  never  ended.  He  moved  to  the  Sac  and  Fox  In- 
dian Reservation  with  his  family  while  it  was  yet  occu- 
pied by  the  Indians,  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  city 
of  Quenemo  and  spent  the  remainder  of  his  days  at  this 
place.  He  died  in  October,  1909,  and  was  buried  beside 
his  wife  in  the  Quenemo  cemetery,  she  having  departed 
this  life  in  November,  1887,  at  the  age  of  50  years. 

A.  J.  Young  grew  to  manhood  upon  the  plains  and 
rolling  prairies  of  central  Kansas  with  cowboys,  half- 
breeds  and  frontiersmen  for  companions.  He  was  a  child 
of  the  forest  and  grew  up  very  close  to  Nature.  His 
education  was  acquired  largely  at  home,  his  mother  being 
a  highly-educated  woman  and  a  teacher  by  profession. 
At  the  age  of  16  years  he  attended  his  first  Teachers' 
Institute,  passed  the  examination,  obtained  a  certificate 
and  entered  the  teachers'  profession.  He  taught  school 
seven  years,  the  last  three  as  principal  of  the  High 
School  at  Arvonia,  Kas.  When  the  Short  Line  Santa  Fe 
Cut-Off  was  built  from  Kansas  City  to  Emporia  he  was 
one  of  the  townsite  company  that  laid  out  Lebo  in  Coffey 
County,  and  at  this  place  he  resided  for  four  years,  en- 
gaged in  the  real  estate  and  newspaper  business. 

On  the  4th  day  of  October,  1881,  he  was  married  to 
Laura  Emily  Bedell  of  Garnett,  Kas.,  a  daughter  of  Henry 
E.  and  Ann  (Wiley)  Bedell.  Her  father  was  a  native  of 
New  York,  following  the  Erie  Canal  in  early  manhood;  a 
veteran  of  the  Civil  war,  serving  in  a  New  York  regiment, 
coming  to  Kansas  in  1867  and  settling  in  Allen  County. 
He  died  at  Leavenworth,  Kas.,  January  1st,  1917.  Her 
mother  was  a  native  of  Canada,  of  French-Irish  parentage, 
who  came  to  Oswego  County,  New  York,  in  an  early  day. 
She  was  the  mother  of  eight  children,  two  of  whom  died 
in  infancy: 


384 HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

(1)  Laura  E.,  born  at  Bernhard's  Bay,  N.  Y.,  Sep- 
tember 2nd,  1862,  wife  of  A.  J.  Young,  the  subject  of  this 
sketch. 

(2)  Annie,  married  Dr.  C.  F.  Lusk,  a  prominent  phy- 
sician of  Lebo,  Kas. 

(X)  Mary  Frances,  a  trained  nurse,  residing  at  the 
Knickerbocker  Apartments  in  Kansas  City. 

(4)  Edith,  wife  of  R.  T.  Shaw,  a  traveling  salesman, 
resides  at  Berkeley,  Cal. 

(5)  Arthur    I.,    married     Rose    Bosley    of    Cooper 
County,  died  at  Carterville,  Mo.,  in  May,  1917,  leaving  four 
children. 

(6)  Albert   H.,    engaged    in    the    dairy    business    at 
Carterville,  Mo.     Has  been  twice  married.     Has  five  chil- 
dren. 

A.  J.  Young  and  wife  are  the  parents  of  three  chil- 
dren, two  of  whom  are  living: 

(1)  Gertrude  K.,  born  at  Arvonia,  Kas.,  June  16th, 
1883,  received  her  education  in   the  common  schools  and 
High  School  at  Lockwood,  Mo.,  married  M.  R.  Stark  on 
December   25th,   1901.     He   died   at  Excelsior   Springs   in 
1903,  leaving  one  son,  Monte  Russell,  born  December  10th, 
1902.      lie    has    made    his    home    since    infancy    with    his 
grandfather,   A.  J.   Young.     Gertrude   is   a   stenographer 
and  artistic  decorator  by  profession  and  usually  works  in 
Kansas  City. 

(2)  Gracie,  born  at  Lebo,  Kas.,  September  19th,  1884, 
died  November  29th,  1888,  and  is  buried  at  Quenemo,  Kas. 

(3)  Mabel,  born  at  Lebo,  Kas.,  June  19th,  1886,  re- 
ceived her  education  in  the  public  schools  at  Lockwood, 
Mo.,  married  John   Howard   Moran   February  llth,   1907, 
and  now  resides   at   Los   Angeles,   Cal.     Mr.   Moran   is   a 
traveling  salesman.     They  have  three  children,  John  How- 
ard, Jr.,  Mildred  and  Laura  Bayne. 

A.  J.  Young  commenced  the  study  of  law  and  prac- 
ticed in  the  justice  courts  in  Kansas,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  Dade  County  in  1892. 

He  came  to  Dade  County  in  May,  1890,  a  stranger  in 
a  strange  land.  Without  money,  without  friends  and 


JOHN    O.   MITCHELL. 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  385 


without  employment.  He  first  located  at  Lockwood  and 
was  engaged  to  teach  the  newly-organized  band  at  that 
place.  During  the  months  of  July  and  August  of  that 
year  he  taught  the  band  of  nights  and  worked  in  the  har- 
vest fields  and  at  threshing  in  the  day  time.  In  Septem- 
ber, 1890,  he  formed  a  partnership  with  William  Beisner 
and  engaged  in  the  butcher  and  meat  market  business. 
He  followed  this  business  about  six  months,  sold  out  and 
purchased  the  Lockwood  Independent,  a  newspaper  of 
local  circulation.  After  about  six  months  in  the  newspaper 
business  he  sold  out  and  entered  the  practice  of  law. 

As  a  lawyer  Mr.  Young's  success  was  most  gratifying. 
He  was  elected  city  attorney  of  Lockwood,  practiced  in 
all  the  local  courts  and  was  soon  recognized  as  one  of  the 
leading  lawyers  of  southwest  Missouri.  He  was  instru- 
mental in  organizing  the  Farmers'  Mutual  Fire  Insurance 
Company  and  was  its  president  for  fourteen  years.  He 
always  took  great  interest  in  the  Fair  Association  and 
was  an  officer  and  director  in  that  organization  for  many 
years. 

In  politics  A.  J.  Young  is  a  militant  Republican  and 
has  been  actively  engaged  in  every  campaign  as  a  public 
speaker  for  the  past  twenty-four  years.  In  1902  he  was 
elected  to  the  office  of  prosecuting  attorney  of  Dade  County 
and  in  January,  1903,  moved  to  the  county  seat.  He  pur- 
chased property  on  East  Wells  street,  consisting  of  a 
tract  of  about  six  acres,  which  is  well  improved.  He  owns 
his  office  building,  located  near  the  southeast  corner  of 
the  Public  Square. 

He  has  an  abstract  business  in  connection  with  his 
law  practice  and  has  dealt  largely  in  tax-title  lands.  He 
has  lost  considerable  money  in  mining  speculations,  but  in 
business  as  well  as  politics  Mr.  Young  is  a  good  loser. 

He  served  one  term  as  prosecuting  attorney  and  two 
terms  as  city  attorney  and  two  terms  as  tax  attorney 
since  coming  to  Greenfield.  In  1914  he  was  the  candidate 
of  his  party  for  Congress  in  the  Sixth  Congressional  Dis- 
trict, and  in  1916  he  was  the  Republican  candidate  for 
circuit  judge  in  the  Twenty-sixth  Judicial  Circuit. 


386 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

Mr.  Young  has  acquired  a  state-wide  reputation  as  a 
public  speaker,  being  a  lecturer  and  pulpit  orator  as  well 
as  a  campaign  spellbinder.  In  the  field  of  letters  Mr  Young 
has  also  gained  considerable  distinction.  He  is  a  regular 
contributor  to  the  National  Sportsman,  the  American  Field 
and  the  Forest  and  Stream.  His  story  entitled  "The 
Glories  of  Snoqualmie"  was  perhaps  the  most  widely-read 
and  commented  upon. 

During  the  year  1909  Mr.  Young  visited  the  Alaska- 
Yukon-Pacific  Exposition  at  Seattle,  Wash.,  as  the  per- 
sonal representative  of  Senator  William  Warner.  He 
made  the  trip  up  the  Alaska  coast,  and  many  of  his  best 
outing  stories  are  based  upon  sights  and  scenes  taken 
while  on  this  journey.  "In  the  Maze  of  the  Magnetic 
North"  was  written  at  this  time. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Young  are  each  members  of  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  church,  Mrs.  Young  having  been  converted 
almost  in  childhood,  while  his  religious  life  dates  from 
1905.  He  has  been  a  regularly  licensed  local  preacher 
since  1906,  and  has  visited  many  churches  in  various 
states,  lecturing  to  the  Epworth  Leagues  and  religious  as- 
semblies. 

The  Pagan  blood  of  his  paternal  ancestors  quickened 
by  war-like  scenes  from  "The  Dark  and  Bloody  Ground" 
of  Kentucky  has  in  a  measure  been  cooled  by  the  Puritan 
influences  coming  from  his  mother's  side  of  the  house,  but 
after  all  the  real  spirit  of  the  man  is  best  revealed  in 
his  sketch  entitled  "The  Lure  of  the  Legend"  and  his  love 
for  all  that  is  beautiful  in  nature  by  its  companion  piece, 
"November  in  the  Ozarks:" 

"When  I  think  of  my  home  in  the  Ozarks, 

Tn  sight  of  their  oak-grown  crest, 
On  the  banks  of  a  stream  with  a  golden  gleam, 

Flowing   gently   down   to   the   West, 
Then  the  loom  of  life  runs  smoother, 

And  the  threads  in  its  golden  chain 
Make  bright  autumn  leaves  in  the  web  as  it  weaves, 

Where  the   Ozarks  meet   the   Plain." 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  387 

REV.  DAVID  G.  YOUNG. 

Was  born  in  Niagara  County,  New  York,  September 
17th,  1829,  son  of  Uriah  and  Phoebe  (Gregory)  Young. 
His  father  was  a  native  of  Y'ermont,  a  farmer  by  occu- 
pation, and  died  when  David  was  very  young.  He  had 
gone  to  Ohio  to  buy  land,  and  never  returned.  His  family 
never  heard  from  him  direct,  but  it  was  supposed  that 
he  had  been  murdered  for  his  money.  This  was  at  a  very 
early  date.  There  were  four  children  in  this  family: 
David  G.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  and  three  sisters,  all 
deceased.  A  brother  of  Uriah  Young  married  a  sister  of 
Phoebe  Young,  his  mother,  and  they  brought  up  this 
family,  the  mother  having  died  very  soon  after  the  death 
of  his  father.  The  brother  who  took  the  four  children 
to  raise  moved  to  Michigan  and  settled  there  in  the  early 
30 's,  and  both  died  there.  They  were  located  in  Genessee 
County  and  David  was  brought  up  on  a  timbered  farm, 
which  he  helped  to  clear  and  place  in  cultivation.  He 
received  his  schooling  in  the  common  schools  of  Michigan. 
He  started  in  life  for  himself  at  the  age  of  20  years,  work- 
ing out  for  various  farmers  in  clearing  up  timber  land, 
which  occupation  he  followed  up  to  the  time  of  his  mar- 
riage, which  occurred  first  in  185(5  to  Margaret  Pratt,  a 
native  of  Michigan.  She  was  the  mother  of  one  child, 
which  they  named  Margaret,  and  died  the  day  after  the 
birth  of  the  daughter.  The  daughter  afterward  married 
a  man  by  the  name  of  Holly,  and  raised  a  family  of  six 
children,  all  living  but  one.  She  lives  at  Silverton,  Wash. 

David  G.  Young,  for  his  second  wife,  married  Amanda 
Roberts,  April  18th,  1861,  a  native  of  Illinois.  She  died 
in  February,  1890,  in  Dade  County,  leaving  seven  children: 

(1)  Emma,    now    Mrs.    W.    S.    Ayres    of    Westfield, 
Mass.    She  was  a  missionary  to  China  for  six  years. 

(2)  John,  now   lives  in  St.   Clair   County,  Missouri, 
a  minister  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  a  graduate  of  Ozark 
College,  Greenfield. 

(3)  William,    supposed    to    be    living   somewhere   in 
west,  whereabouts  unknown.     He  is   a  surveyor  by  pro- 
fession. 


388 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

(4)  Susie,  married  J.  F.  Duden  of  Springfield,  Mo. 
She  died  in  October,  1916. 

(5)  James  R.,  lives  in  Blackfoot,  Idaho.     Is  county 
surveyor  and  a  prominent  man  in  that  locality. 

(6)  Clarence    (now  deceased),   was   in   the   Regular 
Volunteer  army  during  the  Spanish-American  war.     Died 
in  Blackfoot,  Idaho,  where  he  enlisted. 

(7)  Ida,   a   prominent   teacher   in   Brooklyn,   N.   Y., 
where  she  has  been  for  the  past  nine  years. 

For  his  third  wife  D.  G.  Young  married  Cora  Casey, 
on  the  28th  day  of  April,  1892,  a  native  of  Illinois,  born 
September  18th,  1844,  daughter  of  Blackford  and  Susanna 
(Johnson)  Casey,  who  came  to  Barton  County,  Missouri, 
in  1874  and  settled  in  Golden  City.  They  were  farmers  by 
occupation  and  both  are  now  deceased.  He  died  in  De- 
cember, 1892,  and  she  died  in  1896. 

D.  G.  Young  was  a  farmer  in  early  life,  but  was  en- 
gaged in  the  mercantile  business  in  Illinois  at  the  breaking 
out  of  the  Civil  war.  He  enlisted  at  De  Soto,  111.,  August 
12th,  1862,  in  Company  D,  Eighty-first  Illinois  Volunteer 
Infantry,  as  duty  sergeant,  which  rank  he  held  till  Feb- 
ruary 22nd,  186-3,  when  he  was  promoted  to  second  lieuten- 
ant of  Company  D,  and  on  March  18th  was  promoted  to 
first  lieutenant,  and  on  May  22nd,  1863,  was  promoted  to 
captain,  being  three  commissions  in  three  months.  He 
saw  active  service  in  the  battles  of  Port  Gibson,  Miss.; 
Raymond,  Miss.,  where  he  was  wounded  in  the  leg  and 
laid  up  for  six  months,  during  which  time  he  was  cap- 
tured while  in  the  hospital,  and  paroled  and  sent  to  the 
parole  cam}>  at  St.  Louis,  where  he  remained  until  Octo- 
ber, 1863.  He  re-entered  the  service  and  operated  around 
Vicksburg.  Was  in  the  Red  River  expedition  under  General 
Banks,  and  helped  to  capture  400  prisoners  at  Ft.  Deruse 
on  Red  river. 

lie  was  at  Guntown,  Miss.,  under  General  Siurges, 
and  was  captured  and  sent  to  Macon,  Ga.,  where  he  re- 
mained three  or  four  months.  Afterwards  he  was  sent 
to  Savariah,  Ga.,  for  a  short  time,  then  to  Charleston, 
S.  C.,  then  to  Columbia,  S.  C.,  where  he  remained  till 


HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  389 

March  1st,  1865,  when  lie  was  exchanged  and  sent  to  St. 
Louis,  where  he  received  his  final  discharge  May  15th, 
1865. 

He  returned  home  and  went  to  farming  until  1870, 
during  which  time  he  was  Superintendent  of  the  schools 
of  Williamson  county,  Ills.,  for  four  years.  He  came  to 
Dade  County  in  187U  and  settled  on  a  farm  he  had  pre- 
viously bought  in  Cedar  Township,  consisting  of  40  acres, 
where  he  lived  for  four  years.  In  1874  he  was  elected 
Circuit  Clerk  and  Recorder  of  Dade  County  and  moved  to 
Greenfield  where  he  remained  in  office  eight  years.  In  the 
meantime  he  had  bought  a  farm  of  196  acres  in  Center 
Township  to  which  he  moved  after  his  term  of  office  ex- 
pired, where  he  lived  until  1896  when  he  retired  to  Golden 
City,  having  sold  his  farm  prior  to  that  date.  He  now 
lives  a  happy,  retired  life  in  Golden  City  where  he  owns  a 
comfortable  home  presided  over  by  the  faithful  wife  and 
surrounded  by  a  host  of  friends. 

David  G.  Young  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church 
and  a  preacher  of  that  organization,  having  been  engaged 
in  minsterial  duties  more  or  less,  both  in  Illinois  and  Mis- 
souri since  1865.  He  is  a  man  whose  life  has  been  de- 
voted to  doing  good,  lie  was  pastor  of  the  Baptist  con- 
gregation in  Greenfield  when  their  present  church  house 
was  built  and  it  was  largely  due  to  his  efforts  that  its 
building  was  made  possible.  In  addition  to  the  many 
thrilling  incidents  which  occurred  during  the  civil  war,  D. 
G.  Young  had  been  something  of  a  "Soldier  of  Fortune" 
prior  to  that  date.  In  the  fall  of  1851  he  embarked  at  New 
York  city  for  a  trip  around  Cape  Horn  to  the  Golden 
Sands  of  California.  For  two  long  years  he  faced  the 
dangers  and  privation  incident  to  life  in  a  western  mining 
camp  and  returned  to  civilization  with  $1,500,  of  the  yellow 
metal  in  his  belt.  Three  characteristics  have  marked  the 
life  of  David  G.  Young — undaunted  courage,  tenacity  of 
purpose  and  sterling  integrity.  Upon  this  foundation  he 
has  builded  and  btiilded  well.  At  the  mature  age  of  88 
years  he  can  now  look  back  over  the  vista  of  years  with 
the  supreme  satisfaction  of  one  who  has  followed  the  die- 


390 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

tales  of  a  well  directed  conscience  along  the  lines  of  duty, 
and  feel  that  he  stands  acquitted  before  both  God  and 
man.  In  politics  he  has  always  been  classed  as  an  In- 
dependent, voting  for  the  best  man  irregardless  of  his 
political  allignmennt,  and  supporting  those  measures 
which  in  his  opinion  were  right  from  a  moral  standpoint. 
No  man  ever  lived  in  Dade  County  who  enjoys  a  greater 
degree  of  confidence  and  esteem  than  the  subject  of  this 
sketch. 


ISOM  A.  YOUNG. 

One  of  the  prominent  business  men  of  Dade  County  is 
Isorn  A.  Young  of  the  town  of  Arcola.  He  was  born  in 
this  county  September  10th,  1878,  a  son  of  J.  Monroe  and 
Mary  (Darrall)  Young,  he  a  native  son  of  Dade  County 
and  she,  a  native  of  Pennsylvania.  They  were  married 
here  and  raised  two  children  namely,  Isom  A.  of  this  re- 
view and  Lena  who  is  Mrs.  James  Gass  of  this  county. 
Isom  Young  and  his  wife  were  very  early  settlers  of  Dade 
and  became  numbered  among  our  most  prominent  citizens. 
They  took  Isom  A.  Young  to  raise  when  he  was  six  months 
old  and  gave  him  the  advantages  of  a  good  education.  At 
the  age  of  18  years  he  graduated  from  the  Greenfield  High 
School  and  for  two  years  thereafter  he  taught  school,  one 
year  in  Cedar  County  and  one  in  Dade.  On  February  28th, 
1899  Mr.  Young  moved  to  Arcola  and  entered  the  employ 
of  John  ().  Mitchell,  his  uncle,  as  a  clerk  in  his  hardware 
store  and  in  the  same  year  he  bought  the  entire  stock 
which  consisted  of  hardware,  exclusively.  Since  this  he 
has  run  the  business  and  has  made  a  decided  success.  He 
has  increased  his  stock  and  added  implements,  harness, 
furniture,  cement  and  seeds  and  grain  until  now  at  this 
writing,  he  carries  a  stock  of  $15,000.00  and  is  doing  one 
of  the  largest  businesses  in  the  county.  His  stock  is 
housed  in  a  large  frame;  building  24x60  with  a  ware  house 
18x24,  the  property  being  owned  by  the  Masonic  Lodge  of 
Arcola.  Mr.  Young  is  also  a  large  buyer  of  grain  buying 
some  seven  or  eight  thousand  bushels  of  wheat  a  year  ac- 
cording to  the  crop. 


HISTORY  OF  BADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE  391 

On  February  28th,  1900  Mr.  Young  married  Miss 
Mary  E.  Thomas  who  was  born  March  6th,  1878,  a  daught- 
er of  Nathaniel  T.  and  Louvenia  (Cowan)  Thomas.  To 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Young  have  been  born  two  children  as  fol- 
lows: Mary  Elizabeth,  born  November  15th,  1908  and 
Trula  Alexandria  born  May  2nd,  1913. 

Mr.  Young"  is  a  democrat  in  politics  and  has  served 
as  justice  of  the  peace  for  two  terms.  Mr.  Young  is  truly 
a  man  of  affairs  for  beside  .his  large  business  interests  in 
Arcola,  he  has  holdings  of  farming  land  in  Oklahoma  as 
well  as  vacant  property  in  Tulsa,  Okla.  and  is  largely  in- 
terested in  oil,  being  a  partner  in  the  Mitchell  &  Young 
Oil  Company  of  Oklahoma  and  is  a  stockholder  in  the 
Arcola  bank.  Fraternally  he  is  a  Mason  and  member  of 
the  Modern  Woodman  of  America  and  the  Yoemen.  He 
and  his  wife  are  members  of  the  M.  E.  church  in  which 
they  are  both  very  active4  and  he  is  an  acting  trustee. 

Truly  Mr.  Young  is  one  of  our  hustling  young  business 
men,  he  can  always  be  counted  upon  to  help  in  any  worthy 
cause  for  the  betterment  of  the  county  or  its  people,  al- 
ways progressive  in  public  affairs  as  well  as  in  his  private 
business,  he   is   a   booster  for   good   roads   and   a  staunch 
friend  of  our  free  public  schools,  a   broad   minded,  cour- 
teous   Christian    gentleman    and    an    honor    to    his    tow  < 
county  and  state.     \\V  are  proud  to  own  him  as  a  nat' 
son   and   he   is    well   deserving   of   the-   exceptionally   high 
esteem  in  which  he  is  held  bv  all  who  know  him. 


MARSHALL  A.  YOUNG. 

Was  born  in  Dade  County,  Mo.,  December  1st,  1886, 
in  Sac  Township,  a  son  of  'William  Marshall  Young  whose 
complete  biography  appears  in  another  place  in  this  vol- 
ume. 

Marshall  A.  Young  lived  at  home  until  21  years  of  age 
at  which  time  he  bought  out  the  other  heirs  in  the  home 
place  of  2-4-0  acres  upon  which  he  lived  for  eight  years  then 
traded  it  for  160  acres  in  Sac  Township  and  146  acres  ad- 
joining it  in  Center  Township.  It  is  a  splendid  farm,  all 


392 HISTORY  OF  DADE  COUNTY  AND  ITS  PEOPLE 

in  cultivation  and  well  improved.  Mr.  Young  is  an  ex- 
tensive dealer  in  live  stock  and  a  large  feeder  of  cattle, 
hogs  and  sheep.  He  also  owns  a  farm  of  120  acres  in  North 
Township  on  the  Prairie.  It  is  well  improved,  well 
drained  and  well  watered.  On  the  home  farm  he  has  a 
modern  house  of  6  rooms,  running  water  and  up  to  date. 

He  was  married  on  the  9th  day  of  January,  1907  to 
Edna  McConnell,  daughter  of  J.  J.  McConnell,  ex-county 
judge  from  the  eastern  district.  She  is  a  native  of  Mis- 
souri and  they  have  one  child,  John  Marshall,  born  Novem- 
ber 3rd,  1914. 

Mr.  Young  is  an  active  democrat,  and  a  hustler  in 
business.  His  wife  is  a  member  of  the  M.  E.  church  and 
active  in  community  work.  Mr.  Young  feeds  about  one 
car  each  of  hogs  and  cattle  each  year.  He  is  a  booster 
for  good  roads,  drives  a  fine  automobile  and  in  every  way 
is  one  of  the  very  best  citizens  which  Dade  County  affords. 

Finis 


KDZ2  TO 
HISTORY  OF  DADE  OCUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 


Published  by 

Pioneer  Historical  Company 
November  1,   1917 


Index  Compiled 
By  Mrs.  Wealtha  (Chaplin)  Scott 


Published  By 

Dade  County  Mo.  Historical  Society 

Mrs.  2.  Hazel  (Whitley)  Yates,  Chairman 

Greenfield,  Mo.  -  1972 


The  first  book  of  this  tiro  volume  set  contains  a  Table  of  Contents 
covering  the  historical  material  in  the  first  295  pa  is.     It  does 
not  contain  pa^o  numbers.     It  is  copied  here  (with  the  addition  of 
pa^e  numbers)  for  reference 


HI  STORY 

of 
MDE  COUNTY  AND  HER  PEOPLE 

From  the  date  of  the  Earliest  Settlements 
to  the  present  time. 

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Personal  Reirdniscenses,  Biographies  of  prominent  Persons 
and  Families,  Business  Growth  and  Development — a  History 
of  the  Cities,  Towns  and  Villages  of  the  County,  School, 
Church,  Lod^e  and  Club  Statistics,  with  Personal  Notes 
and  Observations,  Etc.,  2tc. 

FULLY  ILLUSTRATED 
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DADE  COUNTY 

Its  History  and  Its  People 
Prologue i     By  A.   J,  Young 

CHAPTER  1  300X 

Western  Gate-May  to  the  Czarks  -  by  A.   D.  States  10 

Introduction  to  Dade  County  History  -  by  A.  D.  States  1? 

Early  Indian  History  -  by  A.  D.   States  19 

Organization  of  Dado  County  23 

History  of  Dado  County  24 

CHAPTER  2 

First  Land  Entries  32 

Early  Tettlemonts,  by  Howard  Ragsdale  34 

The  Boone  Family,  by  Howard  Ragsdale  40 

John  Crisp  44 

CHAPTER  3 

Reminiscences  of  J,   '.•/.   Carmack  46 

Greenfield  and  its  people  in  186?,   by  Seymour  Hoty  52 

Uncle  Daniel  Wontworth  Scott  59 

Early  Discovery  of  Coal  in  Dade  Co,  65 

Samuel  J.   Iteir,   Jr.  66 

The  Wheeler  Family  69 


Military  Affairs  7^ 

Civil  War  Racord,   by  Raleigh  J.   Shipley  78 

The  Raid  of  ranch  Vfest,   by  J.    './.    Car-mack 

The   Confederate   Veterans  of  Dade  Co'inty,   by  Lewis  Renfro  97 

Greenfield  During  the  Civil  War  107 

Kinchcon  i-7est  116 

CHAPTER  5 

The  Present  Court  House-  117 

Appearance  of  Early  Newspapers,  by  A.  D,  States  118 

CHAPTER  6  i  Church  History 

Cumberland  Presbyterian  I'ionoors,  by  \-!,  E.  Shaw  120 

The  South  Greenfield  Camp-Ground,  by  W.  E.  Shaw  120 
History  of  the  Cumberland  i rosbyterian  Church, 

Mabel  Robinson  123 

Iftllian  Ramsey  Bennin^ton  126 

•Sbenoozor  Presbyterian  Church,  by  A.  D.  States  129 

Greenfield  Christian  Church,  by  A,  D.  States  132 

Dadeville  Christian  Church  135 

Antioch  Church  136 

First  Presbyterian  Church,  Lockwood,  by  J.  B.  Lindsoy  1^4-3 

The  Presbyterian  Church  at  Sverton,  by  './.  R,  Russell  144 

First  Kothodist  Church,  Lockvood,  by  A.  D.  States  145 

Arcola  iiethodist  Church,  by  A.  D,  States  1*1-6 

The  Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church,  by  A.  D.  States  147 

The  Christian  Church  at  Evcrton,  by  '.•/.  D.  Brown  143 
First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  at  Greenfield,  A,  D.  States... 

The  Church  of  Christ  at  Arcola  150 

CHAPTER  7 

History  of  Goman  Settlement  in  Dade  County,  by  Fred  Fryo   151 

The  Dado  County  Farmers1  Mutual  Fire  ""insurance  Co.  15^ 

Three  Mysterious  Murders  155 

5t  Railroad  Matters  153 

CHAl'TSR  9 

Groonfi.cld  G.  A.  R.  Post  163 

John  M.  Ste;-rtmons  Camp,  U.C.V.  169 

Oil  Follourhip  in  Greenfield  175 
History  of  Garrott  Lod^e,  iio.  359i  A.F.  &  A.M.  at 

Arcola,  Missouri  180 

CHAPTER  10 

'Iho  Telephone  in  Dade  County,  by  A,  D.  States  183 


CHAPTER  11 

History  of  Ladies'  Magazine  Club  of  Greenfield  138 
The  Kensinrtor.  Club  of  Greenfield,  by  Mrs,  17.  3, 

McReyroWs  193 

The  Kei:  Century  Club  of  Greenfield,  by  Harriet  Jopes  197 

The  Magazine  Club  of  Lockwood,  by  Mrs.  A.  C,  Duvall  202 

The  Merry  Makers'  Club  of  Lockwood,  by  Myrtle  Workman  203 
The  Wednesday  Afternoon  Club  of  Lockvood,  by  Mrs.  Lou 

Grubert  204 

The  All  Sow  Club  of  Lockwood,  by  Mrs.  '.7.  M.  Hoel  205 

The  Country  Roman's  Club  of  Dado  County  206 

The  Hone  Makers'  Club  of  Greenfield  208 

CHAPT3R  12 

Greenfield,   "The  Gate  City  of  the  Grotto"  by  A.   J.  Young         210 

South  Greenfield  21? 

Lockvood  221 

Evorton  225 

Dade'.dlle  234 

The  ToTTn  of  Corry  238 

Arcola  240 

CHAPTER  13 

Dado  County  2rid?cs,  by  A.  D.  States  244 

Dado  Comity  Court  House  246 

Dade  County  Jail  24? 

Dade  County  poor  Farm  248 

County  Officers,  Members  of  the  County  Court  249 

Circuit  Court  Judges  250 

County  Caurt  Clorks  251 

Circuit  Court  Clorks  251 

Sheriffs  of  Dado  County  251 

Prosecuting  Attorneys  of  Dade  County  since  1872  252 

Collectors  of  tho  Revenue  252 

County  Troasurers  253 

Recorders  of  Deed?  253 

Judges  of  the  I-robato  Court  253 

Surveyors  254 

C-APT3R  14 

Judicial  History  by  A.   D.   States  255 

CHAPTER  15 

General  Resources  and  Statiscics  of  Dade  County  262 

Population  Statistics  267 

Surplus  Shipments  267 

Public  School  Statistics  268 

Rate  of  Taxation  281 

Assessed  Valuation  281 

aiAI-^ZR  16 

turcly  Pas to rial  283 

A  Dado  County  Autumn,  by  A.  D.  States  283 

From  an  Old  Tir.or  284 

Of  Interest  to  Stockman  290 


INDEX:     DABS  CC'JiiTY  HCSTOF.Y 


Page  2 


Explanation  of  Abbreviations   and    jy-.ools: 

*  inrl'ja.ter  a  picture 

#  indite te?  a  bj.ogrr-j-.Voa"'    'Tk£"x£: 

m.  will  probably  be  r.crc  ur.deir'u.ndablo  if  read 
1:   and  2:   indicate  velum"  1    ^nd  volume  2 


'who  married1 


A.F.  &  A  .Li.  1*180 

Abeel,  Thomas  F.  1:152 

Acock,  John  li  34 

Achord  Broc.  1:242 

Achord,  Snmuol  Iil82 

Achord,  Theodore  1:281 
Ackers,  Herman 

m.  _  _  Morgan  2:196 

Ackers.  J,  F.  &  wife  1:133 

Ackers,  Mary  Florence  2;] 96 

Ackers,  Cllie  Kadaline  2:196 

Ackers,  Thrya  ITeoma  2:1^6 

Ackison,  r.J.  A.  It  180 

Ackley  School  l:2yp- 
Ackley  (Ackelley)  School  1:280 

Acuff,  Sar.uel  li  93 

Acuff,  Samuel  G.  1:  90 

Adams,  Christopher  C.  1:355 

Mams,  D.  7.  P.  1:223 

Adams,  Harriet  Ida  Is 355 

Adams,  Inez  1:275 
Adams,  John  It  64,  Itl?*,  1:135 
Adams,  John  A.  m. 

Harriet  A.  Cox  1:355 

/.dams ,  John  M .  2 1  46 

Adams on,  Annie  Helen  1:304 

Adamson,  Don  1)231 

Adamson,  Dor.  1:304 
Adamson,  Sduard  J.  m. 

Slender  Smith  1)303 

Adamson,  Harlan  C.  1:304 

Adamson,  Hutton  L.  1:304 

.'.damson,  John  1:  3:231 

*  Adamson,  John  E.         f  2:136 

#  Adamson,  John  E.  m. 

Margaret  3urk  1:303 
Adamson,  Jndaon  m. 

Nannie  Friar 
Adamson,  Luther 

Adamson,  Robert  T.  1:304 
Adamson,  Sarah  Ann  m. 

Henry  Patterson  2:222 

Adamson,  Vencil  T.  1:304 

Adcock,  nder  1:134 

Adler,  G.  1'.  2:255 

Adler,  George  F.  1«  77 
Adler,  Katherine  m, 

Anton  Raubinger  2:264 

Advocate  1:216 

Agriculture  1:264 

Akin,  Robert  1»105 


Albright,  Edward  m. 

Glass 

Alexander,  Cora 
/Alexander,  Corry  n. 

..d  V'rightsman 
Alexander,  Daniel  m. 

Letty  Rogers 
Alexander,  Elizabeth  m. 

Joseph  Bryan 
Alexander,  Elizabeth  m, 

John  Calvin  Woody 
Alexander,  J.  M.  &  Sylvania 
Alexander,  J.  M.  &  wife   f 
Alexander,  Joseph  K.  m, 

Adaline  Morris 
Alexander  Mordica 
Alexander,  Preston 
Alexander,  Robert 
Alexander,  Thomas  m, 

Temperance  Bishop 
Alexander,  Ulysses 
Algeo,  a.nna  E, 
Algeo ,  Horn  & 
All  Sew  Club,  The 
Allan  see  Allen 
Alice,  m. 


Kiss 


Hill 


Allee,  Jans  m. 

John  B.  Thurman 
Allen,  A.  P.  m. 

Iva  Rush 
Allen,  Zliza  Jane  m, 

John  Bell 
Allen  (Allan)  Joe 
Allen,  Joseph 
Allen,  Leona  Kay 
Allen,  Mary  R,  m. 

Perry  H.  Taylor 
Allen,  R.  S. 
Allen,  Samuel  m, 

Grctta  Hembree 
Allen,  W.  R. 
Allen,  Mrs.  tf.  T. 
Allison,  m. 

Capt.  John  Stemmons 
Allison,  A.  H. 
Allison,  Ada  Bell 
Allison,  Amanda  m, 

Columbus  Talbutt 
Alii  s  on ,  Andrew 


li  24, 


2.  49 
Ii239 

1:303 
1:302 

2:313 

2:168 

Ii239 
2:216 

1:302 
1:303 
1:317 
1*257 

1:317 
1003 
It  279 
1:224 
1:205 

2 1 336 

2:336 

2.295 

1»306 
1:  62 
1:251 
2:  81 

2:  86 
1:165 

2:  81 
1:141 
Ii201 

1:100 
1:253 
1:297 

2 1 232 
li  32 


INDEX t  DADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Page  3 


Allison,  Bert 
Allison,  C,  C.  ri, 

Mary  SAlliams 

Allison,  C.  R.       It274, 
Allison,  C.  R.  m, 

Fannie  Moore 
Allison,  David  F. 
Allison,  David  J.  m. 

(1)  Mary  Jane  Williams 

(2)  Lucinda  Weed 

1:299,  1:300, 

Allison,  Ehma  m, 
J.  T.  Ncal 

Allison,  Finis 

Allison,  Harry  Watts 

Allison,  Hoyt  Ross 

Allison,  J.  L.  &  wife 

Allison,  James 

Janes  ifcsley 
Joseph      It  90, 
John  Ernest 
Lenorc 


Allison, 

Allison, 
Allison, 
Allison, 

Allison,  H. 
Allison,  H.  H. 
Allison, 
Allison,  I-!.  'J. 
Allison,  Mary 
Allison,  Mathias 
Allison,  Kathiac  v, 

Mary  Ami 
Allison,  i-'atthias  H, 


H.  H.  &  wife 


1:297 

Ii2?6 
1:301 

1:297 
1:298 


2  1  327 

2:20? 

1:297 
1:298 
1:298 
1:147 
1:291 
1:293 
1  «  296 
1:29;< 
1:297 
1:  51 
1:251 


1:112, 


Allison,  Matthias  H. 

#  Allison,  Mathias  W.  m. 

Mary  V.  Hampton 
Allison,  Mauc 
Allison,  Kyrtle  m. 

Homer  Batten 
Allison,  Nora  m. 

W,  S.  Smith 
Allisor. ,  Robert 
Allison,  S.  S. 
Allison,  Trunan  S. 
Allison,  Virginia 
Allison,  W.  N.       It  274, 
Allison,  T.7esloy  K. 

#  Allison,    Wo  cloy  I'.,   m. 

Louann  Spocr 
Allison,    :.lifrod  K. 
Allison,    ,/illiam  Ralph 
Allisons  1:64,     1:   67, 

Alverson,    J.   I.  Ij223, 

Amos,    Williar.  i!. 
Anders,   Mary  Ellen  n. 

Vfi.lli.om  HiffTins 
Anderson,  Mary  rr, . 

M.    D.   Morgan 
Andorson,    3.    C. 


1«298 
1:100 

Is   25 

1«    55 

1:253 
It  112 

1:296 

Ii297 

1:300 

Ii297 

li  32 
1:10U 
li3CO 
Ii297 
1  :  301 
li?97 

1:299 
Ii28l 
1:293 
It  68 
1  1  22^4. 
It  3^ 

2:   86 

2:292 
1:164 


Anderson,  3.  C.  &  Frances 
Anderson,  Cora  Belle  m. 

William  0.  Russell 
Anderson,  Mcse  m. 

Fannie  Holman 
Anderson,  John  H. 
Anderson,  Mr, 
Anderson,  William 
Anderson  ___________ 

Anderson  m, 

Cerilla  Hampton 
Andersonville  prison  Ii366, 
Andrews ,  J ,  D . 
Andrews,  P.  T. 
Andrews,  Judge  Pat  T. 
Andrews,  W.  I. 
Antens ,  Thomas  C. 
Antioch  Church  It 62,  1:64, 
Apple  .tree 
Appleby  &  Wheeler 
Appleby,  Amanda  m. 

Thos.  J.  Underwood 
Appleby,  Benjamin    li  26 
1:251, 

Appleby,  Benjamin 
Appleby,  Benjamin  &  Louisa 
Appleby ,  Dr . 
Appleby,  Foelix  J. 
Apploby,  Foster  L. 
Appleby,  J.  R.  J. 
Appleby,  James  S. 
Appleby,  Julius  m, 

Mary  A.  E.  Murphy 
Appleby,  M.  A.  S. 
Appleby,  Sam 
Appleby,  Samuel  G. 
Appleby s 

Arbogast,  Krs.  Ira 
Arbogast,  Jesse  &  wife 
Arbogast,  Mrs.  Myrtle 
Arbogast,  William 
Arcola 

Arcola  School 
'  Arcola  Views 
Armstrong,  J.  K 
Armstrong,  W.  C 
Armstrong,  W.  J. 
Arnold,  F.  D.  W. 
Arnold ,  Hue 
Arthur,  Leota  m. 

Garland  C.  Mitchell 
Asbell,  Emily  m. 

Harmon  McFeak 
Asbell,  John 
Asbell,  Fierce 
Afibell  (Aspboll)  Pierce 
Ash  Grove  Whito  Lime  Assn. 
Rev,  Mr. 


2«292 
2i291 

2»   93 

1:  79 
li  67 
1:254 


Ii297 
1:367 
1:166 


2:196 
It  171 
It  80 
Iil37 
It  71 
1:226 

2t339 
1:242 

1«253 
2t339 

1:  58 
1:226 
1:  82 
li  90 


It  79 

2 1 199 


It  76 


Rev, 


li  51 
,  1:  79 
1:147 
1:204 
1:146 
1:153 
li  33 
1:240 
It  21 
f  2 i!52 
1:279 
1:143 
1:277 

Iil05 

2:187 

2:151 
It  34 
li  33 
li  51 
1|230 
1:150 


INDEX}  OAD2  Cl'l'KTf  :-;7£'!V;:-y 


Page  4 


Astley,  Thomas  1:  75 

Ayers,  A.  B.  3  :17S 

Ayors,  Audrey  Alice  2sl.:7 

Ayers,  Bottle  Mrs.  It 20?,  1,208 

Ayers,  Betty  1:206 

Ayers,  Mrs.  C.  H.  Ii206 
Ayers,  Claude  K.  m. 

Betty  Florence  Litchfiold 

2.137 

Ayers,  J.  K.  It 277 

Ayers,  Loota  Kathryn  2il37 
Ayors,  Oron  Dalo  2tl37 
Ayers,  17.  S.  m, 

Emma  Young  2 1387 


Babb,  J.  C. 
Babb,  John  A.  m. 

Edith  A.  Cox 
Babb,  Louisa  A.  m. 

Gohram  Smith  Mitchell 

2.  9'. 

Babb,  Richard  Edward 
Bacon,  Boll  m. 


King 


li  57, 
li  51, 


Bailos,  John  A. 
Bailey,  Mary  E. 
Bailey,  D.  B. 
Bailey,  Dan 
Dailey,  Dophia  T, 

Joseph  L.  Irby 
Bailey,  Dr. 
Bailey,  Mattio  m. 

Harvey  rlc'.rton  Robertson 
Baird,  D.  R. 
Baker,  Andy 
Baker,  Andre;:  m, 

Jano  Rawhausor 
Baker ,  C . ,  &  Co . 
Bakor,  D.  B. 
Bakor,  Dr.  J,  K,  m. 

Minnie  Kyle 
Baker,  J.inc  m. 

Nathaniel  '.Jilson 
Baker,  Margaret  m, 

N.  B.  !>i  throw 
Bnkor,  Orlando  H. 
Bakor,  S.  './. 
Baker,  Samuel 
Baldwin,  JUias  B. 
Baldwin,  Lottie 
Baldwin,  Samuel  m. 

Fannio  RUG sell 
Bales,  S.  II. 
Bales,  S.  II.  £  wifo 
Bales,  Robert  A. 


1:239 
1:356 


1:355 
It  356 

2,13.9 
Is  90 
Iil33 
1:163 


1:241, 


Ii330 
2i  22 

2,236 
1:169 
1,228 

2,266 
It  24.5 

1«  33 

2  1  131 

1«353 
It  326 

1:253 
1:253 
1:141 
It  78 
1,  45 

2:289 
1:242 
1:139 
li  60 


.nley 

2t  27 

It  242 

1,228, 

2,364 

1:222, 

2,  46 

Is  304 

1:301 

f 

1:353 

1,132 

1:279 

1,143 

1:164 

1,108 

Ball,  E.  0.  1,277 

Ball,  Leonard  m. 

Ida  Bell  Riloy  2i280 
Ball,  Mary  1,146 

Ball,  Nancy  It  146 

Ball,  R.  C.  1,180 

Ball,  R.  C.  m. 

Daisy  D.  Weir  2,358 
Ballard,  Miss  L.  A.  2t276 
Ballard,  Lucy  E.  m. 

T.  F.  Ronfro  2,275 

Ballingor,  W.  S.  1:233 

Bandy,  Mary  2.  m. 

Thomas  Randolph  Finley 
Bank  of  Arcola 
Bank  of  Evorton 
Tank  of  Lockwood 
Bank  of  Miller 
Bank  of  Pennsboro 
*  Bank  of  Pennsboro 
Banker,  Willis  G. 
Banner  School 
Barb,  P.ov.  E,  J. 
Barber,  S.  H. 
Barber  House 
Barber,  Nancy  m. 

Lewis  Undorwood 
Barbour,  Edward 
Barbour,  Sevorly 
Bardman,  F.attie 
Bardman,  Ira  m, 

Mary  J.  Shipley 
Bardman,  Isaac      1:163, 
Barker  _  _(Vodatte  Ed.) 
Barker,  Alma 
Barker,  Andy  Jack 
Barker,  C.  '.7. 
Barker,  C.  W.  m. 

Katie  Neale 
Barker,  Charley 
1  Barker,  George  Thomas  m. 

Mary  A.  Mason 
Barker  ,  Helen 
Barker,  Henry  m, 
Nannie  Barker 
Barker,  Mary 
Barker,  Nannie  m. 

Henry  Barker 
Barker,  Noalio 
Barker,  0.  H.  2t57,  1,244, 
Barker,  Robert 
Barker,  Roy  m. 

Peachye  Glass 
Barker,  Ruby 
Barker,  Ruth 
Barker,  Shell  m. 

Mary  Spence  Ii309 


2,259 
1,  79 
1,  79 
2,311 

2-311 
1,164 
1,118 

1:144 
l»12.-<? 
It  310 

2,202 
Ii233 

1:309 

1  j  310 

1:309 
1:309 

1:309 
Ii309 
1,250 
1:309 

2,  51 
Z-  52 


INDEX:     DADS  COUNTI  HISTORY 


Barker,  Mrs.   T.   C.       Is 202, 
Barker,   Vfi.lliam 
Barker,   yilliam  C,       It 309, 
Barnett,   James  K. 
Barnett,   Sarah  A.  m. 

William  E,   Shaw 
Bartling,  Alfred 
Bartling ,   Arthur 
Bartling,   August  C.  m. 

Alice  Dunning 
Bartling ,   Betty 
Bartling,   Edna 
Bartling,   Frod  m» 

Froderica  Sundermeyer 
Bartling,   Freda  m. 

F,  A.   Bohne 
Bartling,   Frye  & 

Geraldino 

Henry  Iil52, 

Henry  m. 

Winter 

Mhrlln 

Martin  J. 

Martin  L.  m. 


Bartling , 

Bartling , 

#  Bartling, 

Minnie 
Bartling , 
Bartling , 
Bartling , 

Frances  Louis 
Bartling,  Millie  m. 

Albert  Fryo 
Bartling,  Minnie 
Bartling,  Sandmeyer  & 
Bass,  James  ',}, 
Bates,  A.  J. 
Bates,  Elizabeth  m. 

Ansel  Hull 
Bates,  S.  '.7. 
Battroll,  Vernic  m. 

Ernest  F.  Crtloff 
Battroll,  Eliza  m. 

Jacob  J.  Crtloff 
Bntts,  V.  M. 
Baty,  m 

Maggie  Edge 
Baugh,  John 
Baxter,  John  m. 

Thula  Cotter 
Bays ,  John 
Beach,  i'rs.  Goorgie 
Beach,  H.  T. 
Boachloy,  Lou  it, 

Billy  Williams 
Beal,  Ch-rlrs  Fay  m. 

Doliah  Dotson 
Beal,  Charlo.y 
Bnal,  Ejisa  Jino  m. 

John  ..:,  ./".cldlo 
Bcal,  George  Jhoimn  r 

Emily  Jar-  Cc":  cy 
Beal ,  Y.^  tha  I'an.ar.'L.ha 


1:204 
1:309 

i?3io 

2:  44 

2:306 
1«313 
1»313 

Ii312 
It  313 
It275 

liJLl 

Ii312 

1:224 
It  312 
1»155 

It  311 
It  312 

Ii313 
Ii312 

it  313 

it  313 

It  222 
It  34 
lil05 

2»  13 
Iil05 

2,214 


Itl66 

2t  15 
It  110 

1:353 
1:279 
1:277 
1:277 


2:350 
1:110 

2,350 

2:35C 
2:350 


Page  5 

Boal,  Mary  Doliah 

2:350 

Eeal  ,   Fetor  Fay 

2«35C 

Beal,   Thursey  Ann 

2:350 

Bcal,   William  S. 

1:  79 

Bean,    C,    C. 

It  241 

Bean,    Cyrus  C.                1:240, 

1:241 

Beard,   D.   B. 

It  182 

3eard,   Willis 

2:273 

Bearden,    George  W. 

1:25S 

Boarden,   Lambert  S. 

It  258 

Bearden,   Tom 

It   60 

Beattie,   Dr.   17.  R. 

1:232 

Beckham,CC, 

It    32 

BecicLey,    John  K, 

1:103 

Bodoll,   Albert  H. 

2:384 

Bo  doll,   Annie  m. 

Dr.    C,   F.  Lusk 

2:384 

Bedell,   Arthur  T.   m. 

Rose  Eosley 

2i384 

Bedoll,    Edxth  m. 

R.    T.    Shr.'j 

2  1  384 

Bodell,   Henry  E.  m, 

Ann  '.5.  ley 

2t383 

Bedell,   Laura  Emily  m, 

Andrew  Jackson  Young 

2,383 

Bedoll,  Mary  Frances 

2i384 

Boem,    Jacob 

li  79 

Bcftlcy,   Katherine  T.  m. 

Henry  Clay  Bender 

2:123 

Begley,   Sam  L. 

It   90 

Behymer,    Glonarven  m. 

Helen  Eaton 

2i   13 

Bohymer,  Mary  Louise 

2:  13 

Bcisner,    William            It  223 

,  2,385 

Belk,   John 

2t   92 

Boll,   America  m. 

Perve   Carter 

It  307 

Bell,   Anna  R.   m. 

",7.  A.  Morris 

It  306 

Boll,   Annie 

It  55 

Be]l,   Miss  Bab 

It  208 

Bell,    BetHie 

It  307 

Bell,    C.   E. 

1:214 

Bell,   Mrs.    C.   S. 

1(201 

Bell,    Capt. 

1  i98 

Boll,    Caroline  m. 

Hobbin  I'yland 

2:254 

Eell,   I>E.    Charles 

1:209 

Brll,    Cnr.rlos  P. 

It  307 

Poll,    ^iily 

1:309 

I-r.l,    Harold                    It  307 

,   1:308 

Boll  ,    Henry  m. 

K:  ttlo  Dawson 

Ii307 

Be7.1,   I-rbjrt 

It  308 

Boll,    Pow.rd 

1:309 

Boll,   nu£V. 

It  309 

Roll,    J.    H. 

Itl35 

INDEX:  DADE  COOFiZ  HISTORY 


Bull,  J.  W. 

1-2.51. 

Bell,  Rev.  J.  W. 

x:12r 

Bell,  James 

.-..  226 

*  Bell,  James  <i  family      f 

2;  344 

-,.'  Bell,  James  .u.  m. 

Amanda  Hurst 

1:3C8 

1:307 

Bell,  Jar.os  Silas 

1:307 

Bell,  Joe 

1:307 

Bell,  John          It  120, 

1:229 

Boll,  John     1:53,  1:90, 

1:165 

Bell  ,  John 

It  309 

Bell,  John 

1:307 

Bell,  John  ir., 

Mary  Irby 

it  331 

*  Boll,  Rev.  John          f 

2  :  3'^4 

Bell,  Rev.  John  r.. 

(1)  Elisr.  Jane  .Mien 

(2)  Malir.da  Wilson 

1:306 

Bell,  John  1.  m. 

Laura  Jorornc 

1:307 

Bell  ,  Lecnr.rd  Fanl 

1  :  307 

Bell,  Lizzie  r.. 

Bo  yd  ;ia:,  es 

It  308 

Bell,  Lorinc 

1:308 

Bell,  Louis 

1:307 

Boll,  M,            It  145, 

1:146 

Bell  ,  Marvin 

1:309 

Boll,  Mr.ry  Ellen  m. 

Mark  Gilmore 

1:306 

Bell,  :!ary  II.  r, 

Solop.cn  K.  ifi.lson 

2:363 

2,366, 

2:367 

Boll,  I-Iichaol  H.  m. 

Pina  Woods 

1:307 

Bell,  Nannie 

It  55 

Bell,  Clivo 

1:309 

Bell,  Oral 

1:308 

Bell,  R.  A. 

1:166 

Bell,  Samuel  W.  m. 

Nellie  Jerome 

1*307 

y  Boll,  Silas  r.. 

Sarah  Elisabeth  Grisham 

1.-306 

2:  00 

Bell,  Silas 

1:30^ 

Bell,  Crpt.  Silas 

iiio4 

Bell,  Silas  D.  m. 

Ir.ez  Thonrsson     1:307, 

1:308 

Bell,  I.  Z. 

itiie 

Bell  Toleohono 

1:1^3 

Bell,  Tor-  pie  3. 

It  55 

Bell,  Tcnnccsoc  m. 

Phil  Car-tor 

1:307 

Bell,  Tlior..-:.s  J. 

1  :  306 

Bell,  W.  R,         1:176. 

It215 

Bell,  Wayne 

1:307 

BeU,  miliam  A.  m. 

Elsie  Burnr 

1  :  308 

Page  6 

Binder,                       m. 

.Jva  L.    White 

2:123 

Bender,   j'nnette  m, 

Hu?h  L  .   Hembrec 

2i   81 

DordT,    Eicl'nell 

2:123 

Bender,    Cail  L.  m. 

C^or^'e   Cc;»-herd 

2:123 

Bender.    Iia.-cld 

2:123 

Bender,   Henry  Clay  m. 

X;.therire  T.   Begley 

2:123 

Bende~,   L_llJ.an  T.  M, 

'.  fnitlock 

2:123 

Bonder,   Lula  n. 

Frunl:  3     King 

2il23 

Border,    /icholas 

1:167 

Bende.  ;    »5.    l'irl 

2:123 

Bonder     R.lla  M.   m. 

R.   M:    afi-ton 

2:123 

Bender.    \>r  ..                       It    59, 

1:234 

ItllO, 

1«235 

Bender,   Dr.    Samuel       It    57 

li  46 

1:72,2:34       li    51, 

It  54 

lender,    Dr.    Samuel  m. 

liary  Dawes 

2:   81 

Bonifiol,    Rev.    T.   S. 

Iil49 

Bennett,   Andrew  m. 

Mary  Scott 

2i   67 

Bennett,    C.   H. 

1:110 

Bennett,    Elias 

1:226 

Bennett,   ilartha  J,  m. 

John  A.    Hall 

2i  66 

Bennington,  Mary  m. 

John  A.   Patterson 

2»21? 

Benni  ng  t  on  ,   Wm  .   R  . 

Iil49 

Bennington,   Prof.  W.  R. 

It  57 

Bennington,    William 

2:217 

Benninpton,   Rev.  William  Ram«ey 

m.   Priscilla  Wall  Iil26, 

"UT.28 

Fontly,    Rev.    J.   J. 

l-fl46 

Berry, 

1:234 

Borrv  .    Eossio 

2.   51 

Berrj  ,    Cocil 

2i   51 

Berry  ,    Clyde 

2i   51 

Borry,    Cynthia   (Cytha)  m. 

Hugh  McConnell          2:145, 

Ii3l4 

rorry,   Drue  n. 

J-'.cob  L  .    Glass 

2,  51 

Berry,   ilbridgo  M. 

1:314 

Ecrry,   Fa?ol  Ruby 

2:   51 

Berry.    Howard  H.   m. 

Elva  Grle  Shaw         1:314, 

2:316 

Borry  (    J.    G.                     li   48, 

1:   51 

Ecrry,    J-<ncs  G.              It    33, 

It   46 

Berry,    L'T.^O  G.   m, 

Miry  ?irley                Ii313, 

Ii3l4 

Eorry,   Jaros   W, 

It   90 

Berry,    Jesse 

2:   51 

.INDEX:  BADE  COUNTY  KTSTORY 


Page  7 


Berry,  Jessie  I .  1:2?0 
Berry,  John  L.  m. 

Susie  Glass  2t  51 

Berry,  John  Lloyd  2:51 

Berry,  Joseph  2:51 

Berry,  Mary  Aline  1:314 

Berry,   !•!.   R.  1:290 

Berry,  Orvy  2:51 

Berry,   Ruth  Margaret  1:314 

Berry,   Shed  1|23? 

*  Berry,   Thomas  H.   &  wife       f  2«200 

•if  Berry,   Thomas  H.  m. 

Birdit  Samantha  Smith         1:313 

Berrys  1 : 236 
Berryhill ,   Sarah  n . 

Rev.   Samuel  Lynch  2i58 

Blcknell  1:287 

Bidstrap,    C.  L.  It  33 

"Bijou"  1:54 

Birch,   Birdie  1:320 

Birch,    Clayton  1:320 

Birch,   D.    C.  Ii372 
Birch,   Dr.   D.   S.   F.  m. 

Amanda  I'oore  l:319i   1:320 

Birch,   Elmer  1:320 
v°  Birch,  Homer  Clyde  m, 

Serena  Glenn  1:319 

Birch,   Howard  1|320 

Birch,   John  11320 

Birch,   John  It 320 

Birch,   John  1:274 

Birch,   Kyle  1:320 

Birch,   Kacie  1:320 

Birch,   Ruth  1:320 

Birch,   Thadeus  1>320 

Birch,   Trixie  1:320 
Bird,    Carrie  m. 

Perry  C.   P^nfro  2t2?l 

Bird,   H.    C.  1:225 

Bird,   Kgnry  1:    32 
Bird,   Lizzie  m. 

Thomas  Albert  Cox 
Bird,    Robert  1:32, 

Bird,   Tom 
Bird,    miiam  './. 
Bird,    ./.   A.   m. 

Annie  VfLtr.ro':  1:326 

Bishop,  Clara  1:319 
Bishop,  Derindah  n. 

William  KcLcmore  1:313 

Bishop,   Eleazor  1:315 

Bishop,   Eleanor  1:31.6 

Bishop,   Err.-.  1:313 

Bishop,    Francis   Tom  It 319 

Bishop,    George  1:315 

Bishop,    George  1:313 

Bishop,   Ili G z  Hattio  1:279 


Bishop,  Isaac  m, 

Miss  \ /hippie 
Bishop,  Joshua  n. 

Kiss  Comstock 
Bishop,  Joshua  m. 

Clara  Rogers 
Bishop,  Lucy 
Bishop,  Lucy  Ruth 
Bishop,  Margaret 
Bishop,  Martha  Missouri  m. 

Preston  Moore 
Bishop,  Hiss  n. 

Fargo 

Bishop,  Miss  m, 

Stebbens 

Bishop,  Pearl  m, 

Roy  C.  Poindexter  1:319, 
Bishop,  Robert  m. 

Miss  Holmes 
Bishop,  S.  M. 
Bishop,  Temperence  m, 

Thomas  Alexander 
Bishop,  Thomas 
Bishop,  Thomas  J.  m. 

Clementine  Scott  1:316, 
Bishop,  Thomas  J. 
Bishop,  Thomas  J. 
Bishop,  Thomas  Jefferson  m. 

Francos  Brown 
Bishop,  Thomas  m. 

Miss  Fargo 
Bishop,  Zebulon 
Black,  Francis  m. 

Thomas  R^fro 
Black  River  Eattle 
Blackberry  Flat  School 
Blackburn,   Isral 

Sadie  m. 
King 


Blackf ord , 

Harry  G, 
Blackwell,   John  S. 
Blackwell,  Mr. 
Blair,   Frame  m, 

Louisa  Ann  Pyland 
Blair,    Jasper  m. 

Sarah  F.   Pyland 
Blake,  Mary  n. 

Tsaac  Hembree 
Blake,   William  G. 
Balkey,    Catherine  m. 

H.   H.    Grisham 
Blakey,    Jane  m. 

M.   H.    Grisham 
Elakemore,    Daniel 
Blakemore,    J.   M. 
Bleavans:      see  Blevins 
Bleitrou,    Ed;rard  m. 

Kate  Meyers 


1:316 
1»316 

1«317 
1:281 

1«  319 
It  319 

It  31? 
It  315 

1:315 
2:240 

1:316 
1:225 

It  317 
it  315 

1:318 

1:51 

2:240 

It  315 

1:315 
1:318 

2:277 
Ii75 

1:278 
1:105 

2:118 
2:159 
2:160 

2,  153 
2.253 

2:77 
1:251 

2:62 

2:369 

1:349 
It  239 


2:170 


INDEX:  DATE  COUNTS  El1:  TORY 


Blevans,  A.,  L,  1:172,  1:17''- 
Blevans,  E.  L.  lilOo,  1  171 

Blevans,  2.  T.  1 :?7t 

Blevans,  John  lil?2 

Blovans  (Bleavans)  L.  A.  1:174 

Blevans,  Rev.  L.  A.  1:171 

Bloomer,  Rev.  A.  J,  1:231 

Bloomer,  J.  H.  1:148 
Blooser,  Anna  Kario  m, 

David  Rr.uhauser  2t265 
Bock,  Louise  m. 

Charles  Frederick  Hodde   2:90 

Bogart  1:287 

Bogart  family  1:36 
Boggy  Springs  Ochool  It2?8,  1:280 

Bohne,  Christ  1:153 
Bonne,  F.  A.  r.. 

Freda  Partlintr  1«312 
Bohne,  Fred  m. 

Millie  Vonstroh  2:3^7 
Bohne,  Gus  m, 

Ida  Vonstroh  2:347 
Bchne,  Henry  .u. 

Caroline  Vonstroh  2:347 

Bohne,  Le^ds  Iil53 

Bohne,  Ruth  1:312 
Bohne,  W.  '.J.  m. 

Minnie  Hodde  2:91 

Bohon,  J.  \J.  1:279 

Boisseau,  C.  D.  I;i69 

1:175,  1.178 

Boisseau,  C.  D.  m, 

Sythia  Jane  Gilliland 

2:25,  2«-';8 
Boisseau,  C.  D.  m. 

Alice  Gilliland  2t48 
Boisseau,  Daniel  m. 

Laura  Gilliland 
Boisseau,  Ernma 
Boissoau,  May  m. 

fa/.  L.  Ferguson  2i25 

Boisseau,  0.  G.  2:48 

Bokors,  Nancy  1:129 
Boland,  John  r.. 

Rebecca  Hudspeth  2:188 
Boland,  Sarah  J,  m, 

Martin  L.  1'ltchell  2:189 

Bond,  Zach  H.  1>79 
Bonham,  ^iaabeth  r, , 

T.  II.  Scott  2:380 

Bonneville  Co.  1:97 
Boone,  Daniel  l:*K)-44,  2:272 
Boone,  Nathan  1:40-^1 
Bornpohn,  Frnd  1:151 ,  1:153 
Eosley,  Rose  m. 

Arthur  J.   Bedell  2:384 


Bos tick,   John 

Bos^cn,    J,   F. 

B  o tt - ,   L  ur ne  tt 

Eow?n,    Charlos  n, 
I  In  r  th  a  C  ummi  ng  s 

Bowen,   Lucia  n. 

Joseph  H.   Winter 

Eower,   ?,    ?. 

Bower's  i-!ill 
A,   H, 
William 
tfillia-Ti  A. 


Bcwcrs , 

Bowers , 

Bowers , 

Bowles 

Bowl.es,  Lt.  A.  C. 

Bo  vile  s  -,   Al  exander 

Bowles,    ^en 

Bowles,  Dakalb 

Bowles,  Dr.     1:54,  1:55, 

Bowles,  Dr. 

Bowles,  family 

Bowles,  Francis  Tiffany 

Bowles,  George 

Bowles,  J.  N. 

Bowles,  John 

Bowles,  Jane  H.  m. 

Levin  '.7,  Shafer 
Bowles,  Jennie  m. 

Jud^e  L.  '.L  Shafer 
Bowles,  John  H. 
Bowles,  John  P,  W. 
Bowles ,  Jusrin 
Bowles,  Karl  C. 
Bowles,  Katharine  V, 
Boules ,  Mrs , 
Bowles",  Postmaster 
Bowles,  Dr.  S. 
Bowles,  Dr.  S.  B. 
Bowles,  l-'amuel—B.  m, 

Elizabeth  Vaughn  1:321, 
Bowles,  Samuel  0. 
Sanf ord 
Jar  ah 


1:25? 

1:181 
1:105 

2:372 

2:372 
1:215 

1:68 
1:165 
2:281 
1:224 
1:287 
1:104 
Itl04 
1:105 

1:90 
1:124 
1:109 

1:36 
1:322 
1:104 
1:290 

1:32 

2:308 

2:74 
1:322 
1:258 

1:90 
1:322 
1:322 
1:188 

1:52 


Bowles , 
Bowles , 
Bowles,  Thomas 
Bowles,  tf.  ?..  m. 

Cora  Kimbler 
Bowles,  W.  R. 
Bot;les,  i/.  R.   1:3» 
Bowles,  Vfi.ll  R, 
Bowles,  MLlliar.  R. 
Bowling,  George  E. 
Bownan,  Blanche 
Bowman,  J.  W. 
Bowman,  John  m, 

Elizabeth  Evans 
Bownan,  :;innie  m, 

Paul   ,-£lscn 


1:294 

2:308 
1:322 
2 1 249 
1:258 
1:258 

1:321 

f  1:24 

,  1:217 
1:259 
1:119 
2:256 
1:281 
1:278 

2:73 
2 1 368 


INDEX i     DAZE  JCUftH  HISTORY 


Bowman,   Sarah  m. 

George  !•/.   Hamic 

2:73 

Botmian  School 

1:^78 

Bowman,  W.  H,  m. 

Luanza  Killer 

2:179 

Bowman,  Walter 

Is  281 

Box,   Dr. 

li?32 

Box  family                           1:3^, 

Ii35 

Box,   Thomas 

1:32 

Box,   Vfl.lD.ian 

1:79 

Boyd  ,  James 

1«90 

Boyd,  John  U. 

1:90 

Boyd,  Sarah  m. 

Samuel  Kinbler 

2.377 

Boyle  s,   tf.   R. 

1:321 

Bozart,  Bridge               1.289, 

Is^QO 

Bozart,  ITartha               1.289. 

1-.2SO 

Bracks  tt,   J.  L. 

lil£4 

Bradford,  lB.ll.irjn 

Ii237 

Bradshaw,   0.   S. 

Ii2?5 

Braggs,   August  m. 

Lena  Rush 

2i295 

Braggs,  Leo  Paul 

2.295 

Brand,   Kaiie                   1.2^3i 
Bramel   Ktb  m. 

l:27i|- 

Willie  Edge 

2il6 

Braniff,   T.   E.  m, 

Bess  Thurman 

2.338 

Branson,   Cant.   J.  VJ. 

2.73 

Brantley,   Alex  m. 

Mary  Giles 

2O70 

Brantley,   Nancy  D.  rc. 

Henry  Saffles 

2:370 

Bray,   John  17. 

1:182 

Bray,   John  W.  m. 

Lou  Pickott 

2.231 

Brayshaw,                    m, 

Sirin  C.   fyle           2t255, 

2.258 

Brodon,   Dolilia  n. 

John  McLer.oro 

2il^8 

Brewer's,  Fir,   Store 

1.109 

Brewer,   J.   R.                  Iil68, 

1.21^ 

Brewer,  L.   D. 

1.165 

Brickey,   J.   C, 

1.182 

Brickey,   J.  !I. 

1.250 

Brickey,  M,   J.  M.  m. 

Lucy  Russell 

2,289 

Brickey,   VJ,   D. 

1.2^2 

Bridgeport,   Battle 

li?5 

Bridger,   '/arner 

1:   79 

Bridges 

1.245 

Brinkhoff,  Edna 

1.280 

Brinkhoff  ,   Henry  m. 

Lizzie  Vonctroh 

2,^7 

Brio  tow,   Edward 

1:79 

Brfcsington,   '.^.lliam  H. 

1:55 

Brobrugar,   George  m. 

Lizzie  Garver 

2.42 

Brock,   Danisl  P. 

1.79 

Brock,  Dan:  el  P.  2 :79 

Ei-o  :knar. ,  Catherine         2 1 79 
Brock  i-ir. .  Farry  B.  m. 

Chloe  Pr.ldridge          2.79 
Brockr.ar.:  J,  L.  Iil66 

Bror.kr,;an,  ilary  m. 

Ernest  A.  Mayabb         2.79 
Brockn:an,  Robert  2.79 

Brock-nan,  Robert  m, 

Ida  Hembree  2.79 

Brockway,  Charles  m. 

Mamie  Ifalson  2.366 

Brockway,  Charles  W.       2.368 
Broech,  Alice  2.65 

Broeck,  D.  Wessel  Ten  m. 

Lula  G.  Gregory          2.65 
Broech,  Herman  2.65 

Broack,  Robert  2.65 

Broeck,  Ruth  2.65 

Br enough,  Gen.  W.  C.       1»175 
Brooks,  Dr.  1.20, 

Brooks,  W.  M.  m. 

Eula  M.  Neale 
Brooks,  \J.  U, 
Brookshior,  Jesse  Irene 
Broughton,  Edward  m, 

Lula  Watson 
Brown,  A.  C. 
Brown,  Ada  m, 

Hugh  Burch 
Brown,  Adaline  m. 

John  D,  Shelton 
Brown,  Charles  Ernest 
Brown,  Clarence  m. 

Nora  E.  Shipley 
Brown,  Dickson 
Brown,  Ed  m,  Martha  Pelts 
Brovm,  Elmer 
Brown,  Eshan  A. 
Brown,  F.  M. 
Brown,  Frances  m. 

Thomas  J.  Bishop 
Brown ,  Frank 
Brown,  Rev.  George  W. 
Brown ,  Henry 
Brown,  Hiram  and  Betty 
Brown,  Ida 
Brown,  Tmogene  m, 

Lacledo  Cunningham 
Brown,  J.  C.        1.178 
Erown ,  J .  C .  m . 

Ella  Dicus 
Brown,  James  A. 
Bro'.m,  James  H, 
Brovm,  Jerry  Calvin  m. 

Jane  Floyd 
Brown ,  Jim 
Brown,  John  C. 


2.203 
1.242 

2«353 

2  •  357 
1«164 

1O24 

2.2? 
1«325 

2.312 
1.104 
2  1  228 
Ii28l 
1.249 
1:172 

Ii3l6 
1O23 
Iil33 

1.323 
1O23 
1:324 

2.19 
Iil79 

2  1  201 


It  325 

Ii323 
li!03 
1.323 


INDEX  i  BADE  CO'JN'.l.T 


Page  10 


Brown,  Josic  m. 

Asa  Loveless 
Brown,  H.  E. 
Brown,  Ilalinda  J,  m, 

James  T.  Watson 
Brown,  Mary  m. 

John  K.  Teagarden 
Brown,  Martha  m, 

Isiac  Wheeler 
Brown,  Millie  m. 

Perry  Shaw 
Brown,  Mollie  n. 

Archibald  McLemore 
Brown,  Mrs. 
Brown,  Rebecca  Ann  m, 

Charles  Simpson 
Brown,  Rev. 
Brown,  Robert  m. 

Jennie  Dennis 
Brown,  Sadie  m. 

Thorias  F.  Glass 
Brown,  Sarah 
Brown,  Sarah  A. 
Brown,  Sarah  J,  m. 

E.  If.  Richards 
Brown,  Suirnerville  D. 
Brown,  T.  L.         lil?l. 
Brown,  T.  S. 
Brown,  Vida  m. 

Emmerson  Crews 
Brown,  ',J,  D.         It 148, 
1«233,  Ii228, 
Brown,  W.  M. 
Brown,  W.  W. 
Brown,  William 
Brown,  William  D.  m. 

Sarah  Ann  Gilmore 
Brownlee,  Rev.  Edmund  S, 
Brownlee,  Miss  Helen 
Brumbach,  rr. 

Ella  Scrcggs 
Brunner,  Mary  m, 

William  Koddc 
Bryan,  Harriett  A.  m. 

William  0.  Shouse 
Bryan,  J,  S. 
Bryan,  Joseph  n. 

Elizabeth  Alexander 
Bryan,  Nar.cy  m. 

H.  A.  Gi  Hi  land 
Bryan,  ',7.  H. 
Bryant,  Buster  & 
Bryant,  Irene  m. 

William  L.  Killer 
Bryant,  Paul  &  Rebecca 
Bryant,  W,  F. 


Bryant  School 

itaei 

Ir323 

Buchc-pin.   /Jonzo  m. 

.1  y. 

Lorlna  Woody 

2  1  376 

^iiCii'i*'  i  vi     tj^vmes 

Ii90 

2»357 

3ucr>;'riaT;  ,    Thee 

It  102 

Bucnrr.a:.,   Lt.    Thee 

It  104 

1  '357 

Buck,    ./.    H, 

It  171 

2  1!56 

Buck,    J,    M. 
Buck,   M.   H.                      Itl64 

,  l!l49 

Buck.    Rev  William 

It  149 

Ii323 

Buck?.3y,    Rev. 

Ii66 

2  sl46 

Buckner  .   Re1/  , 

Ii66 

Buckn-or,    Nancy  E.  m. 

Is  190 

Be^jarin  Ragsdale  2|260 

,  2t262 

Euf  f-?.l  •>  springs 

1«  35 

Iil24 

Buffngtcn,    Clara 
Bulfinrrton,    Dorothy 

Ii306 
1*305 

, 

Bufiingtcn,   Elisha  m. 

2tl4o 

Rath  "mart 

It  304 

9  .  Cl 

Buffington,   Frances 

Ii306 

^.t  51 
lilBO 
1:148 

Buffington,    Josephine  m. 
Dr.    John  R.    Newman 

It306 

Buffington,   Lula  R.   m. 

1«323 

Dee  Pipkin 
Buffington,     Maggie  n. 

1«305 

It  90 
It  174 
1»175 

J.   P.  Mason 
Buffington,  Miller  G.  m. 
;JLpha     Mitzell 

Ii306 

Ii325 

Buffington,     Monti  e     Ruth 
Jessie     Douthart 

m. 
Ii906 

Ii25l 

1»249 

Buffington,   Walter 
#  Buffington,   Walter  m, 
Josephine  Gentry 

11250 
It304 

T  ,19$ 

Buffington,   Walter 

Ii306 

It323 

11132 
1«209 

2«298 
2i90 

2.313 
It  165 

2  1  313 


Iil39 
lillO 

2«130 
2«180 
It  252 


Buffington,   Ifilliam  E.l|305,l«306 


Buford,   Stant 
Bullington,   Henry  m, 

Julia  A.   Jones 
Bunker  Hill,   Battle 
Bunker  Kill  School 
Bunker,   Mark 
Burch,   Corinne 
Burch,    George 
Burch,   Hugh  m. 

Ada  Brown 
Burch,   James 
Burch,   Justin 
Burger,   Mrs.   Sidney 
Burk,   John  &  Sarah 
3urk,  Margaret  m, 

John  E.  Adamson 
Burkett,   Mrs.   H.  A. 
Burloyson 
Burleyson,  Aaron 
Burleyson,   Dave 
Burleyson,    T.    J, 
Burlyson,    T.   W. 


it  105 

2il07 

It  316 
It  280 


It  324 


It  324 
li325 
1:325 
1  204 


It  165 


Burleyson,   Dr.    T.   W.   1»228,   Ii229 


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BurHs,  George  Ii260 

Burlison,  Hugh  2i3?0 

Bur li son,  Newt  2«3?0 
Burne,  Elsie  m. 

tt.lliam  A,  Boll  It  308 

Burnes,  David  L.  It  76 

Burnett,  Ins  1:281 

Burnett,  W.  L,  Jr.  It 262 

Burney,  D.  E.  It  275 
Burney,  Estella  F.  ra. 

Elmer  Dilley  2i221 

Burney,  M,  A.  1»2?5 

Burns,  David  P.  It  79 

Burns,  Mrs.  David  It40 

Burns,  Israel  U.  1:79 
Burns,  J.  N.  1|223,  2t46 

Burns,  Proctor  M.  It 79 
Burnsidc,  llollie  m. 

John  Martin  Miller  2 1 1-31 

Burris,  Jasper  It 75 
Burton,  Arthusa  Ann  m. 

Robert  Lee  Friar  It 328,  ?i33 
Burton,  Arthusie  ra. 

Monroe  Xysrs  It 330 


Burton,   Charles  G.       It  251, 

2t337 

Burton,   Christopher  V7, 

It  328 

Burton,   David 

lt^25 

Burton,   Delphi  a  Maud 

1«330 

Burton,   Ernie 

1O30 

Burton,   J.  Lr,                  Itl71, 

Itl70 

Burton,   J.  Milo 

1O30 

Burton,   James  Franklin 

1O27 

Burton,   Janos  P, 

1O30 

Burton,   James  Vfl.lliam 

It  3?-  8 

#  Burton,   John  D.  n. 

Icy  P.   Jrby 

1«329 

1027, 

1  :  328 

Burton,   John  'J. 

1O30 

Burton,    Joseph  3. 

1  1  323 

Burton,  Lemuel  L. 

It  323 

Burton,   Loucesy 

1O30 

Burton,   I'ilo  11. 

MarySusr.n  Hood           It  325 

,   2:33 

Burton,    Otto   Bland 

1(327 

Burton,    Fairlee 

1O30 

Burton,    R.   ". 

It276 

i4  Burton,   RoVo^t  .7.   m. 

Etta  K.    "Jithrcw 

It  32  5 

lt32P 

Burton,   Robert  "./. 

1:330 

Burton,   Samuol  II. 

1  1  32f 

Bur  ten  ,    Cnr.ul  V/i  throw 

1  1  3^-7 

V  Burtcr,    Ihcr.ac  :/. 

It326 

Burton,    Tho.r.ar   ',•}, 

It  330 

.Burton,    ."i.lk';r 

2O3 

Burton,    "..p.llard  Thomas 

It327 

Busor,    Frjnorick 

1:1-4 

Buser,    LT.    John 

1«224 

Bush,  John  It 277 

Business  Man's  Produce  Co.  It 324 
Buster  &  Bryant  lillO 

Buster,  Col.         1:97,  lilOl 
Butcher,  Howard  It 279 

Butcher,  W.  A.  It 279 

Butler,  Angeline  m. 

Grigsby  Rector      2:9i 
B,utler,  James  Jr. 
Butler,  Rhoda  m. 

Samuel  Jones 
Buttflrfield,   S.   S. 
Buttoriiold,   Stephen  L. 
Buttorworth,   R.  L.       It 170, 


Butterworth.    Robert  L. 
Bylas,    Jrjnes 
But :..':  s j7; .   V«)  rdi  e  m , 
'.•/!.  Hi  aid  H,   Grisham 


Cald'/rel 


J.  P. 

Cagla  &  Son 
Caldv.-ell,  H.  G. 
Caldwel' ,  Hsisey  & 
Caldwell,  Trma  m, 

Ctho  H.  Keran 
Caldwell,  Jeff 
Caldwell,  Mamie  m. 

Robert  H.  Gregory 
Mary  m. 

(1)  'Thomas  Davis 

(2)  Frank  Iioore 
Caldwell,    Col.   Sam 
Calsb  Jonas  &  Co. 
Cftlfeo,    J.    E. 

Calf se,    T.   F. 

Calmer,  Tnoodore 

Gallon,  Rev. 

Camp  Ground,   So.   Greenfield 

Camp  Me  stings 

Campbell..   :.rs.   Harve 


Car.pbcl.,    Rev,   J,    P. 
C.v.pVJX,   M.  H. 

Ca-nr . jul'.l  ,   Jxadison 
CuTpt  O-.L_  ,   l'nry  jinn  m. 

•' Air.  (. ,   She  use 
Car.ipboil,   Mrs. 


1«170, 
Itl8l, 


It  261 

2 1 107 
It  249 

103 
It  171 
It  174 

1*55 
Ii22"6 

2t6l 


It  241 
It  216 
It  224 
Ii223 

2ill3 
1:104 

2:65 


It  298 

1013 

It  211 
It  172 
It  182 
It  277 
11231 
1(120 


1.34, 


'•+  Hi  -m 
Can;  1^";  ,    ;.«lliam  C. 
Campc  ^1] ' s  Mill 
Canr.iry,    Blanch  m. 

Cantrell,    jtll  m. 
William  Cirlock 


It  182 
1(291 
Itl96 
Ii209 
1(124 
It  214 
li2U 

2t312 
1(192 
Itl67 
1(257 
It  68 

2d6 
1O38 


INDEX:  DADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Page  12 


Cantrell,  Clove  ra. 

Cordelia  KcGee 
Cantrell,  Clint 
Cantrell ,  Conrad 
Cnntrell,  Slcanah  m. 

Prudilla  Speight 
Cantrell,  HLonzo 
Can troll,  Frank 
Cantrell ,  Hirara 
Cantrell ,  Homer 
Cantrell ,  Homor 
Cantrell,  James  T.  m, 

Mary  York 
Cantroll.  Jcptha 
Cantroll,  J.  T. 
Cantroll,  John 
Cantrell,  Mate  m. 

Fred  "..'hcnlcr 
Cantrell,  L.  E. 
Cantroll,  Lewis  '•L,  Dr,  m, 

Bessie  Carlock 
Cantrell,  Lissie  ra. 

John  Calvin  Hall 
Cantrell,  llors.  m. 

Dr.  Thco  J,  Drisdel 
Cantrell,  Orphclia  G,  ra, 

David  F.  Zdmonson 
Cantrell,  Reuben     1»51. 
Thomas  C, 
Vferron 


1«332 


2:18 
Ii337 
1«338 

Ii90 
1»2?6 
1«338 


1:90 
1:253 

1:237 

1»338 
1:23?. 

1:337 


1«33« 

2:18 
2:155 


Cantrell , 

Cantrell , 

Cantroll,  William 

Cardwoll,  F,  A.      1:90, 

Carendor ,  Alf red 

Carendor,  Alfred  Stephen  ra. 

Charlotte  L,  Tipton 

Carendor,  Cecil  Lawrence 

Carendor,  Chricta  Marie 


Carendor, 

Carendcr, 
Carondcr, 


Dane  Edward 


It  26 

1:1^9 
1:16? 

1:331 
1:333 
1:333 
1:333 
2:158 


H.       1:3, 
1:232,  1:269, 

Carender,  E.  H.  I'rof      f 
Caronder,  Prof.  E.  H. 
Carendor,  Eliza  E,  m, 

William  C.  Green 
Carendor,  'Jcorgc  i-foshington 
Carondcr,  Golden  Marcolla 
Carendor,  Henry  Edward  m. 

Lotitia  Strader 
Carendcr,  James  A, 
Carendcr,  Lctitia 
Carender,  "nriarct  L.  m. 

T.  X.  ,£11  lams 
Caronder,  il-irv  a.  m, 

T.  B.  Hembree 
Carendor,  Russell  Lowell 


1«231 
1:2^ 
1:135 

1:333 
1:331 
1:333 

1*331 
1:333 


1:332 


2:185 
1:103 


Carlock, 

Carlccl:. 


1:338 


Carender,  William  Andrew 
Carey,  Nancy  m. 

Dewitt  Mitchell 
Carlock 

Carlock,  Adelia 
Carlock,  Amelia  Jane  Clementine 

m.  Jerome  Marry 
Carlock,  Amy 
Carlock,  Arminta  m, 

William  Cowan  (Corran) 

1:3^0, 
Carlock,  Asconith  m. 

Calvin  Who el or 
Carlock,  Ashcl  (Asahel) 

Ii340, 
Ashel 
A3hel  m. 

i-I^ry  L.  Louglas 
Car?-ock,  Bessie  m. 

Dr.  Lewis  E.  Cantrell 
Carlock,  Catherine  "Kate"  m. 

James  Dicus      1:3^0, 
Carlock  Cemotery,  Polk  Twp. 
Carlock,  Charles 
Carlock,  Chester 
Carlock,  Clarence 
Carlock,  CLnudie  m. 

Vails 

Carlock,  David  E. 
Carlock,  David  M. 
Carlock,  Ella  m. 

John  Rountree 
Carlock,    EJbner 
Carlock,   Elmer  D. 
Carlock,    Ethel  Gertrude  m. 

Silas  Grisham 
Carlock,     aiing  m. 

ELiza  Ann  Wilson 
Carlock,   Fay  m. 

Jasse  Sdmonson 
Carlock,   Felix  Leo  m. 

Annie  Duncan 
Carlock,   Floyd 
Carlock,    Frank  m. 

Susie  L.   Hembree 
Cr.rlock,   H.   A. 
Carlock,   Dr.  Harry  m, 

Fannie  Fern  Sullivan 


1>336 
1«336 


1«338 


Carlock,  Henry 

Carlock,  infant 

Carlock,  Isaac 

Carlock,  Isaac  &  wife 

Carlock,  J.  F. 

Carlock,  J.  Frank 


1  336 
2:364 
2:18 

1O36 
1:336 

2:79 
1:232 

1:342 
1:341 
1:344 


1:3^3 


1:233,  1:344 


INDEX i     DADS  COUIJTY  HISTORY 


Page  13 


Oarlock,  J,  M,      1:103, 
Itl70,  1:172, 
Carlock,  James  Madison 
Carlock,  Jamos  Madison  m. 
Ej-iza  Ann  Vaughn 

Carlock,  James  Monroe  m. 

Mary  Elizabeth  Tarrant 

1:342, 

Carlock,   John  Lewis 
Cnrlock,  Justin 
Carlock,   Konncth 
Carlock,  L.  L,  1«33 

Carlock,  L.  L. 
Carlook,  L.  L.   H, 
Carlock,  Laccr.  C.   m, 

Maggie  Courtney 
Carlock,  LcrauoL 
Carlock,  Lomuol    n. 

(1)  Mary  Clopton 

(2)  Angelino  Davidson 

Carlock,  Luctta 
Carlock,  Lula  (Lulu)  m. 

t&lliam  McQuory   1:340, 
Carlock,  Mabel 
Carlock,  Mamie  A.  m. 

J.  Arthur  McConnell 

Carlock,  Mary 
Carlock,  Mary  m, 

George  tfard 
Carlock,  Mary  Florence  m. 

(1)  Smith  Thompson 

(2)  W.  G.  Polts 
Carlock,  Nancy  (Binay)  m. 

John  Kin?        It  340, 

Carlock,  Frico  Clinton 

Carlock,  Fr?.cic 

Carlock,  Rcba 

Carlock,  Rcy 

Carlock,  S.'illio  m, 

rf.  0 


Carlock,  oar-iol  L. 

Carlock,  2arah  Rebecca  Eglontino 

m.  Kcnrv  Mitcholl 
Carlock  School 
Carlock,  Virgil  m.  C.  Divin 
Carlock,  Dr.  J.  I.    1:23, 


Carlock,  '.).  R. 
Carlock,  :.*lliar. 
Carlock,  !,pllla:T.  n. 

Bell  Car;  troll 
Carlock,  Dr.  ,E.lliam  Isaac  m. 

Fannie  Tarrant 


It  106 

Carlocks 

1:236 

1:174 

Carlyle,  John  H, 

1:166 

2:141 

Carmack,  Gains  m, 

Aliiiira  Hayward 

2:75 

1:334 

Carrnck,  Hardin 

1:47 

2  .  342 

Carmack,  J.  D. 

1:49 

*  Carmack,  J,  W.           f  It  64 

1*340 

Carmack,  J.  W.        1:50 

,  1:51 

1?344 

1«75,  1:90, 

1:235 

1:334 

Carmack,  James  G. 

1:345 

1:338 

Carmack,  John 

1:46 

1:336 

Carmack,  John  m, 

,  1:51 

Elizabeth  Chapin 

1:345 

2  '-''56 

Carmack,  Joseph 

1O 

1:33^ 

-,£  Carmack,  Col.  Joseph  W, 

1:345 

Carmack,  Sarah  m. 

1:336 

Br.  M,  H.  Hampton  It235i 

1:345 

1:249 

Carmacks 

1:236 

Carmen,  Joshua 

1«33 

Carmon,  George 

1:63 

1:340 

Carr  &  Son 

1:214 

1:343 

Carr  ,  Abe 

1:113 

1)336 

Carr  ,  Abraham  m  . 

Amanda  Stanley    1:338, 

2:129 

1:344 

Carr,  Ann  Eliza 

1O39 

1:336 

Carr,  Bon          It  178, 

1:339 

Carr,  Benjamin 

1:339 

2tl4l 

Carr,  David 

1:339 

1:336 

Carr,  S.  M. 

1:224 

1«336 

Carr,  Eldrich 

1:339 

Carr  ,  Ella 

1:339 

It34o 

Carr,  G.  L, 

1:55 

Carr,  George 

It  339 

Carr,  Hade 

1:179 

It  336 

Carr  ,  Mrs  .  Hade 

1:206 

Carr,  J.  G, 

1:216 

1:344 

Carr,  Mrs.  J.  G. 

1:96 

It  336 

It  193, 

1:201 

1:279 

f  Carr,  James  G,  m. 

1:332 

Lydia  Mary  Higgins 

1:338 

1:338 

2:83, 

2:129 

Carr,  J<5hn 

1:104 

1:340 

Carr,  John 

It  339 

2:366 

Carr,  Lillian 

1:339 

Ii33 

Carr,  Lillie  m. 

itino 

Dr.  B.  B.  Kirby 

3:129 

1:334 

Carr,  Kay  Blanche 

1:339 

1:280 

Carr's,  Mr.  meat  market 

1:109 

'1:341 

Carr,  Mrs.          It  195, 

1:200 

1:229 

Carr,  Rev. 

1:125 

1:344 

Carr,  Ruth    1:339,  It  209 

1:180 

1:252 

Carr,  Samuel 

1:32 

Ii276 

Carr.  T  os  bio 

1:180 

Carr  Krs,  Tessie    1:206, 

1:208 

It  336 

Carroll,  Troorge 

1:166 

i. 

Carr  -.11,  Minnie 

1:276 

1:343 

Car  i  oil,  y.  A. 

1:168 

INDEX  I     DADa  COUNTY  HISTORY 

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Carson,  David 

Iil6? 

Cearnal,    C.   R.   m. 

Carson,  J.  !•'. 

1:182 

Cordelia  Morris 

2i326 

Carson,   Thomas  J.         1:249, 

1.256 

Cecil,   Louisa  m. 

Cnrtoll,                      ir.. 

William  M.   Poe 

2:233 

Alva  Garver 

2:41 

GeJrrnllc  School 

1«279 

Ofl.i*"C©r  f   l^icL  r£*  nr""1  "L  n  i 

Cor^rU   School 

Ii279 

Edward  H.    Travis 

2:200 

Cha]k  Level  School       Ii278, 

It  280 

Carter,  l-.'r. 

2  1  92 

Cr.-inbus  ,    Jim 

Iil03 

Carter,   rcrvc  m. 

Ch-ir.plin,  Mrs.  '.-fi.11 

It  111 

America  bell 

1O07 

Char.pions  Kill,   Battle 

1:75 

Carter,  Phil  n. 

Chaney  ,                       m  . 

Tennessee  Bell 

1«3C7 

Saline  Frieze 

2:34 

Carter  ,    Reuben                    1  i  32 

,  103 

Chapin,    Paul                      It  49, 

It  3^5 

Carter,   T.   J. 

1:252 

Chapin,    Elizabeth  m. 

Cartright,                      IT.. 

John  Carmack 

It345 

Elisabeth  Mitchell 

1:85 

Chappol 

1:287 

Cartrifjht,    oari.i  J.  m. 

Cbcir'-jol.    K,    T. 

2:250 

Lar.irico 

1:85 

Chjnrcll,    G,    V, 

1,277 

Cartwright,    Jots?  n. 

C'.  r  :r  ol  ,    Ross 

It  103 

Lydia  Sweeney 

2:273 

C:.-:p3l,    Rufe 

1:103 

Cartwright,    Josse              1:3? 

,    it  >4- 

C'.-..'.  ...<is,    Russell 

1:281 

1:16? 

d.-ithar.  .   /inna  m. 

Cartwright,  Minnie  n. 

^''ulvin  KirkpatiCak 

1:348 

Louis  A«   HcTifro 

2:273 

#  Chat,har.  ,    Frank  m. 

Casey,    31acl:fcrd  r;. 

fcr^  A.   Kirby 

1:348 

Susanr.?.  Johnson 

2  ;  388 

Ch-.thar-;    Frank  E. 

1:250 

Casey,    Corn  rr.  , 

*  Ch-".'t.hi*n,   Frank,   family, 

David  G.   Roberts 

2:383 

i'Ooidenco                                 f 

2:296 

Casey,   Enoch 

1:90 

Chatham,   James  Leslie  m. 

Casey,    Janes 

1:90 

Ks.b?l  '.-.^.llet 

Ii349 

Cass,  Lc^ds 

1:61 

Cha";:-i:v:,    Robert 

1:348 

Cassada,  Als-x  m, 

Chi'^r'"'.  ,    Thomas  D,  m, 

Arena  Edwards 

2:331 

I-!ary  Wakefield 

1:348 

Cassada,   Alice 

1:280 

Chatha."-,    Thomas  Ray 

1:349 

Cassada,    Zona  n. 

Gh.:-ek.    R. 

1,51 

John  Strr.n^o 

2:330 

Cheek,    Rev. 

3    J  ?Lf 

Cassell,    C.   U.                 1:182, 

1:242 

Che?k,    >.T. 

1:51 

Gates,   Adolj.hus 

2.109 

Cher.a-.at,   John  R. 

1:250 

Gates,   .^i^a  n. 

Ch-.'ry  Crrove  School 

1:278 

David  Kiggins           1:289, 

2,    3j 

Chicariauga,    Battle 

Ii303 

Gates  family 

1:36 

Chlr.no;.-.-.-crth,   Dr, 

1:68 

Gates,   Hrry  r.  , 

Church",   H,   J. 

1:180 

J,    T.   Foindcxtor 

2:240 

Ch-or-ch,    R.   A.                  It  181, 

1:182 

Gates,   Mcwoll                 It  108, 

It  11C 

Church,   first 

1:70 

1:249, 

1  =  289 

*   Churches,    Greenfield               f 

It  120 

Gates,   To  wo  11  •-':  I'ary 

2:1?Q 

Church  ?s: 

Cates,    lCcw:,l  m  . 

:;i  '/"irt,   Lockwood 

1:142 

Mary  Sr.r.r'on                    2:  :/. 

,    2;  84 

C'-;.''  it-'.  an 

Iil33 

Gates,   Pclk 

1-303 

Cliri^tian 

Catss,    ?tc- 

1.271: 

Jr-senfield, 

li!33 

C?r.-,osv   R%:3oc: 

..  -  ;3 

.'.r.tioch 

1:136 

Gates,   Hv.tu,-:  _,               1.110. 

L/ci.  uO  S  .       w  •  r.  .'    _'-.„'  1     __i  «      "*.  t 

1  ,e.L.L 

D  :  i-;  aville 

It  135 

>7j.lli-   I  ,   :-"il\3r 

P  >  "*  7  O 

^     a.       ' 

.  .icola                    It  243, 

Iil39 

Gates.    .~:i 

--  ;  J.G'. 

M-:e  Cak 

Itl4o 

Gator..    l.!Llli?.-r 

2,122 

;•;<_, 

It  141 

Cr.vo   5-hco".                       1:2SC; 

~-  .  '  ?L 

:.,-.>-.  -ion                1:148, 

1:231 

Cave  School 

I  i  2  30 

'.-hu_""A  of  Christ,   Arcola 

1:150 

Give  Sp^dr-.j  School 

Is  277 

Ca-iboriand  Presbyterian 

Cav-j  Springs 

It  135 

1:20,  1:120, 

Iil23 

DADS  COUNTY  HISTORY 

Churches,  (Continued) 

Cumberland  Presbyterian 

Everton  1:231 

Greenfield  1:11*7 

Ebonezer  Presbyterian         It  129 
Evangelical  Lutheran  1:154 

Gorman  II,   E,  1:154 

Lutheran,  Hinert  1:154 

Methodist,   Arcola  1:146,  Ii243 
Methodist,  Lockwood  1:145 

Methodist  Episcopal 

Greenfield 
Missionary  Baptist 

Ever  ton 

Presbyterian,  Everton 
Prosbytorian  U.  S.  A. 

Svertcn 

Prosbytorian,  Lockvood 
Routh  Chapel  M.   E. 
Churchill,  _  Ii37 


_ 

Circuit  Court 
Circuit  Court  Clerks 
Circuit  Court  Judges 
Citizens  Bank  of  Evorton 


It  231 
1:144 

1:231 
1:143 
2il93 
,  1,38 
1:258 
1:251 
1:251 

1:301* 
2:93 

2:169 
1:  51 
1:90 

2-169 
2:155 


Citizens  Bank,  Walnut  Grovo 
Clabough,  Eva  A.  m, 

Ernest  L.  Maxwell 
Clabough,  J.  H. 
Clabough,  J.imos  M. 
Calbough,  Jamos  M.  m. 

Barbara  Grisham 
Clardy,  pete  m. 

Alien  McGoe 
Clark,  Caroline  m. 

(1)  Slija  I-M  to 

(2)  Anderson  Fox  2:362 
Clark,    Clco                                  2:l3/i- 
Clark,   D.    C,     1:183,   1:223,   1:224 
Clark,   2,  A.  1:78 
Clark,   3d                                       1:22? 
Clark,   3dgar                                  1:252 
Clark,   Edgar  m, 

Ann  Eliza  Morris  2:309 

Clark,   Elmer  m. 

Gracio  M,   Crtloff  2:21'* 

Clark,   Eloisc  2:184 

Clnrk,   Fordnand  2:21'* 

Clark,   Francis  1:57 

Clark,   Gilbert  2:18/1- 

Clark,   Henry  m. 

Honriotta  !Iiller  2:184 

Clark,    ;-:u.^h3s  &  1:22'} 

Clnrk,    J.    3.  ]  s  51 

Clark,    J.    R.  1:181 

Clirk,    Ja^os  1:233 

m. 

1:363 


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Clark,   Jennie  m. 

Frederick  L.  Shafer  2:309 

Clark,   John  B.  Ii76,  1:113 

Clark,   John  B.  m. 

Eva  Shousc  2:314 

Clark,  Lula  C.  m. 

Berry     G.   Thurman         2:336-37 
Clark,  Mary  m. 

Peter  Ooley  2:J50 

Clark,  Mary  Elizabeth  m. 


Edgar  P.  Mann 

2:161 

Clark,  Mr. 

1:184 

Clark,  R.  A. 

1:249,  1:256 

Clark,  Robert  A. 

1.235 

Clark,  S.  S. 

1:164 

Clark,  Capt.  S.  S. 

&  Margaret  A. 

2,161,  2,337 

Clark,  Samuel  D. 
Clark,   T.   B.  Iil65 

Clark,   W.   B.  1:105 

Clarkson,   D.  S.  1:249 

Clarkson,   Davy  1:101 

Clarkson,   Capt.  J,  J.  1:74 

Clarkson,   Col.  Jamos  1:98,  1:101 
Clarkson,   James  S.  1:293 

Claycomb,   Sen.  2:337 

Clayton,   Albert  m, 

Alice  Watson  2:357 

Clayton,   Jamos  1:168,   1:276 

Clements,    Emery  m, 

Mabel  L.   Cunningham 

2:19,  1:361 

Clements,   Emery  Richard  Jr.   2:19 
Clements,  Mary  m. 

John  Koran  2*111 

Clements,   R.   T.  1:224 

demons,   George  m. 

Mary  Sdge  2,15 

Clinton,   General  James  2:5 

Clipinger,   John  1:168 

Clopton,    B.   F.  1:90 

Clopton,   Carter  m. 

Myrtle  C.   White  2:362 

Clopton,  Guy  1:3* 

Clopton,   J.C.  m. 

Dolly  Pickett 
dopton,  John  R. 
Clopton,  Mary  m. 

Lemuel   Carlock 
dopton,   Richard  Greon 
dopton,    Robert  Theopolis 
Clopton,   Serine  E.  m. 

Ruben  Moore 
(louts 

C1  ov\.r  Leaf  dub 
d'lr/-,    '.;,    F. 

Coil  1:65, 

Coble,    C.    C, 


2:231 
1«253 

1:340 

2:194 
2:362 

2:194 
1:287 
1:189 
1:167 
1:262 
1:64 


INDEX:  DADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Page  16 


Coble,  David 

Coble,  D.  D.   3 :106,  1:372, 

Cobell,  Hie 

Cobbs,  Roy  E.  m. 

Jessie  R.  Newnan 
Coble ,  Lillian 
Cochran,  Blanche  C.  m. 

Lester  Godfrey 
Cochran,  Charles  H. 
Cochran,  Hugh  F. 
Cochran,  Robert  A. 
Cochran,  Ruth  A.  m. 

Fred  Eisert 
Cochran,  V7,  3, 
Cochran ,  17.  B . 
Cochran,  '•/.  2.  m. 


Ii90 


(2)     Qrr:a  Harper 
Cochran,    '7.   5.   Jr. 
Cochran,   ZLdor  W.   3, 
1:133, 

Cochran,  M,  B,  Rev. 
Cockerel,  Gen. 
Cockrell  _ 
Coffee,  Col. 
Coffey,  Col.  ra, 

_  Vtoir 
Coffee  farm 
Coffee,  Col,  John 
Coffoo,  John  T. 


1?105 

2:203 
1:90 

2:272 
2:272 
2:272 
2:272 

2:272 
1:136 

1:150 


2:272 
2:272 


,   1:139 

1:139 

1«99 

1:95 


Coin  ,  Slaia 
Coin,   Robert  m, 

Sarah  F.   ".Jalker 
Coiner,  _  m. 

Jessie  Sullivan 
Coiner,   Bornicc 
Coiner,   Bornice  M, 
Coiner,   BGrnicc  & 

Luminary  Office 
Coiner,   Dennis 
Coiner,   George  17.  m, 

Jessie  Sullivan 
Coiner,   Goldie  m. 

Halcoy  Jenrell 
Coiner,  Mary  r.i. 

Hr-hlon  Ell  or 
Coiner,    Ray 
Coiner,   Stella  m, 

Harry  3.  Deo 
Cokcr,   Ed 
Colo,    Jr.mos 
Cole,    -.7.    C, 
Colo,    V&ll 
Cole-man,   Louis  S,   m. 

^'ar"*r  "r  to  ^ii^lG*^ 
Colomar.  ,   Louis  Ghai; 


1:108, 


Ii5l, 

1:98,   1:212 
2:356 

2 1 356 


1:101 
1:113 


lO'O 

if  350 

f  2s  64 
1:351 


1O51 

1:351 
1:351 


Coleman,  Miller  Louis 
Collier,   A.   A. 
Collier,    E.   0. 
Collins,   Bon 
Collins,    C.   P. 
Collins,    C.   P.   m. 

Minnio  L.   Stewart 
Collins,    Charles 
Collins,    S.   L, 
Collins,   S.   P. 


2:177 
1:273 
1:278 
1:105 
1:301 

1:347 

1:348 

1:249,  1.253 

1:180,   1:181 


2:17? 


Collins,   Janos  Francis  1:348 

Collins,  Laura  1:343 

Collins,  Lydia  1:348 

Collins,    Rov.  1:142 

Collins,   Ruth  1:348 
Collins,   tfilliam  m. 

Jar.o  '.tost  1:347 

Col;joll,    Jeff  1:105 

Combs,  Hrs,   F.   D.  1:196 

Combr,,    1,   D.  1:169 
Conmcrcial  Club              It 213,   1«215 

Comptcn,   F.  M.  1:51 
Conptcn,   '.Tilliam  m, 

Hattio  Gcthard  2:56 

Cometock,  Miss  m 

JosKba  Plshop  1:316 

Comstcck,   Zebulon  1:316 

Confederacy  1:74 

Conn,   Edna  Ray  1:279 

Conn,   F.  F.  1:279 

Conn,   R.   R.  1|279 

Conovay,   J.  M.  1:180 
Consolidated  School 

District  £1  1:274 

District  „'£  1:274 

District  ->3  1:274 

Cock  1:103 
Cook,   L'icinda  m, 

David  Franklin  Vaughn 

1:335,   2:341 
Cook.   Nancy  E.  m. 

Rnloirh  J.   Shipley         2:311-12 
Cook,   Phaeroh  &  Mary 

McClure  2:311-12 

Cock,    R.   B.  1:54,   1:56 

Cook,   V&11  1:105 
Cooloy,   F3n  m. 

Susan  Garber  2:41 

Cooper,    J.   K,  1:172 
Coosc,   Margaret  m. 

Henry  A,   Kimbler  2:378 
Goose,   1,'icinda  m, 

Ad-u-  hail  2:66 

Copjlar.i  Jpjies  1:301 

C:       -„         T  C         1*1 

Op1-'  LcXfaJ      i-T  f      1.  •      O  •      IU» 

'LJJ.I  .\ic.ua  2:238 

2:254 


DADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 


page  17 


Coplin,  James  in. 

Elizabeth  Johnson 
Copriciges  Mill,  battle 
Cornell,  Ara  m, 
C.  DeVault 
James 


2 1 254 
li  75 

R.   C.   DeVault  2i92 

Cornell,   James  2i92 

Cornell,  Leo  2t91 

Cornell,  Lloyd  2t91 
Cornell,  V7.   F.  m. 

Anetta  Duncan  2t92 

Corprell,    Charles  It 180 
Corran,  William     see  Cowan 

Corry  1|238 

Cortner,  Rev.   J.   2.  Itl26 
Cotner,  Mollie  m, 

William  H.  Patterson  2s 220 
Cotnor,   Sarah  m. 

Edmond  Poor  2.234,   2t236 

Cotner,   '.fash  l»51i   2t220 

Cotter,  Arthur  m. 

Beatrice  J.  Mcyors  2tl73 

Cottor,   Batic  2tl73 

Cottor,   Clyde  Everett  1«353 

Cotter,  Elma  2il73 

Cotter,   Elmo  B.  1O53 

Cotter,   Goorgo  H.  1«353 
Cotter,  Harry  Arthur  m. 

Josio  B.  Myers  It 353 

Cottor,   Janes  It 353 

Cotter,   John  2tl73 

Cotter,   John  M.  1O53 
Hotter,    John  K.  m. 

Alice  Wilson  Ii352 
Cottor,   Thula  m, 

John  Baxter  1«353 
Cottor,   William  m. 

Nancy  Jane  White  1«353 

Cottor,   William  B,  1«353 

Cotton,   George  It 105 

Cculfiold,   William  It   23 

Country  Woman  It206 

County  Co-art  1|255 

County  Farm  It 248 
County  Off ice si 

Collector  1»251 

Treasurer  li?53 

Recorder  1|253 

Probate   Court  Judges  1:253 

S  urvoy  or  s  1 1 2  54 

County  Court  Justices 

and  Judges  It 249 

County  Court  Clerks  It 250 

Sheriff  It  251 

prcsocutin,-.'  Attorney  It 252 

Couplin,    Zlizatoth  2t    39 

CoupLin,   Dr.   L.   Z.  It219 
Ccuplin,   Dr.   L.   3.   r.. 

Lula  Fuqua  2i39 


2i39 
It  246 
It  164 

It  336 
Ii2?6 
li  65 
It  99 
1.120 
1«278 


Couplin,  Marguorito 
Courthouse          lillO, 
Courtney,  Goorge 
Courtney,  Maggie  m. 

Lacon  C.  Carlock 
Courtney,  Marshall 
Courtney,  Robert 
Courtney,  Tom 
Courtney,  Thomas 
Courtney,  T.  R,     Iil78, 
Cousor,  Eliza  ra. 

Jacob  Glass 
Covert,  Jay 
Covert,  John  m. 

Sylvia  Workman 
Covert,  Kenneth 
Cowan,  A. 
Coiran,  Alfred 
Cowan,  "Aunt  Hannah" 
Cowan,  Dorothy  A.  ra. 

William  R.  Dye 
Cowan,  Harry  m, 

Malissa  Morris 
Cowan,  Kate  m. 

Goorge  Ragsdale 
Cowan,  Lt. 
Cowan,  Louvenia  m. 

Nathaniel  T.   Thomas 
Cowan,  Ma^gio  m. 

Newton  E.  Holman 
Cowan,  Maggie  m. 

Frod  King 
Cowan,  Margarot  m, 

Samuol  Hheoler 
Cowan,  Paul 

Cowan,  Robert       1|249, 
Cowan,  Lt.  Robert 
Cowan,  Robert  &  Margaret 
Cowin,  Sarah  A.  m. 

(1)  -------  Lightner 

(2)  William  James  Lyon 
Cowan,   William  m. 

Arminta  Carlock       It  3^0,   It  341 
Cowen,   ',  ft  Hi  am  m, 

Martha  Virginia  Shouse       2t3l4 
Cowans  It  236 

Ccwden,    Guy  A.  Ii275 

Cowherd,   George  m, 

Galo  L.   Bonder  2tl23 

Ccwskin  prairie,   battle  It  99 

Cox,   Alb'«rt  and  descendants: 

f  It  360 

Ccx,    Charles  li!38,   Itl39 

Cox,    Rov.    Charles  It  51 

Cox,    Charles  it. 

Margarot  Garvor  2|42 

Cox,    Charles  M.   m. 

Emma  B.    Toogardon  It  354 


2t380 

2«380 
2t380 
1«33 
It  129 
It  130 

2  ill 
2«326 

2«26l 
It  94 

2t391 

2t92 

2tll9 

It  72 

It  280 

It  256 

It  77 

2  til 


INDSXt     DADE  COU^TI  HISTORY 

*  Cox,   Charles  I!,   <!•  wife         f  11368 
Cox,   Clarsnco  A.  1:357 
Cox,   Edith  A.  n, 

John  A,  Eabb  It 356 
Cox,  Elizabeth  m. 

Solomon  Farmer  2t22 
Cox,  Sbnira  m. 

Engli  sh  1 1 354 

Cox,  Esther  It 357 
Cox,  Fannin  A.  m, 

David  Nutt  It 357 

Cox,  Grace  It 355 

Cox,  Granville  G.  1:354 
Cox,  Harriot  Adaline  m. 

John  A,  Adams  It 355 

Cox,  Hattio  A.  It 357 

Cox,  Honor  Ii35# 
Cox,  Howard  V.  n. 

(1)  Etta  Deijc-ese 

(2)  Susan  Portor  It 357 
Cox,    Jacob                             If 32,   Ii38 

Iil20,   1:218 
Cox,   Jacob  m. 

Louici  Johnson         It  354,  1?357 

*  Cox,   Jacob  &  iri.fo                   f  2:368 
Cox,   Johnithin  It 105 
Cox,  Laura  L.  m, 

Joseph  A,  Robertson  2:287 

Cox,  Leah  i:,  It 354 

Cox,  Marion  Iil05 
Cox,  Mri.ry  ra. 

James  TI.  Ilorgan  It  354 

Cox,  May  Elisabeth  It355 
Cox,  Myrtle  B.  m. 

Manuel  Mitchell  It 358 
Cox,  Nancy  m. 

William  Moore  It  354 

Cox,  Noel  Ernest  Gofaram  It 356 
Cox,  S.  tf,  n. 

Fannio  Mitchell  2 196 
Cox,  S,  '.-J.  m. 

Harriot  Rngsdalo  2j260 

Cox,  Sar.  1:120 

Cox,  Srjji  U.          It 38,  Itl23 

Cox,  Samuel  Jacob  It 356 

#  Cox,  Samuel  Uilliara  m, 

(1)  Harriet  A.  Ragsdalo 

(2)  Fnnnio  L.  Mitchell     It 354 
Cox,  Sarah  A.   m. 

Charles  B.  Myers  Ii354,  2|173 

Cox,  T.  A.  Ii275 
Cox,  Thomas  Albert  m. 

Lizzio  Bird  It 355 

Cox,  Thomas  ;j.bert  It 355 

Cox,  :/altor  Jacob  It 355 

Cox,  i-filliara  Walter  Is 355 

Coyno,  Patrick  1:168 

Coyne,  R.  H,  It279 


Crabtrao  ,  Rov  , 
Craft,  7rank 
C:-a?7i.  II- 

Crf.ip;,    ZLizcboth  m. 


Page  18 
It  142 


Craif  'Icjiiss..'.  m.J.  Marcum 
O^::L-^1,  E,M.  n.  S.  Garvor 
Crandall,  Dr.vld 
Crc  ne  ,  jjny  n  . 

J,  Z.  'Jrisham 
Crai.e  'Jroak,  battle 
Crane,  ?yrus  m, 

LJttio  Ireland 
Crar;1'  J.  R.        Ill36, 
Crary.  Lr>  B.  F, 
Cravens,  Hattio  m. 

Herri  J:  L'.  Griffith 

2M1,  farm 
arLorn,  Toaac  m. 

Holissa  Ellen  Patterson 

Robert 
Creek,  «i. 
Crevs  4  Son 

Crews,  B,  B,  1(175,  Iil78, 
Crews,  Sitnorson  mt 

Vida  Brown 
Crews, 


2t226 
2:79 

2:4."L 


2t62 
It  99 

2t62 
Iil50 


Crisp,  Henry  m. 
Nancy  White 
Crisp,  John 
Crisp,  John 
Crusp,  John  m. 

(1)  Itolinda  English 

(2)  Millie  O'Connor 
Crisp,    John  T,  Ii45 
Crisp,  Matt 

Crisp  Prairie 

Crisp  F.-airia  Post  Office 

Crisp,    Ro:iicn  Ii44, 

Cri.s:J  School 

CrisiToil,   Harry  m. 

?,ora  ^.    Riley 
Crisuoll,   John  Philip 
Crockott,   I-Jilliam  H, 
Crcfford,   H.   W. 
Crcrier,   VJilliam 
Crooks  ton,   W,  M.  m, 

Laura  Taylor 
Cross,  R.  Ma  m. 

Mollie  Higgins 
Crow,  C.  S. 

Crew,  1-irs.  C.  S,     It202, 
Crow,  C.ilvin  S. 
Crow,  Lilian 
Crutcher,  Edgar 
Crutcher,  Ernest  Edward 
Crutcher,  Henry  Clarence 


2i59 
2tl9 

2t220 
Ii63 
Itl72 
It  215 
lil?9 

It  325 
Iil79 
Is259 

2i362 
liTl 


45 
Ii51 
1:151 
Ii29 
Ir234 
It257 
It  277 

2t280 
2:280 
Ii75 
It  233 
Ii2?8 

2i87 

2^86 
It224 
It203 
1:225 
It223 
1«359 

Ii60 
Ii359 


DADE  CCUIiTY  HISTORY 

Crutcher,  JZMOS  E.  n. 

Cora  Parks  Ii359 

Crutcher,  Lucian  M.  m. 

Gertrude  Webb          Ii359 
Crutchor,  Mary  Pearl       Ii360 
Crutchor,  Dr,  R.  M.  Iil39,  1:240 
*  Crutcher,  Dr.  R.  M,,  wife, 

and  residence         f  2:  168 

Crutchor,  R.  M.      1:150,  Itl51 

1:180-81-82,  It  241 

Crutcher,   Robert  Lee  1»359 

>  Crutchor,   Robert  Madison  m. 

Mary  Victoria  Rountree       Ii358 
Crutcher,    iftlliam  Henry  m. 

(1)    Charity  Evans  1:358 

Crunmell,   Rachel  m. 

Jacob  Eirsman  2tl7 

Culpopper,    Josephine  m, 

Aaron  D.  States  2i328 

Culver,   E,    C.  Iil68 

Cummings,  Martha  m, 

Charles  Bouen  2i372 

Cunninghan,   _  m. 

H.  A.   Peterson  It  362 

Cunningh,om_  _  m. 

Hugh  Hampton  1O62 

Cunningham,   Alex  1«362 

Cunninghan,   H.  A.  2:45,   It  222 

Cunrdngham,  Ilrs.   H.  A.  1:202 

Cunningham,   Hcnry  Albert  2il9 

i?  Cunningham,   Hcnry  Albert  m. 

Hattio  Matthews  Ii36l 

2:19 

*  Cunningham,   Henry  Albert       f  2t48 
Cunninghan,   Ida  m. 

_  Smith  It362 

Cunningham,   Iva  M.          2:19,   Ii36l 
Cunnin;?ham,    James  1»362 

Cunningham,   James  m. 

SLma  Ragsdalo 
Cunningham,   L.  A, 
Cunningham,  Laclcde  n. 

Imogeno  Brc\rr.  2il9, 

Cunningham,   Lafayette  Ii362 

Cunningham,   Lcvi  Ii362 

Cunninghan:,   Mabel  L.   m, 

2hory  Clononts  2il9,   Ii36l 

Cunninghan,   Sally  m, 

James  A.    1'ravis  lil^7 

Cunningham,    ialliar.       Ii37,   Ii36l 

1O62,   2i2v8 

Cunningham,   Mrs.  Wh.   li?02,    li?^|3 
Curry,    Hi  liii-O 

Curtis,   llrs.    Po.osie  1«276 

Curtis,    0.    :/.  in  73 

C'ortis,    J.    T.   Rev. 
Curtis,   Leo 


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Dade ,   Col . 

Dade  Co,  Advocate 


2i26l 

1|233 


It235 

line,  11321 

It322,  Ii2l6 

Dade  Co.   Bank  Ii212,   Ii215 

*  Dade  Co.   Bank  f  1«296 
Dade  Co.   Bar  1:258 

*  Dade  Co.   Court  House  f  Ii72 
Dade  Co.   Fair  Assn.  Ii312 

*  Dade  Co.   Fair  views  f  2il52 

*  Dade  Co.   Farm  Views  f  1«312 
Dade  Co.  Mining  &  Smelting     Ii263 
Dadeville  1:234 
Dadeville  named  1»235 
Dadeville  School  It280 

*  Dadeville  Views  f  2tl84 
Dakin,   N.   A.  1:166 

£  Daigh,  Albert,  I/,  m. 

Stella  Sholton  1«362 

2:27 

Daigh,  Alva  2«375 
Daigh,  Amanda  m, 

Frank  Grewall  2:375 
Daigh,  Anna  m. 

James  C.  Clark  Ii363 

Daigh,  Charles  2i375 
Daigh,  Charles  C.  m. 

Elizabeth  Patten  It 362 
Ii363,  1.365 

Daigh,  Dick  ;,li64 

Daigh,  Emory  1«363 

Daigh,  Francis  Elmer  2:375 

Daigh,  G.  tt.  It  168 
Daigh,  George  m, 

Ella  Ruyle  2t375 
n'  Daigh,  George  W.  m. 

/jnanda  Willis  Ii365 

*  Daigh,   George  W.  &  wife       f  It 352 
Daigh,   Georgie  It 363 

*  Daigh,   James  L.  f  2-360 
Daigh,   James  L.  m, 

Dveline  Willis  2:374 

Daigh,  James  Lewis  It 363 
Daigh,  Jesse  m. 

(1)  Alta  Mitchell 

(2)  Laura  White  2:375 
Daigh,   John  Harvey  2i375 
Dai gh,   John  Lewis  Ii363 
Daigh,   Leslie  2:375 
Daigh,   Lizzie  R.  2t374 
Daigh,  Mary  m. 

Buster  Hastings  2:375 

Daigh,  Off nor  V.  2t27 

Daigh,  Richard  T.  2 1375 
Daigh,  Thomas  Jefferson  m. 

Mary  '.All is  2:27,  It 362 

Daigh,  Vivian  Offnor  1:364 

Daigh,  Willis  2:375 


INDEX:     DAD2  COUNTY  HISTORY 


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Dale,  Andrew  1:103 

Dale,  Benton  1:103 

Dale,  John  1:181 

Dale,  John  1.103 

Dais,  Levenia  Jane  m. 

Abraham  Edwards  2:331 
Dale,  Kary  m, 

John  M.  Rountree  2:282 
Dale,  Mr.  1:235 

Dale,  Thomas  1:51 

Dale,  Col.  Thos  1:46 

Dale,  Thomas  A.  1:33,  1:234 
Dale,  V7. A.  1:103,  1:170,  1:172 
Dalton,  J.  !I.  1:279 

Dal ton,  Lina  1.279 

Dano,  Delia  m. 

Arthur  C.  Griffith  2:59 
Dano,  Jerome  I«l6? 

Daniel,  R.  p.  1:275 

Daniels,  Janes  1»27? 

Daniels,  Lydia  m. 

Allen  Saylor  2: 167 

Daniels,  '.Jill  1:103 

Darby,  Miss  lt?-7c 

Darneel,  Isaac  1:34 

Darrell,  Green  1.80 

Darrell,  Mary  m. 

J.  Monroe  Young  2:390 
Darst,  Clyde  2:3 

Darst,  Lawrence  2:3 

Darst,  Lewell  2:3 

Darst,  Lloyd  m, 

Laura  Wheeler  2:3 

*  Darst,  R.  H.  &  -Afe       f  2:264 

*  Darst,  Rolvin  K.  m. 

(1)  Margaret  Hurst 

(2)  Kary  Olive  './heeler 
Darst,  '.S-lliam  D.  m, 

Louisa  Kolt 

*  Darst,  Lllliair.  D. 
Dart,  

Da ugh troy,  Albert  m, 

Susan  Rittabell  Morris 

Daughtrey,  C.  ;7.  m. 

Eulalia  May  Underwood 

Daughtrey,  Enitia  Mrs. 

Daughtrey,  Frederick 

Daughtrey,  Helen 

Daughtroy,  Hurh 

Daughtrey,  Rev.  J.  F. 


Daughtroy,  J.  K. 

Dau~htroy,  J.  K.   m. 

Mary  F,  Miller 

Daughtrey,  J.   3. 

Daughtrey,  Jackson 

Daughtrcy,  James 


2«174, 


2.3 

2:3 
2:264 

1O15 
2:326 

2:340 
1.204 
1.35 
2:340 
1:167 
1:122 
1:125 
1:103 

2s  178 

1:242 

1:104 

li9C 


Daughtrey,   Jesse 

1O5 

Daughtrey,   Jesse 

102 

Daughtrey  ,   John 

1.35 

Daughtrey,   John  F.  m. 

Hattie  McLemore 

2:149 

Daughtrey,   Mary 

2:340 

Daughtrey,    Robert 

1:103 

Daughtrey,   '„'.    T. 

1:172 

Daughtrey,   Willard 

1:219 

Daughtroy,    i/illiam 

1.103 

Davenport,    J,    T.  m. 

Jos  sio  Hay  Shaw 

2.305 

Davenport,    J.   W.            1.169, 

1:250 

Davenport,    James  W. 

1:81 

Daverport,    John 

1.120 

Davenport  School 

1:2?8 

Daver.-port,    Torry  W, 

1:  81 

Davenpor  i,    ,•/.    T. 

1.249 

Davidson:   Angeline  m. 

Lemuel  Carlock         1.340, 

1:344 

Davidson,   Elizabeth 

2:338 

Davidson,   G.   W.              1:172, 

1:173 

Davidson,    G-eorge              1.36, 

1:105 

Davidson,   George  W.  m. 

Missouri  Kenice 

1.364 

Davidson,    James                  1:36 

,  1:66 

Davidson,   James 

1:105 

Davidson,    Jarr.es  m, 

Zl.izabeth  Jane  Taylor 

2«320 

Davidson,    James  H,   m. 

Kary  J.   Shipley 

2:311 

Davidson,    Rev.    Joe 

1:121 

Davidson,   John 

1:69 

Davidson,   John               1:105, 

1:104 

Davidson,    Joseph 

1»66 

Davidson,    Josenh 

1  :  "  6  4 

Davidson,    Joseph  R. 

-  «33 

Davidson,   Lessie 

1.279 

Davidson,    Nancy  S. 

1:129 

Davidson,    Roy 

1.277 

Davidson     far.ily 

1.36 

Davidson,   William           1:36, 

1:234 

Davidson,   William  D.  m. 

Laura  Russell 

1:364 

Davidson,    William  Orvilla 

1.365 

Davis,                                1.136, 

1.289 

Davi  s  ,                        m  . 

George  Finley 

1:298 

Davis,   Albert  m. 

Kiss  Place 

2.5 

Davis,   Alexander  m. 

Mary  Sawyer 

2.5 

D-ivis,   Andrew  Jackson 

2.5 

Davis,    Port  m. 

Laura  Jane  Lindley 

2.136 

Davis,    F.    B. 

1:151 

Davis,   Flay  m. 

Clara  Bell  King 

2.118 

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Page  21 


Davis,   Geraldino 
Davis,   H,  H. 
Davis,  Mary  H. 
Davis,  Harry  H.  m, 
Hary  E,   Talbutt 

Mi;  it!1^" 

Dr. vis,   Jane  liliza  ra, 

J.  Sturgeon 
Davis,   John  m, 

Adalino  Huffman 
Davis,   John  A. 
Davis,   John  A. 
Dr. vis,   John  17. 
Davis,   John  T.7.  m. 

Armazinda  Lack 
Davis,  L.   V. 
Davis,  Lon 
Davis,  Lovi  H.  m.. 

Mr.ry  Satjyor 
Davis,  Lillic 
Davis,  Martha  a, 

James  Lee 
Davis,  Mrs.  Mary 
Davis,  Mary  Lou  m. 

Alfred  Wilson 


2:118 
1:175 
1:253 

2  1  233 


2:5 

2:171 

1:165 

1:251 

1:79 

2  »  231 
1«279 
1:105 

2:5 
Ii280 

2:133 
1:209 

2il52,   2:153 


DeArraond,   David  A. 


1:153,   1:171 
1:252,   2:336 


Davis,  Minnie  3,  m. 

Samuel  Hunt 

Willian  Rollrean 
Davis,   M,   R. 
Davis,    T.  A, 
Davis,   Mrs.   R.   H. 
Davis,   Richard  C.  m. 

Susan  Paxilin^ 
Davis,   Roy  m. 

Zola  P.  Dunaimy 
Davis,  S.  p, 
Davis,   Sarah  E.  m. 

(1}  J9te«&'tf°i*iMtt 

Da-ds,  Susan  ia« 

Charles  Fclston 
Davis,  7.  J.         1:221 

*  Davis,  W.  J. 

*  Davis,  ./.  J.  residence 
Davis,  ..Illiam  Henry 

t  Davis,  William  J.  m. 

(1)  Sarah  A,   Kellon;-r 

(2)  Eortha  C.   Hcisoy 
Davis,  V.alliam  P. 
Dawcs,  Mary  m, 

Dr.   Samuel  Bonder 
Dawson,  m. 

Jessie  pylo  2:255 

Dawson,   Uottr.c  m. 

Henry  Boll 
Day  Li*ht  Store 
Dead  Sim  School 


2:7 
1:135 
Ii252 
1:197 

2:4 

2:10 
1:276 

_  _„ 
2«231 

2:7 

,  1:290 
f  2  t80 
f  2«88 

2:7 


2:5 

2:81 

,   2:258 

1:307 
1:213 

1:181 


Deberry,  Knry  m. 

D.   R.  Miller  2:49 

Decker,  3.  W.  1:151 
Dea,  Harry  0.  m. 

Stella  Coiner  1:351 

Dee,  Robert  L.  1:351 
Deer en,  James  m, 

Hancy  Hinelino  2:224 

Decren,  Oner  2:224 
Doeren,  Sarah  m. 

John  Me  Patterson  2:224 

DeLay,  Adi son  C.  2:25 

Dolk,    3.   J.  1:275 

"Dolrconico"  1:58 
Dclmonico  Hotel  1:109,1:211,1:91 

Delosior,  F.  1:51 
Dolosicr,  Susan  m. 

Archie  Gothard  1:55 
Dolph,   Roxie  Lana  re. 

l-fllliaw  M.  Kyle  2:130 

Dcnby,  Rev.  '.in.  1:149 
Dennis,  Jennie  m, 

Robort  Brovn  2:146 

Dennis,  Mr.  1:204 

Depoo,  Clovis  1:163 
Dcpcc,  Clovis  m. 

Hary  Ann  McPcak  2:151 

Depco,  Lovis  &  vdfo  1:133 
Depoe,  Wollinpton  m. 

Margaret  Malinda  Fries e   2:34 

Dorby,  John  J.  1:166 

Derins,  James  3.  1:80 
DoVault,  R.  C.  m. 

Ara  Cornell 
DoVault,   Vinea 

DoT/berry,  Luther  1:276 

Dewoose-yEtta  m.  Howard  Cox     14357, 

ticwoy,   DT  Il54 

DelRtt.  *rs^  ±1206,   1:208 

Dick,   Catherine  ra. 

Asariah  A.  Koran  2:112 

Dick,  IMcholas  2:112 

Dick,  Richard  &  Lucy  2:112 

Dick,  Solomon  2:112 
Dickcrson,  Edith  m, 

J.  William  Hankins  2:68 

Dickinson,  A.  1:230 

Dicus,  Ed  1:120 

Di.cus,  Ella  m.  J.C.  Brovn  2:201 
Dicus,  James  r,i.  Catherine 

"Kato"  Carlock  1:3^,  1:344 

Dicus,  John  M.  1:33 
Dicus,  John  M.  m, 

Jane  Tucker  2t299 

Dicus,  Loann  1:147 

Dicus,  Manual  &  Alien  1:112 


IND.:Xi  DAD':  CCUr."n  FTSTCRY 


Pago  22 


Dicus,  .'Inline1  a  C.  n. 

Johr.  S»  Scro,.;~s 
Dicus,  Thor.,-.s  P.,  n. 

Xary  Tuc!:ar 
Dicus,  ,&lcon  _"am 
Diofnndorfcr,  C.  L. 
Dilday,  Clc-.a 
Eilc.iy,  .'IcbDcc.i  n, 

Goor~e  ":',  "ankins 
Dill,  Dozicr  C. 
Dill,  Ira  C. 
Dill,  John  H. 
Dilley,  Elmer  m. 

Estella  F.  Burney 
Dinwiddie,  Nathan 
Di  shman ,  A .  B . 
Divine,  A. 
Divine,  Alfred 
Divioae,  Clato  n. 

Virgil  Car lock 
Divine,  Ebenezor 
Divine,  J.  LI. 

Janes  J. 

Joe 

Mrs .  John 

0.  H. 


2:299 

2:343 
2:320 
1:279 
1:281 


Divine , 
Divine, 
Divine, 
Divine , 
Divine,  C. 
Divino,  R. 


C. 


Divine,  Roscoe 
Divine,  Vcrnie 
Divine,  W.  R. 
Divine ,  [J,  'J, 
Divines 
Dix,  P.  R. 
Dobbs ,  Jool 
Dobbs,  Miss 
Docker;/,  Gov. 
Dodd,  ULaa 
Dodd,  Gordon  m, 

Alice  Ecunonsor. 
Dodson,  Hollo  m. 

Marion  C.  Gothard 
Dodson,  Slish,-}.  &  Minnie 
Dodscn,  John  n, 

Martha  Grady 
Dodson,  Margaret  r. , 

Jamos  I'osley  Woody 
Dcxison,  I'.  G. 
Dodson,  ',£111 
Dodson,  '.-frills  G. 
Dollbier 
Doolin,  Clem  n, 

Mary  Soybort 
Doolin,  Pearl 
Dots on,  Deli ah  m. 

Charles  Fay  Boal 
Douglas,  Alox 


Douglas,  Jpjnes 
Douglas,  Martha  Jane  m( 

Thomas  3 to vail 
Douglas,  Mr,  &  Mrs, 
Douglas ,  Pete 
Douglas ,  Peter 
Douglas.  V,'  J.  m, 

Laura  McDaniel 
Douthart,  Jessie  m. 


1:48, 


1«33 

1:63 

1:62 

1:62 

1:259 

2,252 


1:24? 

Mor.tie  Ruth  Buffington 

1,306 

1:277 

Dow.iing,  L.   P. 

1:253 

1,47,   1:90 

Drcnnon,    Elder  H, 

1:141 

Dris<;oll,   F. 

1:278 

2:221 

Drisdel,   Dwight 

1«338 

1:90,   1:93 

Drisdol,  d)r,    Thee  J,  m. 

1(275 

Mora  Qvntroll 

1(338 

1:51 

Drisdcll,  Mary  m. 

1:46 

S  ir~v  ^1  ^'JhsGlor* 

1:72 

Drolcsb,-.up;h,   D.  &  S. 

1,224 

1*341 

Drum,    1C-    E, 

1:164 

1:90 

Drumra  .    '.  fe  .   E  . 

1:185 

1:252 

Drummond  ,   Eva 

1:72 

1:90 

Drysdala,    Tom  n, 

1  1  341 

Ellen  Garver 

2i4l 

1:276 

Duckott,   Dr.   T.  H. 

2,87 

1:251,   1:279 

Duckett  Sisters 

1:224 

1:276 

Duckwall,   J:   F.             1:252, 

2:337 

1,164,  1:176 

Duden.    J.    F.   m, 

1:178,   1:214 

Susie  Young 

2:388 

1(279 

Duffy,    Carl 

2,72 

1:276 

Duffy,   D.   P.   m, 

1:279 

Anna  i/eir 

2:358 

1:51 

Duffy,   Earl 

2,   72 

1:236 

Duffy,   Hugh  m. 

1:180,  1,181 

Carrie  Harper 

2.72 

1»33 

Duffy,  Mabel 

2.72 

1,243,   1:27^ 

Duffy,    Neva 

it:  71 

2:337 

Duffy,   Oda 

2,72 

1:277 

Duffy,    Philip  m. 

Ellen  M.   Harper 

2:71 

2,18 

Duffy,    R     P. 

1(275 

Duffy,   Raymond 

2,71 

2:55,   2:56 

Duffy,    Sara  m. 

.e             2:165 

Julian  King 

2:115 

Duffy,    Tholraa 

2,72 

2:56 

Duffy,   Wilna 

2,72 

Dunaway,   Anna  M.  m. 

2,378 

Thad  Kir  by 

2,10 

1:46,   1:51 

Dunaway  ,   Ar.oe 

2:10 

1  :  2.74 

Dunaway,    Charlie 

2,10 

1:249 

Dunaway,    Crete  m, 

1:289 

Roscoo  G.   Pyle 

2i259 

Dunaway,    James  C. 

1:252 

2:302 

Dunaway  ,   L  .   C  .  m  , 

2  1  302 

Rector 

2,76 

*  Dunaway,  L.   C.   &  wife           f 

2,184 

2:350 

Dunaway,  L.   T.                    It  51 

,  1«34 

1:51 

Ii33, 

1»274 

INDEX:  DADS  COUNTY  HISTORY 


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Dunaway,  LeiJis  C.  m. 

Sarah  Jane  Rector 

2:8 

Dunaway,  Lev-Is  T.  m, 

Jane  English 

2i8,  2:9 

Dunaway,  Lucretia  m. 

Roscoe  Fyle 

2:10 

Dunaway,  Lucy  S,  m. 

Orris  Landers 

2tlO 

Dunaway,  Margaret 

2t  10 

Dunaway,  Nora  J.  m. 

Charles  McNoal 

2:10 

Dunaway,  Thcron 

2:10 

Dunaway,  I/Llfrad  C. 

2:10 

Dunaway,  Zola  P.  m, 

Roy  Davis 

2jlO 

Dunaways 

1:236 

Duncan,  Berry 

1:60 

Duncan,  C.  C.  1:242, 

It243,  1:274 

Duncan,  C.  C.  m. 

Valogia  Higgins 

2:86 

Duncan  ,  D  .  tf. 

1:140 

Duncan,  David  W. 

1:81 

Duncan,  Eli  m. 

Caroline  KcGurio 

2t362 

Duncan,  Zliza  m. 

Charles  D.  i-Jhito 

2i36l 

Duncan,  Flossie  m. 

Roger  M.  Seybert 

2  1302 

Duncan,  Halo 

1:103 

Duncan,  Houston 

1:214 

Duncan  ,  J  ,  P  . 

Itl70,  Iil72 

Duncan,  L.  M. 

It  242 

Duncan,  Olivar 

1:80 

Duncan,  Ruth 

1:281 

Duncan,  Sherman  m. 

Caroline  Shouse 

2:314 

Duncan,  Tom 

1:103 

Duncan,  John  J. 

1:145 

Dunklc,  John 

1:227,  Ii225 

Dunlap,  Rev, 

It  124 

Dunn  &  Taylor 

1:233 

Dunn,  Ann  m. 

George  VJ.  KankLns 

2:68 

Dunn,  Dell 

1«275 

Dunn,  Dr. 

1:98 

Dunn,  Lysandor  S, 

1:32 

Dunn,  '.Jllliam 

1:32 

Dunn,  './Lilian  m. 

Zora  Holman 

2:93 

Dunning,  Alice  m. 

August  C.  Bartling 

1:312 

Dunning,  Mrs.  J.  T, 

It202 

Duroen,  James  m. 

Nancy  Hinolinc 

2:224 

Durncll  ,  John 

It  104 

Duroen,  Oner 

2:224 

Duroen,  Sarah 

2t224 

Durnal,  James  1:90 

Duvall,  A.  C.  1:224 

Duvall,  Mrs.  A.  C.  1:202,  1:203 

Dyo,  Albert  2:11 
Dyo,  Jelia  (Fletcher)  m. 

B.  !•'.  Fugate  2«10 

Dye,  Clarence  Cowan  2:11 
Dye  •,  3dw-?.rd  m  . 

Celia  Ann  Fletcher  2tlO 
Dye,  Slla  m. 

L.  C.  Snoddy  2:11 

Dye,  Margaret  2:11 
Dye,  F.-,3T-1  n. 

Qvirles  Koody  2:11 

Dye,  Rosa  Gail  2  til 

Dye,  W.  R,  Ii230,  1:234,  1»250 

Dyo,  '..'i];.ia;n  R.  1:144 
Dys,  ]c-''  .1:1  -iin  R.  m. 

Dorothy  u.  Cowan  2:10 

Dyer:  John  Sr.  1  165,  2:378 


Eaplos, 
Sastin, 


I/.   B. 
D.   C. 


Iil67 
Ii52,  1  tl60 

Ii253,  11251 
It  110 
It  32 


Eastin,  David 

Eastin,  David  C. 

Eastin  's  Daylight  Store      It  53 

Eastin,  F.  C.       1:217,  Ii293 

Eastin,  Mrs.  F.  C. 

Eastin,  Frank 

Eastin,  Miss  Frank 

Eastin,  Fred 

Eastin,  Fred  C. 


Eastin,  Fred  Clarkson 

Sastin,  Misses 

Eastin,  the  Misses 

Eastin,  Mrs. 


1:52, 


Eastin,   Miss  Ollie 

Eastins  Store 

Eaton,  Elsie  Rebecca 

Eaton,  Grace  Loverna 

Eaton,  Helen  m. 

Glonarven  Bohymer 

Eaton,   Len 
jk  Eaton  Lumber  Co. 

Eaton,    Ruth  Elizabeth 

tf.   R.     Ii222,   1:223, 
:/,    R.,   Lumber  Yard 
Mrs.    './.    R. 
1/illiam  Robert 
l-filliam  Robinson  m. 


1:209 
1:52 
1:201 
1:214 
1:213 
1:101 
1:108 

1»197,   1:198 
1:188,   1:189 
1:191,  1:193 
1:201 
ItllO 
2:14 


Eaton, 
Eaton, 
Eaton, 
Eaton, 
Eaton, 

(1)  ___ 

(2)  arice  (Hull)  Holland 
Eaton,  '.Amain  Robinson    f 
Eaton,  './Llliam  Tracy  k. 

Loverna  Robinson 
Eaton,  Z.  T. 


2:14 

2:13 
1:105 
2il4 
2:14 
1:224 
f  2:56 
2:14 
2:14 


2,12 

2:1/* 
2:56 

2:12 

1:143 


)2  ecu;  TV 


Edge,  _  n 
dato  Hargrave 

Edge,   _  m 

Stcvo  Gray 
Edge,  Bon  L. 
Edge,  Sari  lidgar  rc. 

Blanch  Cannady 
Edpe  ,  Enana  n  . 

William  Pyle 
Edge,  Frank 
Edge,  H. 
Edge,  Henry 
Edge,  J.  F. 
Ed.Te  ,  Jonathan  in. 

Becky  McCiure 
Edge,  Luclla  m. 

L.  E.  Brcwn 
Edge,  Maggie  :-.. 


2  si  5 

2:15 
1:90 

2:16 

2:16 
2il6 
1:51 
2:15 
1:33 

2il5 

2:15 


Edge ,   Martin  D . 
Edre,   Mary  r:. 

George  Clomons 
Ed.^e ,    Roxana 
Edge,    Sadi a  m, 

Ton  Glaze 
Edgo,    T.,alliam 
Edge,    ".villir.rn  N.   n. 

Florilla  './alker 
Edge,    '.rillie  n. 

Kib   Drarne 
Edin»tor. 
Edington,    Frod 
Sdrdston,    Rov.    J,   '! 
Edmonson,   .'JLFred  Ray  m, 

Elva  Har-yravcs  '• 

Edmonson,   Alice  ::. 

Gordon  iiodd 
Edmonson,   ^llcn  B. 
Edmonson,    D.    F. ,    vafu, 

&  residence 
E'dmonson,    D.a\~i.d  F.   m. 

(1)  Crphclia   G.    Cantrell 

(2)  Hattie    (Matthews) 


2:16 
1:33 

2:15 

2il6 

I;?.::'7 
It  275 

1:143 


2ii: 
2:19 


:ti: 


Sdmonson,  Jesse  n. 

Fay  Carle  ck 
Edmonson,  Mad TO 
Edmonson,  I'ildrcd  L. 
Sdr.onson,  3taph.cn  A.  r. . 

Louisa  L coney 
Eds all,  John 
Edward,  C-ov.  John  C. 
Edwards,  Abraham  m.  L.  Dale  2:331 
Edw.rds,  Ar"'.a  '.".,  A.  Gas  sad  r£j  331 
Edwards,  C,  \J.  1:23'"' 

Edxrards,  Clara  rr. . 

Robort  .},  Vandcrvillo    2:331 


,  Claronco 
Jdwa-ds,  D.  '.•/,        1:52, 
1:182, 

Edwards,  D.  \J.  rr.. 

Sarah  S.  Underwood 
Edwards,  Franklin  A. 
Howards,  Tsaac  F. 
Edwards,  l-'ary  Jlizabcth  r.. 

Goor-^o  C.  Strange 
Edwards,  Mrs. 
Edwards,  '.7o-id 
Sffic,  Gladys 
Effio,  Joan 
Effio,  ?^.bol 
E'forrian,  Frr.d 
Eidson,  J.  R. 
Eirsman,  yllbert^a  Lcc 
Eir  s-.ar.  ,  Chr  i  s  ti  an  m  . 

P:atic  ":arsy 
Zirs"iar.  ,  Jacob  m. 

Rachc-l   CriLTmll 
Tirsrtan,    Jacob  &.  vri.fo 
Hirs^.an,    Katharine  Mario 

:",    ^.   "cKahan 
£;  reman,    !"ary  Frances 
Eirsr.an,    TOF;  Curm^cll 
Eirsnan,    Victor  Loo  r.  . 

Bessie   F^nlry 
Eisort,    Frod  m. 

R'lth  ;..    Ccchran 
Eldridgo,    J.    './. 
CldririT:  :,    Titus   E. 
ll.k  '.lorn  Frairie  battle- 
Ellcr,    .'iahicn  r.  . 

Mary   Cciner 

Zlli-t.t,   Mrs.  Iil90, 

Ellis,  3.  F. 
Ell  ;  s  C.  P  . 
-His,  Kary  Ellen  m. 

Criarlr.s  './.   I'cn^-^oncry 
Ell'  r.  ,    Sooncer  m, 


rnton  T. 


1:109 
1:253 

2:339 
2:331 

2:51 

2:331 
1:189 
1:131 
1:275 
1:280 
1:278 
1:153 
1:278 
2:16 

2:17 

2:1? 
2jl?6 

2:17 

2:17 

2:17 

:  17-18 

2:17 

2:272 
1:166 
1:221 

It  ICO 

1:351 
It  197 
1:277 
1:178 

2:19C 

2:190 
1:249 

11250 

2  .i  QQ 
1:167 


2:42 
1:277 

2:122 
2:271 


D.UB  COUNTY  HISTCRY 


Page  25 


ELson,   William  m. 

Pearl  Renfro 

2,279 

Emerson  ,   Turley 

1:80 

Engelage,    Charles 

1,278 

Envisage,  Linda 

1,280 

Englonan,  Mrs.   F.   P, 

1:209 

Engleman,    J.   S. 

f  1,232 

Engleman,  Leo 

Iil91 

Sngloman,  Mrs.  Kable 

It  192 

Engleman,   Maude  m. 

William  L.   Scroggs 

2t299 

Engli  sh  ,                  m  . 

Elmira  Cox 

1  1354 

English,   Jane  m. 

Lev/is  T,   Dunavay 

2,8 

English,   Kalinda  in. 

John  Crisp 

1:44 

Erdsiock,   Minnie  m. 

Henry  Meyers 

2,170 

Erisman     see     Eirsman 

Erisman,   I-Lrs,   Boss 

Il209 

Erwin,   Rev.   John  M, 

2,2Q8 

Erwin,    Rachael  Jane  m. 

John  L.   Scroggs 

2:293 

Estes,    John  H. 

1:233 

Sstos,    Joseph 

1,5B 

Ethridpce,    V.lley     S, 

1,90 

Ettcr 

It40 

Svans,     .„,     J. 

2,335 

Svans,      Amanda     Lack 

f  2,72 

Svans,    C.   E.   Rev 

1,149 

Evans,    Charity  r.  . 

William  Henry  Crutchor 

1«358 

Evans,    Charles  E. 

1,145 

Evans,    David 

1,167 

Evans,    E,    G. 

1«27? 

Evans,   Zf  f  i  ?  m. 

Arthur  Potter 

2,335 

Evans,    Elizabeth  m. 

John  Bowman 

2:73 

Evans,   G.   ;/.                   It  165 

,   1:250 

Svans,    George  m. 

Matilda  Lack 

2:22 

Evans,    Isaac 

1,184 

Evans,   L.    F. 

1,250 

Evans,   L.   F.   V.rs.          1:202 

,    1:204 

Evans,   Laurence   T. 

3,276 

Evans,   Matilda   (Lack"* 

2,20 

Svans,   Prof.    Roy 

1,272 

Evans,    Roy  R. 

1:275 

Evans,    S.    './. 

1|2?9 

Evans,    Sarah  m. 

John  II.   La  wren  co 

2,64 

Evans,    layl.;r  a- 

1,184 

Evans,    '.-.    ~. 

1,225 

Evans,   "rs.    VJ.    E. 

1,204 

Everett,   ;..    G.                 1,163 

,   It  K.k 

Everett,  E.  R. 

Everett,  Edna 

Everton 

Everton  Hardware  Co. 

Svcrton  Houso 
Evertcn  Journal 
Bverton  School 
Everton  Views 
Swing,  M.  M.  m. 


Ii229, 


Ii279 
1:281 
Is225 
1:233 
2:147 
1:228 
1:333 
1:275 
f  2:96 


Alba    (Travis)   Hartley       2:199 


Fair,    Bill  1,104 

Faircs,    Jim  1,103 

Faires,    Newt  1:103 

Fail-view  School  1:276,   1:278 

Fairview  School  It 280 

Fanning,    Flora  T,   m. 

William  Eradloy  Sloan       2,318 
Fanning,   J.   P.  1:169 

Finning,   Sarah  P.   m. 

Archibald  C.   Patterson     2i2l8 
Fanning,    Thomas  1,90 

Fatminfr,   Thomas:   4  Harriet     2:318 
Fanning,   Thomas  in, 

Sarah  Speight  2,218 

Fargo m. 

Kiss  Bishop  Ii315 

Fargo,   1-iiss  m. 

Thomas  Bishop 
Farm  Crop  Shipments 
Farmer,   A.   B. 
Farmer,   Archie 
Blossom 


Firmer , 
Farmer,    Carter 
Farmer,    Eula  m. 
Finley  Scott 
Farmer,    Svaline  m. 

James  Morris 
Farmer,    Frieda 
Farmer,    Ha sol 
Farmer,    Howard  M.   m, 

Anna  1-fjsy  Woody 
Farmer,   John  A.  m, 

Emily  .7alkcr 
Farmer,    John  Howard 
Firmer,    l>.bel 

Mary  m. 
;.    Hall 
:,'om 

Sarah  m. 
R.  RUoy 
Sarah  m. 


f armor i 

rra  , 

Farmer, 

Firmer, 

John 
Farmer, 

John  Harlow 
Farmer,    Sarah  S.   m 

Dennis  Jennings 


It  315 
1,267-68 
1,163,  1»164 
2,23 
2,23 
2,23 

2,23 

2,22 
2,23 

2:23 

2:23,    2:373 

2,279 

2,378 

2,23 

2,23 
2,23 

2,279 
2,22 
2,23 


IMDJX:  BADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Pago  26 


Farmor,  Sarah  Lucinda  m. 

Finloy,  Miss  .n. 

Taylor  H.  Hunt 

2  1  97 

Judge  'Jotzol 

1:39 

Farmer  ,  Samuel 
Farmor,  Samuel  m. 

2:210 

Finloy,  A.  F. 
Finloy,  A.  K. 

1:361 
1:222 

Lake  Pylo 

2:22 

Finloy,  A.  T. 

1:273 

2:24 

Finloy,  Mrs.  Anna 

1:190 

Farmor  ,  Samuol 

2:378 

Finloy,  Albert 

2:17 

Farmer,  Solomon  m. 

Finloy  &  Evans 

2:282 

Elizabeth  Cox 

2:22 

.Finley,  Lt.  Bon 

1:104 

Farmer,  Washington 

1  '  3^ 

Finloy,  Bessio  m. 

Farmer,  i/illiam 

1  1  3^ 

Victor  Lee  Eirsman 

2:17 

Farmer,  halliam 

2:22 

Finlcy,  Britain 

Ii32 

Farmer,  '.:.  A. 
Farmer,  '.*.  Ti.        1:252, 

1:279 

2:184 

Finloy,  Britian 
Finloy,  Dolla  F.  m. 

1:249 

Farmers  Mutual  Fire  Ins.  Co. 

Robert  J.  'Jest 

2:27 

1:15^,  1:312,  2:385 

Finlcy,  ZLlon  m. 

Farmers  State  Bank   1:219, 

1:356 

Howard  Rafsdale 

2t26l 

Farms  ,  Bade  Co  .          f 

1131.2 

Finloy,  George  m. 

Parries,  Perry  m. 

Davis 

lt'^98 

Dialtha  McLcmore 

2:149 

Finley,  H.  H. 

1:253 

Farris,  Mrs.  }•'.  H.   1:20?., 

1:,203 

Finlcy,  Mr.  &Mrs.  Harry 

2:205 

Farris,  Frank 

lt/22 

Finley,  J.  M. 

1:  51 

Farris,  J.  T. 
Farris,  Perry        l:6l, 

1:130 
1:138 

Finloy,  J.  R.  Itl03  1:170, 
1:172,  1:174, 

1:171 
1:175 

Farthing,  R.  L. 

1:233 

Finlcy,  Jack 

1:37 

Farthing,  S.  H. 

1:164 

Finley,  James  F. 

1:39 

Faurbin,  John  m. 

Finloy,  Jcsso  M. 

1:33 

Laura  Shipley 

2:310 

Finloy,  John         1:33, 

1:103 

Fell,  M.  H. 

1:165 

Finloy,  Lum 

1:278 

Ferguson,  James  '.7r.1t/.-r 

2:24 

Finlcy,  Louisa  A.  m. 

Ferguson,  -Jennie  m. 

John  Shclton       2:27, 

2:280 

11.  E.  Gilliland     2:48, 

2:24 

Finloy,  Margaret  m. 

Forguson,  John  m. 

"Alii  am  Hunt 

2:97 

Nancy  Garvcr 

2:42 

Finloy,  Mary  fh. 

Ferguson,  John  A. 

1:26 

Ben  M.  Ncale 

2:205 

Ferguson,  John  Chapman    2:24-25 

Finlcy,  Mary  m. 

Ferguson,  John  Honry 

2:24 

James  G.  Berry 

1:313 

Ferguson,  Lucy  Lee 

2:26 

Finlcy,  Mary  E.  m. 

Ferguson,  Matilda  Ann  m. 

lAlliam  K.  Pylc   2:255, 

2:258 

John  'J.  1  oc 

2:232 

Finloy  t  Milton 

1:39 

Forguson,  Richard  m. 

Finloy,  Milton  m. 

Mary  J  .  McLay 

2:24 

Susan  Stephonson 

2:261 

Ferguson,  Sallie  G.  m. 

Finlcy,  Miltcn  L. 

2:27 

-.;.  D.  utt 

2:25 

Finlcy,  Minnie 

1:189 

Ferguson,  :J.  L. 

1:219 

Finloy,  Mcllie  m. 

1:220, 

1:275 

i/,  K.  Pylo 

1:237 

Ferguson,  ;»',  L.          f 

1:244 

Finlcy,  Mc31ic  Moore  m. 

Ferguson,  Mrs.  i7.  L. 

1:201 

Lc^n  s  .TV  Qni  ro 

2t26o 

Forguson,  l/illian  Lse  m. 

Finlcy,  T.'C. 

1«278 

nay  Boissoau 

2:24 

Finlcy,  T.  K. 

1:277 

Fcrrand,  C.  ',!. 

1:168 

Finlcy,  T.  Howard 

2:361 

Fiddlor,  Martin      Is  163, 

1:164 

Finlcy,  Thomas 

1:39 

Finch       (L-r.r/'jr) 

1:68 

,/t  Finloy,  Thom«s  Randolph  m. 

Fine,  Loo 

1:104 

Mary  E.  B^.ndy 

2:26 

Finke,  K.  T. 

1:27'- 

Finloy,  Mrs.  :/7.  F.   1:201, 

1:209 

Finlcy,            m. 

Finlcy,  1,111 

1:103 

Silas  H.  ocybort 

2  :  300 

Finloys 

1:  64 

Finl~ys  Mill 

1:26 

INDEX:  DADS  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Page  27 


Finnoy,  I-Iinerva  Ii280 
Fisher,  Evelyn  E.  m. 

(1)  Ketchom 

(2)  John  2,  Scroggs  2i299 
Fisher,   George  n. 

Martha  A.   Fratt  2:300 
Fisk,   Rev.   N.                    1:46,   1:51 

Fisk,   rathanial  1:136 

Fisks  Ii236 

Fitchpa trick,    J.    H.  1:279 

Fitchpa trick,  Ora  1:279 
Fitzgerald,  Thomas  m. 

Carrie  I-eyers  2il?0 

Fitzpatrick,    T.   p.  1:90 

jfttspa trick,  Tom  1:279 
Flanders,  Benjamin  IT. 

Catherine   (Upson)   Litchfield 

2 1 13o 

Fleetwood,  Ed  1:104 

Fleisher,  ivilliam  It 33 

Fleming,  Thomas  1«33 

Flemming ,  m 

Sallie  Seybert  2:302 

Flemming,  John  P.  1:65 

Fletcher,  Thomas  C.  1:158 
Fletcher,  Celia  Ann  m. 

(1)  Eduard  Dye 

(2)  B.   F.   rugate  2ilO 
Flinn,   Elisabeth  m. 

Daniel  Iv'entworth  Scott       1«59 

Flint  ILL  11  School  1:276 

Flour  mill  1:22? 
Floyd  Jane  m. 

Jerry  Calvin  Brown  1:323 

Fly,  Rev.  It 124 
Fly,  J.  B,  1:172,  1:174 

Fly,    Rev.    J.    B.  1:171 

Ford,    Irene  1:145 

Ford,    J.    K.  1:145 

Ford,   Mary  1:145 

Ford,    jiiiTirod  1:30 

Foresi th ,   Joo  1 1 10  5 

Fore si th,    John  1:1C5 

Fore  si  th,    Toss  It  10  5 

For till cation  1:11 

Fortr.sr,  C.  ,7.  1:275 
Fortner,  Icrtha  Genevi.eve  2:353 
Fortner,  Charles  "./.  m 

ADta  £.  ;:.    '..'addle  2:353 

Partner ,    ;ir)na  1:281 

Fcrtnor,  Mrs.  Lola  1:276 
Foster,  Alo:c 

Fcstor,    Alox-indor          ]  :79i 

Foster,    r,.   ;.;,  1,179 

Foster,    Rev.    G.   M.  1:150 

roster,    Geor/re  1:288 

roster,    J:m  1:103 


Foster,  H.  A.  It 149 

Foster,  Major  1:99 

Foushee,  Mary  E.  2:105 
Foushce,  William  m, 

Narcissa  Hunt  2:105 

Foust,   F.  M.  1:90 

Foust,    '.ft  111  am  1:90 

Fowler,   R.  1:230 

Fox,   J.  A.  1:140 

Fox,   James  A.  1:140 

Francis,   H.   W.  1:164 

Franklin,   Ben  1:277 

Franklin,   G.   11.  1:276 

Franklin  School  1:277 
Frazier,  Franklin  T.  1:43,  44 

Frazier,   Thomas  Ii80 

Frazier,   VJ.   F.  1:143 

Fredricktoun,   battle  1:75 

Freedle,    Baptist  Iil69 

Freedle,   Benjamin  1:254 

Freedle,  G.  \-J.  1:165 
Freedle,  George  W.  m. 

Kary  /jm  Shaw  2:304 
Freedle,   Martha  m. 

James  Glenn  2:52 

Freedle,    Otis  1:280 

Freedle,   Phyllis  1:277 

Freedle,    Robert  1:    90 

Freedom  School  1:277 
Freeman,  Rolla  m. 

Catherine   :-foody  2 1377 

French,   S.   A.  1:179 

French,   Lottie  H.  1(179 

French,    Rev.  1:150 

"r  Friar,  Andrei?  Jackson  m. 

Mollie  Ruark  2i28 

2:31 

Friar,  Effie  E.  2'i33 

Friar,  Elsa  2:31 

Friar,  Harland  Theodore  2:31 

Friar,  Howard  Burton  2:33 
Friar,  Freddie  m. 

Earl  Meek  2i30 

Friar,  James  1:90 
Friar,  Janes  Burton  m. 

Florence  Pilkington  2:33 

Friar,  John  D.  2:33 

Friar,  Joshua  2:30 
Friar,  Joshua  Floyd  m. 

Alice  Inrrel  2:31 
Frinr,   Lelah                      2:30,   1:281 

Friar,   Lula  2:29 

Friar,  I!ollie  2:31 
Friar,  jannie  2:32,  1:281 
Friar,  i'anm  e  m. 

Judson  Adamson  2|29 

Friar,  Orris  2:31 


TNDZXi  DADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Page  28 


Friar,  Robert  i.  Lee  m. 

Tressie  Irby 
#  Friar,  Robert  Lee  n. 
Apthusa  Ann  Burton 

Friar,  Susan  m. 

Isaac  Pro coon 
Friar,  Susan 
Friar,  Susan  in. 

Marion  Lloyd  Irby 
Friar,  Thad 
Friar,  Velrm  Lee 
Friar,  Yens el 
Friar,  '."ana  m. 

HcKinloy  Terrell 
Friar,  I-.al.liam 
Friar,  VJiiJ  iu.n 
Friar,  Vfiilia;: 
Friar,  ',£115. an  m. 

Luch  Hudspoth 
/  Friar,  VB.llia^i  m. 

Theodosia  Ruark 

Friar,  Vfi.lliar'1  Alexander  n. 

Bytha  Hall or y 
Friar,  Willie 
Friend,  Alfred 
Friend,  Bessie  m. 

McCoy  Glenn 
Friend,  Jacob 
Frieze  &  Payne 
£  Frioze,  Arkley  n, 

Delitha  Aminda  McPeak 


Frieze, 
Frieze , 

*  Frieze, 

Frie: 
Frieze, 

*  Frioze, 
Frieze, 
Frieze, 


frieze, 
Frieze, 
Frieze, 
Frieze, 
Frieze, 


Frioze, 
Frieze,  J.  A. 
Frieze,  J.  3. 
Frieze,  J.  './. 
Frieze,  Jacob  n. 

H:.lburn 

Frieze,  John  Hamon 
Frioze,  John  "..llkerson  m. 

Ann  Path!. ah  Mills    2:34 


Fl'Ieao,    Mai'jaret.  Malinda  m. 

2:33 

li'ollin^ion  Dopoo 

2:34 

Frieze,    Richard  Donion 

2:34 

2-32 

Frieze,   Saline  m. 

«32£,     2:29 

Chancy 

2:34 

Frioz?,   Sarah  E.   m, 

2:28,   2:243 

Melchor 

2:34 

2:29 

Fri  22c  ,   Theodore 

2:36 

Frioze,   Vernon 

205 

2:31 

Freezes 

1:236 

2:29 

Friable,    J.    J.                 1:180, 

1:181 

2:33 

Fri  .-bio,    James  J.          1:180, 

1:181 

2:30 

Fry.    linna  n. 

••ohr   '-/hita 

2:362 

2:30 

Frye  ;.•  >  riling 

1:224 

2:28 

Frye  &  Warren 

2:38 

2:29 

Fry;:  .    >\1  bort  m, 

1;276 

1-j  11..';  r>  riling 

1:313 

Fryc,   jYod                       1:151, 

1:154 

2:28,    2:32 

Frye,    Fred                       1.222, 

1:250 

;  Fryo  ,    Fred  *  Lily 

2:36 

2:31 

*  Fryo,    Fred                                     f  2:40 

2:29-32 

Fryo  ,   Hnnry 

2:37 

>r  n. 

l?ryc  ,    Jud.;*c 

1:3 

2:33 

Frye,    R.   A. 

1:225 

2:31 

Frye,    Vlilliarn 

2:37 

1:276 

Fugate  ,    Albert 

2:11 

Fugate,    F;.    F.   m. 

2:53 

Coli".  Ann   (Fletcher)   Dyo 

2:10 

1:103 

Fugp.t-o,    Charles 

2:11 

2:291 

Fupate,    Elizabeth  m. 

T.  Kartin 

2:11 

jak            2  :  34 

Fugate  ,   Henry 

2:11 

2:151 

Fugaic  ,    James 

2:11 

2:23 

Fugate  ,    John 

2.11 

1:90 

Fugate,    Joseph 

"ill 

Fugate,   Mary  m. 

f  2«-3C5 

Andrei;  Sumr.ers 

2:289 

1:3,      2:35 

Fugate,    Richard 

2:11 

f  1:72 

Fugate,    Solonon  E. 

2:11 

2:34 

Fulbright,    Billic 

2:273 

Fulbright,    Justice 

1:45 

2:34 

Fulton,   Margaret  m. 

1:175 

John  C-ombell 

2:267 

1:252 

'Fulton,    Rev.                     1:111, 

1:114 

2:35,   1^259 

Rulton,    Rev.   !.'.   R.          1:52, 

1:131 

2  :35 

Funk,   M. 

1:233 

Funks 

1:62 

2:34 

Funks 

1:137 

1:141 

Fuquc,   Allie 

2:39 

2:34 

Fuqua  ,   Alva 

2:39 

2:34 

Fuqua,   Hntiie  m. 

1:51 

J,   I'.    Turner                2:39, 

2:238 

Fuqua,    Ida  m. 

2:34 

?.   I-I.    Thompson            2:39, 

2:238 

2:35 

Fuqua,    J.   H.                       2:49, 

2:219 

2i238,  2:221 


2:35 


INDiiXi     DADL.  COUKTY  li 


.1^0    20 


Fuqua,  Janes  Harve  m. 

Laura  A.  Renfro          2:3? 
Fuqua,  Laura  vn.  2:271 

J.  H.  Poc         2i39,  2-.23S 
Fuqua,  Lula  m. 

Dr.  L.  3.  Copoland       2:238 
Fuqua,  Lula  m. 

Dr.  L.   S.    Couplin  2:39 

Fuqua,  Mario  2;  40 

Fuqua,   Will  2:238 

Fuqua.,   William  ra. 

R*rl  White  2»39 

Fuqua,  tq.lliam  &  Martha  2:238 

Fuqua,   William  m. 

Margaret  Elizabeth  Harbor t 

2i38 

Furby,  Kempert  &  1:214,  1:217 
Fur by,  Mrs.  Ralph  1:209 
Furnoy,  P., A.  ra. 

Goldio  UndorT'ooc.  2:340 

Fyffo,  Louise  m. 

J.   G.   Wilson  2:368 


Galbraith  &  Tarrant  1:227 
Galbraith,   J.   C.  m. 

Emaline  A.   Pyland  2:253 

Gallaspy,   Tim  1:179 

Games,   J.   D,  1:167 

Gambol,    G.    ;•/.  1:172 
Gambell,   John  m. 

Margaret  Fulton  2:267 
Gambell,  X  te  m, 

Jerome  Leo  Rawhauser  2:267 

Gamble,  John         1:32,  1:139 

Gambles  1:137 

Gambles  1 ; 62 

Garber,  E.  J,  1:278 

Garber,  William  1:278 
Gardner,  Hannah  m. 

Hesckiah  Gregory  II  2:64 

Gerdnor,  Margaret  1:129 

Gardner,  N.  v.  1:165 

Gardner,  Paten  2:83 

Garland,  Prof.  Homer  1:272 
Garrott,  Cordio  m, 

Leias  M,  Murphy  2il99 

Garrett,   J.   tf.  2:291 

Garrett,   John  E.              1:53,  1:252 

Garrett  Lodge  1:180 

Garrett,   Mary  Emma  2:341 
Garrett,  Mrs.,   Fomalo  Seminary 

2:175 

Garrott,  Rov.         1:51,  1:57 

1:124,  1:128 

Garrott,    Rev.   W.   J.      1:109,  1:120 

1:123,    1:1^4,   1:1^8,  1:231 


Garrett,  Rov.  VB.13.iar. 

J.     2:43 

Garrison,  E.  A. 

1:169 

Garrison,  G«  R. 

It  260 

Garrison,  Mark  S. 

1:249 

Garvor,  Alva  n. 

Miss  Car  tell  (l) 

2:41 

Garver,  Dr.vc  m. 

Louirda  Groons 

2:41 

Garvo:-,  Ellen  m. 

Tom  Drysdalc 

2:41 

Garvor,  Frederick 

2:40 

Garvcr,  Frederick  m. 

Ma"  "  re  a  TJlery 

2:40 

Garvcr,  Goorgc  m. 

Margaret  Stccley 

2:41 

Garvor,  Hannah  m. 

_^i.vnmonnan 

2:41 

Garv-jr,  Jos  JG 

2:233 

Garvor,  Jos  30  m, 

Sarah  El  c?  worth 

2:40 

Garvcr,  John  m. 

Mrs  .  Cimns 

2:41 

Garver,  Lizzio  m. 

George  Hrobrugar 

2:45t 

Garvcr,  Margaret  m. 

Charles  Cox 

2:42 

Garvcr,  Nancy  m. 

John  Ferguson 

2:42 

Garver,  Sarah  m. 

B.  M.  Crandall 

2j4l 

Garver,  Solomon  IT.. 

Angelina  Steeley 

2:41 

Garvcr,  Susan  m. 

Ben  Coolcy 

2:41 

Gass,  Charles  m. 

Minnie  M.  Moyors 

2:172 

Gass,  Rov.  J.  R. 

1:144 

Gass,  James  m, 

Lena  Young 

2,390 

Gass,  John  R. 

1:132 

Gass,  Mrs. 

1:189 

Gaston,  J.  M. 

1:163 

Gates,  John  T. 

1:90 

Gaunt 

1:234 

Gaunt,  J.  M. 

1:46 

Gaunt,  James  H. 

1:33 

Gaunt,  John  M. 

1:47,  1:50 

launts 

1:236 

Gay,  '-fi-lliam 

1:81 

Gaylcr,  Joseph 

1:148 

Gazzam,  Letitia  m. 

P.oss  //orkman 

2:379 

Gcarhoart,  Poter 

1:46,  1:51 

Gohon,  M.V.E. 

1:165 

Gentry,  Catharine  m. 

John  R.  Rilcy 

2:280 

Gentry,  Josephine  m. 

'.•/alter  Buffington 

1:305 

INDEX:    D;JDE  COUNTY  HISTORY 


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Gentry,  Minor 

1:166 

Gentry  School       1:278, 

1:280 

Gentry,  William  E.  m. 

Maria  Miller 

1:305 

George,  W.  L. 

1:141 

Gerard,          m 

Reagan 

2,349 

Gerger,  Col.  Washington  F. 

1:78 

German,  Jesse  m. 

Hugh  E.  Shaw 

2:306 

Getz,  John 

1:168 

Gibbs,  Jamos 

1:80 

Gideon,  Bertha  m. 

V/.  Roy  inibodard 

2:375 

Gilbert,  L'ary  Ann  m. 

Ewvid  Hiller 

2:183 

Giles,  ITary  m. 

(1)   Janes  Mathews 

(2)  Alox  Brantley 

2:370 

Gilott,  E.  C. 

1:249 

Gilfret,  C.  N. 

1»224 

Gilispie,  Thomas  m. 

Susie  Meyers 

2:173 

Gilman,  Burns  &  Co. 

1:223 

Gilman,  Mrs.  C.  ',/. 

1:202 

Gilman,  1-Irs.  George 

1:202 

Gill,  D.  C. 

1:291 

Gillaspic,  Tim 

l«135 

Gillaspic,  Susie    1:148, 

1:180 

Gillott,  E.  C. 

1:222 

Gilliland,  Abel  m. 

Kathryn  Stewart 

2:48 

Gilliland,  Alico  m. 

(  1)  Washington  Ronnick 

(2)  C.  D.  Boissc.au 

2:48 

Gilliland,  Alma  m. 

James  F.  ivheeler 

2:  360 

Gilliland,  Cythia  Jan  m. 

C.  D.  Boisscau 

2:25 

Gilliland,  George 

2:48 

Gilliland,  H,  A  I  m. 

Nannie  Bryan 

2  »36o 

Gilliland,  J.  L.    1:219, 

1:221 

2:25 

,  2:40 

Gilliland,  J.  S.  m. 

Jennie  Ferguson 

2:24 

:"f  Gilliland,  James  L.  m. 

Nellie  Miller 

2:48 

Gi  Hi  land,  Jane  m. 

C.  D.  Boisscau 

2i48 

Gilliland,  Joseph  S.  m, 

Jennie  Ferguson 

2:48 

Gilliland,  Josephine  m. 

John  Hoisey 

2:48 

Gilliland,  Laura  m. 

Daniel  E'oisseau 

2:4-3 

Gi  11  i  1  and  ,  Xa  ry 

1:2?5 

Gilliland,  Mattic 

2:48 

1:166 

Gilliland,  Nancy  m. 

1:280 

John  Hcisey 

2:48 

Gilliland,  Nellie  m. 

1:305 

Calvin  Whcolor 

2:360 

1:141 

Gilliland,  Zoda  Loo 

1:2?5 

Gillispio,  Bill 

1:100 

2,3^9 

Gillispic,  Jim      lilOO, 

1:104 

1:78 

Gillispic  Mill 

lilOO 

Gillispie,  NI11 

1:104 

2  1  306 

Gillman,  C.  W. 

1:222 

1:168 

Gillman,  Mrs.  C.'.V. 

1:204 

1:80 

>  Gillman,  Charles  tf.  m. 

Lucy  B.  Pursell 

2i45 

2:375 

*  Gillman,  Charles  W. 

f  1:88 

Gillman,  Emma  n. 

2:183 

Henry  Hillor 

2:47 

Gillnan,  Frank 

2:47 

Gillman,  G.  A.  Mrs. 

Ii204 

2:370 

Gillman,  George 

2i47 

1:249 

Gillman,  Henry       2j45 

,  2:46 

1:224 

Gillman,  Henry  Sr. 

1:154 

Gillman,  J.  H. 

1:278 

2:173 

Gillnan,  John  H. 

2:47 

1:223 

Gillman,  Lizzie 

2:47 

1:202 

Gillman,  Mary  Helen 

2t47 

1:202 

Gillman,  Sophia 

2:47 

1:291 

GiLmore,  Andrew 

1:32 

1:135 

Gilmore,  G.  !7.  m. 

1:180 

Virginia  Miller  2j374, 

2«178 

1:222 

Gilmore,  Capt.  George  W. 

2:175 

2:179 

2:48 

Gilmore,  J,  W. 

1:165 

Gilmore,  Mark  m. 

Mary  Ellen  Bell  1:306 
Gilmore,  Sarah  Ann  ra. 

William  D.  Brown  1:~;4 
Gilmore,  '-frill am  J.  m. 

Francis  Smith  1:324 

Gipson,  R.  A.  1:165 

Gipson,  W.  \-J.  1:277 
Girton,  R.  M.  m. 

Rclla  K.  Bender  2:123 

Givons,  John  1:104 

Glascoc,  Estaria  Iil79 

Glass,  m. 

Elwood  Albright  2:49 

Glass,  Charles  2j  51 

Glass,  David  2:51 

Glass,  Delia  2:51 

Glass,  George  2:51 
Glass,  George  A.  m. 

Pina  Raich  2i51 

Glass,  Helen  2i51 
Glass ,  Jacob  m. 

Eliza  Couser  2:49 
Glass,  Jacob  0,  m. 

Brue  Berry  2«51 

Glass,  Jake  Lester  2i51 

Glass,  James  M,  2«51 


INDEX t  DADS  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Pago  31 


Glass,  J.  L,        1:250, 

2i277 

Godfrey,  Abe  m. 

Glass,  John  L.  m. 

Mary  Lewis 

2:54 

Eliza  Jane  Lucas 

Godfrey,  Albert 

2.55 

Glass,  John  Leonard 

2:51 

Godfrey,  Charles  Lewis 

2:55 

Glass,  Mabel 

2:51 

Godfrey,  Grace 

2:55 

Glass,  Poachye  n. 

Godfrey,  J.  F. 

Roy  Barker 

2:51 

Godfrey  ,  J  .  II  . 

1:221 

Glass,  Ralph 

2:51 

^  Godfrey,  Johii  F,  m. 

Glass,  Richard 

2:51 

Carry  3.  Lo^is 

2:54 

Glass,  Susie  in. 

Godfrey,  Lester  m. 

John  L.  Berry 

2:51 

Blanche  C-  Cochran 

2:272 

Glass,  Thomas  F.  n. 

Godfrey,  VTllfcrd 

2:55 

Sadie  Brown 

2,51 

Goforth  <i  Hanki.ns 

1:229 

Glass,  Albert 

2:51 

Gefert::,  John  T. 

1:90 

Glasscock,  lira,  Cevoda  Hood 

m. 

Gocdn:.  g'/nv,  S, 

1:140 

Bos".  ?Iarv  ;y  Patterson 

2:226 

Goodr.irrt.  .Taitios     1 

:140,  1:320 

Glass  ,-er,  Sarah  K. 

GoeJ-.i:^c,  :•/..  E. 

1:179 

Joseph  Miller 

2:180 

Goodiir.  ,  .'-"ns 

1:275 

Glcaso:-;,  Sanuel 

Iil66 

Gorrell  ,  ;)arid 

2:25 

Glazo,  Ho-icr  m. 

Gorrej.l,  p-u.ph 

2:25 

Nova  Fitter  son 

2:219 

Gorton,  Helen 

1«275 

Glazo,  Lf  o  ,  iiattic   1:206, 

1:20? 

Gcth'.rd,  Archie 

2:56 

Glazo,  Key  rc. 

Got'r.ard.  Archie  m. 

Birdie  Patterson 

2:219 

Susan  Delcsicr 

2:55 

Glazo  ,  TCP.  m  , 

Go+r.'./d,  Eunice  0. 

2:56 

Sadie  Sc'go 

2:16 

Gothard,  Flossie  E. 

2:56 

Glenn,  Bertie  m. 

Gothard,  Hattie  m. 

Charles  A.  Hall 

2:67 

Alliam  Cornpton 

2:56 

Glenn,  Charles  m. 

Gothard,  Jack 

2:55 

Ada  C.  Hall 

2:67 

ir  Gothard,  Marion  C.  m. 

Glenn,  Zffio 

2:53 

Be  lie  Dodson 

2:55 

Glenn,  lifter 

2:53 

Gothard,  Reba 

2:56 

Glenn  family 

1:35 

Gothard,  Zir.a  S. 

•-  •  ^/w 

2:56 

Glenn,  George  \-J,  m, 

Gctt,  j^nnic  m. 

Mary  Lock 
Glenn,  Ina  Cleo 

2:183 
2:53 

Gould,  Rev.  ?'. 

2:325 
1:68 

Glenn,  Jack 

2:53 

Gout,  J.  M. 

1:103 

Glenn,  Ja~.es  n. 
Martha  Freedlo 

2:  52 

Gouty,  Thonas 
Grace,  W.  H. 

1:169 
1:233 

Glenn,  Joel 

2:18"3 

Grady,  Martha  m. 

Glenn,  John  ;n. 

John  Dodsen 

2:56 

Cred-  Hall 

2:52 

Graft,  '.fright 

1:49 

Glenn,  Mate  m  . 

Gragg  ,  C  .  C  .  &  Co  . 

1:348 

Clyde  M.  Hall 

2:67 

Grahan,  Jar.es  H.  m. 

Glenn,  Laurel 
Glenn  ,  McCoy  m  , 

1:280 

Jeie  Hartley 
Graham,  Laura  m. 

2:94 

Bessie  Friend 
Glenn,  KarWi  L, 

2:53 
2:53 

Oliver  H  .  Holman 
Graham,  Robert 

2:93,  2:94 
1:257 

Glenn,  Crmal 

2:53 

Graha'i,  Sallio 

2  1  94 

Glenn,  Sarah  E.  r., 

Graham,   Thomas  m. 

Morris  Miller 

2:183 

Ann  ~2.±zz  Ezrris 

2:94 

Glenn,  borona  rr.  . 

Grand  75arbcr  Shop 

1:216 

Kcnur  Clyde  Birch 

Ii320 

Granfpre,  OJ.ivcr  m. 

Gler.r.  ,  2heridan 

r*n  ,  „      f-  • 

2i  IP  3 

roily  I'ickett 

2:231 

Lij-onn  i  kji.r* 

2:133 

Grant,  .T.  >' 

1:275 

fil  r  >->••-<    '•/  P 

^  ....  1    k  V  «  Lr  • 

2:lo3 

'"rant,  Jordan 

1:51 

DAD:-:  CCUMTY 


O  32 


Grant,  Sarah  m. 

Carter  Pyle 

2?23 

Grantham,  I  •  >s 

1:275 

Gravelly,  Slaanor  m. 

William  Mooro 

2il59 

Gravely  ,  J  .  J  • 

1:96 

Gravos,  Samuel 

Ii80 

Gray,          m. 

James  Irving  lliller 

2il82 

Gray,          m. 

Gertrude  Higgins 

2s  86 

Gray,  Slmer  E.  m. 

Martha  A.  Koran 

2-.II2 

Gray  ,  Newt 

1(104 

Grey,  Stephen 

1:33 

Stay,  Steve,  m. 

.•jdgo 

2.15 

Green  ,  Jacob 

1:227 

"Green  House" 

1:1C9 

Green,  Lydia  m. 

David  L.  Gregory 

2:63 

Green,  William  C.  m. 

Eliza  3.  Carcndcr 

1:333 

Greenfield 

1.210 

Greenfield  &  Northern 

Railroad  Co.      2:176, 

1:218 

Greenfield  Cemetery 

1:291 

Greenfield  Cemetery  Assn, 

Iil90, 

1:198 

Greenfield  City  views     f 

1:232 

Greenfield  Dry  Goods  Co. 

1:109 

Greenfield  Electric  Light 

&  Power  Co. 

1:216 

Grocnfiold  House 

1:52 

Greenfield  Railroad  Co. 

2:175 

Greenfield  Schools 

1:275 

Greenfield  Schools 

f  1:72 

Greenfield  Vedette  see 

Vedette 

Grecr,  Adam 

1:279 

Grcor,  John  Q. 

1:80 

.(Uroor,  Rev. 

Iil42 

Grecr,  \1,  11. 

1:166 

Grecr,  Mrs.  Ian. 

1:290 

Gregg, 

Ii289 

Gregory,  Alonzo  J.  m. 

Fern  Motestinc 

2:65 

Gregory,  Alberta 

2:65 

Gregory,  Blanche     1.203, 

1:207 

Gregory,  Elanchc 

2:65 

Gregory,  David  L.  m. 

Emma  Morercr 

2:65 

Gregory,  David  L.  m. 

Lydia  Green 

2:63 

Gregory,  Edgar  \1.  m. 

Mrs.  Vesta  Summers 

2:65 

Gregory,  Edith 
Gregory,  Francis  K.  m. 

Grace  Merchant 
Gregory,  Oration 
Gregory,  Harold 
Gregory,  Hczckiah  II  m. 

Hanr.h  Gardner 
Gregory,  Ida  m. 
Thomas  Knapp 
Gregory,  J.  F. 
Gregory,  Mrs.  Jessie 
Gregory,  Joe  H. 
Gregory,  Jchn 
Gregory.  Jchn  T.  m, 
D?-'inc?i.j  Lavrrcncc 
Gregory,  Jcbri  R. 
Groc'oiy,  Jur.nita 
Gregory,  lucian  Lee  m. 

Alma  '.Jilkins 
Grofj'-ry,  Lucille 
Grogcry,  Lula  G.  m. 

D.  vfcsscl  Ton  Broeck 
Gregory,  Orange  G.  n. 

Amanda  Kudspoth 
Gregory,  Fheobc  m. 

Uriah  Young 
Gregory,  R.  H. 
Gregory,  H.  S. 
Gregory,  Richard 
Gregory,  Robert 
Gregory,  Robert  H.  m. 

L'amic  Cald-.:ell 
Gregory,  Rcbi'.rt  Ro;.' 
Gregory,  Hoy 
Gregory,  P-^y  George  m. 

Jessie  Quick 
Gregory,  ivayne  L. 
Grntcher,  Fred 


&  Son 
Mr  s .  F . 
Grethcr,  Fred  1:175,  1:177, 
Grcther,  Mrs.  Fred   1:197, 
Grcthor,  Marie       1:201, 
Grcther,  R.  VJ.       1:217, 
Grethcr,  Mrs.  Ruth 
Grethcrs  Hardwirri  Store 
Grewell,  Carrie  m. 

V.alliam  David  Hamic 
Grewcll ,  Frank  r. . 

Ar.anda  Daigh 
Grid;.r,  Frank 
Grider,  J.  R. 
Gridor,  John  m. 

Jane  !!ig~ins 


2.65 

2.65 
2.65 
2:65 

2:64 

2t65 
1.167 
1.2C7 

2,65 

2.64 

2:63 
2,65 

2.65 

2:65 
2:65 

2.65 
2.65 

2,387 

1.178 

1:178 

2:65 

2.65 

2.65 

2:65 

1:179 

2.66 
2:65 
1:178 
1:190 
1.215 
1.214 
1.201 
1:275 
1.200 
1:209 
1:275 
1:192 


2:73 

2:375 
1:179 
1:133 

2i82 


INDEX t  DADS  COUNTY  HISTCRY 


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Ellen  Vaughn             It  335, 

2,341 

Griffin,   J.  U.                1,242, 

2,237 

Griffin,   John 

1:166 

Griffin,   Thomas  B. 

Ii80 

Griffin,   William  J. 

1,80 

Griffith,  Arthur  C.  m. 

Delia  Dano 

2:59 

Griffith,   C.  W.             1:163, 

1:253 

Griffith,  Mrs.   Carrie 

It  191 

Griffith,   Charles  W.  It  118, 

1:244 

Griffith,    Charles  Walker  n. 

Ella  K.  Lynch 

2:57 

Griffith,    Charles  Walker 

2:62 

Griffith,    Charles  Walker    f 

1:168 

Griffith,   David  m. 

Clara  Rauhauser 

2,266 

Griffith,  Mrs.   Delia 

1:192 

Griffith,  Mrs.  3.  M.  Itl97, 

1:201 

Griffith,  Mrs.   Ellen 

1,188 

Griffith,   James 

2  1  57 

Griffith,   Jesse  m. 

Jane  '.Talker 

2:57 

Griffith,   Mary  m. 

Hiram  Morrell 

2:57 

Griffith,  Merrill  M.  m. 

Hattio  Cravens 

2:59 

Griffith,   P.  S. 

1:175 

1:216, 

1:2-93 

Griffith,   Mrs.   P.   S.   1:201, 

1:209 

Griffith,  Phil  S.             1,3, 

Ii213 

1:178,  1,175, 

1:275 

Griffith,   Phil  S. 

f  1:24 

Griffith,   Phillip 

2:62 

Griffith,    Philip  S.   m. 

Caroline  Johnson 

2,61 

2:59, 

2:102 

Griffith,   Robert 

2:62 

Griffith,    Robort  H. 

2,58 

Griffith,   Roland  3,  m, 

Mabel  Hu£hs 

2:59 

Griffith,   Samuel  M. 

1,80 

Griffith,   Wiley  S.  m. 

Katie  Lanb 

2  :  311 

Grir;gs   (Vedctto   editor) 

1:118 

Grisgs,   Hattio                1:175, 

1:275 

Griggs,    :Jcnry 

1:56 

Griggs,    Honry 

1:112 

Griggs,   J.   II. 

1:166 

Grig^s,   J.  L. 

1:55 

Griffs,   J.   P. 

1:51 

Grig.^s,    Joiin  ?. 

3.:5;'- 

Gri^gs,    Katie  r. 

James  E.   Sh.-.w 

2,305 

Gri:;rs,    Joseph                1,248, 

1:246 

Grig^s,   L.    J. 

Ii21b 

GrigCs,    \-h.             1,55,    1:56, 

1,108 

Griggsby,  Askar  M.  1:79 

Grigsby,  Oscar  M.  1:81 

Griffes,  mill  am  D.  1:80 
Grisham,  Barbara  m, 

James  M.  Clabough  2,169 
Grisham,  Clara  m. 

1-7.  S.  Wilson  2,62,  2:369 

Grisham,  Clifford  1:336 

Grisham,  Edith  2,62 
Grisham,  Elisabeth  m, 

Charles  Wilson  2,369 
Gr:  sham,  Elizabeth  ra. 

Silas  Bell  Ii307 

Grisham,  Ella  Dean  2:145 

Grishar.,  Forrel  Delight  2:62 

Grishar,-.,  Forest  0.  2:63 

Grisham,  H.  2.  1,276 

Grisham,  J.  C.  1:275 
1  Grisham,  J,  C.  m. 

Amy  Crane  2:62 
Grishan,  J,  C.  &  family  f  2:256 

Grisham,  James  S.  2:60 
Grisham,  John  C.  m, 

I-ir.ncy  "./heeler  2,62 
Grisham,  John  T.  m, 

(1)  Sarah  Lawrence 

(2)  Lizzie  Tipton  2,60 
Grisham,  Joseph  V.  1:249 
Grisham,  Lav on  2:145 
Grisham,  M.  H,  m. 

Catherine  Jane  Blakey 

2,62,  2,369 
Grisham,  Hflrtha  R<  ^ 

J.  M.  Jones  2:60 

Grisham,  Margaret  J.  m. 

John  Wills  2:60 

Grishar,!,  Mary  C.  m, 

G.  A.  Hudson  2:60 

Gri  sham ,  Mary  J .  m . 

James  M.  Kirby  1:3^9,  2:145 
Grisham,  Michael  m. 

Sarah  Ann  Robertson  2:286 
}  Grisham,  Michael  m. 

Lucinda  Payne  2t59 

Gri shorn ,  Michael  Cyrus  2:63 
C-ri shorn,  Minnie  m. 

'.-•.  II.  '..a-nfjo  2:62 

Grisham,  1,'ancy  3,  m. 

Harve  Underload  2:60 
Grisham,  S.  L.  1:277 

Orishar,  Samuel  m, 

Elli'.a  'Joodard  2i60 

Grishar.,  Sarah  S.  m. 

Silas  roll  2,60 

Grisham,  uilas  m. 

Ethel  Gertrude  Carlock  1:336 
Grishar-,  Tholma  Fern  2,62 


m. 


INDSXi  DADS  COUNTY  HISTORY 

Grisham,  Thomas 
Grisham,  Thompson  m, 

Polly  l/hcoler 
Grisham,  Jftloy  K, 
Grisham,  I&lliam  L, 
Grisham,  William  II, 

Vordio  Buttram 
Gri shams 
Grooms,  Louisia  m. 

Dave  Garver 
Grotsman,  17.  L. 
Grout,  Dick 
Grovo  School 
Grubert,  Miss  Lois 
Grubert,  Mrs.  Lon 
Grubert,  Mrs,  17.  F.  1:204, 
Guenther ,  Carl 
Guinn,  Jesse 
Guinn,  S.  p. 
Gyles,  J.  2, 
Gylos,  J.  IS.  m. 

Victoria  ?,  '.Tilson 


Hadley,  Horbort  S. 
Hagorman,  2f?ic  m. 

J.  H,  Patterson 
Haggerman,  Alvin 
Hagins,  C.  0. 
Hail,  [•}.  C, 
Hailey,  Allon  m. 

Eva  King 
Hailoy,  Allio  E.  m. 

Robert  C.  Ring 
Hailey,  Fannio  m, 

Wood  Kirby 
Hailoy,  H.  T. 
Hailoy,  Jane  m, 

T.  2.  Rountree 
Hailey,  Lako  m, 

Roy  Ling 
Hailoy,  I-Iorodith  m. 

Mary  Jane  Jackson  2,284, 
Hailey,  Robert  L.  m. 

Ann  Elisa  Langford 
Hailoys 
Hair,  F.  C.  m. 

Mary  C.  Killer 
Hair,  *-fi.lliam 
Haithcon,  Annie  m. 

ifi.ll.iam  Pyland 
Halo,  ;-;.  H. 
Haloy,  Adrain  Gathor 
Haley,  Rons  n. 

Flay  B.  Jones 
Hall,  Mrs.  A.  C. 
Hall,  Ada  C.  m. 

Charlos  Glenn 


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Hall,  Adam  m. 

?.  ,59         Lucinda  Coosc  2 166 

2 i 62      Hall,  Mrs.  jdbort  It 196 
1,140       Hall,  Charles  A.  m. 

Eortic  Glonn  2:6? 
2 1 61       Hall,  Clydo  M.  m. 

Ii236         Kato  Glenn  2,67 

Hall,  G.  H.  m. 

2,41         Anis  Tuckor  2,343 

11226  Hall,  Goorgo  1:104 
1,103       Hall,  Howard  A.  2,67 
1:275       Hall,  T.  A.  1:252 
1:206       Hall,  Ira  H.  m, 

1,204         Mary  Fn.rmor  2|23 

1:205       Hall,  Joo  1:105 

1:2].?  Hall,  John  2:66 
1:289  Hall,  John  A.  2i53,  1«320 
1:242  it  Hall,  John  A.  m. 

Ij310         Martha  J.  Bonnott  2:66 

Hall,  John  Calvin  m. 

2 1 364         Lissio  Can troll  2,67 

Hall,  Loo  A.  1:181 

Hall,  Loon  2:100 

1»177                Hall,  Lloyd  Forrest  2i   67 

Hall,  Mrs.  Lon  1:189 

2:218                Hall,  Hiss  Lucy  1:208 

1:281  Hall,  llrs.  Mildred  1:192 
1:279  Hall,  Or.oda  m. 

1,278                       John  Glenn  2,53 

Hall,   Thoodoro  Roosevelt  2:67 

2:118  Hall,   Vada  m. 

Ad  Morgan  2:67 

2 1 118                Hall,   Veda  2 167 

Kail,   Vida  2:67 

2,300                 Hall,   W.  A.  Iil67 

1:275                 Hall,  Mrs.   \-J.  A.  1»195 

Hallowall,   Frank  Iil68 

2,300                  Ham,   Samuel   C.  Ii259 

Hamic,  Albert  2,73 
2 1 116                 Hamic,   Albort  17,  m. 

Irene  Stood  2:73 

2,300                  Hamic,    Effio  2,73 

Hamic,   G.   W.  Itl66,  1:250 

2,116  $  Hamic,    Gsorgo  W.  m. 

1,236                        Sarah  3o;man  2:72 

*  Hamic,    G.    W.   <T:  wife  f  2:8 

2,180                  Hamic,   Georgn  2:73 

2:18C                 Hamic,   James  2:72 

Hamic,   Martin  m. 

2:254  Nancy  McGeo  2,72 
1:148  Hamic,  Kay  Elizabeth  m, 

2:10S                         Ellis  Tatum  2i73 

Hamic,   Vidio  Ellen  m. 

2:108                        Robert  Jof fries  2:73 

1:210                  Hamic,    vaila  M.  2:73 

Hamic,   Vftlliam  David  m. 

2:6?                         Carrio  Growell  2,73 


INDEX:  DADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 


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Hanic,  '.-fi-lliam  Robert 
Hamilton,  Mrs,  Dr.(Carmack) 
Hamm,  Abner 
Hamm,  Bertha  m. 

Lairrence  Rush 
Hamm,  17.  C. 
Hammer,  James  Allen  m. 

Sarah  Tolliver 
Hammer  ,  Mora  3  ,  m  . 

Thorns  11.  Ualker 
Hammond,  T.  D. 
Hamner,  _  m, 

".rillie  pyle       2:255, 
Hamner,  E.  D. 
Hamner,  Prof.  Thomas 
Hamner,  \J,  T. 
Hampton,  Albert 
Hampton,  Alva 
Hsrnptcn,  Gorilla  m, 

_  Andorson 
Hampton,  Charloy 
Hampton,  Dr.         1:234, 
Hampton,  Dr,  m. 

Sara'.1.  Carnack 
Hampton,  Frank 
Hampton,  Ilu^h 
Hampton,  Hu~h  m. 

_  Cunni  nfrham 
Hampton,  Hugh  m. 

Sarah  Price  Ronfro 
Hampton,  John  m. 

Elizabeth  Pool 
Hampton,  Jamos  m. 

Emily  1'JLrkuocd 
Hampton,  Margaret  A.  m. 

Albert  0.  Li  tchfiold 
Hampton,  Mary  V,  m. 

Mathias  Alison 
Hampton,  N.  H. 
Hampton,  Dr.  II.  H.  m, 

_  Carnack 
Hamptcr.  ,  Sarah  E.  m. 

(1)  Lilian  I.'atson 


1:231, 


2:73 

Hankins  , 

James  William 

2.68 

1:^-9 

Hankins  , 

Mary  Ethelino 

2:68 

1:280 

Kanlcins  , 

Rita  Ncllene 

2:68 

Hanldns, 

Samuel  L. 

1:90 

2:295 

Kcr.kir.s  , 

Hish 

1-.2J2 

1:278 

Har.ld.r3, 

l&lliam  L. 

1:90 

2:355 

2s  355 
Itl65 

2:259 
1:133 

1:134 

Irl33 
1:29? 

2;2'/6 

1:297 
1(29? 
1:235 

1:235 
1:29? 
1:29? 

1  1  362 

2:276 
2:13? 
1:296 
2:13? 

1:296 
1:254 

1  :  345 


2i233 
li?.?6 
1:105 
1:103 
1:1°0 


HarJLey,  Benjamin 
Haroer,  Porter  5: 
Harbsrt,  Margaret  Elizabeth 

;-5.11iam  Fuqua       2:38 
Harbor,  Rev.  George  1:122, 
Hardin,  J.  H. 
Hardin,  James  M. 
Ha v Jin,  Mirel 
Kr.rd.jic"':.,  C,  F. 
Hardy,  Mary  m. 

ailtcn  Robertson 
Hardy.  Robert 
Harris,  L.  D. 
^arc.rave,  J.  H. 
Inr^rave,  J.  T. 
nrr«r.-ivc,  Clato  m. 

Sd^e 
Har.p;rr.ve,  Ottis  m. 

Iliimie   C.    Sloan 
Ilargraves ,    Elva  m. 

Alfred  Ray  Edmonson 

Harlam 

Harlow,  John  m. 

Sarah  Farmer 
Harmon,  Claburn  H. 
Harney,  Gen.  Wm. 

Harpe ,  Ilabol 
Harper,  Alice 
Harper,  Krs.  Annie 
Harper,  Benjamin 
Harper,  Benjamin  m. 

llary  Fendol 
Harper,  Bernice 
Harner ,  Blanche 
Harper,  Carrie  m. 

Hu^h  Duffy 
Harper,  Charles  W.  m. 

Millie  Judd 
Harper,  Dorothy 
Harper,  Eddie 
Harper,  Edith  E.  m. 

David  Vaughn 
Harper,  Ed'.rin  E.  m, 

!>i;ia  Oakley 
Har,;or,  Eliza 
Haroor,  Ellen  M.  m. 

Philip  Duffy 


2i6s 


(1)  V.f.  B.  Cochran 

(2)  Joseph  H.  Renfro 


1:242 

m. 

2:39 
1:124 

1:32 
1:158 
1:104 
1:249 

2«285 

1:105 
1:168 
1:168 
1:150 

2,15 

2:319 

2:19 
1:136 

2:22 

1:80 
2,170 
15276 

2:70 
1:278 

2 1 70 

2:69 

2:72 
2:72 

2.72 

2:71 
2:72 
2i71 

2:71 

2i71 
2:71 

2i71 
2:71 


!:272 


INDEX:  DADS  COUNTY  HISTORY 

Harper,  Elsie 
Harper,  Ernest 
Harper ,  Ethel 
Harper,  Eugenia 
Harper,  Eva 
Harper,  Fannie  m. 

George  Wilson 
Harpor,  Florence 
Harper,  Florence  S, 
Harpor ,  Floyd 
Harper,  Fredrick  ',•},  m. 

Bell  Smith 
Harper ,  Gerald 
Harper ,  Gladys 
Harper,  Grant 
Harper,  Harrie  H.  m. 

Jessie  Oirons 
Harper,  Henry 
Harper,  John 
Harper,  John 
Harper,  Joseph 
Harper,  Jcsic 
Harpe,  Laruo 
Harper,  Lee 
Harper ,  Lena 
Harper,  Martha 
Harpor,  ?Iary 
Harper,  Mary  A.  m, 

Arthur  Rose 
Harper,  Myrtle 
Harpor ,  Ora 
Harpor,  Crvil 
Harper,  Sarah  m. 

Henry  rittcringham 
Harper,  Shcrrin 
Harper,  Ghcrr.an  J.  m. 

Loona  :5-lliams 
Harper,  ;fi.lliam 
Harper ,  William 
Harper,  '5.11iam  n« 

Carrie  Lars 
Harrel,  Farmic  n, 

(1)  nilic  Stapp 

(2)  Robert  D.  Spain 
Karrell,  A. 
Harrington,  E.  C. 
Harris,  Ann  Elir.a  n. 

Thomas  B.  Graham 
Harris,  Elizabeth  m. 
arrison 


John 
Karri  s ,  J .  F . 
Harri  s ,  J .  H . 
Harris,  Jr.no  m. 

A.  M.  Pollard 
Harris,  Jesse 
Harris,  John 
Harris,  John  C. 


1:16 


Page  36 

2i71 

Karris,  John  H. 

1«352 

2:71 

Harris,  IJancy  m. 

2:71 

John  H.  Priddy    2i248, 

2:249 

2:72 

Harris,  Pearl 

1«275 

2:71 

Harris,  Samuel 

1:32 

Harrison,  Eros.       It5^i 

1:214 

2:335 

1)216,  lil?7t 

2:74 

2:71 

Harrison  Bros.  Furnituro 

1)177 

2:71 

Harrison,  Oharlos 

Ic2l4 

2:72 

1)216, 

1)217 

Harrison,  Charles     2:74, 

2:105 

2:71 

Harrison,  Edwin       1:20, 

1.216 

2:?1 

2:74,  2:104, 

2:105 

2:72 

*  Harrison,  Edwin  residence  f 

1:288 

1:278 

Harrison,  Mrs.  Edwin  1:196, 

1:201 

Harrison,  Elnira 

2.105 

2:?2 

Harrison,  Elmira  m. 

2:70 
2m 

Kong 

2:105 

:  /I 

Harrison,  George  m. 

2:70 

Kalinda  Lynes 

2:104 

2:69 

Harrison,  Hugh      1:106, 

1:216 

2:71 

V  Harrison,  Hugh  m. 

1  :  ?.<..  0 

Eloanor  Kito  Shafor 

2:74 

2:71 

2:309 

2:71 

Harrison,  Mrs.  Hugh 

1:201 

2:70 

Harrison,  Jessie 

1:188 

2:70 

Harrison,  John 

1:54 

1*57, 

,  2:74 

2:72 

#  Karri  son,  John  m. 

2:71 

Mary  E.  Fousheo   2:104, 

2:105 

2:72 

Harrison,  John  n. 

2:?1 

Elizabeth  Harris 

2:104 

Harrison,  i.ate  Ghaofer 

1:190 

2:70 

linrrison,  Mrs,  Laura 

1»3  39 

1:27? 

Harrison,  Mark  3. 

2:135 

Harrison,  Ralph 

2..  .05 

2:72 

Harrison,  Roger 

2:105 

1:169 

Harrison,  Roger  H. 

2:105 

2:71 

Harrison,  Ruth 

2.105 

Harrison,  William 

2:105 

2:69 

Harrison,  Dr.  iftlliam 

1)20 

Karnhbarger,  S.  A. 

1:249 

Harshbargor,  Sam'l  A. 

1:58 

2  :  321 

Earsy,  Katie  m. 

1:182 

Christian  Eirsman 

2:1? 

1:145 

Hartfiold,  Any 

1:276 

Hartfiold,  Clyde 

1:135 

2:94 

Hartficld,  H.  C.     1|214, 

1:216 

Hartficld,  Mrs.  H.  C. 

1:193 

2:104 

1:194,  1:196, 

1:201 

?.il66 

Hart,  John  B. 

1:80 

1:223 

Hartley,  Jcie  m. 

Jar.os  H.  Graham 

2:94 

2:242 

Hartley,  P..  n. 

1)160 

Albr.  Travis 

2)199 

1  :'--17 

Hartsock,  Lottio  m. 

1:181 

Da\dd  D.  Scroggs 

2:299 

IKEXi     DAD-  CODKTT  HTSTGIIY 


Harvey,  John 
Karvey,  John  H.  m. 

Sudora  Mitchell 
Harwell,  Jessie  3.  m. 

Ulysses  3.  Keran 
Harwell,  Joseph  C,  m. 

Gene  ifalker 
I-Iasten,  Sarah  m, 

John  Lack 
Hastings,  Buster  m, 

Mary  Daigh 
Hastings,  F.  li. 


1:103 
2:18? 
2:113 
2:113 
2:20 

2:375 
2s51,  1:98 

,    -,-,  lilOl,   1:102 
J-'OJ-t 

Hastings,  Martha  n. 

Charles  V5.1son  2:369 

Hastings,   Sheriff  1:110 

Hastings,   W.    T,  1:226,   1:232 

Haubein  (Hanbein)  2:38 

Haubein  (Hanbein)   &  Frye           2:38 

Haubein  &  Kcwcomb  1:224 

Haubein,  Herman  1:154,   1:222 

Haubein,  Louis  1:278 

Haufflcr,   G,  1:278 

Haughaut,   Rev.   F.  S.  1:149 

Haundschild  &  Kors-tovin  1:224 
Hawk,    C,   P.  n. 

Rachel  IB.  throw  1:327 

Hawkins  ,    Capt  .  1:75 
Kawldns,   T.   G.  m. 

Alice  Undenrood  2:339 

Hawkins,  Mrs.  1:188 

Hawkins,   P.  H.  1:182,  1:241 
Hawkins,   P,   H.  m. 

Alice  Russell  2:289 

Hawkins,   Stewart  &  1:241 

Hawks,   C.  P.  1:277 
Hawlcy,   Harvey  m. 

Mary  Shoemaker  2i£l 
Hawley,  iiinnie  m. 

Oren  V.   HpEibree  2:81 
Hayes,   Bqrd   m. 

Lizzie  Boll  1:308 

Hayes,   El  win  1:303 
Hayes,   Emily  Bell  T.. 

J.   T.  Hurst  1:309 

Hayes,  Virginia  1:308 
Hayes,  Kolissa  Jane  m. 

John  C.  Wheeler  2:359 
Hayes,   IJancy  ra. 

Joel  T,   Hcmbree  2:77 

Hayr.es,   './.   H.  Itl72,   1:174 

Rays,  A.  A,  1:164 

Hays,   Lcyd  1:275 
Hayter,  .^inorvia  A.  m. 

(1)  Sliarp  Kirby 

(2)  Robert  R,    King 

2:119,    2:129 


*  Hayward,   A.C,   &  wife             f 

2:200 

Hayward,   Ada  Madge 

2:77 

Ha;/vard,   Albert 

1:148 

Hay.rard,  Albert  Clinton 

2:?6 

,)«  Haytrard,   Albert  Clinton  m. 

Harriet  Adelia  Rector 

2:75 

Hay.j£.rd,   Aibnira  n. 

Gains   Carnack 

2:75 

Hayward,   Bottic  m. 

'.JUliam  McCrackon 

2:75 

KayiTard,    Charlos 

2:75 

Hayward,   Zd 

1:51 

Hayward,   Edgar  Marion  Albert 

2:77 

Hayrard,    Eduard 

2;75 

Haynrd,    I-jdv.rd  m. 

Caroline  ."-ith 

2:75 

Kayward,   ^.rir.a  m. 

IT     L.   Pylo 

2:75 

Hayc-ird;   Henry  m. 

Lcnera  Kontgomory 

2:191 

HayTcrd,   Honor 

2:77 

Haysrd,   Hubert  H, 

2:77 

Hayi;ard,   Ina  m. 

F.   !•'.   Perkins 

2:76 

Hayrard,   John 

2:75 

Hayward,   I-iatilda  m. 

Arma  Pylo 

2:75 

Hay;ard,   Horedith 

2:75 

Hayward,   Roberta  m. 

Morgan  Li  tie 

2:75 

Hayward,   William  Dixon 

2:75 

Hayward,   Vfi-lliara  Henry 

2:77 

Hay.ra.rds 

1:236 

Hazel  ton 

1:136 

Hazolton,   Elder 

1:135 

Keadloe,    C.   H. 

1:216 

Headloo,   Ej.ica  J.  m. 

George  Washington  Moore 

2d92, 

2:193 

I-Ioadloe,   Sp.muel  N.  m. 

Mary  Mitchell 

2:193 

Heard,    John 

1:80 

Hedoman  ,    Fred 

1:153 

Hedgocock,    J.    C. 

1:254 

Hedge]  in,    S.    P. 

1:169 

Hoisor,   Martin 

1:154 

1:222, 

2:38 

Heiscy  &  Caldwell 

1:223 

Hoi  soy,   Tortha  m. 

'.a  Hi  an  J.  Drvis 

2:7 

Heisey,    Fred  R.   m, 

Wil^a   'vorlonan 

2:380 

Heisc.y,    J^hn  m. 

f"ar...?y  Gilliland 

2:48 

Heiroy,    John  m. 

Jo^oprlr.c  Gilliland 

2:48 

Heiscy,   Mildred 

2:380 

INDEX:     DADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 

Heisey,  Philip  C.  2:7 

Hei skill,  C.  R,  1:277 

Heisld.ll,  Roy  1:230 

Heiskoll,  Ruth  1:280 
Helpenstine,  A.  1:163,  1:164 

Helponstine,  Amos  1:57 

Helm ,  Rov ,  1 t 1^3 

Helman,  llary  L,  1:179 

Hembroe,  A.  J.  1:166 

Hembreo,  Ariel  Maxine  2(82 
Hembrec,  Beatrice  A3.berta  2:211 

Hembreo,  Bel ton  2:79 

Hombreo,  Bird  1:46 
Hembroe.  Charity  Maude  m, 

Jonatha  J.  KcConnoll  2:141 

Hembreo,  Charles  C,  2:79 

Hcmbreo,  Dana  Byrd  2;P-0 

Hembroe,  George  2:79 
Hembreo,  Grant  m. 

Lillic  IlcConncll  2:79 
Hombrec,  Grotta  m. 

Samuel  Allen  2:81 

Hembree,  Harriet  C.  2:79 

Hembroc,  Hester  1:180 

Hcmbreo,  Hugh  A.  2:79 
Hembrec,  Hugh  L,  m. 

Annette  Bender  2:80 
Hembroo,  Ida  li,  m. 

Robert  Broclsnan  2:79 
Hembroe,  Isaac  m. 

(1)  Mary  Blake 

(2)  Solissa  S. 
Hembroc,  Isaac  A. 
Hcmbroc,  J.  L. 

J.  T. 

J.I. 

Janes 


Price  2:77,  78 

2:79 
1:58 

1:53.,  Iil63 
Iil60,  1:249 
1:32,  2:GO 
2:79 
1:135 
1:80 
2:77,  2:141 


mfc 


Henbrco , 

Hembrec , 

Hombroe , 

Hombroo , 

Hembree, 

Hembroe,  James  G. 

Hembrco,  Joel 

Hombreo,  Joel  Frank 

Hembrec,  Joel  M.  m, 

Grace  Smith 
Hombroe ,  Joel  Reeves 
V  Hembroc,  Jool  T,  mf 

(1)  Ilanoy  Hemtl-'ee 

(2)  Nancy  Hayes 

(3)  Sarah  J.  Maro.um 
Hembroc,  Joel  T. 

Is  133 
*  Hembroe,  Joel  T.  &  wife   f 

Kathryn 
L.   H. 
Laura 
Larson 
Honbroe,   LCTIIS  m, 
Mora  '.feir 


2:60 

2:79 
2:79 


2:77 
1:77 

2:35 
^:136 
2:79 
1:51 
2:79 
2:35 


Hombroe,  Louis  J. 
Hembrco,  Louisa  m, 

Harrison  Preston 
Hombroe ,  Lucille 
Hcmbroo,  Lynn  Bron 
Hcmbree,  Lynn  H.  m, 

Jeucl  Kate  Fixon 
Hombrcc,  Marietta  C,  m. 

',7.  C.  M.ircum 
Hembroc,  Marietta  V.  m. 

William  K,  Marcum 
Hombroe,  Martha  m. 

Otis  C.  Hombreo 
Henbreo,  Martin  L. 
Hombrce,  I'ary  G, 
Hcmbreo,  Matilda 
Hombrcc,  Kaud  m, 

John  J,  J!cConnoll 
Hembrec,  fuldred 
Hembroe,  Mollio 
Hembree ,  Nancy 
Hembree,  Hancy  m. 

Joel  T.  Henibroe 
Hcrbroe,  0.  R. 
Kcnbrec  Orcn  V.  m. 

(1)  Etta  Stillwoll 

(2)  ;iin.oic  KBwloy 
Hcmbrec,  Otis  C,  m, 

Martha  Hembroo 
Hombreo,  Sadie 
Hombroe,  Sarah  Annis  m. 

Thomas  A.  Sharp 
Hembroc,  Sarah  J.  (Mrs. 

Hcmbreo,  Susie  L.  ra. 

Frank  Carlock 
Honbree,  Susie  Lucile 
Hembroo,  T.  B.  m. 

Mary  E,  Carender 
Hcmbrees 
Hendrcx,  W.  J. 
Hendricks,  Benjamin  L, 
Hcndricks,  Little  Berry 
Honry  School 
Henry,  W.  J. 
Honloy,  Fred  L.  m. 

Ida  Lee 
Hcnslcy,  Maria  m. 

Major  La;js 
Hoss,  Jonathan 
Hcsslcr,  Arthur  m. 

Mary  E.  Shaw 
Kiatt,  J,  J. 
Hiatt,  Jesse  J, 
Kiclc-an,  Karjorio 
Hickory  Grovo  School 
Hicks,  Honry 
Hicks,  Ike 


Pago  38 
2:79 


2:79 
2:211 

2:211 

2:78 
2:316 

2:79 
1:34 

2:79 
Iil35 

2:79 

2:79 

2:79 

1«135 

2:78 
1:252 

2:80 

2:79 
2:79 

2:79 

Jool  T.) 

1.133 

2:79 
2:79 

1:333 
1:236 
1:276 
1:251 
1:68 
1:275 
1:166 

2:134 

2:71 
1:166 

2:316 
1:172 
1:170 
1:280 
1:281 
1:105 
1:105 


INDEX:  BADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 

Hicks,   Lora  m. 

Khryr.  King  2:119 

Riggings,  David  2;  100 

Higgins,  Dr.  A.  1:2'!°. 
Higgins,  Aby  n. 

R.  J,  Taylor  2tc6 

Higgins,  Ecrtha  1:231 
Higgins,  C'-lvin  J,  m, 

Sarah  l.'arlln  2:86 

*  Hi^ins,  Lr.vo  <?;  tafo  f  2il6 
i?  Higgins,  David  rn. 

Ann  IIL-iKa  Gates  2;  82 

2:34 

Higgins,  I-irs.  David  1:239 

Hio-irs,  David  R,  2:36 

Hifr~i-^,  Oloiso  2:36 

Hi7C:.r:3,  3thol  1:2?? 
Higgins,  2va  :r.. 

3,  J.  :Jhr;u-n  2:3? 
Hip~,ins,  Gertrude  m. 

_  Gray  2:86 
Hig^ir.s,  Grace  2.  m. 

_  Focirson  2:36 
Hig^ins,  J.  1.  m. 

Lucy  I'.  '.loir  2:358 
Higgins,  Jar.c  m. 

(1)  John  Oridor 

(2)  liar  tin  Van.  Horn  2:62 
Ki  ggi  ns  ,    J  o  hn  2:82 
logins,    -Joseph  H.  2:36 
Higgins,   L.   2.  1:279 

v?  Higp-ins,   L.    E.   in. 

Lydia  L.    Taylor  2:86 

Higgins,   r.invillo  1:135 

Higeirs,   Lir.--j.llo  m, 

Sr.rah  ;jcodro'.;  2:32 

Higei-.-n,  Lydi.?.  Mr.ry  m. 

2:83,    1:333 
;/  Hipgirs;   Lyr.villc  D.   m. 

Capitcla  Johnson  2:3'-J- 

2«33,    2:102 
Hi.?gir.o,  Mrs.   Lyr.villo 

1:193,  It  196 

Higgins,  Hr.ry  Frances  2:86 
Hi^ins,  Mcllic  n. 

I{,   ::.    CT...-S  2:86 

Hifr.rrir-.   Hones  2:82 

Hi,-^i:-.r,    ;-,    I;,  1:133 

Hi-':-l.i3,    ;:,-ur.iio  2:02 

Hi  ---.-.'•  .    liir.a  n. 

;5ttVr.-i7hn  2:83 

Higgins,    ficcby  n. 


Pago  39 
2:86 


2:8? 


H;  -.".>,     Cohjol 

-  3,    Urn.    Tola 


1:1';?. 
2s36 


Higpins,   i;.  R. 
Hig^-ris  ,   •.-7.7.1.-.  n. 

o.   F.   V.:.^---Tir. 
HJ^v-.is,    r'S!.ji;j.i  m. 

j.ary  l".lor.  .Vr.drus  2:86 

Eipsin-;,   Uin.ir.  2«82,   2:83 

KiRnto;s-or,    .1,    H.  1|225,   1:2^9 

Hi  f-huT?.y   ''  oirri'i  ?  ';  i  on  , 

Vnt:.r-Ccunty  Seat  1:312 

Hill,  _  m. 

.    ->,'-loc  2:336 

Hill,    Doiv.:rl  2,3?5 

Hill,   ii-roah  m. 

Dr.   .0,  .•:.   Jeffreys  2:109 

Hill,   R-iph  Harold  2:375 

Hill,   Richard  n. 

l'-.vr.  •Jcoi-^d  2:375 

Hinc,    P.ov  It  142 

Kinclino.    ?>ncv  n. 

J.-.i-os  D3-i*cn  2:224 

Hir.o  •     Hrr,,    1,   G.          1«204,   Ii205 
Hinc?     Mi-s  i^-i^uorite  1:206 

Hinton  Drr.^  o-^re  1:185 

Ecbbr  1,236 

Hob^r,    ^  psie  1:107 

Hobbs,   Ja-ros  1:33 

Hobts,   T.  U-VJJ-A.T.  Jane  m. 

:^  irr.uci  .  ,  ;i-au  2,315 

Eobl\j,    ,'-•'  las  1:51 

Hcbh:;.   •.,'.?.  1,216 

Hobr.-i,    '•;,    ,1..  1,245 

Hod:.-;,    C;;arlos  2,91 
Hodco,    Cnarlcs  Frederick  m. 

Kary  '.r.nmeian  2,90 
Hodc'o.    LVoai  n, 

Err.^-t  P.cGonthal  2,91 
*  Hoddc.    '.'.v-d,    ui.fo,   & 

rasid-ir.co  f  2  188 

Ilodd.;,    rVcdorrck  2:90 

Hcddr,    Fr-.Ijriek  2:91 
s  Hodo  :  ,   i1  .vc  dor:'1,  ck  m  . 

(.1)      Lo'iiso  Bock 

(<2;   Lc'^so  l/inkolraan 

(3)   jViietta   (Duncan)   Cornell 

2:   90 

Hcddc,    J-Ienry  2:91 
Hcddc  .   I.'.ii-y  -n. 

Fro'i  Pop-':  shrink  2,  91 
Hoddc,   I'i'.niC'  n. 

••J     :/.    BcJiT-o  2:91 
Hoddc  ,    Villia..  in. 

ilo-.'-y  '-:run:;.'-r  2:90 

Hcd"3>n,    Bc.srio  1,280 

Hod.-,:>.-.,    ;:v,.    Dovo  1,148 

Hod      ..    r.   v  1,278 

Hod:o\    'fir/iio  1,230 


INDEX «  DADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 


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Hool,  C.  E.  1:145,  1:223 
Hoe] ,  Cora  A,  m. 

Benjamin  Laughlin  2 189,  1:145 

Hoel  Bros.  1:223,  2. -3 
Hoel,  Gertrude  R.  m. 

Honer  Lau-.'-Jin  2s?9 
Hoel,  Kathci^.no  n, 

C.  T.  I'ccldridgo  2-?9 

Hoel ,  Luolla  Hay  2  •;  °>9 

Hool,  Mary  J,  1:1 '-5 

Hool,  W.  L.  1:145,  lsZP.3 

Hool,  W.  M.  1:275 

Hoel,  Dr.  U.  M.  1:224 

Hoel,  Mrs.  V,  M.  I:2u5 
Koel,  VP.l~-in:.:  3.  rn. 

i-Sary  if,  T'OJ  ?  oirpeter  2:88 

Hoel,  Dr.  :.v:.  II.  *  1:225 

Hool,  Dr.  i.Y.Uiiam  M.  m, 

Ella  Jj.  0 toiler  2:83 

Hoels  It  146 

Hoffman,  Gladys  1:261 

Hoffman,  Henry  1:166 
Koke,  Caroline  m. 

Henry  Winter  1:311 

Holbert,  Pleasant  R.  m. 

Mary  Lyon  2:114 

Holder  1:287 

Holder,  Jack  1:104 

Holdor,  Marion  1:34 

Holder,  Ton  It 104 

Holland,  Gen.  C.  B.  1:317 

Holland,  Dorothy  Leo  2:13 

Holland,  Mrs.  F.  H.  1:210 

Holland,  Harold  Hull  m, 

Kittle  Lcc  2-13 

Holland,  I-J.  H,  1:109 

Holland,  \J.  M.  It  110,  1:253 

Holland,  17.  II.  1:110,  1:253 

Holliday,  G.  I-.'.  1;152 

Hollingshcari,  Mabel  1:278 

HolloTTny,  '.Jilliam  L.  Ir80 

Hollounetcr,  Mary  J.  m. 

tftliiara  B.  Hoel  2:88 

Hollo'.rpoter ,  Mathias  &,  Mary  2:89 

Holly_ in 

Margaret  Young  2:387 

Holman,  Apines  1:281 

Holman,  Andy  J,  2-92 

Holnan,  Bcraico  1:280 

Ko'rrian,  Clco  1:277 
Holman,  Farnic  n, 

Hoso  Anderson  2; 93 

Holman,  DT right  2:94,  1:274 

Holr-an,  G,  C,  1:214,  1:215 

Holnan,  Giles  1:135 

Hoiman,  Ida  Isabel  2; 92 


Eolr.an,  Jano  m. 

__",.•  T^.'^rd 

•  .' ;.-  3uron  Holman 


2:92 

1:151 


2:136 
2:93 
2 '.94 
1:277 

'dfc  f  2:192 

"'"r.  Bur  on  m. 
':  .-.an)   Lanpf ord 
•3  f-tcckton         2:91 
2:93 
E.   m, 

2:92 

2:93 

2:94 

2:93 
2:94 
2:94 
1:274 

Ii229,   1:231 
1:233,   1:250 
&  Mary  2:92 

Hol:r-.n,   '..clliam  S.  2:92 

Hcina:i,    ^oir.  rr. . 

•.•JiAlian  iOunn  2:92 

Holr.:et-    Christina  n. 

Bcr.jrnin  Folts  2:228 

Holmoj,   Hiss  m. 

Robert  Bishop  It3l6 

Holt,   Louisa  m. 

Ivilli?p.  D.   Darst  2:3 

Holt.    Goorrio  A.  m. 

-jj,  ^o,,  2:134 

Kc-e  Makers   CLub  1:208 

Hoi.--3  f.tore;    The  2:339 

Her ^s road   Co.  1:65 

Hcr.-.y  Crook  School  1:281,   1:285 

Heed".    Ckergo  2:37 

Hood,   John  Alexander  &  Nancy 

1:325 
Hood,   Mary  Susan  m. 

Milo  Burton  2i33,   1:325 

Hock,   '.'illiam  H.  Ii79 

Hcov-r,    Cr.-rles  1:33 

Hoover,    Ccria  1:281 

Hoover,   G     V.  It  169 
Hoover,    C-eci-gc  m. 

IlJ.-r.rboth  Friddy  2:251 

Hco,er,    Jar^s  1:51 
Hcov::.-.    "iniy  m. 

', "  "'".inn  3.   Landers  2:132 

Hoc-cr-    S,    J.  1:172 

Hup'.cLnr,  1:287 


INDEX:  BADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Hopkins,  I  Irs.  1:206,  1:207,  1|208 
Hopkins,  Lncretia  m, 

Rufus  Rountroo  2:245 
Hopper,  Arch  m. 

Mary  Elizabeth  Mitchell  2:188 

Hopper,  Capt.  Thomas  1:97,  1:346 

Hopper,  Thomas  B.  1:259 

Horn  &  Algeo  1:224 

Horn,  Mrs.  J.  F.  1:204,  1:205 

Horn,  Jacob  F,  2:380 

Horn,  Hiss  Rosamund  1:206 

Hornbeck,  liarion  It  80 

Home,  Finis  It  105 

Home,  Joo  1:105 

Home,  Robert  1:105 

Home,  '."Lilian  Itl03 

Horstman,  Haundschild  &  1:224 

Horton,  I,  N.  1:253 

Horton,  Isaac  1:252 

Horton,  J.  L.  1:215 
Horton,  J,  Leslie  m. 

Jennie  Blanche  King  2:128 

Horton,  John  King  2:128 

Horton,  Hay  1.281 
Hcskins,  Arnazinda  E.  m, 

William  Lovoall  2:232 

Hoskins,  John  Ira  2:232 
Hoskins,  John  L.  m, 

Sarah  E.  Davis  2:231 

Hoskins,  Ray  Benjamin  2i232 

Hoskins,  Samuel  ELden  2:232 

Hoskinson,  J.  M.  It  168 
Hosman,  Mary  (Boono)  l«4l  -44 

Houck,  Jonathan  1:169 

Houdysholl,  Lottie  1:278 

Howard,  E.  3.  It 165 

H  oward ,  Hor a  c  o  1 1 218 

Howard,  J.  II.  1:163 

Howard,  John  1:113,  1«294 

Howard,  Cr.pt.  John  1:109,  Is 341 

Howard,  John  H.  1:55,  1:159 
1:252,  2.99 


Howard,  Capt.  John  H. 
Howard,  John  L.  m, 

Jewoll  King 
Howard,  Maria  m. 

Thomas  Underwood 
Howard,  Hary  Emma 
Howard,  S.  H,  1:171, 
Howard,  Sam 
Howard,  Serena  m, 

Aaron  RUE soil 
Howoll,  Bertha  m. 

Ernest  p.ussoll 
Howoll,  Rev.  C.  L. 
Howcll,  Chalriors 
Kowoll,  Edric 


Is77 
2:125 

2:338 
2:125 

1:172,  ltl?4 
1:107 

2  8  289 

2:95 
1:149 

2:96 
2:96 


2:155 

1:158,  2il55 
1:249,  11253 
1:258, 


Howoll,   John  D.  m. 

Hottie  M.   Staggs  2.95 

Howell,  Lena  2:95 

HoweTl,  Lucille  2:95 

•<?  HOV?J_J.  :   If,   C.  m. 

Joanetto  Mitchell         2:95 
Howoll,  W.E,  m, 

Mr.ggie  Jordan  2:95 

Hoylo,  m, 

Lt.  Willis  Taylor        1.100 
Hoyl,  Aunt  Lilah  1:112 

Hoyle,  Dave  1»334 

Hoylo,  Judge  1:100 

Hoyle,  Mill 
Hoyl,  Nancy  Adeline  m, 

Abner  H,  McGoe 
Hoyl,  Peter     1:51, 
Hoylo,  Peter   2:239, 
Hoyle,  Peter   1:257, 
Hoyle,  Sarah  m. 

William  Taylor 
Hoyls 

Hoyt,  Seymour 
Hoyt,  Seymour 
Hoyt ,  Seynour 
HoytjSeymour  m. 

McDowell 

Hubb;  William  H. 
Hubbard,  Austin 
Huckaby,  John 
Hudson 
Hudson,  Dave 
Hudson,  Frank 
Hudson,  G.  A. 
Hudson,  G.  A.  m. 

Mary  C.  Grishan 
Hudson,  Janes 
Hudson,  Mary  m. 

Gpenccr  Ellis 
Hudson,  Palmer  T. 
Hudson,  Thomas 
Hudson,  './.  T. 
Hudson,  William  P. 
Hudspeth,  A.  D. 

Hudspoth,  Amanda  m. 

Grange  G.  Gregory 
Hudspeth,  Andres  D. 
Hudspeth,  Andrew  2:28 

Hudsp-jth,  Andy  1:51 

Hudspoth,  Ben  2.237 

Hudspcth,  Coo  m. 

Mrniio  Poindexter  2.239 

Hudspeth,    David  1«32,   1:60 

Hudcpcth,   Miss  Guss  1.208 

Hudspcth,    John  1:32 

Hue's  DO  th,   Lucy  m. 

".yiillam  Friar  2.28,   2:32 


2:239 
1:67 

1:164 

lilSl,  1:182 
It252,  1.253 

1:52 
1:79 

1:75 
1:80 
1.105 
1:148 
1:252 
1:275 

2:60 
1.167 

2:190 
1:275 

1:33 
1.231 

Ii33 

1.32,  1:249 
1:251,   1.256 

2.65 


INDEX i  DAD E  COUNTY  HISTORY 
Hudspeth,  Mary  m. 

Mathias  Spoer  1«3CO 
Hudspeth,  Rebecca  m. 

John  Boland  2tl89 

Hudspeth,  Rufus  It60,  It 290 

Hudspoth,  Sheriff  1:63 

Hudspeth,  Sidney  It 276 

Huffman,  Adaline  m. 

John  Davis  2tl71 

Huffman,  Ernest  2:171 

Huffman,  George  2il71 

Huffman,  Karvoy  2:171 

Huffman,  Jesse  2:171 
Huffman,  Kate  m. 

Fred  C.  Meyers  2:170 
Huffman,  Lottio  m. 

l&lliam  P.  Patterson  2:171 
Huffman,  Lou  m, 

Thomas  Hani on  2:171 
Huffman,  Presley  m. 

Sarah  Moore  2:171 

Huft,  Jacob  1:80 

Huges,  H.  P.  It 276 

Hughe s,&  Clark  1:229 

Hughes,  A.  D.  1«243,  It 274 

Hughes,  E.  R,  Itlo3,  1:227,  1:252 

Hughes,  Rev,  I.  G.  1»144 
Hughes,  Mabel  m. 

Roland  3.  Griffith  2t59 

Hughes,  Ruth  1:273 

Hughes,  T.  S,  1:164 

Hughes,  Taylor  1:233 

Hughes,  Vida  1:277 
Hull,  Ansel  m, 

Elizabeth  Bates  2:13 

Hull  £•  i/orthy  1:21-':- 

Hull,  Frank  1:179 

Hull,  Goorgo  F.  1:178 
Hull,  Grace  m, 

(1) Holland 

(2)  George  Robinson  Eaton 


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2:13 


Hull, 
Hull, 


W.   1:175,  176,  177, 


Itl78,  1:179,  Ii2l6 
Hull,   Lizzie  1:179 

Hulston,   Alr.or  E.  m, 

William  A.   King 
Hulstcn,    Christopher  m 

Nancy  C,    Kirbjr 
Hulston,   Fred 
Hulston,   John  Kenton 
Hulston  rill 
Hulston  Kill 
Humbert,    Cynthia  Ann  m 

Henry  Ilimbler 
Humbert,    I.   A. 


2:123 

2:128 
1:277 
2sll3 

It68,  2:23 
f 


Humphrey,  John 

Humphrey,  Mr. 

Huston,    Trcssa 

Hunt     Bros.  It222 

Hunt,   Finloy  C. 

Hunt,    Jliram.  m. 

Lavcnia  Strange 
Hunt,    Ira  A. 
Hunt,    Irene 
Hunt,    Jesse  E.   m, 

!3va  Ivirby 
Hunt,  Joel  T. 
Hunt,  Laguerda  L.  m. 

Ur.ttio  Lake 
Hunt,   Lcna  G. 
Hunt,   Lillic  p. 
Hunt,   Lola 
Hunt,   Lou  T.   m. 

liary  H'ont 
Hunt,   K.  ]••!. 
Hunt,   Mary  m. 

Lou  T.   Hunt 
Hunt,   llelville  m. 

May  Winter 
Hunt,    T'arcissa  m, 

",-fi.lliam  Foushco 
Hunt,   Nathan 
Hunt,    Nor-na  D. 
Hunt,    Samuel  m. 

Minnie  B.   Davis 
-/  Hunt,    Taylor  H.  m, 

(1)  Sarah  Lucinda  Farmer 

(2)  Alice  "i.  11  son 
Hunt,   Vfo.shington  m. 

Polly  Caroline  Wilson 
Hunt,   ifi.lliam  n. 

Margaret  Finley 
Hunt,    '..llliam  A.  m. 

3crnicc  Thonascn 
Hunter,   David  1:24, 

Hunter,    Stella  m. 

J3.nor  A.  Newkirk 
Hunts,  George  D.  m. 

Eunice  Jeroir.e 
Hunts,  Henry  m. 

Mary  Jane  VJoodard 
Hurst,  Adaline  m, 

Hcylc  McGoe 
Kurst,  Amanda  R.  m. 

James  A.  Sell 
I-Iurct,  Annio  n. 


It  281 

It  224 

2:98 

2:331 
2:07 
2  198 

2:97 
lil?2 

2t97 

2:98 

2  i  98 

2:7 

2t97 
It  278 

2:97 

2:373 

2:105 
It  80 
2:9? 

2:7 


2  196 
2:97 
2t97 

2:98 
1:249 

2t  206 
2:373 
2t374 

2:155 
1:309 


1:309 

f  2:344 

It  72 


INDEX i  DADS  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Page  43 


Hurst,  Luella  m. 

Charles  Itlhite 
Hurst,  liargaret  m, 

Rolvin  H.   Darst 
Hurt,  Lon  m. 

Rachel  Jane  Scroggs 
Hurt,  Hrs. 
Hurt,  Mrs.   Rachel         1:207,   1«208 


I.O.O.F.  1:175 

Indian  collections  Ii20,   21 

Indians       1:21,   1:19,  1»60,   2:293 

1:71 
1:80 


*  Jacobs, 

R. 

S 

.  ,  Bank 

f 

1:296 

2  il73i 

£  Jacobs  , 

R. 

S 

.  Banking 

Co. 

2:99 

Jacobs, 

R. 

S 

.  Banking 

Co. 

2:3 

1:212, 

1:216 

Jacobs  , 

Mrs 

. 

R.  S. 

1:197 

2:299 

Jacobs, 

Mrs 

, 

T.  K. 

1:201 

1:206 

Jail 

1:110, 

1:247 

Ingles,  Jair.es 
Ingraham,  Mr. 
Irby,  Delia  n, 

Mitchell  Smith 
Irby,  Gladys 
Irby,  Icy  P.  m. 

John  D.  2urton 
Irby,  Jamos  m, 

Clara  '.ft  throw 
Irby,  Jamas  F. 
Irby,  Joo 
Irby,  Joseph  L. 
Irby,  Joseph  L.  m, 

Delphia  T.  Eailoy 
Irby,  Lloyd 
Irby,  Luay  m. 

John  Sullivan 
Irby,  Marion  Loyd  ra. 

Susan  Friar 
Irby,  Ilary  ra. 

John  Bell 
Irby,  Tcssie  r.. 

Robert  L.  LOG  Friar 
Trby,  U.  J. 
Irby,  VB.loy 
Ireland,  Lottie  m, 

Cyrus  Crano 
Iron 

Jackson  (capture  of) 
Jackson,  ZLisaboth  m. 

Robert  E.  Shaw 
Jack.^'.n,  General 
Jackson,  ll'.ry  Jane  n. 

(1)  lierodith  Hailey 

(2)  Silas  U.   Scybert 

(3)  I'r.rvcy  Lloyd     2:284, 


Jacobs, 


Anna 


2i35 

1:331 
1:281 


:108,   1:109,   1:114,   liloO 


Jdil,  first 
James,  V,T.  E. 
Janes  family 
Jeffreys,  Al  S. 
Jeffries,  Albert  Edgar 
Jeffries,  Bedford  Forrest 
Jeffreys,  D.  M.  M.  m. 

Hannah  Hill 
Jeffries,  Ed:^ar 
Jeffreys,  Ester  H. 
Jeffreys,  J,  R. 


2:109 

2:73 

2:110 

1:172 


Jeffreys,   James  C.  m. 

1«330 

Minnie  Tyo 

2:110 

Jeffreys,   James  R, 

2:110 

1:326 

$  Jeffreys,   Jamos  R.  m. 

1:331 

ll.incy  IIcMillan 

2:109 

1:226 

Jeffreys,    Jamos  R, 

1:107 

1:172 

*  Jeffreys,    James  R.                   f 

1:144 

Jeffreys,   Lizzie 

1:179 

1:330 

Jeffreys,  L'rs,                1:206, 

1:208 

1:331 

Jeffreys,   Kathryn 

2:110 

Jeffreys,    Robert  m. 

1:331 

V'  da  Ellen  Hamic 

2:73 

Jeffreys,   Robert  W. 

2:110 

2:31 

Jenkins,   J.  L.   Capt 

1:104 

Jenkins,   J.  M. 

Iil50 

1O31 

Jennings,   Dennis  m, 

S-irah  E.   Farmer 

2:23 

2:33 

Jon.tsch,   Alfred 

2:264 

1:276 

Jentsch,    Christ 

2:264 

1:26 

Jcntsch,   Cmil  r>. 

Miry  Raubinger 

2:264 

2  162 

Jrnt.ich  ,   Mario 

2:264 

1:262 

Jcror.o,   Ed                        1:104, 

1:275 

1:75 

Jerome,   Eunice  m. 

(1)   John  Woodard 

2:305 

(2)   jcorgo  D.  Hunts 

2:373 

1:36 

Jerome,   Laura  m. 

John  T.   Bell 

1:307 

Jerono,    Nellie  m. 

Sar.uol   'J.    Cell 

1:307 

2  1  300 

Jcssopp,    Tip 

1:105 

]  :1^9 

Jeuoll,   Halsoy  m. 

1:90 

Grldio   Coiner 

1:351 

1:211 

Jewell  ,    John 

1:169 

1«57 

Joxral]    School 

1:279 

lilSo 

John,    E.   S. 

1:278 

1:294 

John,    Hattie 

1:280 

Jac 


TND3X:  DAD3  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Johnson                   1:234 

Johnson,  iftlliaro  m. 

Johnson        m. 

Nancy  Shouso 

2:314 

Mary  Ann  ?oybort         2:101 

Johnston,  Rev. 

1:125 

Johnson,  B.  F,             1:229 

Jones,  &  '.Jllcon 

1:68 

Johnson,  B.  Frank  v., 

Jones,  Abagail  n. 

Martha  Young            2:101 

Lillian:  Pyland 

2:254 

Johnson,  Beatrice          2:104 

Jonos,  A  "JIGS  C. 

2:294 

Johnson,  Byran             2:103 

Jcnos,  Alma 

1:281 

Johnson,  Caroline  m. 

Jones,  Beryl 

1:275 

Philip  S.  Griffith 

Jones,  Burkot    1:46, 

1:47,  1:51 

2:59,  2:62,  2:102 

Jones,  Elmer  M.  m. 

Johnson,  Ca  pi  tola  m. 

Helen  7..  Moore 

2:294 

Lynville  D,  Higgins 

Jones  (Janes?)  fa-nily 

1:102 

2:85,  2:102 

Jor.es,  Floy  B,  m, 

Johnson,  Dorothy           2:103 

Rosr  Haley 

2:108 

Johnson,  12,  3,              1:276 

Jones,  George  m. 

J  ohns  on  ,  2ci  na              2  :  ]  04 

Ella  Marshall 

2:164 

Johnson,  ."£Lizaboth  m, 

Jcnes,  George  A. 

2:107 

James  Ccplin            2:254 

Jcnes  ,  Guy         1 

i!79i  It  276 

Johnson,  Ellen  Amanda  (Mdall) 

Jonos,  J.  Fay 

2:108 

f  1:176 

Jcnes,  J.  H. 

1:148 

Johnson,  Frank  £  family  at  hoir.o 

Jones,  J.  L. 

1:276 

f  1:320 

Jonos,  J.  K. 

1:172 

Johnson,  Hrs,  Frank         1:196 

Jones,  J.  M,  m. 

Johnson,  Ira  H.  n. 

Martha  E.  Grisham 

2:60 

Dena  i'ontgomory          2:103 

Jones,  J.  N, 

1:276 

2:102 

Jones,  Jake 

1:105 

Johnson,  Ira  Harold         2:104 

Jonos  ,  Josse  m. 

Jchnson,  J.  3.       1«251,  2:337 

Martha  Taylor 

2:306 

Johnson,  J.  B.             1:251 

Jcnes,  Jesse  n, 

Johnson,  Rev.  J,  E,         1:132 

l&rinifred  Spoight 

2:254 

Johnson,  J.  F.  1:250,  2*23,  2:341 

Jones,  John 

1:105 

Johnson,  Joe               1:105 

Jonos,  John  "  .  r., 

Jchnson,  Joseph             1:32 

Mary  E.  Roc  tor 

2:106 

Johnson,  John  F.       1»33,  1:56 

il1  Jcnos,  John  M.  n. 

Johnson,  John  Fletcher      2:103 

Mary  I  Patterson 

2:106 

Johnson,  John  Fletcher  re. 

2:221 

ULlon  Amanda  Ridall      2:101 

Jcnos,  Joseph  P.  m. 

2:102,  2:103 

Ann  Kerar. 

2:112 

Johnson,  John  Fletcher     f  1:168 

Jnnc^,  Julia  A.  m. 

Johnson,  Levi              1:166 

H'ary  Bull''  ngton 

2:107 

Johnson,  Lottie  S.          2:102 

JcneS,  Leo 

1:281 

Johnson,  Louisa  m. 

J.-.nrs,  Levi 

1:4? 

Jacob  Co:;         1:354,  1:357 

Jones,  Lloyd 

1:281 

Johnson,  li.-ry  n. 

Jcnos,  Lucinia  A.  m. 

Floyd  VnnOsdcll    1|102,  2:341 

>or-c  ]•!.  Rush 

2:292 

Johnson,  r'-s,               1:198 

Jcner,  Lucy  Thomas  n, 

Johnson,  Pliyllis  m. 

:•  rr~e  'J.  Mallory 

2:15? 

Lairrcm.:  Rountroo        2:103 

Jcne£<,  Mn.bcl  m. 

Johnson,  Rev.  Jlr,           It  '6 

Trey  Jchnson 

2:16^' 

Johnson,  Susanna  n. 

Jones,  Martha  J.  m. 

Blackfcrd  Casey          2:338 

'.•fi-lliari  Hi,  Shaw 

2:306 

Johnson,  Troy  n. 

Jcncr,  Psrry 

l:2?c 

Mabel  Jones              2:164 

Jones,  Reason 

mo  3 

Johnson,  './.  C.             1:1  $8 

Jcnos,  Richard 

1:2?6 

Johnson,  '.falter  P.          2:132 

Jonas,  r.r.th  Beryl 

2:1CP 

Jchnscn,  '.nllian             1:33 

Jones,  Samuel  n, 

Rodha  Butler 

2:107 

INDEX i  DADS  COUNTY  HISTORY 


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Jones  School 

Ii280 

Jones,   Ula  Forrest 

2:108 

Jones,   W.    T.   a  I-iinta  E. 

2:157 

Jones,   IB.  Hi  an  M. 

1:107 

Jopes-Merril 

1:109 

Jopes,    Clara  Belle  m, 

T.  A,  Miller 

2:177 

Jopes,   Harriet  F.          Ii201 

1:197, 

1:210, 

2:177 

Jopes,   Harrison 

1:276 

Jopes,  Mrs.       1:139,  1(190, 

1:200 

Jopes  ,  Mrs  .   5  .   U. 

1:210 

Jopes  ,   Sariuel  1^. 

2:  177 

Jopes,    I.'illiar:  K. 

2:177 

Jopes,   Dr.   Vfi.lliam  H. 

1:59 

Jordan,    C.  A.                  1:151, 

1:242 

Jordan,   Sola 

l:2ol 

Jordan,   Mar  Tie  n. 

VJ.   "J.   Hcuell 

2:95 

Judd,  Killio  n. 

Charles  -J.   Harper 

2:71 

Julian,   Darbr.ra  m. 

".Theoler 

2:359 

Julian,   Nancy 

1:72 

Jump,    James  K.   P. 

1:79 

Jump,    Joseph  II. 

1:79 

Jung,   Philip 

1:152 

Kaelke  ,    Theo 

1:278 

Kahr,    Charley 

Iil53 

Kansas   City  &  Memphis  HR 

1:158 

Kell,   S.  L. 

1:178 

Kellar,   Mrs.   Fred 

1:206 

Kellar,    L.    C. 

1:278 

Keller,    En  Tin  m. 

Sallio  Seybsrt 

2:302 

Kelloy,    C.    H. 

1:278 

Kelley,    C].airs  Alta  May 

2:353 

Kelley,    E.   C. 

1:182 

Kelley  ,    Ellis  John 

2:353 

Kelley,   Louis 

2:353 

Kelley,   Cnha 

1:279 

Kelloy,    Robert  Leland 

2:353 

Kelley,    Ruby 

1:280 

I'lelley,   Terry  McConnell 

2:353 

Kelley,    Rev.   Thomas 

1:70 

Kelley,   ^/i'liam 

1:168 

Kellcfn.    S-x 

Iil79 

Kellc,"";';,    Sc.rah  A.  m. 

>fi.  Hi  av  '.  J  .   Davi  s 

2:5 

Kennedy,   Alfred                  1:76, 

1  :  79 

1:113, 

1:252 

1:253,   1:181, 

2:160 

Kennedy,    Dr. 

1:1  D4 

Kennedy,    ::.   T.                Iil63, 

1:251. 

!'.onnedy,    J.    C. 

1:227 

Kennedy,  W.  It 181 

Kemport  &  Furby  It 214,  1:217 

Kemrert,  Mrs.  Martin  1»193,  1:196 

Ken -in^ton, Club  1:193 

Ket.-r.um,  C-  A,  1:251 
Kerar. ,  Ann  m. 

Joseph  F.  Jones  2»112 
Keran,  Asariah  A,  ra. 

Catharine  Dick  2:111 
Keran,  Jenrio  J.  m. 

John  Kingsburg  2:112 
Keran,  John  ra. 

Mary  Clomonts  2:111 

Kerin,  John  T,  2:112 

Ker-.n,  Otho  1:224 
Koran,  Otho  H.  m. 

Irma  Cladtrcll  2:113 

Koran,  Mrs.  Otho  1:206 
Koran,  llartha  A.  m. 


Elmer  E.  Gray 
Kerin,  Prince  Albert 

Keran,  U.  S. 


2:112 
2:112 

1:275 
1:252 
f  1:96 
1:204,   1:205 


1:184, 
Ii248, 


Keran,   U.   S, 
Keran,   Mrs.   U,   S, 
Koran,   Ulysses  S.  m. 

Jessie  D.   Harwell  2:111 

Keran,   William  2:111 

Kilgore,   G,  H.  I»l6? 

Kilgore,   J.   F.  1:276 

Kilgore,  J.  L.  1:179 
Xillingsrorth,  Erie  m, 

Lourell  Lyman  Waddle  2:353 
Killingsworth,   Glover  m. 

Cordelia   C.  Murphy  2:200 

Killingsworth,   Isaac  1:240 

Killingsworth,  L.  1:242 

Killingsworth,   William  C.  1:80 

Kimbler,   Anderson  Riley  2:377 
Clara  m. 

Talbutt  2:332 
Cora  m. 

Bowles  1:322 

"Dutch"  1:240 

E.   M.  1:214 

Mrs.   E.  M,  1:201 

Mrs.   E.i  1:210 
Honry  ft, 

Cyrthia  Ann  Humbert  2i377 
Kimbler,    Henry  A.   m. 

Margaret  Cnose  2:378 

Kimbler,  James  Harvoy  2:378 

Kimbler,  Joseph  A.  2:378 
Kimbler,  Joseph  H.  1:56,  2:332 
Kir.blcr,  Lizzie  m. 

Melville-  L.  Murphy  2:200 
Kimbler,  Mary  n:. 

Will  Lam  Clay  Strange  2:330 


li'DEXt     CATC  CXUr 


HISTORY 


Pn -e  46 


Kimbler,  Mary  Madaline  m. 

John  A.  Doody  2:377 
Kimbler,  Mr,  1»56 

Kimbler,  Samuel  m. 

Sarah  Boyd  2O77 

Kimbler,  Thomas  David  m. 

Orlena  Stockton  2i3?8 
Kimbler,  William  m, 

(1)  Kary  L.   Wright 

(2)  Mary  Jane  Wright  2t377 
Kimberlan,   Josiah  Ii80 
Kimmons,  Bob                                1:104 
King,  m. 

Bell  Bacon  2ill9 

King,  Alma  1:276 

King,  Austin  Iill5 

King,   C.  D,  1:276 

King,   Cathryn  Annett  2tll9 

King,    dara  Bell  m. 

Flay  Davis  2:118 

King,  Daniel  2:122 

King,   David  L,  m, 

Sophia  Veil  2:121 

King,  David  T.  2:117,   2:124 

King,  Denzil  Virginia  2:117 

King,  Eleanor  2:121 

King,   Elizabeth  C.  2:128 

King,   Elizabeth  J.  2:127 

King,  Elwyn    m. 

Lor a  Kicks  2:119 

King,   Eva  m. 

Allen  Hailey 
King,   JSva  F. 
King,   Finis 
King,  Floy 
*King,   Frank  &  <.dfe 
$  King,  Frank  E.  n, 

Lula  Bender  2:121 

King,   Fred  m, 

Maggie  Cowan  2:119 

King,   Gladys  2:115 

King,   Harold  L.  2:123 

King,  Harry  G.  m, 

Sadie  Elackford  2:118 

King,   Henry  2:119 

King,   J.  L.  1»250,   2:117 

King,   James  Harvey  m. 

Elizabeth  C,  McConnoll 

2:126,   2:12? 

King,  James  Karvey  Jr.      2:127 
King,  James  './.  2:128 

King,  Jennie  Blanche  m. 

J.  Leslie  Horton  2:123 

King,   Jesse  C.  2:319 

King,   Jo  veil  n. 

John  0.  Howard  2:125 
King,  John  2:121 


King,  John  m. 

Nancy  (Dlnoy)  Carlock 

Ii340, 

King,  John 
King,  Dr.  John 
King,  John  A.  m, 
Nancy  Ann  Lyon 


2:154 
1:344 


2:114 

2:117,   2:124 
2:117 


King,   John  Eldon 

King,   Jonathan  Leander  m. 

Mary  A.  Lyman  2:123 

King,   Jud  S.  1:165 

ICing,   Judge  &  Mrs.  1:142 

King,   Julian  m. 

Sam  Duffy  2:115 

King,  Lavina  m. 

James  ifetson  2:122 

King,  Lora  m. 

R.   P.  Hurphy  2:125 

King,  Lora  Irene  2:128 

King,  Mary  Ann  m, 

John  S.  McConnell  2:142 

King,  Mary  Haworth  2:127 

lung,  Mary  J,  m. 

Dr.  15.  Hi  am  Cowan  Lightner 

2:117,  2:114,  2:124 
King,  Moses  2:127 

King,  Mrs.  1:198 

King,  Muriel  2:119 

King,  Myrtle  Rosa  m. 

Fred  Hulston  2:118 


2:118 

King,   Olivo  m. 

2:118 

A.   3,   SLmore 

2:122 

2:115 

King,  Ollie  M,  m. 

2:115 

Lon  McPeak 

2:115,   2:1  > 

1:256 

ICing,  Opal 

20.15 

ICing,   Nell  m. 

Rollo  Lindley  2:115 

King,   Nellie   Cecil  2:128 

IIin.3,   2.   C.  2:114 
ling,    Raymond  K.  m, 

Bertie  Long  2:118 
King,   Rouel  m. 

Hannah  Roue 

Florence  Mitchell  2:120 
2:115,   2:121,   2»189 

King,  Reual  2: 116 
King,    Robert  R.  m, 

Minorvia  A.    (Haytcr)  Kirby 

2:119,   2:129 

2:117 
2:124 
2:117 
1:276 

2:115 


King,   Robert  C.  m. 
Allio  3.   Hailey 

ICing,    Robert  Carlos 
King,    Rcy 
King,   Roy  m. 
Lake  Hailoy 


INDEX »  DABS  COUK7T  HISTORY 


2:360, 


King, 
King, 
Kins, 
Kinj, 
King, 


King,  Roy  0.  m, 

Dollie  Wheeler 
King,  Samuel 
King,  Samuel  !!. 
King,  Susan  m, 

(1)  Rufus  I-icConnell 

(2)  John  jlarcum 
King,   Thelna 

Thoo 

Thomas  Johnathan 
\1.  N. 
IJoldon 
I-S-lbiir  H. 
King,   VB.lliam 
V  King,   Vtlliara  Andrew  m. 

Almor  E.  Hulston 
King,  T.B.lliar.  Andrew 
Kins,  "•fi.llias  H. 
King,    ".f-lliara  Harvey 
King,   ililliam  R.  m. 
Sarah  11.  KcConnell 

2:117, 

Kins,  :fi.llia:r.  Virgil 
Kinjjs  Point  School       1:277, 
Kingsburg,   John  n. 
Jennie  J.   Her an 
Kinney,  J.  1-1. 
Kirby,   Dr.   ?.   B. 
fr  Kirby,   Dr.  Eonjamin  B.  m. 

Lillie   Carr 
Tdrby,    C.   J.  m. 

Martlia  Speight 
Kirby,    Capt. 
Kirby,    Conrad 
Kirby,    Cera  A.   m. 

l&lliam  Jones  Pyland 
Kirby,    Cora  A.  m, 
Frank  Chatham 
Kirby,    ZLbort  p. 

Doto  Fattorson 
Kirby,   Ella  Noi-n.  m. 

John  B.  iicConnell 
Kirby,   LVa  m, 

Josso  E.   ?Iunt 
Kirby  family 
Kirby,   Gcor3e 
Kirby,   Helon 
"siah 


2  1  119 

1|80 

l«2->9 


2«14C 
2:119 
2:125 
2:127 


2:115 
2«118 
2il26 

2:126 

2:128 

1:32 

2:124 

2:11;> 
2:123 
2:119 
Is  231 

2:112 
1:164 
2:119 

2:129 

2i253 

1:92 
2:129 

2:253 


Kirby, 
Kirby,   J,    ". 
Kirby,    Capt.   J.  I', 
Kirby,    James  II.   m. 
Mary  J,   Grishan 
Kirby,    Capt.   James  M 


1:33 


1:90, 


Kirby, 
?arby, 
Kirby, 
Kirov, 


Lt.   Jesse 
Jrss^   C. 
John  C. 
Lillian 


2:213 

2:145 

2:97 
1«70 

2:129 
1:280 
,  1:51 
1:  51 


2:145 

1:346 

1:?Q7 

1:75 

1:33 
2:129 


2ill9 
Iil90 

2:128 
1|2?/J. 
2(129 
2«129 


Kirby,  llinorvia  A.   (Hayter) 

larby,  Mrs. 
Kirby,   Nancy  C.  m. 

Christopher  Hulston 
Kirby,   Noel 
Kirby,   Pa'ol 
Kirby,  Ruth 
Kirby,   Sabra  m, 

Ray  Smith  2i324 

Kirby,   Sharp  S.  m. 

liinerva  Kayter  2il29 

Kirby,   T,   C.  1:51 

Kirby,   T.   D.  Iil67,   1:253 

Kirby,   Thad  in. 

Anna  M,   Dunaway  2ilO 

Kirby,   Tully  C.  1:33 

Kirby,   Virginia  2sl29 

Kirby,  Walter  m. 

liary  Rcsana  Miaon  2:210 

Kirby,    Capt.  Viliiam  A.  2:228 

Kirby.   '."ooci  m. 

Fannie  Ilailey  2i300 

Kirbys  1<236 

Ki  rich  an,   Dad  1:287 

I'drkhart,    Charlas  1:280 

Kirkhart,   John  1:278 

Kirkhart,  Lilly  1:280 

Kirkpatrick,   Calvin  m. 

Anna  Chatham  1:3^8 

Kirlarood,   iinily  m. 

janes  Hampton  1«296, 

Kitchen,   14ora  m. 

Hugh  E.   Shaw 
Kitteringham,   Henry  m. 

Sarah  Harper 

Kitsmller,   H.  W.          1:182, 
Knapp,    Georgo 
ICnacp,   Thomas  m, 

Ida  Gregory 
Knox,   Mollie  n. 

j.   p.   Sneod 
Knox,   W.   F. 
Knox,   Mrs.   W.   F. 
Koch,   Fred 
Koelliker,  August 
Koellikcr,   Joseph 
Jollmcier,   Lula 
Kollmcyor,    Prod 
Kollnoyer,    VJilliara 


Dan 

Kriotomeior,   F.   IT. 
Kr3  teir.eycr,   August 
Kylo,   Mr.ud 
Kvlo,   Maud  E. 
Kyle,   i-5innio  J.  m. 
Dr.   J.   K.   a-.ker 


1:151. 


1«297 
2«306 

2i70 
Ii242 
2:65 

2:65 

2:324 
1:275 
1:203 
1:152 
1:278 
1:280 
1:278 
1:153 
1:153 
1:277 
1:278 
1:153 
1:175 
2:131 

2:131 


TNDEXi     DAD3  COUNTY  ITiSTORY 


Page  48 


Landers,   Crris  m. 
Lucy  ".   Dunn,  way 


1:215 

Landers  ,   Sam 

1:237 

f 

1:264 

Landers,   Soth 

1:280 

. 

Landers,   W.   B. 

1:51 

tt 

Landers,   William             1:34, 

35,36 

2:130 

Landers,   William  B.  m. 

Nancy  Hoover 

2:132 

2:130 

Landers,   William  Hollis 

2:133 

V  Landers,   William  J.  m. 

2i22 

Margaret  C.  Wheeler 

2:131 

1:40 

1:72 

Landreth,   William 

1:166 

2:231 

Lane,   Jcsiah                       1:78 
Langford,                       m 

,  1:80 

Jon:?  Holnan 

2  1  92 

2:322 
?i?2 

Langford,   A,   Elmer 

1:277 

*C.  I  *-C- 

Langfcrd,  Ann  Eliza  m. 

2:20 
1:277 

1:10^ 

P.obart  L.   Hailey 
Lar.'ford,   S,    3. 
Larhan,    Joseph 

2:116 
1:276 
1:166 

Lantrip,   A,   L. 

1:277 

Lax'ar.oe  ,   oaran  J, 

1:85 

2:22 

1:164 
T  :67 

Lasater,   A'ida 
Latham  girls 

1:280 
1:67 

1  inR 

La  than:,   John  J, 

1:53 

1:214, 

.L  i  W-> 

1:34 
1:105 
1:258 
1:215 

Latham,  Ilr. 
La  than,   W.   K.         1:51,   1:57 
1:113,  1:211, 

Latham,   Ifi.lliam 

1:108 
,   1:76 
1:251 
1:294 
1:62 

Ii97i 

1:135 
1:346 

Lathim,   William  H,       1:293, 
La  than,   William  K.            1:53 

1:294 
,   1:68 

i. 

2:381 

Laughingburg  ,   George 
Laughlin,   Benjamin  re. 

1:226 

Cora  A,   Heel 

2:89 

2:97 

1:281 

Laughlin,   Homer  m. 
Gertrude  Heel 

2:89 

2:349 

Lairrence,   Blanche  m. 

John  F.   Gregory 

2!  64 

2:311 

Lawrence,    Clara  m. 

1:277 

EC    S.    Ring 

2:282 

Lr.'rronce,   Henry 

1:164 

2  :  311 

Laijrer.co,   Mrs.   Henry 

1:133 

1:273 

La'-.Ter.ca,   John  Horatio  m. 

1:167 

Sarah  Evans 

2:64 

1:63 

La'.Tonce,    Joseph                1:33 

,   1:51 

La'.rror.cc,   Sarah  m, 

2:133 

John  T.   Grisham 

2:60 

2:133 

Lai.—cr.ce,    Tnad  m. 

Sarah  I'cGce 

2:155 

2:133 

L-iwrcnC'-s,   '.i.   P.. 

1:93 

1:250 

Laws,    Carrie  m. 

2:133 

'./illi-im  Harper 

2:70 

2:^64 

Laws,    'lajor  m. 
Maria  Honslcy 

2:71 

3.:  249, 

1:250 

Lawson,    Loci: 

1:104 

1:253, 

1:256 

Lea,    Opt.    T.   H. 

1:101 

Lc?1     Ti  I'lan  11, 

1:98 

2:10 

Load 

1:263 

INDEX t     DADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Page  49 


Lead  mine  (Pelts) 
Lee,  Elta  L.  n. 
Ross  Rebman 
Lee,  H.  W. 
Loe,  Ida  m. 

(1)  Georgo  A,  Holt 

(2)  Fred  L.  Henley 
Lee,  James  m. 

FLora.  Ottlngor 
Lee,  James  rr. . 

Martha  Davis 
Lee,  John 
Lea,  John  R. 
Leo,  Kittio  m, 

Harold  Hull  Holland 
Lee,  Lcncra 
Loe,  Lillian 
Lcc,  Marvin  C. 
Leo,  Milas  T.  :n. 

Ethel  L.  Pcnbcrton 
Loe,  Dr.  0.  R. 
Lee,  Otto  R, 
Leo,  Rosa  Hay  m. 

Fran!:  I-I.  Rebman 
Leo,  W.  L.  m. 

Clarinda  Pyland 
Loo,   Washington  S. 
Loo,    VP.lliar.  J, 
Loo,    i-filliam  L. 
Lcepcr,    Jar.cs 
Lernastor,    California 
L  era/is  tor,    Joseph  &  wifo 
Lemon,   Jasper  &  Mary 
Lonig,   Frank,   Rev.        1:145, 
Leslie,   Mary  ".   m. 

Lc!jis  Rcnfro 
Levy,    Freda  m, 

Harold  C.   Ihurman 
Carrie   B.   m. 

John  G-x'fvcy 

J.   P. 
Louis ,   ~-'ary  rr.. 

Abo  Godfrey 
Lewis,    V.'.    '.,'. 

Lein.s,    '..'illiarii  1:150, 

Le-.jis,    i.S.lliai'i  &  wife 
Loxin  ^tcn ,    battle 
Liberty  School 
Li ouallon ,    locrrro 
Liouallon,    Uannio  rn. 

John  ~L.   Scro;7's 


2«229 

Li)n.ns  ,   Wash 

1:227 

Lilly,  H.  A. 

1:216 

2:134 

Limoetono  School 

1:277 

1:276 

Lindnrraan,   Earl 

1:233 

Lindley,   Alvin  Rollo 

2:136 

Lindley,   Frank  Lee 

2:136 

2:134 

Lir.dlcy,   J. 

1:51 

Lindloy,   J.    Cyrus 

1:141 

2:133 

Lindley,   James  Walter 

2:136 

Lindley,   John 

1:34 

2:133 

Lindloy,    John  &  Mary 

2:135 

2:134 

£  Lindley,   John  Cyrus  m. 

2:134 

Florence  Hailey 

2:135 

Lindloy,    John  Elmc^ 

2:136 

2:13 

Lindley,   Laura  Jane  m, 

2:134 

Bert  Davi  s 

2:136 

2:134 

Lindlc.'v  -    Mary  Ena  m, 

2:134 

Lar.i-  n  Holman 

2:136 

Lir.dloy,   Mr, 

2:197 

2;  22  7 

Linc\cy,    P.,   A. 

1:276 

1:217 

Lindley,    Riley  Joe 

2:136 

2:133 

Lindloy,    P.cllo  m. 

Kc-11  King 

2ill5 

2rl34 

Lindley  School 

1:276 

Lind.'.cys 

1:236 

2:252 

Lindscy,   Almira 

1:143 

2:134 

Lindscy,   Darius 

1:143 

2:134 

Lindsoy,    J,    B. 

1:143 

1:90 

Lindsr.y,    Joseph 

1:143 

1:33 

Lindscy,    Joseph  3.        1«152, 

1:221 

2:198 

Lindscy,    Keyes 

1:143 

1:147 

Lindsey,   Mrs.  Margaret 

1:145 

1:203, 

1:204 

1:149 

Lindscy,  Mary  J. 

1:144 

Lindsey,   Mr. 

1:211 

2:269 

Lindsoy,   0.   E.   F. 

1:168 

Li.ndscy  tract 

1:153 

2:337 

Lice"  by,    John  17. 

1:78 

List..    A.    N. 

1:175 

2,54 

Ll'tchfiold,   A.  C. 

1:135 

1:1^5 

*  Ll^Vield,   A.   0.                     f 

1:360 

Lit^-Tield,   Mrs.  A.   0. 

2:54 

1:206, 

1:207 

2:54 

,/  Litchfiold,   Albert  0.   m. 

1  !  258 

Margaret  A.   Hampton 

2:136 

1:139 

Litchficld,    Bcttic  Florence 

m. 

1:99 

Cl°udc;  K.   Aycrs 

2:137 

1:279 

Litc'ii/.'iold,   Mary  Ellen  m. 

2O2 

1-S.lliar.i  P.uark 

2:136 

Li  t^hi'iold,   I'rs. 

1:207 

2:299 

Literal  old,    '.Jilliam 

2:137 

L  i  t  r.  l^i  u  n  d  ,   V/'i  1  1  i  an  m  . 

2:114 

C"it.herino   Upson 

2:136 

Lltlo,    Clarence 

li2Cl 

2  11.24 

i,it;;.o,  L.  A. 

1:276 

2:264 

Lit]  •':,    !;.Tr'*an  m. 

Roberta  Hayward 


2:75 


INDEX:     DADE  COUFTY  HISTORY 

Literal,  James  1:172 

Little,  Golden  1:280 

Livestock  shipments  1:267 
Lloyd,  Harvay  ni, 

Hary  Jano  Jackson  2:301 
Lock,  Mary  m. 

George  W.  Glenn  2 (183 
Lockard,  1-0.  ni  lie  m. 

C.  S.  Ring  2(281 

Lockuood  2:6,  1:221 

Lockuood  Cemetery  Assn.  1;203 

*  Lockuood  churches  f  2(32 
Lockuood  Furniture  1:224 

*  Lockuood  High  School  f  2:24 
Leckvooc  Independent  2:385 
Lockuood,  J,  E.  1:15 
Lockvood  "Lu™.-_nary"  1:352 

*  Lockwood  Lunr.nary  office          f  ?:64 
Lockwocd  Cchool  1:280,    1:275 

*  Lockuood  Views  f  2;24 
Logan,    E.  1:51 
Logan,   Re^,   B.   F.  1:124,   1:148 
Logan,    Elizabeth  m. 

John  teuton  VanHooser  2:323 

Logan,  IMnerva  Elizabeth  m. 

John  N.   Vanhooser  2(345 

Logan,  L'rs.  Minnie  1:207 
Lollar,  Janes  T.  m. 

Lydia  Srdth  2:250 
Lollar,  Louisa  3.  n. 

'./.    P.   Friddy  2:2.50,    2:2^1 

Lone  Jack,   battle  1:99,    1:100 

Lcne  Jack  School  1:277 
Long,  A. A.  IT. . 

Florence   Tucker  2:343 

Long,   A.  !•!.  2:189 

Long,   A.  H.   u  uifo  1:147 

Lcng,   Alexander  Is   66 
Alfred  r:, 

loo  2:238 

Long,   Arch  1:110 
Long,   Arch  ;v'»            1:51,   1:54,   1:56 
l:A7i  1:66,  1:95,   l;?.5l 

1:254,    1:257,  1:292,    1:294 

Long,   Ar chi bold  I'..  1:293 

Long,    Bill  1:112 

Long,    Bob  1:235 

Dave  1:235 
Elis.p.  n. 
B.   Stephens on 
H.   A, 

1:141 


Long,   Will 

Longs 
Lor.ps 
LoTiey,  Louisa  m. 

Stephen  A.   Edmonson 
Lorah,   Daniel  m. 

Sanantha  Morris 
Lorah,   J.    B. 
Lorr.h  John  B. 
Lord,    Francis 

Lotus  School  1:276 

Louis,    Frances  m. 

Martin  L.    Bartling 
Love,   Gsn.    T.    C.  1:174 

Lovcall,   '.."illiain  m. 

Arnazinda  Hoskins 
Lover",    C.    :•/. 
Lcue,   Miss   Gladys 
Lc-:e,    Rev. 

Laci.s ,   Albert  m. 

Rachel  Catherine   (Kate) 


Lucas ,    Claronce  Albert 
Lucas,    ULiza  Jano  m. 

John  L.   Glass 
Lucas ,    John  m. 

Elizabeth  Richardson 
Lu2"s ,   I'ary  Opal 
Lunback,    .lev.    T.J,!-'. 
Lunsford,   !-'ary  C.   T.. 

Oiarlos  F.   Ortloff 
Lusk,    Dr.    C.    F.   n. 

Anna  e  Redell 
Lyman,    John  n, 

Fcrr.elia  Pyland       2«125 
Lyman,   Mary  A.   m. 

Jonathan  Leander  King 
Lynch,   Ella  m. 

Charles  '.hiker  Griffith 
Lynch,   Isaiah 
Lynch,   Rev.   Samuel  m, 

Sarah  Ecrryhill 
Lynes,    Joseph  &  Hary 


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1:104 
1:236 
1:68 

2:18 

2:138 

1:253 
2d38 
1:167 
,   1(281 

1:312 
,   1:175 

2:232 

1:164 
1:208 
1:124 
1:168 

Morri  s 
2d38 
2(326 
2:139 

2(50 

2:138 

2:139 
1:149 

2:214 
2(384 
2i252 

2:125 
2(58 


2:58 

2^105 


Lynrs ,   Malinda  m, 

r-~cr<:c  Harrison  2(104 

Lyn~r.r,    Dr.,    drug  store  1:211 

Lvn-:ar  DrutT   store  1:94 

lyi-j>f.v,   J.   F. 
Ly.'n,    Vary  n;. 

Flc-sant  R.   Kolbort 
I.yor. ,    ""ancy  Ann  n. 

John  A.   Fang  2 (120,   2dl4 

Ly-r.,    Cr-.-illo  li   90 

Ly^n,   '.villiam  Jamos  m. 

Sarah  A.    Ccwan  2:114 


INDEX:  DADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Pap;e  51 


Lyons,  Bornico 
Lyons,  C.  2. 
Lyons ,  Charley  m . 

Berta  i-Iiller 
Lyons,  Gradon  Gilbert 
Lyons,  llelvina  m. 

J.  D,  Yodor 


McAllister,  Annie  m. 
Alexander  Pursol 
McArthur ,  Thomas 
1'cBcG,  Archinrsr  El  try 
McBeo,  Josoph  m. 

Aria  Rosoila  Waddle 

KcBrido  

HcBride  

1-icBriac,  Alexander 
I  Irs.  Anne 
Amanda 
J.  S, 


It280,  2:154 
Ii2?8 


2:184 


McBrido,  I  Irs.  Anne   1:195, 

Me Bride, 

Me Bride , 

McBrido, 

KcBrido, 

McBrido,  Jesse        1:40, 

McBrido,  Jesse  T.T. 

McBrido,  Mrs. 

HcBride,   llrs, 

McBridc,   ilancy 

McBrido,    Rico 

McBrido,    Robert  1:40,   1«53) 

McBride,    Thomas 

KcBrido,  Victoria 

McBride,    VJ.   II. 

McBridc-,  llrs.    '.Jilda     1:138, 

KcBrido,   '.fi_lliam  1:40, 

McBridc,   In  Hi  an  H, 

McBryor,   Benjamin  VJ. 

Me Caleb,   E.   A. 

Me Call,    Janes  M. 

McCall,   0.   E. 

McCallcy,    C.R.   m. 

Bessie   '.7.   MeDmiiel 
McCandlcss,    Gilbort 
McCandlasc,   Graden 
McCandlass,    '.-JLlliam  n. 

Floy  Killor 
McClain,    JOGSC 
Me  Clan,    J. 
KcClollanc! ,    Jones 
Me  Clur c  ,    ~  o  c.  !cy  m . 

Jonath.".n  Ed^c 
McCluro,    :i.   H. 
McClurc,    I.ato 
McCliU'o,   .Mary  m. 

Pharoah   Cook  2:211, 

McCl:iro,    H.    -I.    Capt 


2:242 


2:4? 
1:250 


2:352 
1:  40 

1:136 
1:1C4 
1  s  201 
1  .  1  ;-L9 

1  ;  5'-'- 
1:165 

1:57 
,  1-53 

1:54 

1:94 
1:189 


1:104 

1:149 

1:64 

1:149 

1:57 

1:189 

1:149 

1:5^ 

1:79 

1:155 

1:144 

1:224 

2:2^2 
2:184 
2:164 

2  1  184 
1:92 
1:51 

1:249 


McClurc,   N.   S. 

McClure,    Nathan  S 

McClurc,   Newt 

McCluro 

McCluro 

McCluro 

McCluoy 

McCluoy 

Me Comb, 

Me Comb, 

McCombs 

He  Conn  oil  A  ",7asson 

McCcrncll,   Alex  m, 

I;.ura  iicro^gs 
M^r;:-.:.cll,   Alvin  E. 
McCc-nrcll. 


Newton  H, 
Sarah 

T.  J. 


,  Robert 
Mrs.  F. 
Mrs.  J, 


1:76,  1:113 
1:79' 

1:110,  1:112 
1:53 

1:57,  1:197 

1:104 

1:65 

1:65,  2:263 
1:208 
1:200 
1:186 
1:215 

2»144,  2:298 
2:141 


McCor.ncll, 


2:312 
2 : 34?. 


Arthur  m. 
.,    Carlock 
Carl  R. 

Charles  Lester 
Christine 
Clara  Ester  m. 
Grishara 
Clinton  A. 

1:336,  2:141 
McCoi.!!oll,    Cora  m, 

CTlifford  Landers 
McConnoll ,  Donald  Hembreo 
He Cornell,  Elbert  H. 
McConr.ell,  Elmer  T.  m, 

iT].ora  1'Iaxwoll 
McConnoll,  Zlizaboth  C.  m. 

Jamos  H.  Xin^ 
McCcnnoll,  Enery  Allison 
McConnoll,  Frances  Birdit 

1:314,  2il45 
Frances  Mildred  2:141 
Gordon  Loe 
Mrs .  Guy 
Guy  B.  re. 
C .  Montgomery 
Helen  0. 
Hcvard  G. 
Hu-Th  A.  m. 
Cynthia  (Cytha)  Berry 

2:145, 

HnCcnnoll,    Hup;h  Jr. 
Hu.n;h  H. 
Ida  May 
•T .   Arthur  m. 
rlock 
J.    E. 

J.    J.  i 

Jamos  m. 

S.'-./.h  j.rn  KcLomore 
McCr'ii.:   31r    James   J.    m. 

Luln    -:.   Mcyors  2:1?2 

I'cC  nnoll,    Jamos  Ralph  Bonton 

2:145 


1  :  396 
2:141 
2:141 
2;l69 

2:145 


2:133 
2:141 
2:140 

2:169 

2:126 
2:141 


2:141 
1:277 

2:141 
2  i  141 
2;l4l 


2:145 
1:314 
2:l4l 

2:141 

1:52 

1:328 

2:14? 


INDEX «  DADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 


52 


McConneil,  John  B.  m. 

Ella  Nora  Kirby 
McConnoll,  John  C. 
McConneil,  John  S.  ra, 

Mary  Ann  Kins 
McConneil,  John  T. 
McConneil,  Jona  Gale 
McConneil,  Jonatha  J.  m. 

Mary  Fletcher  Thompson 

Charity  Kaude  Hembree 
McConnoll,  Lillio  m. 

Grant  I'embrec 
McConneil,  Lora  Bell 
McConnoll,  Lucy  Pearl  m. 

Shelby  Csburn 
McConneil,  Ilary  n. 

Henry  Clay  Marcum 
McConncll,  Mary  Edna  m. 

II.  A.  Young 

McConneil,  Mary  Virginia 
McConneil,  Mildred 
McConnoll,  Mildred  E. 
McConnoll,  Narcissus  m. 

E.  B.  Minor      2jl7-4, 
McConneil,  0.  Elbort 
McConneil,  Raymond  E. 

Ii336, 
McConneil,  Rocana  m. 

John  Pcmbcrton    2:211, 
McConncll,  Rufus  n. 

Me r tie  Tolcr 
McConnoll,  Rufus  m, 

Susan  Kins       2 : 
McConneil,  Sarah  Elma 
McConnoll,  Sarah  Melissa  m. 

Vfi.ll.ion  N.  King 

2:114,  2»n7, 
McConnoll  School 
McConnoll,  3 us an  A.  m, 

William  2.  Scott 
McConncll,  Snsan  E.  m. 
Thonas  V.  Poinborton 
J.  T.  Jonos 

McConnoll,  T.  A,      1«52, 
McConnoll,  T.  K. 
McConnoll,  Thoodoro  &  Margaret 

McConncll,  Theodore  m, 

Margaret  i/atson 
McConnoll,  Thomas 
McCcnnell,  Thcn/rs  m. 

Na'T"issa  Patterson 
McCcnnell,  Thomas  &  N.  C. 
^  McConneil,  Thonas  K.  m. 


McCoru-ioll,   Vora  E. 


2:144 

McConneil,  Virginia  m. 

1:250 

John  E.   Serous 

21299 

McCorncll  ,   '.-Krd 

1:254 

2:142 

McCornoll,  '.William  Edtrard  m, 

2:141 

Kc.udo  Vaughn 

2:14] 

2:169 

McConnoll  .   WMliam  Wilbur 

2il4l 

McC^ackon,    William  m. 

Eettio  Fayward 

2:75 

2il40 

He  Cz  c  ary  ,    J  o  si  ah 

1:23 

McCullick,    Reason 

1:104 

2:79 

Me  Call  r,  ugh,   Gen. 

1:100 

2:142 

McCvlloa^h,   Reason 

1:103 

McC'ine,   Anna 

1:278 

2:140 

McCuno,    M.   I. 

1:278 

McDariol,   Am  a  W. 

2:252 

2:140 

McDar.i:,-!,    Bessie  W.  m. 

C,    R.   McCalley 

2:252 

2:141 

MoD  an!  ol  ,    J  o  s  'j  ph  K  . 

2:252 

2  1  142 

McD;.nicl,   Laura  m, 

Ir336 

:•;,    J.   Douglas 

2:252 

2:141 

McDariol,    R.ichaol  m. 

Jchn  Painter 

2:215 

2:179 

McD.-.rJ.  el  ,   '.illiam  m, 

2ii4l 

Mo.',  issa  D,    Pyland 

2:252 

McDcrmid  &  Peterson 

1:225 

2:141 

McDernid  &  Tli'Jmscr 

1:222 

McD^n.iid,    John,   Dr. 

1:223 

2:212 

McDorm-tt,  Mrs.   John  U202, 

1:203 

McDonald,   Miss  Mao 

1:208 

2:141 

McDonald,    R.   A, 

1:278 

McDeucll  ,   Allan 

1:236 

2:140 

McDovoll,   J.    W. 

1:167 

2:141 

KcDoT.'oll  ,    John 

Ii53 

McDowell,    John  ••/.            1:81, 

1:253 

?4cDoT.-:jll  ,    Judge 

Ii53 

2:123 

McDcw-,11,  L.  Allan 

1:295 

1:280 

Mcf-0-.r.jll,   Lt. 

1:113 

McDowell,   Kiss  m, 

2:296 

3c.ynour  Hnyt 

1:56 

KcD"-,."  11,    Capt.   N.   B. 

1:76 

McD^M.,11,   H.   3. 

1:251 

2:212 

McD;i,Toll,   Fo].son               1:24 

,li   51 

1:252 

Ii53,  1:56" 

,  Ii67 

1:254 

1:93,   1:247, 

1:249 

ret 

1:251,   1:253, 

1:294 

2:299 

McDovoll,   Nelson  B.          1:54 

,   1>79 

Me  Jo-.,  ai,    tf,C. 

1:54 

2:206 

j/,^-,.  --,',-      '.T     ^                  1:  56 

Iil60 

1-51 

McDcwjll,    '.llliam  G. 

1:292 

McP-r.'ol'.is 

1:6? 

2:144 

McZT:.-r,"th,   Marshall 

2:256 

1  :  52 

Me"  '.LI     F,    R 

1:251 

McF:,Tv..'".d.    Rev.    John  &  Mary 

1:130 

2:142 

L'cTarJ  T^  ,   Xr.ry 

2:175 

2:?99 

McGavv  .}',   g'C'iiiol 

1:262 

2:141 

McG'jr.  ,    Abner  R.   m. 

Nancy  .'.clalinc  Hoyl 

2:155 

DADE  COUNTY  HIS  TORT 


Page  53 


McGee,  Alice  m, 

Pete  Clardy 

2:155 

McGee,    C.    C. 

1.278 

McGee,    Claude  m. 

Grace  Prater 

2.156 

McGee,   Cordelia  m. 

Cleve  Cantrell 

2.155 

McGeo,   Daniel 

1,51,  2.155 

McGee,   Daniel  M. 

1.33 

McGee,   David 

2.155 

McGee,   Fcli;:  H.  m. 

Ella  F.   Wheeler 

2.155 

McGeo,   Hoyle  n. 

Adalino  Hurst 

2:155 

McGee,    Jerlie 

2:156 

McGeo,   Leslie 

2:156 

McGee,   Mary  n. 

Frank  Ragcdale 

2:155 

McGee,    ''lancy  m. 

Martin  IlarAc 

2:72 

McGeo,   I'ancy 

1:308 

McGee,   Sarah,  m. 

Thad  Lain^ence 

2:155 

McGee  ,    Trunar. 

1:280 

McGees 

1:236 

McGehee,    Janes 

1:121 

McGhee  ,   Henry 

1:105 

McGill,  Lola  K, 

Morris  A.  Moore 

2:193 

McGinn!  s,   Francis  M. 

1:80 

McGinn!  s,   Green  M. 

1:80 

McGinty,   Julius  m. 

Willie  SvLpley 

2:311 

McGregor 

1:105 

McGregor,   John  F.  m, 

Mildred  Mann 

2:161 

McGregor,    I'.. 

lt]05 

McC-rep-cry,    Jay 

1:103 

McGregory,  Martha 

1:    ?5 

McGregor",   Mat 

1:103,   1:104 

McGregory,    "Tiley 

1:103 

McGuire 

1:26? 

McGuire,   Bob 

1:51 

McGuire,    Carl 

2:356 

McGuire  ,    John 

1:51 

McGuirc,  Letter 

1.281 

McGuire  ,  Lon  n. 

Edna  G  .    talker 

2:356 

McGuire,   Mo::  '.Talker 

2:356 

McGuirc,    li,   L. 

1.254 

McGuire,    S.   H. 

1:182 

McGuiro.   T.   B. 

1:252 

McGuirc,    Ton 

l.?77 

XnG"ir>,    '.!.   ?. 

1:365 

McG'oirc,    Caroline  m. 

Mclnturf 

McKeo,   Victoria  m. 

David  Rountree 
llclanley,  Albert 
Mnlanzio,   Robert 
IicKoTjn,   F.  M. 
KcLaughlin,   Elder 
Mela?/,   Mary  J.  m, 

Richard  Ferguson 
McLemoro,  A.  J. 


McLerr.orc 
McLenore 
McLerr.cre 


Abram 

Albert  Jacob 
Anna  L^cile 
Archabald  m. 
Pro;?n 

McLc^.ore,  Archibald  m. 
Sarah  Flurley 

KcLenors,  Archibald   1«35, 


1:230, 


1:8? 

2j283 
1:163 
1:173 
1:16? 
1:134 

2:24 
2:319 

2:146 
2:150 
2:150 

2:146 

2:146 
1:229 

2:365 
2:14? 
2:148 


HcLemoro  Eros. 
MoLe-cre,  Carl 
MoLe"iore,  Christopher  Columbus 
m.  Sarah  Ann  Ragsdalo    2:148 
2:2.60 
KcLer^oro  ,  Christopher  Columbus  m. 


Kc'Ktcsh,  :-cn. 


Katie  Duffy 

2:150 

McLemcre  ,    Claronco 

2:148 

1'nLenoro,    Clarence       1:229, 

2:365 

McLc~ore,    Clark  rn, 

Millie  Tanner 

2:150 

McLomore,    Clyde  m. 

Lu'oy  M.    Talbutt 

2.333 

McLemore  ,    Clyde 

2:148 

McLemoro,   Cyr.tha  m. 

David  Spain 

2.149 

Me  Lor.  ore,    Dewey 

2:148 

McLer.oro,   Dialtha  m. 

Perry  Farrios 

2:149 

I-'cLcnore  ,    ZLla 

2:149 

McLcnore,    Fannie  m. 

George  '.7.    :\i?.lson     1.229, 

2:365 

McLcncro,    F7.ora  Ellen 

2:320 

McLonore  ,   Floronco 

2:149 

McLenore,    Forest 

2il43 

MoL;:-pro,   goo  ride  Mario 
hcLcr.crci,    j.corjT.0.  Play 
McLenoro  ,   Gertrude 

m 

McLcnoro,    Greta 

2:148 

McLan.To,   Hattio  m. 

John  F.   Da  ugh  troy 

2:149 

McLfiTiore,   J.B. 

1:250 

McLenoro,    J.    E, 

2:150 

KcLemcro,    J.  M.              1.228, 

1.229 

2:14? 

McLor.ore,   Mrs.    J.    W. 

1:209 

McT.c.'.cro,    Jack 

1O5 

McLr:oro,    John                     1«35, 

,   1.33 

McLc^cre,    John  n. 

Delila  Broden 

2.149 

INDEX i     DAD2  COUNTY  HISTORY 

^Mclemore,   Joseph  "rf.  m. 

Laura  Sloan  2:319,  2:320 

KcLomore,  Leandor  1.289 

McLemoro,  Lummie  Christine  2.150 

McLomorc,  Marion  It  104 

McLemore,  Marion  2:149 

McLemore,  Mary  2:147 

McLorr.ore,  Mary  ULlen  2:150 

McLemore,  Maude  Elsie  2:146 

McLemore,  Mrs.  1.192 

McLemore,  Nellie  Beatrice  2.150 
McLemore,  Orville  m. 

Alma  Finley  2:320 

McLemore,  Pat  1:105 

McLemore,  Patrick  1:170,  1;173 

1:174 


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McLemore ,  Patrick 
McLemore,  Pauline  m* 
George  './.  '.vilson 
HcLe-.nore,  Perry  m. 

Maggie  W.  thror    1:327, 
McLemore,  Robert  F.   1:228, 
McLemore ,  Robert  3 . 
McLomore ,  Ray 
McLemore,  Roy  m, 

Lola  Vfi. throw     2:150, 
McLemore,  Rubie 
McLemore,  Sarah  Ann  m. 

Janes  McConnell 
McLemore,  \i.  Y,      1.226, 
1:228, 

1:253,  1:275, 
!•/.  Y,  &  wife    f 
1:35, 


2:147 


McLemorc, 
McLemore,  Wesley 
McLemore,  1-S.lliam 
McLnmore,  "Tilliam  m. 

Derindah  Bishop 
McLemore,  William  Y.  m 

Seropta  C.  Tricolor 
McLemore,  i-JLllian  Y. 
McLemoro,  Zotta 
McLrmore,  Zetta  Forn 
McMahan,  M.  E.  m. 

Katie  Eirsman 
McMahan,  Vance 
McMahan,  Mil 
McMonas,  K'itti:* 
McManus ,  H  nry 
McMasters  ° 
McMasters,  Rev.  R,  I-/. 
McMastor.i,  P.ufus 
McMasters,  :/.  A.       1:46, 
McMehen,  John  m. 

Jossie  Rountroo 
McMillcn,  D.  L. 
KcMillcn,  Elijah 
McMillen,  F.  J.      1:220, 
McMillcn  faiiily       1:35, 


2:147 
1:227 
1:229 
2  :  364 
2:128 
2  :  319 
2:148 

1:318 


1:144 
1:209 
2«320 

2:17 
1:280 
1:104 
1:279 

1:90 

1:236 

1:149 

1:51 

1:51 


McMillen,  Henry  m. 

Ann  Eliza  Pattorson 
McMi.llon,  John 
McMiilon,  Kit 
MclLLllon,  Mary 
McMillan ;  Nancy 

Mcl'iillin',  S.  A. 
McMillin,  Ilrs.  S.  D. 
*  Mcl'illon,  Sam 
KcMi'Llon,  Sam 
IIcMillan, 
HcMj.llans 
McMi  -in 


;/,  A, 

1:132 

Cr-  rr 

1.103 

TJ«ono  J.  m. 

-.aura  Minor 

2.177 

J.   S, 

1:103 

Mcnroo 

1:103 

Rosemary 

2:177 

IJH.lJ.is 

1.103 

Charles  m. 

J  ,   Dunaway 

2:10 

family 

1:36 

J.   P. 

1.278 

T,   M. 

1:102,   1:103 

•son,   John 

1.166 

Anna  Loona 

2.153 

KcPo&k,  _,obitha  Arndlda  m. 

Aritloy  Frieze      2:35,  2.151 
McPoak,  Dora  n. 

C.  C.  Rcdwinc  2.151 

McPoak,  Emma  J.  2.153 

Flora  Mildred       2.153 
"loronco  m. 

2.154 

1:51 

2:150 

2.152,  2:154 
2:154 
2.153 
2.151 
2:151 
2:153 
1:280 


Gladys  Lavcrn 

H.    P. 
c;tk,   Harmon  m. 
Emilv  Asbcll 


Harmon  King 
Tda  Nooma 
Ja.v~s  Elijah 
John 

Kat:;  Rog.ina 
Loona 
Leonidas 

?.ak,   Lcoridas    (Lon)  m. 
;ilio  Jang 

2:115, 

,  Loonidas  Doylo 
,  Lucy  E.  m. 

:ort  L.  Maxwell  2:153,2:169 
,  Mary  Ann  m. 

/is  DnPee  2:151 

McPoak,   Mathcw  m. 

Elizabeth  Powell  2:151 


2:151 

2.153 
2.152 

2:154 


INDEX:     DADS  CO'  KTY  HISTORY 


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if  McPoak,  Mathew  Pearce  m. 
Kate  Wilson 

McPeak,  Nooina  Mariah 
KcPcak,  Susan  Pauline 
McPoak,  Thoo  J.  m, 

Perry  Stockton 
KcPea'kJ  Theodore 
McPeak,  Zora  B. 
McPeaks 

McPhorson,  A.  H. 
Kopherson,  James  m, 

Bollo  Ruark 
McPhcrson,  Lt. 
McPherson,  Mrs.  Lucy  Jacobs 

McPhorson,  Prof 
McQuoary,  Elder 
McQuery,  William  m, 
Lula  (Lulu)  Carlock 


2jl52 

2:151 
2:151 
2:151 

2:153 
2:151 
2:153 
1:236 
1:254 

2?  30 


1:191 

1:191 
1:134 


1:182 
1:165 


McRoynolds,  Mrs.  J.  p, 

1:193,  1:196 

Me  Reynolds,  U.  B.  1:214,  1:216 
McReynolds,  Mrs.  W.  B, 

1:193, 


Maborry,  G.  H. 
Maberryx  John 
Mace,  Cathorino  m. 

(1)  «Jamos  Miles 

(2)  Samuel  Smith 
Mack,   Sammy 

Magazino  Club       1:188, 
Kahon,  Thomas  ;7.  m. 

Mary  J.  Mann 
Mai  don,  Dr.  R,  K. 
Major,  G.  H. 
Mali  coat,  Clement  C, 
Mallory,  Arlcy 
Mallory,  Eurloy  Perkins 
Mallory,  Eytha  m. 

William  jMoxandor  Friar 
Kallory,  Clayton 
Mallory,  11.  R. 
Mallory,  Zlsio 
Mallory,  Elsie  Thomas 
Mallory,  Everett 
Mallory,  Francis  Marion 
Mallory,  Geneva 
Mallory,  C-eor-o  ~.fi.lloughby 

Lucy  Ihornan  Jones 
Mallory,  Ira  Ellen 
Mallory,  Jar.os  Morgan 
Mallory,  John 
Mallory,  John  Kilos 
Mallory,  Laura 


2il8l 

1:49 

1:202 

2:158 
1:143 
1:176 
1:86 
2:157 
2:157 

2t33 
2:157 
1:103 
2:322 

2:157 
2:322 
2:157 
2:322 
m. 

2:156 
2:15? 
2:157 
2:157 
2:157 
2:j22 
1:148 


Mallory,  Mrs.   T.  W.  1:148 

Mallory,   Thomas  Wood  2:15? 

Mallcry,    Tisa  Ann  2:157 

Mallory,   Walter  1:2?6 

Mallory,  William  1:32 
Mallory,  ',fi.llian  m. 

Boll  Spain  2:322 

Mallory,  W.lliam  Josso  2:157 
Mallory,  William  Perkins  m. 

nargaret,cSeo'ks  2:156 

Mallory,  Zimmerman  &  1:234 

Mallorys  1 : 62 

Mallcrys  1:137 

Malone,  James  M.  1:80 

Malone,  tf.  M.  1:175 

Mammon,  Johr  1:278 

Mammon,  Marie  1:280 
Maniece,  Mary  Jano  m. 

J.  Monroe  Morris  2:139 

Maniese,  John  1:105 
llanion,  Thomas  m. 

Lou  Huffman  2:171 

Manis,  G.  B.  1:277 

Manis  Flaco  2i2?3 

Manka,  Gladys  1:275 

Manka,  Gilbert  l:|8l 

Manlovo,  Mrs.  S.  G.  1:210 

Mann  &  Talbutt  1:183 
Mann,  E.  P.  1:1?5,  1«1?8,  2:332 

Mann,  Edgar  F.  1:183 

Mann,  Edgar  F.  2:l6l 
Mann,  Edgar  P.  m, 

Mary  Elizabeth  Clark  2:158 
Mann,  Edgar  P.  f  1:120 
Mann,  Frank  Clark  m. 

Marjorio  Potts  2:l6l 

Mann,  Dr.  Frank  W.  2:159 

Mann,  George  L,  2:159 

Mann,  Dr.  John  A.  2:158 

Mann,  Joseph  B.  2:158 
Mann,  Josiah  m. 

Elizabeth  Judith  Mooro  2:158 
Mann,  Mary  J.  m. 

Thomas  W.  Mahan  2:158 

Mann,  Mary  Marjorio  2:l6l 
Mann,  ilildred  m. 

John  F.  McGregor  2:l6l 
Mann,  Mrs.  1:189,  1:190 

Mann,  Robert  L.  2: 159 

Mann,  Thomas  2:158 

Mann,  Thomas  W.  2:158 
Mann,  Iftlliam  m. 

Mao  Killer  2;l8l 

Manus,  E.  A.  1:172 

March,  P.  F.  1:279 
Mar cum,  Charity  m. 

Benjamin  C.   Pomborton         2:226 


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Page  56 


Marcum,  Clara 

Mar CUM,  Henry  Clay  m. 

Mary  McCennoll 
Marcum,  J.  11. 
Marcum,  John  m. 

Susan  (King)  McConnell 
Marcum,  John  17,  m, 

Melissa  Craig 
Marion,  Jonathan  W. 
Marcum,  Mary  M.  m. 

Silas  E.  Shaw 
Marcum,  Sarah  Jane  m. 

Joel  T.  Hcrrcbreo 
Mar  cm,  Violet  m. 

Herley  Hilton  Robertson 
Karcum,  "J. C.  n. 

Marietta  C.  Hgmbroe 
1-Iarcum,  IE.lliam  K.  m. 

Marietta  V.  Kembroe 
Marks,  i'rs.  Anna 
Marks,  Mrs. 
Marriage,  first 
Marsh,  3.  J.  J.       1:356 
Marsh,  Bell  m. 

William  Lindley  Nswldrk 
Marshall,  battle 
Marshall,  Blanche 
Marshall,  C.  T. 
Marshall,  Clco 
Marshall,  Ella  m. 

George  Jones 
Marshall,  J.  17. 
t  Marshall,  Jarcos  S.  m. 

Alice  Rainey 
Marshall,  ^ylo 
Marshall,  Rainey 
Marshall,  Ralph 
Marshall,  Robert  A, 
Marshall,  ;v.  K. 
Martin,  C.  A.  m. 

Fhoeby  Higgins 
Martin,  C.  H. 
Martin,  ULihu 

Martin,  I.  J.  1:175,  1:135, 
Martin,  i-lrs,  I.  J, 
Martin,  J.  A. 
Martin,  J.  J. 
Martin,  J.  R. 
Martin,  James  II. 
Martin,  Rev.  L.  li. 
Martin,  3.  R. 
Martin,  Sr.i-ah  m. 

Calvin  J.  Iriggins 
Martin,  T.  m. 

Elizabeth  Fuf;ate 
Martin,  Z.  T. 


1.276 

2 1 140 
1:165 

2:140 


1:151 
1:353 


Maschoff,  Frod 

Ma-on,  A.  R. 


Macon,  J.  P,  m. 

Ma.^ri'J  Buffington       1:306 
"•xsrn,  J,->.res  A,      1«230,  1:231 

.sen,  Josie  m, 


2:79 

Jr-r.  -;s  G.   VP.lson 

2i368 

2:227 

Kfc-;on,   Mary  A.   n. 

Georgo  Thomas  Barker 

1:310 

2  :  316 

Masonic  Academy 

1:57 

Masonic  Lcugc,   Evorton 

1:231 

2:77 

Mosjy  &  Smith 

1:224 

Massoy,  F^nry  m. 

2:287 

Amanda  Robertson 

2:166 

Masscy,    Prrno 

2  il67 

2:78 

yasrey;    jV'.cy 

2:167 

^  Mascey.    Thomas  J.   Dr,  m. 

2:  316 

Maocllc  S.aylor 

2.166 

1:206 

Massr.an,   Mary  m. 

1:208 

Howard  Pierce 

2:243 

1:66 

Massongalo,   Gc;orgo 

1:104 

,    2:39 

Ma  the  s,    Rev.   E.   S. 

1:144 

Kathew,   Luther  J, 

1:78 

2:205 

Mathews,   Betsey  m. 

1:99 

A^onijah  Morgan 

2tl96 

2:165 

Ma  thews,    James  ra. 

1:173 

Mary  Giles 

2i370 

2«l65 

ITa  thews  ,   Sarah  m. 

Charles   i^Lnkle 

2.370 

2:164 

L'atlock,    Edward  L. 

1:249 

2:164 

HatlocK  f.oir.ily 

1:37 

iiatlock,   Luko 

1:37 

2:163 

Matthews,    Hattio  m.   m. 

2:165 

TJonry  Albert  Cunningham 

2:165 

2:19, 

1:361 

2:165 

Maunper,   1/illiam 

1:227 

2  :l64 

Ma?r,Tcll,    B. 

1  :  51 

2:164 

Maxwell  ,    Bluf  ord 

2tl67 

-/  liax^.'cJ"1.  ,    ."iS'nest  L.  m. 

2:86 

Eva  A.    Clabough 

2.167 

1:168 

Maxwell,    Eunice 

2:169 

1:110 

Maxwell,    Flora  in. 

1:178 

Elmer   T.   McConnell 

2:169 

1:201 

Maxwell,    G..  H. 

1:277 

1:277 

M»;cwell,    Gilbert  L.   rc. 

1:168 

Lucy  Mr-Pcak                2:153, 
Maxwell,   hvnry  C.   m. 

2:169 

1:182 
1:143 

2:175 

Catherine   V/oody       2:167, 
Max-ell,    James  Lowoll  2il53 
Maxiroll,    ;loscphloo 

2:377 
,2:169 
2:169 

i'rxT..Tcll  ,    Ralph  G, 

2:86 

i-juojnlls 

1:236 

Maya  co,   irncst  A.   m. 

2  ill 

;'arv  Prcc!c-.an 

2:79 

1  .  "i  73 

Mayberry,    Edith  'I.  m. 

J-  i    -  i  ^> 

Charles  F.    Kcwman 

2:209 

TNDEXi  DADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 

Kayberry,  G.  E.  Ii2?7 

Mayberry,  Helen  1:203,  1:204 
Xtyterry,  Iliss  Mertio  If 203 
Mayborry,  R.  H.  &  Mary  2:209 
Kayos,  Ora  V.  1:276 

Mayes,  Villian  Iil33 

Mayfield,  J.  17,  1:242 

Maze,  Charles  T.  m. 

Dorris  Landers 
Mazo  Hdwe .  Co . 
Mazu,  J.  -. 
Mnzo,  Leon 
Maze,  Marion  Violet 
Maze,  Kary  Elizabeth 
Mazo,  1-413 ian  m. 

Bessie  Whoolor 
Mazes 

Mead  Building 
Mo  ad ,  Mr  s .  J  auni  ta 
Means,  Ed  in. 

Martha  Strange 
Means,  L.  M. 
Medicines 
Meek,  B;  F. 
Meek,  Sari  m. 

Frcddio  Friar 

Meek  School         1«2?6, 
Meek,  '.ftllard 
Mock,  vailiam 
Mookor,  Joseph 
Mooks,  ".argarot  n, 

William  P.  Mailory 
Meisncr,  A.  F. 

n. 


2:360 
1:236 
Is  110 
1:207 

2,330 

Is  173 

1:72 


Melcher,  ___^_ 

Sarah  E.   Frieze 
Mclchor,  Mrs.   B,  F. 
Mclchcr,   George  1«237, 

Molvillc  1:52 

Melville,   nanod 
Melville  Lodge  No,   458 
Memphis  Railroad 
Mcndenholl,  Mary  m. 

Gabriel  llixon 
Monossco,   Kary  Jane  m. 

Jamos  Monroe  Morris 
Mcng,  ru. 

Elmira  Harrison 
Mcng,   Elizabeth 
Monico,   Missouri  m. 

George  "./.    Davidson 
Merchant,    Grace  n\, 

Francis  K,    Gregory 
Herri ck,    Carrie  n. 

Gcorgo  •'.  lilller 
Mcrrick,    James 
Morrick,   M.   D. 
Morric!:,   Mary  J.   m, 

Joseph  H<    Rcnfro 


2t30 

1:281 
2:30 
1:242 
1:21 

2:156 
1:224 

2:34 

1:196 
1:231 
,  It39 
It235 
1:181 


2:210 
2:326 

2il05 
1  1  7-77 

1:364 
2:65 

2:182 
2:271 
1:10? 


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Morr'ck,   W.  K.  Iil73 

Morrick,   Lilian  Ii32 
Mor-'ill,    Bertha  m. 

Luther  M.   Shaw  2:305 
Mor^-ill,  Mrs.   FLora  Carlock  1:189 

Merrill,   Mrs.   Hattio  V.  1:200 
Merrill,   Kerry               1:252,   2:336 

Merrill,  Mrs.  Honry  1:111 

Merrill,   John  1:197 

Morril-Jopes  1:109 

Merrill,  Mrs,  Lona  1:190 

Merrill,  Mrs.  Iil99 
Merrill,   R.  H.                Ii2l4,  1:215 
Ii293,   2:100 

Merrill,   Shafor  and  1:5^ 

Kerry  Makers  Club  1:203 

Mcssick,   Albert  2:311 
Mcssiok,    Charles  m. 

'Allio  Shipley  2:311 

Mossick,   Fif.is  2:311 

Jennie  1:275 

Mauds  2:311 

Roxio  2:311 

Mossick,   Sylvia  2:311 

Mover,    Capt.  1:225 

Meyer,   './Lilian  1:151 
Meyers,    Beatrice  Joio  m, 

Arthur  Cotter  2il73 
Meyers,    Carrio  m. 

Thomas  Fitzgerald  2:170 
Meyers,    Charles  m. 

Minnie  t&lhito  2:173 
Meyers,    Charlos  B.   m. 

Susan  Pierce 

Sarah  A.   Cox  2:172 
1«354 
Meyers,    Charles  E.  m. 

Edna  Owens  2:172 
Meyers,    Edwin  F.  m. 

Gertrude  Shaw  2:172 
Movers,  Frod  C.  m. 

Kate  Hoffnan  2:170 

Meyers,  Kenry  2:171 

Meyers,  Kenry  2:170 
Meyers ,  Henry  m. 

"innic-  Erdsiock 

M:  nni  c  ?"i  c camp  2:170 

Meyers,    Joie  Ruhamo  2:173 
Moyc.rs,    Josio  m. 

Henry  Arthur  Cotter  1<353 
Moy.-r?,    Kate  m. 

Er'ward  Sloibtrue  2:170 

Mayors,   Lc^ri.s  2:172 

Meyers,   Lillio  2:173 
Mcy;r3,   Luln   b.   ra. 

'  Ja-r.os  J.   McConneU  2:172 
Mcy:. rr,   Kinr.io  M.   n. 

Charljs   Gass  2:1?2 

Wjyors,   IJyron  Loon  2:173 


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Meyers,  Robert  L. 
Meyers,  Susie  m, 

Thomas  Gilospia 
Meyers,  William  m. 

Ella  Barker 
Milburn m. 

Jacob  Frioze 
Milburn         m 


1.274 

2il73 


Miller,  James  Irving  ra. 
Gray 


2 1 182 
2.184 


2.34 
2t34 


David  Friozo 
Miles,   James  :.i. 

Catherine  Mace  2sl8l 

Miles,   Virginia  m, 

John  M.  Miller  2:181 

Military,    Civil  \!ar  1.74 

Miller,  Alma  n. 

J.  A.  Thurman  2.179 
Miller,  Anderson  2:183 
Miller,  Andrew  n. 

Eve  T,  "alter  2il80 

Miller,  Bcrta  m. 

Charley  Lyons  2:184 
Miller,  Bird  m. 

A.  A.   Sijnft  2.174,   2:179 

Miller,  Mrs,   ^.rd  m. 

Alexander  F-vtt-rson  2.178 

Miller,   C.  I.  .  1:52 

Millor,  Charlos  2:l44,2il74,2«i79 

Miller,  Clarcnco      If 52,  2:144 

2il74,  2:179 

Jailer,  Claude  2il80 

Miller,  D.  R.  1:164 

Miller,  D.il.  n, 

Mary  DoBorry  2.4Q 

Millor,  David  m. 

Mary  Ann  Gilbert  2:182 
Miller,  E.  E.  1.33 

Miller,  Eld.rigo  Boyd  m. 

Mary  Smith  Ellison 

Narcissus  (Patterson) 

KcConnoll      1C51,  2.144 
2 i 174,  2:178 
Miller,  Eldridgc  Boyd 

2.174,  2.179 

Miller,  Ernost  Dale        2.152 
Miller,  Floy  M. 

VS-lliani  IlcCandless  2:184 

Millor,   Franlde  2.180 

Miller,   Franklin  2:179 

Miller,    George  ivv,  m. 

Carrie  Kcrrick  2:182 
Miller,  George  Washington  2:178 
Millor,  Greta  m, 

Kcrbort  Sriith  2:184 

Millor,   Henrietta  m. 

Henry  Clark  2:134 

Mil  or,   Henry  m. 

Emmr.  Gillman  2:47 

Miller,    Ida  l< .   n. 

J.  R.  Scott      2.174,  2.179 


Miller,  James  M, 
Miller,  Jossie  m, 

Robert  MVrison         2.185 

#  Miller,  John  Martin  m, 

(1)  Mollic  Burnside 

(2)  Virginia  Miles       2il80 
Miller,  Joseph  m. 

Sarah  Glassner  2.180 
Miller,  Kate  1.179 

Miller,  L.  A.  Iil68 

Miller,  Laura  E.  m. 

Ferry  C,  Ronfro  2.271 
Miller,  Louanza  P.  m. 

VJ.  H.  Boman  2il74,  2.179 

l-Iillcr,  Lois  Laura  ra. 

Eugone  J.  McNatt  2.177 
Miller,  Mac  m. 

'.-ailiari  Mann  2.181 

Mi  Her ;  Maria  m, 

:5.11iam  E.  Gentry  1«305 
Killer,  Mary  C.  m. 

F.  C.  Hair  2.180 
Miller,  Mary  F.  m. 

J.  M.  Daughtrey  2.174,  2.179 
Miller,  Mary  Kate  m. 

Louis  3,  Coloman  2.177 
Miller,  Maude  2.179 

Miller,  Maude  m. 

David  Penrod  2«184 

Miller,  Morris  1:252 

#  Miller,  Morris  m. 

Sarah  S.  Glenn  2.182 
Miller,  Mrs.  1«199 

Millor,  Nollie  m, 

James  L.  Gilliland  2.49 
Millor,  Nowoll  2.180 

#  Miller,  T.A,  f  1.88 
Miller,  T.  A.       Ii2l4,  1.218 
Miller,  T.A.  Lumber  Co.     1.219 

1.217,  1.227,  Ii233,  1.230 
Miller,  Thomas  1:168 

Miller,  Thomas  A.    1.131,  1.183 

#  Killer,  Thomas  Alexander  m, 

Clara  Bollc  Jopos       2.174 
2.179 
Miller,  Virginia  3.  m, 

G.  l-r.  Gilmoro     2.174,  2.178 
Miller,  W.  L.  1.220 
Miller,  '.-fade  2.184 
Miller,  William            1:259 
Miller,  ".ailiam            1.169 

i?  Miller,    William  L.   m, 
.^arah  Gates 

Irene  Dryant  2.174 

2.178 

Millers  1.287 


INDEX:     DADD  COUNTY  HISTORY 

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Millholland  ,  Bar  tholomeu 

1:258 

Mitchell,    James  M. 

1:130 

Mills,  A.   J.     1:105,  1:173, 

1:174 

Mitchell,    James  M.   m. 

Mills,   Allie 

1:144 

Ora  Bell  Mitchell 

2:189 

Mills,  Ann  Pathiah  m. 

Mitchell,    James  M. 

2:188 

John  I.llherson  Frieze 

2:34 

Mitchell,    Jeanette  m. 

Mills,   John                     Iil04, 

1:105 

'.'.    C.   Ho-icll 

2:95 

Mills,   John  E. 

1:144 

Mitchell,    John  A.              Ii80 

,  1:82 

Mils,   Maggie 

1:144 

MitchDll,    John  F. 

2:166 

Mills,   3.   P.                    1:102, 

1:104 

Mi  tchell,   John  0.          1:242, 

2:390 

Mills  ,    Tom 

1:105 

•/  Mitchell,    John  C.  m, 

Mills,    ••:.    B. 

1:275 

.'.lice  M.    Young 

2:185 

Mills,   M.  L.   n. 

*  Mitchell,    John  0.                     f 

2:384 

Sara::  E.    Youn£ 

2:382 

Mitchell,    Kate  m. 

I-Iiness     Me  Gluey 

Ed-.  an  T.    Scrog^s 

2:209 

McGarvey 

Mitchell,   Leah  Caroline  m. 

Star  Banks 

I.llliam  L.   Scroggs 

Soaton  Banks 

1:262 

2:97, 

2:188 

Mining,    Ccrry 

1:239 

Ilitcholl,   Lucinda  m. 

Mining  -  IIcGeo 

2:155 

li  dance  Shipley 

Ii85 

Mitchell  if:  Sloan 

1:214 

1(86     2:310 

Mitchell,   Alta  n, 

l-'itcholl,   Luthor 

1:67 

Jesse  Dai^h 

2:375 

Mi-cohell,   M.    B. 

1:166 

Mi  tchell  ,   Araon 

1:277 

-tcholl,   M.    L.               1:166, 

2:121 

Mitchell,   Mrs.   Belle 

1:233 

Mitchell,   Manuel  m. 

Mitchell,    Belva  L.   m. 

Myrtlo  B.    Ccx 

1«358 

Ralph  K.   Shau 

2:137 

•;"•  Mitchell,   Martin  L.   ra. 

Mi  tchell,  Box 

2:257 

Sarah  J.    Roland 

2:187 

Mitchell,   David  Nc:rton 

2:133 

Mitchell,   Mary 

1(85 

Mitchell,    Dciritt  m. 

Mitchell,    v,'try  n. 

ITancy  Carey 

2:135 

Samuel  ".    Hoadlco 

2:193 

Mitchell,   Mrs.   Dora 

1:190 

Mitchell,   Mary  Belle 

1(179 

Mitchell,    Jlizaboth  m. 

Mitchell,   Mary  Elizabeth  m. 

Alexander  Patterson 

2:218 

Arch  Hcpoor 

2d88 

Mitchell,    JJudora  jr.. 

Mitch:  11,   Maxwell 

1:80 

John  H.   Harvey 

2:187 

Mi  tch'-ll  ,   Minni  e 

1:278 

Mitchell,    Fannie  L.   m. 

Mitchell,   Mollio  ra. 

Samuel  '..rjlliar.  Ccx  2:96, 

1«355 

Honor  Soain 

2:322 

Mitchell,    I'lorc.  A. 

2:96 

Mitch.  -.11,   Morris  \l.     Is  180, 

1:181 

Mitchell,    hlcroncc  E.   m. 

I.'i  \,oholl,   "-oses  B. 

1:80 

Reucl   HAr.;;                   2:121, 

2:139 

Mitchell,   "ollio             Is  28, 

1:279 

Mitchell,    Flossie 

1:273 

Mitch  ill,    i^r-ttio 

2d88 

Mitchell,    C-.    0. 

1:132 

Miuch'll,    Ora   Belle  m. 

Mitchell,    Garland  C.   m. 

Janes  M.   Mitchell 

2:189 

I.e.  eta  Arthur 

2:137 

Mitchell,   S.   VJ. 

1:132 

I:itchell,    Dr.    George  3. 

2:138 

Mitchell  ,    Salina  Jane 

2d88 

Mitchell,    -jcrhan  Smith  m. 

Mitchell,    Samuel   !.'. 

2:188 

Louise  J.    rabb           2:95, 

1:355 

Mitrhftll,    Rov.   Samuel 

1:67 

Mitchell,    Cant.   Harry 

1:96 

Kit  oh  dl,    iv.omas 

2:189 

Mi  tchcll  ,    I  la  tti  e 

2:138 

Mitciioll,   -r.    y. 

1:231 

Mitchell,    Irc-iio 

1:358 

Mitchell,   y.   M. 

1:132 

Mitchell,    J.  M.               1:178, 

1:215 

Mitchell,   VJillian  m. 

Mitchell,    Mr  3.    J.   M.    1:201, 

1:209 

"-!!1:  nor  Stocl'.ard 

2:137 

Mi  tchci:  ,    J  .   C  . 

2:339 

*''i  t  c"i'".  '  1  ,     nl'liam  luthor 

9  ."1  AQ 

Mitchol]  ,    Jan~s 

1  :  34 

Mitch  M,    Wi.iifrod  L.   m. 

£~  I  -LOO 

Mitchell,    Jar:es 

]  :35 

:  chare1  S.  Marshall 

2:189 

Mitcholi,    Jc-.r.es  m. 

Mite:,,  hi,    Conner  0.   m. 

Kartha  he  "re  rory 

1:    j 

-i       f  t~ 

Mart]  i  Mc^rry 

2:137 

Mdtchol 


INDEX:     DAIX3  COUNTY  HISTORY 

Mitchell,   Zora  1:280 
Mitzoll,  Alpha  m. 

Miller  G.   Euffington  1:305 

Modrell,   Vernia  1:281 

Mohvdnld.0,   Kick  1:278 

L'oody,   Charles  m. 

Pearl  Dye  2:   11 

Moon,   Volncy  1:118 

Moon,   V.  1:129 

Monitor  School  1:278 

Montgomery,  AA  H.         1:178,   1:251 
Montgomery,   Aaron  H.  2:191 

Montgomery,   Aimer  1:276 

Montgomery,  Anna  1:129 

Montgomery,   Benjamin  2:103 

Montgonery,    C.   \t.  2:23,   2:101 

1:55,   1:251,   1:254 
Montgonery,    Capt.  1:302 

Montgomery,    Charles  Br.  1:51 

Montgomery,    Charles  W.  m. 

Mary  Ellen  ZLlis 
Montgomery,   Dena  m. 

Ira  H.   Johnson 
Montgomery,    l]d 
Montgomery,   Edward  C.  m. 

Flora  Sloan 
Montgomery,   Dfff.e 
Montgomery,   ZLmer  Clyde 
Montgomery,   Zinsley  C.  m. 

Julia  Ann  Taylor 
Montgomery,   F.  H. 

Montgomery,   Homer  m. 

Nora  A.   Spain 

Montgonery,  J.  D. 

Montgomery,  Rev.  J.  D,       1:51 

1:120,  1:123,  1:121,  l:l'-'-8 

Montgomery,  ?,cv.  J.  D 


2:319 
1:275 
2:192 

2:190 
1:140 

2:322 


&    T.T- 

1:46 


F. 


Montgonery, 
Montgonery ,  J .  F . 

Cora  A.  Sh.au 
Montgonery,  J.  !•!, 
Montgomery,  Jacob 
Montgomery,  Jeff 
Montgor.cry ,  ?.ev . 
Montgonery, 
Montgomery ,  Josiah  3. 
Montgomery,  Julia  m, 

C.  V7.  11ndr.ll 
Montgonorv,  Lcnora  m. 

Henry  Kaytrard 
Montgomery,  Lester 
Montgomery,  L'.'cy 
Montgomery,  Ilcrlc 
Montgomery,  ic.nn.ie  C.  m. 

Guy  E.  IlcCcnr.cll 


,fe 
1:147 
1:277 

2:316 

1:56 

1:129 

1:109 

3:66 

1:168 

2-.1QO 

2:192 


Page  60 

Montgomery,   Nancy  I,  D,  m. 

Dr.   J.   C.   3.   RVifro 

2:277 

Montgomery,   Nellio  L.  m. 

Ralph  Stapp 

2:192 

Mongtonery,   0. 

1:279 

Montgomery,   P.  H, 

1:140 

Montgomery,   P.  L,           Ii56, 

1:111 

Montgomery,   P.   R. 

1:135 

Montgonery,   P.   R.   farm 

2:354 

Montgomery,   Fles 

1:67 

Montg  ornery  ,    Rachel 

1:129 

Mcntr'onerv,   Silas 

1:55 

1:56, 

1:320 

Montgomery,    T.   3. 

1:276 

Montgomery,    Thomas  B. 

2:190 

Montfonory,    Thomas  17. 

2:192 

Mont6-cnory,   '.7.   C.         lilBO, 

1:181 

Mcntgcr-r.v,    W.   S.          1:176, 

1:178 

Montgo-,-.cry,   W.   3. 

2:191 

Mont.~or.iory,  I'rs.   T.7.   E» 

1:193 

1:195, 

1:196 

Montgomery,    T.7.   H. 

1:276 

Ilcorc,   Aliurou 

2:195 

Mooro,   Amanda  m, 

Dr.   D.   2.   F.   Birch.  1:319 

,1:320 

Moore,   B.   F.                    1:102, 

1:105 

1-Iooro,   Dr.   C. 

2:280 

Mooro,    Charles 

2:346 

Moore,    Charles  Dale 

2:195 

ilcor'j,    Charles  E. 

2:193 

Moore,    Charles  W.  m. 

3va  Tar  rant 

2:194 

Moore  ,   David 

1:32 

i-Iooro,    David  m. 

Hr.ncy  Thompson 

1:299 

Mooro  ,    Zduard 

1:275 

Mooro,  IHizaboth  Judith  n. 

Josiah  i-j'ann 
I'ocre ,  "ill0,  m. 

'£lriicr  A.  NciMrk 
Horn.  ,  3mma  Haxine 
Kocro,  "jva  D. 
Hocrc  family 
Moore,  Fr.nnio 
1'ooro,  Fannie  n. 

C.  R.  Allison 
Hocrc ,  Frank  m, 

Xi-ry  C.'-ildwell 
Galohu 
George  Washington  m. 

Fliza  J.  Hoadlce 
*  Moore ,  George  Mashing ton 
Moc---'. ,  Helen  M,  m. 


Jones 


:rkirk 


2:158 

2:206 
2:195 
2:193 
1:36 
1:31? 

1:297 
1:297 

2:192 
f  2:280 

2:294 

1:290,   1:326 
2:193 

2(207 
1:317 


DADE  COUT-TY  HISTORY 


Page  6l 


Moore,  Kary 
Moore,  Mattis 
Mocro,  Minnie  C. 
Mooro,  Morris  A,  r.i. 

Lola  HcGill 
Mooro,  II.  oj. 
Moore,  H.  R. 
Mooro,  Proston-fli. 

Martha  J.  Bishop 
Mooro,  R.  A. 
Mooro,  Rosella  S. 
Mooro,  Ross  T. 
liooro  ,  Roy 
Moore,  Rubon  -r. 

3crinc  2.  Clopton 
Moore,  Ruben  TI. 
Mooro  ,  Sarah  m. 

Presley  Km'fr.ian 

Louis  3chado 
1-Ioore  ,    *•'.    G  . 
Mooro,   RGV.    i-,T.   G. 
Moore,   V..T.   R. 
Mooro,   V5.11iapi  m. 

Clancy  Cox 
i-Ioore,   T-JLllian  in. 

HUeanor  Gravelly 
Moore,   Lilian  G, 
Moore,  './henry  m. 

Leona  ;?.  Poc 
Mocrcs 
Moran,   John  riovard  m. 

Mabel  Young 
Moran,   Johr.  Howard  Jr. 
Moran,  Laura  Bayno 
Moran,  Mildi'od 
Morcrsr,   Jnr.ia  in. 

David  L.   Gregory 
Morgan,  _  n. 

Herman  Aclcors 
Morgan,  A. 
Korean,   Ad  it. 

Vada  Hall 
Morgan,  Ado:iijah  m. 

Betsy  liathcws 
Morpan,   Bailey  P. 
1'orpan,   J.-ickolun  m. 

Kartha  Shcuso 
Morgan,   James  H.  m, 

iiary  Cox 
Korean,   John  A. 
Morgan,    "Luckcy" 
'.   D.   m. 


1:290 
It  317 


2:193 
1:168 
1:251 

It  317 
2:345 
2:346 
2:195 
1:317 

2:194 

2:346 


2:171 
1:103 

2:159 
1:132 

2:238 


Iiary  Anderson 
Korgrn,  Major 
Morgan  ,  Nancy 


llorpan,  pote  m. 
Florence  ilcpeak 


2:334 
2:304 
2:384 
2:384 

2,65 


1:53. 
2:67 

2:196 
2:196 

2:313 

1:354 

1:90 

1:155 

2:202 


2,1^6 
2,152 


Morgan,   Sallie  Ann  m. 

John  \J.  Smith 

2:323 

Morgan,   TJick                     1:114, 

1:165 

Morgan,   Vfi.dc  m, 

Nancy  Worloy 

2:196 

Morgans 

1:236 

Morgans,   Morgan               1:132, 

1:134 

Morre?_l,   Hiram  n, 

Kary  Griffith 

2:57 

Morris  &  '.-/hite                 1:214, 

1:216 

Morris,   Adaline  m. 

Joseph  X.   Alexander 

Is  302 

Morris,   Albert  G.  i». 

Veda  !5.1son 

2il97 

2:364 

Morri  s  ,   Albert  George 

2:197 

Morris,   Alex  m. 

Jane  Ragsdalo 

2:260 

Morris,   Ann  .Eliza  m. 

Ed-ar  Clark 

2:309 

Morri  j.   Archibald  &  Polly 

1:146 

"orris,   Arthur  m. 

Myrtle  S.   Shaw 

2:316 

Morris,    Bud 

Is36 

Morris,   F  alloy 

2:326 

Morris,    Bailey                    1:36, 

1:277 

Morris,    C.    J. 

1:33 

Morri  s  ,    Capt  . 

2s  11 

Morris,    Ccrda 

1:281 

Morris,   Cynthia  (Cytha)  Ann  m. 

Janes  Monroe  Smith     2s  314 

,1.314 

Morris,   Dr. 

Ii39 

Morris,   2.  A. 

1:277 

Morris,    E.   F. 

1:32 

Morris,   Capt.   3.   J. 

2:259 

Morris,   Capt.   "dmond  J, 

Ii77 

Lorrir,    ZLsio  -.G.V.  Snodon 

2,326 

Morris,   21  vis 

1:36 

Morris,    Zwin? 

2-:139 

Morris,    Fr.an.gos  Mardone 

2,235 

Morris,   Harvey  H. 

1:80 

Morris,   Harvey  L. 

Ii80 

Morri  s  ,    J  .   11  . 

Is  167 

Morris,   Js.no  s  m. 

Zvaline  Fanner 

2:22 

Morris,    James  Monroo  m. 

Mary  Jane  Mencsso     2il39» 

2i326 

Mo  r  i  •  i  ~  ,    J  arie  s  Mo  nr  o  o 

2:326 

Morri'i;    Jesse 

2:326 

Morris,    Jesse 

1:36 

Morris,    Kate  n. 

Alhci'w  Lucas 

2.139 

Morris,   L  e  oni  da  s 

1:104 

Morri  r  .    Lloyd  n. 

R""/.  Crotolla  Poc 

2,235 

Morr-U.   Lonotta 

2,326 

•'orr-'.-,    Lculsa  Zipporah  n. 

rl'-.^h  Stapp 

2,326 

INDEX i     IX'JD^  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Page  62 


Morris,   Lucilo             1:274,  2tl97 
Morris,   Malissa  m. 

Harry  Covan  2 1 326 

Morri  s ,  Martha  2 : 326 

Morris,  I-Iary  Josephine  2:326 

Morri s ,   Monroe  1 1 36 

Morris,   Mount  Etna  2:197 
Morris,   Mount  Etna  m. 

Sarah  ZLlon  Quarrels  2:197 

Morri  s ,   Nancy  1 : 129 

i-Iorris,   Fatsy  (Mrs,  Arch)  It 39 

Morris,  Mrs.   R.   E.  1:202 
Morris,   Rachel  Catherine  m, 

Albert  Lucas  2i326 
Morris,   Sariantb.a  m, 

Daniel  Lorah  2:138 
Morris,    Sarah  Cordelia  m. 

C.   R.    Ccarnal  2:326 
Morris,   Susan  Rittabol  m, 

Albert  Daughtrey  2:326 
Morris,  U,  A.  m. 

Anna  R.  Bell  1:306 

Morris,  T.,111iam  KLvis  2:326 

Morrison,  A.  1'.  Is  180 

Morrison,  C,  K.  It 277 

Morrison,  R.  B.  1:2?7 
Morrison,  Robert  m, 

Jessio  Miller  2:185 

Hortemycr  &  Ragsdale  2:260 

Mosoly,  J.  F.  1:166 
Mosher,  Lizzie  m, 

Albert  2.   Watson  2(357 
Moss,   Bolle  ra. 

vaili.in  5.  Young  2:382 

Moto,   Hiss  Carrie  1:276 

Koto,    Charles  1:276 

Mound  School  1:281 

Mt.   Pisgah  Church  1:70 

Mt.    Zion  School           1:276,  1:277 

lit.    Zion  School  1:231 
Movry,   Martha  m. 

Young  0.  Mitchell  2:187 
Moyor-rMns ,   Miss  /dice  Curtis 

1:192 

Kulkey  1:136 

llulkcy,   Harland             1:62,  1:137 

Mulkcy,   Dr.  H.  1:51 

Mulky,   Dr.   J.   H.  1:46 

Mulkoy,   Rnv,  1:66 

Mulligan,   Gen.  1:99 
Murder :     Dou^lac 
Hillcr 

Horn  1:259 
Murder:      Donald  McIHrath 
George  Burlis 

Ephriam  V/alkor  1:260 

Murdoch,    I,   LI,  1:277 


Murphy  1«242 
Murphy,   Ada  M.  m, 

Henry  V/hittakor  2:200 
Murphy,   Cordelia  C,  ra. 

Glover  Killingsworth  2:200 
Murphy,   Eliza  J.  m. 

Thorns  Travis  2:199 

Murphy,   G.   V,'.  1:180 

Murphy,  Rev.  G.  tf.  &  wife  1:146 
Murphy,  Gilbert  W.  m. 

California  Loaaster  2:198 

Murphy,   J.   W.  &  wifo  1«52 

Murphy,   John  &.  wife  1:52 

Murphy,   John  V7.  1:54 

Murphy,   ling  2:125 

Murphy ,  LeTri.  s  1 1 146 
Murphy,  Lc'ri.s  M.  Ii54,  1:253 
Murphy,  Leiri. s  M,  m. 

Cordie  Garrott  2:199 

Murp'.iy,  Lora  LOG  2:125 
Muv:,uy,  Louisa  F.  m. 

Charles  Wilson  2:199 
Murphy,  Mary  A.  S.  m. 

Julius  Applcby  2:199 
Murphy,  Marguerite  m, 

Floyd  Sloan  2:199 
Murphy,  Melville  L.  m. 

Lizzie  Kinbor  2:200 

Murphy,  Mrs,  Porter  1:196 
Murphy,  R.  P.  m. 

Lora  King  2:125 

Murphy,  R.  F.  2:200 
Murphy,  Mrs.  R.  P.  1:196,  1:209 

Murphy,    Rov.  1:51 

Murphy ,   Ri  ah  2 : 1 99 
Murphy,   Robart  "i-7. 
Murphy,   Sarah  P,  m, 

Robert  P.  Underwood  2:199 

Murphy,   Uel         ii57.   1«175»  1»184 

1:216,   2:242,   2:252,   2:257 

Murphy,  Uol  I/.  2:199 

$  Murphy,  Ucl  W.  m. 

Katherine  Travis  2:198 

Murphy,   VJ.  F.  1:242 

Murpliy,  ifilliam  1:146 
Murphy,  William  P.  n. 

Sophia  Underwood  2:199 

Murphy,   I.llliam  Roscoe  2:199 

Kurphys  1:14? 
Murry,  J crone  m, 

Amelia  Jano  Clomontino  Cnrlock 
1»334 
Murs,    Gertie  m, 

Homer  Spain  2i322 
MuruJn,    B.  M.   K, 

Nancy  Jano  Scott  2:249 

Myers,    John  A.  1«218 


IN.lEXt  DAD3  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Page  63 


2:20? 


Myers,  John  F.  &  Son 
Myers,  Monroe  n, 

Arthusio  Burton 
Myrics 


Naylor,  1-Iiss 
Neal,  J.  T.  m. 

Emma  Allison 
Neal,  Ollio  A.  m. 

Jacob  E.  Newkirk         2;  20? 

Noalo,  Anna  G.  1:175,  1|2?5,  2:203 

Nealo,  Capt.  3.  M.    1:170,  1:1?1 

Iil73f  lil?4 

*  Nealo,  Capt.  3.  K.        f  1:152 
Nealo,  Ben  II.    1O,  1«21?,  1:259 

1:209,  2:291,  2:293,  2:100 

*  Noalo,  Ben  M.  m, 

Kary  Finlcy  2:202 

2:205 

*  Ncr.le,   3cn  II,  f  1:32 
jf  Nealo,    Capt.   Benjamin  Maborry  m. 


Anna  E.  Groves 
Nealo,  Eula  M.  m. 

;•/.  M.  Brooks 
Ncnle,  Katie  m. 

C.  W.  Barker 
Neale,  Mamie  E.  n. 

J.  M.  Peterson 
No  ale,  Mary 
Ncale,  Harry  Groves 
Neale,  Thomas  Randolph 
Nealo,  1-fi.llic  G.  n, 

J.  M.  Painter 
Neecc,  Caroline  n, 

John  C.  Shouso 
Ncmnick,  Henry 
Nemnick,  Mary  m, 

William  Raubingor 
Nettloton,  George  H. 
Now  Century  Club 
Now  Crescent  Hotol 
Newcomb,  Haubcin  ?• 
Newoll,  Frank  S. 
Newell,  '.Lilian  m. 

Anna  Tai  nt-r 
Newkirk,  Abraham  Taylor  m. 

Elizabeth  RUddick 
Newkirk,  Beatrice  Ida 
Novkir!:,  Cyrus 
"owldric,  E.  A. 
Nowkirk,  Elm  or  .  .ndrew  m. 


1:310  y  Nowkirk,   Jacob  E.  m. 

Myrtle  L.   Ronfro 
1:330  Ollie  A.   Neal 

1:64  Nowldrk,   Jacob  El  wood  m. 

Nettie  Terrell 
Newkirk,   Jesse 
1:209  Nowkirk,   John  M, 

Newkirk,   Julia  B.  m. 

L.   R.  Mooro 
Newkirk,  L-wis  A.  m. 

Hazel  E.  Spoor 
Newkirk,  Louise  Irene 
Newkirk ,  Mary  Elna 
Ncwldrk,   Neal 
Nowldrk,   Nora  m. 

William  D.   Sturdy 
Ncwldrk,   William  Lindlcy  m. 

Boll  Marsh 

NOT  man,  C.  F.        1|224, 
Nc-.iman,  Mrs.  C.  F. 
Newr.an ,  Catherine 
Nownan,  Mrs.  Charles  F. 
^  Nowrian,  Charles  Fi  m. 

Edith  H.  Mayberry 
*  Ncunan,  Charlos  F. 
Newman,  Jossie  R.  mt 

Roy  E.  Cobbs 
Newman ,  John 
Ncwr.an,  John  R. 
Newman,  Dr.  John  R,  m. 

Josephine  Buffington 
Newman,  Joseph  &.  Elizabeth 


2:20?. 


2:203 
2»202 


2:202 

2:314 
2:265 

2:265 

1:15,  2:1?5 
1:197 
1:230 
1:224 
1:2?6 

2:215 


2:206 
2:208 
2:206 
1:275 


.,  , 

a  nuntcr  2:206 

Ncwldrk,    Zncry  Lesley  2:203 
Nowkirk,   Frank  m. 

Minnio  i:0tt  2:206 

Newkirk,   Grace  E.  Myrtio  2:207 


2:205 

2:207 
1:281 
2:208 

2:207 

2:207 
2:208 
2:207 
2:208 

2:206 

2:206 
1:252 
1:202 
1:306 
1:200 

2:208 


2i208 
1:306 
2|208 

1:306 
2:208 


R. 


Newman,  Ross  M, 
Nichols,  Rev.  A. 
Nichols  ,  P. 
Nickel,  Samuel 
Niccamp,  Minnie  m. 

Henry  Meyers 
Niehoff  ,  Mlli  am  m. 

Ilcllie  Vonstroh 
Nichcff,  lAlliam 
Nioman,  H.  A. 

Mi  omann  ,  Carl 
Mi  e  man,  H.  H. 
Nilson,  Mrs.        1:188, 
Nixon,  A.  F. 
Nixon,  Arthur  Frank 
.i'=Mixon,  Arthiu-  Franklin  m. 

Mary  V.  Pomborton 
Nix^n,  Colia  Har.ol 
Nixon,  Dcnzil  Louise 
N  i  x  'jr.  ,  3  ibr  i  ol  m  , 

iiary  Mendenhall 
Nixo",  Jewel  K-itc  m. 

Lynn  H.  Hn-nbreo 
Mixcn,  John  Femberton 
Nixon,  Lillian  Russell 


2:209 


1:105 
1:32 

2:170 

2:347 

1:153 
1«155 
1  :  1  53 
2:281 
1:190 
1:232 
2j2ll 

2:210 

2:210 
2:210 

2:210 

2:211 
2:211 
2:211 


INDEX I     DADS  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Page  64 


2i210 

Oris,   Fred 

1:152 

2:210 

Crr,                       m. 

m>              2:210 

Mary  Frances  Scroggs 

2:298 

2:211 

Orr,   Charles 

1:225 

Orr,   !*rs  .    Charles 

1:205 

2:210 

Ortloff  ,    Bright  Henrietta 

Iil05 

it  168 

Christina 
Ortloff,   Charles  F.  m. 

2:214 

1:182 

Mary  E.  Lunsford 

2:214 

1:242 

Crtloff,   Christina 

2:214 

1:281 

Ortloff,   Ernost  F.  n. 

1:239 

Vornio  Bo  troll 

2:214 

1:105 

*  Ortloff,   Ferdinand  and  family 

nil 

f  2:208 

2:165 

y  Ortlcff  ,   Fcrdnand  m. 

Mary  E,  Hashburn 

2:212 

2:65 

Ortloff  ,   Ferdnand 

2:214 

Ortloff,    George  Jacob  m. 

2;  206 

Christiana  Wcisinsel 

2:213 

Crtloff,    Gracio  M.   m, 

1O57 

Liner  Clark 

2:214 

1               1  :  357 

Ortloff,    Jacob  J.   m, 

Eliza  Batrell 

2:214 

Ortloff,   Lillic  B, 

2:214 

1:277 

Crtloff,   Loving  Joy 

2:214 

1:277,   1:280 

Crtloff,   Margaret  Tholroa 

2:214 

Crtloff,   Sophia  E. 

2:214 

2:71 

Ortloff,    Thcta 

2:214 

Ortloff,   Vorday  0.   m. 

1:45 

Sari  r-iichardson 

2:214 

1:231 

Csbcrn,   Rowona  1-IcConncll 

2:140 

1:175 

Osborn,   Sholby  m. 

1:250 

Lucry  Pearl  McConnoll 

2:140 

Mi 

Ossenfort,    John 

1:152 

2  :  314 

Cstiloc 

1:105 

1:148 

Otter,   Fayno 

1:68 

It  148 

Ottin-cr,   Flora  m» 

1:148 

Janes  Loo 

2:134 

1:28? 

Ouens  ,                     n 

1|279 

Mary  A.    Renfrc 

2:277 

1:243,   1:274 

Owens,    S.    J. 

1:169 

2:321 

Circr.s,    Edna  n. 

1:103,   1:173 

Charles  Z.  Meyers 

2:172 

1:290,   1:291 

Owens  ,    Jessie  m. 

1:171 

Karri  c  K.    Harper 

2:72 

2:321 

Owens  ,   Mrs.   n. 

1:103 

John  Carver 

2:41 

2:321 

G  T  J'c  i"  s     C  s  o  -*1  r 

1:173 

CT7CH5,     R.     11. 

1:2?4 

2  :  321 

Cwcns,    R.   M. 

1:243 

1:174 

Owens,   Vanfroy 

1:23 

1:169 

Ozari-  Colloro 

1(212 

•inc         2  :  3JO 

2:350 

F  G  T   Cl'/o 

1:189 

Painter,   Anna  n  , 

2:350 

••JMlian  TeT/cll 

2:215 

TIDEX:     BADE  CCUIITY  HISTORY 


Pago  65 


Painter,   Bettio 
Painter,    Emr.ia 
Pair-tor  family 
Painter,   George 
Painter,   J,  II,   m, 

Wtllio  G.   i7calc 
Painter,    Jaries 
Painter,   Jane 
Painter,   John 
Faintor,   Johr.  n, 

Rachael  I'.cDaniel 
Payntor,    John  II. 
Painter,  Lueretia 
Paintor,   Susan 
Painter,    ".-JUlian 
Paragon  School 

Parker, 
Parker, 
Parker, 
Parker,    J.    C. 
Parker,    Rev. 


F.          1:1^3, 


Parkinson,   Elizabeth 
Parkinson,    John  D, 
Parkinson,   Judge 
Parks,   Cora  rn. 

James  Z.    Crutcher 
Parnell,   A.   I,   r-i. 

Annie  L.   Shipley 
Parnell,   rrr.nk 
Parnell,   Napoleon 
Parnell  ,    Priscilla  m. 

Henry  Sullivan 
Parr.ell,    Raleigh  E. 
Parris,    John  E. 
Pa  r  ri  s  ,   Jon  a  th  .on 
Parsonage,   ".'.3. 
Parsons  ,    Davi  d 


1:129, 


1:3^2, 


2«215 
2:215 
2:215 
2:215 

2:202 
2:215 

2t215 
2:215 

2:215 

1:75 
2:  216 
2s215 
2:215 
1:279 
1:230 
1:2-3C 
1:277 
1:230 
1;231 
1:131 
1:2  51 
2:332 

1:359 

2:311 
1:103 
1:103 

1:351 
2:311 
1:32 
1  :  32 
1:56 
1  :  81 

-  !1 


Krs.    3ird  Miller 
Patterson,   Alexander  m. 

ZHzaboth  Mitchell 
Patterson,   Alice  X. 
Patterson,   Andrew 
Patterson,   Ann  iiliza  in. 

Hc.-.ry  McIIillcr. 
•y  Patterson,   Archibald  Clinton 

Louisa  Speight 

Larah  I'.    Tan:rLng 
?J+to~son,   Arthur   J. 
Patterson,    Birdie  m. 

Ray  GLiac 
>  Patterson,    Be  sa  Harvey  ;r.. 

•Irs.   Lcvoda  I'ood  Gl.assccck 


2:213 
2:221 

2:1119 


Patterson,   Dote  m, 

Zlbcrt  Kirby 

2:21£ 

Patterson,    Zlizaboth 

2:222 

Patterson,    Floy  Lorena 

2:216 

Patterson  ,   Frank 

2:21c 

Patterson,   Glenn 

1:280 

Patterson,   Henry  m. 

Sarah  Ann  Adamson 

2:222 

Patterson,   Kovard 

2:216 

Patterson,   Ida  m. 

John   ./iison 

2:224 

Patterson,    J.   D.   m. 

Mar  ;arct  Trailer 

1:107 

$  Pctf.rson,    J.    R,   rc, 

2.ffio  Ha^cman 

2:217 

-„'-  Patterson,    James  D.  m. 

'•fa:":aret  I.    Trailer 

2:22C 

Fatt-:¥son,    Jane 

2:222 

Fattei^^n,    John 

1:167 

Patterson,    John  A.   m. 

i-'ary  3onningtcn 

2:217 

Pat  "person,    John  A.   &  Mary  L. 

2:22' 

Patterson  ,    John  Lester 

2:216 

::f  Patterson,    John  Me  m. 

Sarah  Dcercn 

2:221 

*  Patterson,   Mr.   &  Mrs,   John  I 

Ic 

f 

2:37^ 

Patterson,    John  W. 

2:21< 

Patterson,    Joseph  N. 

2:22C 

Patterson,   Lam  s 

2:217 

Patterson,   Lydia 

2:222 

Patterson  ,   Mr.ggic 

2:222 

Patterson,   Mary  T.   m. 

John  M.    Jones            1:107, 

2:227 

Patterson,   Melissa  Ellen  m. 

'ssac   Cra-wfcrd 
Patterson,    Narcissa  m. 

Tr.cmas  'I^cConnoll 

^Ldric^c  Miller 
Patterson,    I;'ova  m. 


2:22( 


rattorson,  Paul  D. 
Patterson,  Rebecca  m 

Gibson  Stockton 
Patterson,  Ruby  R. 
?at-cfrr,on,  Silas 
pi.t.  rson,  Thomas 


2:2r. 


m, 


2:30 
2:217 
2:22: 
1:8". 

P-iT,cnrson,    Tr-y  2:21< 

pp.1  tor  s:n,   Vllliam  H 

Mollio  Cotner 
Patterson,  Villian  P 

I.  >ttic  Huff  nan 
Patterson,  l.^.lliarri  Washington 

2i22( 
Pr-i  ':  r  ,  Zl-ixaboth  n. 

Charles  Daifh     1:363,  1:36 
Pat  ton,  "ollio  Ii28f 


2:22f 
2:17" 


INDEX:     DADE  OCUIiTY  HISTORY 


Page.  66 


Pawling,  Henry 
pawlinrr,   Susan  m. 

Richard  C.   Davis 
Pawling,  IJilliam 
Payno,  m. 

Amanda  Scott 
Payno,  Aur.t  Amanda 
Payne,  Frcizc  & 
Payne,  Lucinda  m. 

Michael  Grisham 
Payne,  P.,  D.   1:216,  1»252, 
Payne,  S.  A,   1:252,  It2l6, 


2:4 
2:4 

1:283 
1«290 
2:291 

2:   61 

1:259 
1:259 

2:61 
1:71 
1:200 


1:293,   2:309,   2:337 
Payne,   Samuel  A. 
Poach  tree 
Pearso,   Dr. 
Pearson,  m, 

Virginia  lack 
Pearson,  m. 

Grace  E,   Hi  grains 
Pearson,   F.   P.. 
Pearson,  3 Irs.   Tillie 
Pedal cord,    T.   H. 
Pedro,   Capt. 
Peeler,   Mary  m. 

Nathaniel  Eaton  Youn<*  2(381 
Peer  Pros.  1:224 

Pelts,    Benjamin  m. 

Christina  Hclmes 
Pelts,   Gladys 
Polts ,    John  '.Tesl  sy 
polts,  Martha  m. 

Ed  BroTm  2:228 

Pelts,    Pleasant  2:223 

Pelts,   Reuben  Timothy  2:228 

pelts,   Snith  1:50,   2:243 

Polts,   ;'.   S.  2:69 

Polts,   ':L   S.   m. 

Mary  Florence  Carlock  Smith 

1:336 
y  Felts,    V.llliair.  S.   m. 

Eliza.  Sanders 
Fomberton,   B.    C. 
.?  Forabortcn,    Benjamin  C.  m, 

Charity  'far cum  2:226 
Fomborton,  Benjamin  F.  2:227 
Ponberton,  Byron  Craip;  2:223 
Pomberton,  Delia  3.  2:227 
Pomberton,  Dec  1:51 

Pomborton,  3.  l>,  r. , 

Elisabeth  Craif 
Pomberton,   Eli  "a  ;"ar~aret 
Pomberton ,   Hi  sabcth  Kitc- 
Pomberton,   U'canah  E. 
Pomberton,   .jlthcl  I,,   m. 

Kilas  1.  Loo 
Pomberton ,  Gladys 
Pomberton,  Henry       1»33 


Fomborton,  J.  C. 
I-cmbertcn,  John  m, 

Rosana  McConnell 
Per.bcrton,  John  S.   1:1*. 
Por.bsrton,  Leo 
Pcir.ccrtcn,  Leon  H.  m. 

Abbie  '.,'.  Wike 
I- ember  ten,  I!ary  3i, 

Arthur  Franklin  Nixon 
Per.bcrton,  Leon  Herbert 
Pcmborton  Mill 
Femborton 


Pcmberton, 
F ember tons 
I  endel ,  '.-."ary  m . 
_->c".!Jar.D  n  Harper 

Per.r. ,  I'artha  m. 
'L^vTLs  Soain 


1:  51 

2:211 

-,  1:251 

2:228 

2:227 

2:210 

2:228 

1:71 

2:228 

2:212 
1:276 
2:227 
2:210 
1:236 


1:35, 


2.69 

1:36 

2:321 


I'.er.fro  2:273 
Fcr.r.,  Jilliam  1:23,  1:24,  1:29 
Fer.n,  ~,111iam  1:249,  1:257,  2.2733 
J^r.-.,  Villiar:,  eld  residence 

f  1:184 

Penr.s  1:64 

Pcnnsbcro   Cemetery  1:60 

Pennybackor ,   Ilrs.  1:192 

I-cnrcd,    Da '.-id  m. 

Maucc  Villcr  2:164 

Ponred,    Ernestine  2:184 

I  oncer,    Rev.  1:66 

lenccr,   Valentine          1:129,   1:293 
I  o  pi  nbri  nk ,    Fr  ad  m . 

Mary  Hoddc  2 : 91 

Perlans,   Ames  Hayi^ard  2:7c 

Perkins,   Dr.  1:72 

Jerkins,    7.   *I.   m. 

Ir.a  Hay.rard 
Pcrldns,   Ombra  I'arion 
Fcr'-ins,    S.   H. 
Fcr?.atti,   Xiss  PJOSO 
icrrv,    Mrs. 
Fcri-ym.ir,    Tilman  B. 


2:76 
2:76 
1:141 
1:203 
1:289 
1:81 
1:206 


1:362 


INDEX:     DAL::  COUKTY  HISTORY 


Petty,    Kate  u. 
Samuel  7J.   Shaw 
Petty,   Sarah  ICatherine 
Potty,   •.;.   L1. 
Phelps,    Col.   John  F. 

2:315 
2:303 

2:308 

Pirtlc,   I'rs.  Kollio 
pirtlo,   Sanford 
Fir  tie,   Vfi.lli.im 
Pisgah  Church 

1:208 
1:104 
1:104 
1:135 

Ihillips,   Taylor 

1:275 

Pi  tcai  rn  ,   Alexander 

1:65 

Phillipson,  .  Charles 

1:278 

Pitts,    Barney 

1:81 

Phillipson,   Louise 

1:280 

Pitts,    John  D. 

1:79 

Pickett,   A.   '•!.   &  Polly 

2:230 

Pitts,    Rev, 

1:124 

Pickett,   Dolly  m. 

Flaco  ,   Miss  m  . 

J.   C.   Clopton 

2:231 

Albert  Davis 

2.5 

Pic!:ett,   Frances  n. 

Pleasant  Hill  School     1:276, 

1:281 

C.   L.   Zcifjler 

2:231 

Flcasrnt  Valley  School 

Pickctt,    He1?,  r., 

1:278, 

1:280 

Frod  '-.•ells 

2:231 

Planner  ,    Rev  . 

1:151 

Pickott,   J.  :.•:. 

lil-SP 

ice,   Albert                       2:233, 

2:236 

jpickstt,    Jair.cs  m.   m, 

/  Fee,    .'.rthur  7r;, 

Ca  thar  1  no   '."nderuood 

Viclc   ioer 

2:234 

Sarah   ,i.    (Davis)  Hosldns 

2:230 

2:233, 

2:236 

Pickctt,    John 

1:330 

Foe,   Frs,  Arthur 

1:206 

Pickett,   Lou  n. 

*  i  oc   be  ys  and  pony                    f 

1:312 

John  ;.'.   Eray 

2s  231 

Fickott,   Folly  ru 

ice,    D.   I.. 

1:277 

Oliver  Grandprs 

2:231 

*Foc  ,   L.  L.   i  f.mdly               f 

1.30^ 

Pickctt,   Robert  I,, 

2:231 

-„'=  ioc,    David  Lee  m. 

Pickctt  School 

1:276 

Ilary  I  cor 

2:235 

1:281, 

1:330 

2:233 

Fickott,   '•!.   7. 

1:279 

Foe  ,    Dclrr.ar 

2:235 

Pickett,    :.allian 

2:231 

-  -  ^        TV  •/IT'     IT  1  nr> 

r  U-.     ,         .   (O;-;c!.Z        jiJ-J-OJl 

2:236 

I-idceck,    J.   II. 

1:156 

ioc,    F.    I'.,   n. 

1:179, 

1:251 

Sarah  Ann  Russell 

2.237 

Piapponcriiih,   Frod 

1:276 

Fne,   :>s.   Fern 

1:203 

Piorcc,    Dell 

1:143 

i  oc  ,    !•  rank  m. 

I*icrcc,    "•'••'•a*"  •'"!  i'i 

1  :  51 

Fern  Roolc 

2:235 

Fierce,    Mo-r.rd                1:143, 

1:144 

ioc,   Hadlo-y  Albert 

2:235 

pierce,   T".c-'r.i"d  m. 

roc,   "ubert  Austin 

2:236 

:\ary  "ocsv.ian 

2:2',3 

*  Foe,    J.  K.                                    f 

2:353 

Fierce,   '/.ary  C, 

1:143 

.„'   Feu  ,    J  ,    H.   m. 

Pierce,   I'iry  7. 

1:143 

Laura  Fuqua 

2:237 

Fierce,    ••'inr.ic 

1:1^ 

2:39 

iicrcc,    Hlnr.Lo   .1. 

i-e-,  j.  ?:. 

2.49 

'.Till:  a/:  !;.    i-r-ston 

2:2'O 

i  oe  ,    John    .7.    m. 

ricrce,   S'.ican  n. 

;  'a  til  da  Ann  Ferguson 

2:232 

Charles  I-  .   Foyers 

?  ,  1  9  't 

FOO,    John  7.                    2:233, 

2:236 

Pie^sen,    Fred  A. 

1:249 

i  .""C  ,    I  eon  a 

2:39 

Pile,    Dutch 

1:105 

Fee  ,    I  conn.  F.    n. 

Pilj;ri-.n  3chc:.l                1:276, 

1  :2'"u 

'.-J^K  rr;:  l-ioorc 

2:233 

Filld  nj^ton,    Florence  m. 

I  <-,r  (   ;>.rion 

2:39 

Jane:-   j'-rtovi  Friar 

2:33 

Fee,    :;r.ry  Lee 

2.236 

rilkin-'l.on,    Tra  n. 

F'  c  ,   ":-!ary  Lcrrna 

2:235 

Iva   Fc-'rcli   Clean 

2    319 

r'-c  ,    rcith  C-retella  n. 

Pin-,    .  F.-i  ".l.-i." 

1   103 

T  .;  'yd   :-:.-rris 

2:235 

Fip'c?  r.  ,    L  .      r:  . 

:    c,     '  •::.    Sarah               1:206, 

1:207 

:/-l.-i  k.    r-i^^ln^trn 

1    3"'  5 

Fee,    '    --.    7ida                 1:206, 

1:203 

1  ipki  r.,    Jo"C'j'  '.  n 

]    ?05 

i".,    ...    !-..                           1:249, 

1:250 

rink;  ri,    .  •••  1 

".    ;  I  r 

*   i-e,    ;/.    '  .    ^  vrifc 

1  :  296 

4  ippin"   r  ,    Dari  ol 

1    -/O 

Fee,    ::"     ]  •  r-;    "olcon 

2:235 

INDEX I     DADZ  OOUN7Y  HISTORY 

Poe,    Iftllie  Marion  m, 

Alfrod  Long  2:238 

Poc,    Jud^o  "Mliam  J?.  m. 

Louisa  Cecil 

(Sarah  ".    (!ia.*npton)   './atson 

2:232 

2:234,    2:235 

Poindcxtcr,  A.  M.  1:230,  1:310 
Poindcxtcr,  Dorothy  Clom  2:241 
Poindexter.  2ffio  2:239 

Poindoxtcr  Furniture  1:233 

Poindexter,   "ugh  1:281 

Poindexter,   Hu^h  2:239 

Poindoxter,  J.  R.  1:170,  1:173 
Poindcxtcr,  J.  T.  m. 

Mary  Gates  2:240 

ioindexter,    Jarcos  R.   m. 

Veda  Taylor 
P  oi  nclcxte  r ,   K .   F . 


Poindcxtcr,   Leslie 
Poi ndcxte r ,   I  "ami  e  m . 

Cce  I'udcpeth 
Poindextor,   Montr,  n, 

Vida  Taylor 
Poindexter,   Monte 
Poindcxtcr,   i/'onto 
Poindoxter,    Ray 
Poindexter,    Roy  C.   r 

Pearl  Bishon 


2:239 
1:106 

1:173,   1:174 
2:?.  39 


2 


: 
1:281 


Poindexter,  Mrs.  Thomas 


Poindexter,    'fi-llian 
Poindexter,   ".frill  am  B. 
Polara,    Jol'Ji 


Belle  Screws 
Pollard,    A.  M.   m. 

Jane  Harris 
Pollard,   Ar]a  May 
Pollard,    G.   ... 
i-cllard,    "-.   K. 
Poll.-rd,    J. :.o   loll 
Pollard,    Vclna 
Pollard,    ',*Ll.ford  K,   m. 

Zva  A.  ica^r 
Polston,  Charles  m. 

ousar.  D-vi- 
r  cist  on,  -I.  :•;. 
Polstcn,  Mrs.  John 
PC  cl ,  ^li  z  r.b '  th  r; . 


2:298 


Page  6£ 

Poor,  I!iry  in. 

David  I  .   Poo 

2:236 

poor,   Viola  m. 

Arthur  Poo 

2:234 

pope  ,   Henry  J  . 

1:81 

Pope,   Nathan  K. 

1:81 

population,   Dado  Co.   1:266, 

1:26? 

Portor  &  Karbcr 

1:242 

i  ortor  ,    Buela  m. 

Charles  E.   Woody 

2:37? 

Porter,    John  C. 

1:75 

Porter,   Luther  D. 

Ii75 

Porter,   Susan  m. 

Howard  V.    Cox 

1:357 

Pottcn^jer,    David  D. 

1:138 

Potter,   Arthur  m, 

Effie  Evans                2:334, 

2(335 

Potter,    Flora  m. 

'rftlliam  Thomas 

2:334 

I  otter,    George 

2:335 

Potter,   George  ra. 

Lena  3.   'fright 

2:334 

Potter,   H,   A,                   lil?6, 

1;179 

Potter,    Jack 

2:335 

I  otter,    Jo-see 

1«51 

letter,    :•;.   V. 

1:90 

\  otters 

1:236 

Pctts  ,   Mar  jcrio  m, 

Frank  Clark  riann 

2:  161 

Pencil,    Elizabeth  vn. 

Mathow  McP'cak 

2.151 

Po-jollson,    Benjamin  F, 

1:132 

Iraddy,    John  H. 

1:258 

P  r  a  ddy  ,   Kari  etta 

1:258 

Prairie  School 

1:280 

i  rater,    Grace  n. 

Claude  McGee 

2:156 

i  rat-r,    Rev.   1'.  A. 

11144 

Pratt,   Margaret  m, 

David  G.   Young 

2:387 

Pratt,   Martha  A.  m. 

George  Fisher 

2i3CO 

Irestor.,   Flcsie  Lucrotia  m. 

Maricn  Stcinrod 

2i245 

rrcstcn,   Harrison  m. 

Louisa  Hcmbrco 

2:244 

r  res  ton,   Harrison              1:35 

,1:36 

P  reckon,   Henry                    1:35 

,  106 

iroston,   Isaac  EI. 

Susan  Friar                  2:28, 

2:243 

Ircst-on,    Isaac   F. 

2*  243 

Prost'.r.  ,    Tsaac                 1:1?0, 

1:173 

1:174 

Pre£rt,-n,    Isaac        1:32,    1:35 

,    1:36 

Ires--:-,    J.    L'. 

1:242 

'•  ir<~st-n,    Jasper  Newton  m. 

Josephine   iicuntreo 

2:244 

2i263 

IND3X«  CADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 

Preston,  Mary  Pearl 
Preston,  Paul  Pierce 
Preston,  Ruby  Harrison 
Preatcn,  l&llian 

Preston,  IB.  11  C. 
Preston,  William  M.  m. 

Minnio  p.iorce 
Preston,  Zulah  Louisa  m, 

John  F.  Ra?sdalo  2j245, 
Price,  John  C.         Ii58, 
price,  John  C. 
Prico,  Sarah  n. 

Albert  3,  Shipley 
Price,  Selirsa  S.  m. 

Isaac  Hcribreo 
price,  Gen.  Sterling 
Price,  Gen.     Is 91,  1:99, 
1:100, 

Price'  s  Ar.iij" 
Price,  W.  A. 
Price,  'i/LlliuTn 
Price,  1 71  111  am  C. 
Prico  \\11 '  s 
Friddy,  bcnjanin  A.  m. 

Nancy  Jane  Scott 
Priddy,  Benjamin  F, 
Priddy,  Elisabeth  F.  n, 

Goor^e  Hoovor 
Friddy,  John  Daniel 
Friddy,  Jchn  "I.  m. 

Nancy  Harris      2:248, 
2:249, 


2:245 
2:244 
2:245 
2:139 
2:244 

2 1 243 

2:263 
,  1:68 
1:251 

2:311 


Friddy,    Thomas  J. 
#Friddy,    \J.   P.   n. 

Louisa  2.   ;c  -ll-.r 
Priddy,   ".."Lilian  Bryan 
Fries,    7red. 
Frir.or,    ^jcvid 
i  ri tehar^s 
Prrbato   Court 
Froctcr,    Re.-,    Tor. 
proviso,   I.'rs.    Tda 
Frovin,   i> .    C. 

Pucl.ott ,    I'hcrui': 
Fuclcott,    I*1. -r,as  }}. 


i'urdy,    Jc'-oil 

I  ur  c  -;1 ,    ^  J  :  xr.ndor  n  . 

I  uraol,   "..'illiav. 
Pyott,    J  hn  J. 


2:2^8 
2:251 

2:251 
2:251 


2:249 
2:251 


Page  69 

Pyland,   Denjarnin 

2:  25  '4 

Fyland  ,    Ben  jsmin  m. 

Anna  Coplin 

2:25A 

Pyland,    Bonne  tt  m. 

Elizabeth  Fyland 

2:125 

2:252, 

2:2^ 

Fylr.nd,   Bennett 

1:51 

Fyland,   Ecrton 

2:251: 

Fylarcl,   Billy 

2.25^ 

Fyland,   jlakloy 

2:254 

Pyiand,    Bluford 

2:254 

I'yland,    Brandf'ord 

2  1254 

Pylr.nd,    Branson 

2:254 

Fylr-nd,    Britten 

2:254 

I  yland  ,    Buckston 

2:254 

I-yland,    Carney 

2:254 

Fyl?in'",    Cc-lia 

2:254 

Fyland,    Charity 

2:254 

pylr.nd,    Clarinda  A.   m. 

'.'.   L.   Loe 

2:252 

i  ylar.d  ,    Cloo 

2:254 

iylar.d,   Cullen 

2:254 

Fyland,    Delitha 

2:254 

iyland,   Elizabeth 

2:254 

Fyland,   IHizabeth  m. 

Fcnnott  Pyland 

2:125 

2»252, 

2:254 

iyland,   Umalino  A.  m. 

J.    C.    C-albriith 

2,253 

Pyland,    Janes 

2:254 

Pyland,    James 

2:254 

Fyland  ,   John 

2:254 

Iyland,    Joseph  L, 

2:253 

Fyland,  Louisa  Ann  m, 

Frame  Blair 

2:253 

Pylrrnd,   I-Iclissa  D.   m. 

'.'i.lliam  HcDanial 

2:252 

Iyland,    Han  Elizabeth  m. 

Alsie  Smart 

2:254 

Fyland,    Uancy 

2:254 

i-ylan'.",    icrmolia  A.   m. 

John  Lyrr.an                  2tl25, 

2:252 

Fyland,    Robocca 

2:254 

I  yl  on  ^  ,    Ro  bbi  n  m  . 

Caroline  Bell 

2:254 

Fyland  ,    Hobbin 

2:254 

Fyland,   Sarah  P.   n. 

J  \.:ror  Blair 

2:253 

Fyla;vi,    Terrcssa   C.   m. 

J,   M.    i";outh 

2:252 

FyL-vrr1,    Thcda  ?. 

2:253 

Fylar.'.1,    '."ul^.a   J. 

2:253 

F-ylar.-J  ,    Vcrnon  ". 

2:253 

Fyland,    '.<,'.    J.   £:  family         f 

2:  216 

2:254 


INDEX:   DADS  COUNTY  HT3TCRV 


Page  70 


Pyland,    ;-,alliam  Jones  m. 

Cora  A.    IJ.rby 
Pyland,    l-tnnifred 
Pyland s 
Pyls,   Arr.a  n. 

Matilda  Ilayvard 
Pyle,   Arti-iisia  m. 

William  K.   Pyle       2:254, 
Pyle,    B.   A.  1:165, 

Pyle,    Benjamin  2:116, 

Pyle,  Syren 
Pyle,  C.  C. 
Pyle,  Mrs.  C.  D. 


irnr.a  Hajrrard 
iyle,    Carter  in. 

Sarah  Grant 
iyle,    Carter  S. 
Pyle,    Carter  o. 
Pyle,    Claudius  L, 
i-yle,    Ccrtis 
Pylo,    David 
iyle,    David 
iyle,    iihnr 
Pyle,    Eileen 
Pyle,    'Hr.er  ". 


Pyle,  Lake  ~. 

Samuel  r armor 
iyle,  Loandcr 
lyle,  Leslie  C. 

i<cro  Stradlcy 
Pyle,  Leslie  C. 
iyle,  Lc-Jis  K, 
i  yl  ?  ,  Li  svra 


2:75 

2:258 
2:25? 
2:254 
2:259 
1:277 
1:204 
1:205 
1:253 


1:47 


2:23 


2:23 
1:167 


/  Pyle,   Sheridan  Byron 
Ma tie  Underwood 

1:237, 

Pylo,   Sheridan  3. 

iylc,   Sherman  B. 
i'yle,    Syr  a  Miss 

Pylo,    T.    J. 
Pyle,    Thclrna 
Pyle,    Thor.as 
xylc,    'J.   K.        1:113, 
1:239, 

Pyle,   Mrs.    ',7.    K. 
iyle,   William 

'.r.Dlian  n. 


m. 

2:258 

1:238,  2:255 
1:3 
1(238 
1:133 
1:182 
2:259 
1:238 

1:164, 

1:252, 


1:236 
i;253 

1:57 
1:140 


y 


2:254 

2:16 
'    1:77 


2:254 

1:237,   2:258 
f  1:273 

2:255,    2:259 
1:236 


Quarles,    Noraa  1:274 

Quarrels,   Sarah  Ellen  m, 

Mount  Etna  Morris  2:197 

Quarrels,    Thcmas  2:197 

Quo  en ,   L uc  i  he  2:276 

Queen,    R.   i  .   rn. 

Loom.  Renfro  2:"7n 

Queen,    Vcrncn 
Quick,    J.    T. 
Quick,    Jessie  m, 

Rcy  George  Gregory  2:66 


Qui 


1:252,   1:253 

1:232 
1:170,   1:171 


I.      "Buckner 

2:260,    2:262 
Bertha  2:26l 


BADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Ragsdalc,  Dick  1:103 

Ragsdalc,  Elizabeth  ra. 

V.  H.  Snoddy  2-.261 

Rarsdalo  fanily  1:36 

Ragsdalo,   Franlc  m, 

Mary  HcGoc  2:155 

Ragsdalc,    "oo:'gc  m, 

Kate  Cowan  2i26l 

Ragsdalc,  Harriot  A.  m. 

Samuel  .£.111  am  Cox 

1:355,  2:260 

Ragsdalo,  Harriott  2:262 
Ragsdalc,  Harrison  2:260 
Ragsdalc  homestead  It 355 
Rapsdalc,  Howard  1:3,  1:231 
1:232,  1:233,  1:252,  1:289 
Ragsdalo,  r-o.rord  m. 

IILlcr.  Finley  2:2^0 

Ragsdalc,  Howard  f  1:40 
Ra-sdalo,  ;>s.  Howard  1:14R 
Ragsdalo,  J.  D.  1:5]. 

Ragsdalc,  Jane  n. 

Alex  Ilorris 
Ragsdalc,  John  D. 
Ragsrialo,  John  F.  m. 

Zulah  Louisa  1  roston     2:262 
2:245,  2:261 

Ragsdalc,  Jchn  Lynn        2:263 
Pugsd-il--. ,  Josephine  Elizabeth 
Ragsdalc,  Joshua      1:32,21255 

1:38 

Ragsdalo,  Joshua 
Ragodalc,  Joahur.  &  Sarah 
Ragsdalc,  Joshua  m, 

Sarah  Ir.ruor 
Ragsd ale ,  Juani  ta  m. . 

Stewart 

Ragsdalc,,  Lula  n. 

Charier;  ?.yan 
Rogadalc,  Sarah  Ann  n. 

C.    C.   Hcl.cmore          2:260, 
Ragsdalc,    T/ior.-as  2:260 

Ragsdalc,    To;i  1:105 

Rag.-dalo,    :.;.    P.  1:51 

Randal  o,    '..illiam  A.  2:261 

Railroar1  1:217 

Railnat',   Atlantic  &  lacific 


'i  lrn.- 


Railroad,   K.   C,  &  Memphis 

Railroad,   Memphis 
Raincy,   Alico  n. 

Jarr.cs  S.  Marshall 
Rainey,   "nos  m. 

/jnanda  Northington 
Raincy,   Matilda  m. 

R.   M,   Snith 
Rair.ey,   Minnio  m. 

Eli.  sha  Dodson 
Rar.sey,   R.   S. 
Ramsey,    P.cv.   R.   S, 
Randall 
Randall,   J.   !v, 
Randall,    John  './.  1:139, 

Ranidn,    J.   IiT, 
Rankir. ,    J,   T. 
Ranlcii,    Johr.  %•  Polly 
Rankin,    Jchn  ?!.  Ii25 

1:   67,   1:129, 
Rank'.r. ,   1'ar^arot 
Ran  kin ,    Tom 
Rar.kir.,    '.!.    II, 
R^nir.n,    ;,'.:•/. 
Raubingr;r,   Alma 
Raubingcr,   Anton  m. 

Kathorinr  Adi or 
Raubin^cr     Columbia 
Raubingor,   ULlis 
Raubingor,   Smile  3. 
Raubingcr,    Jiinna  m. 

Girist  Zimmorman 
Rafbi  n  gcr ,   I.ydi  a 
Raubirgerj,  Mary  m. 

Dmil  Jentsch 
Raubingor'Mill 
Raubinir-jr,    i-a'alino 
Raubingor,    './alter 
Ra  ubi  n  g  o  r ,    \-n.  11  i  am 


1:226 
1:15 

2:165 
2  1  165 
2:165 

2:165 

1:178 
1:125 

1:136 


Raubin~or,    ; /illiam  m. 

Mary  Kcnnioh 
Ra  ubi  n  g  c  r ,    Vfi.  Hi  am 
Rairhauser,   Anna 
Rauhauscr,    Clara  n. 

David  Griffith 
Rai  ;h  a  u  s  o  r ,    Cl  a  r  a 
IlaT.7h".uscr,    Caroline  m, 

'.iilliam   Tax. 7i or 
Ra".7ha;i3or ,    David  m. 

Anr.a  ilirie  Dlossor 


1:227, 


2:265, 


1:150 
1:132 
1:109 
1:129 
,  1:33 
2:188 
1:129 
1:67 
Ie33 
1:129 
2:265 

2:264 
2:265 
2:265 
2:264 

2:264 
2:265 

2:264 
1:232 
2  1  265 
2:265 

1:144 
1:275 

2:263 

2:104 
2:267 

2:266 
2t266 

2:266 


2:266 
2 1 266 
1:215 

2:266 
2:265 


INDEX i  DADZ  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Fago  ?2 


Rawhausor,   Jeroma  Leo  Jr. 

2:26? 

Ronck,    J.  A.                                    1:223 

Rauhausor,    John  Gair.boll 

2:26? 

Rcnfro                                              1:28? 

Rawhauser,   Lula 

2:266 

Rcnfro,   Absalom                1:32,    2:2?1 

Rawhausor,   Mrs. 

1:19?. 

Ji  Ronfro,   Absalom  n. 

Rawhauser,   '.5.  Hi  am  3. 

2:266 

i-'ary  I'cnn                                   2:  2?  3 

Ray,   John 

1:103 

*  Renfrew,   Absalom  &  wife       f  1:184 

Ray,   Jin 

1:103 

Ronfro.   App                                        1:35 

Ray  Spring  School         1:2?5, 

1:281 

Renfro,    Artie                                 2:2?1 

Roa,   Rev,   T'  ,   G. 

1:148 

Rcnfro,   Bill                                   2:2?1 

Read,   A.    '.J. 

1:27? 

Renfro,    C  audo                               2:2?9 

Ready,    John  A. 

1:129 

Renfro,   Clyde                                2:2?3 

1:152, 

1:218 

Ronfro,   Dr.vo                                    2:2?? 

?oagsn.                      m 

Renfro,   Dcllic  L.                         2:269 

Gerard 

2  :  349 

Rcnfro,    T2mmott  A.          2:2?5,    2:2?6 

Reagan,   rarrarot  m. 

Rcnfro,    T^'nost                               2:2?9 

Davi.u  17adolo 

2:34Q 

Renfro,    F.   M.                                  1:21? 

Robekah  Lodjo  Mo.   239 

1:17? 

Rcnfrc     family                                 1:3^ 

Robman,    Fran!"  J.   r.i. 

Renfro,    Fcrcst  K,                         2:269 

Rosa  Kay  Lee 

2:134 

Rcnfrc,   Goor^e  A.                         2:2?? 

Robman,    Ross  m. 

Rcnfro,   Hazel                                 2;2?1 

Etta  Ice 

2:134 

Renfro,    J.C.E,                1:289,   1«29C 

Rector,                        m. 

'^  Rcnfro,    J.C.B.,   Dr.   m. 

David  Tackott 

2:  ?6 

Manoy  T.   D.   Montgomery       2t2?? 

Rector,                    m. 

*  Ilcnfro,   Dr.    J.C.B.    ~              f  1»20C 

Dr.   C.   F.   Wilson 

2:76 

Rcnfro,   J.   K.     1:173,1:174,   1:175 

Rector,    C.    Z. 

1:279 

Rcnfro  ,    Jirrmy                                 2  :  27r< 

Rector,    Grl^sby  n. 

Rcnfrc,   Joe                        1:35,   1:10£ 

Angelina  Butler            2:9, 

2:    ?6 

Rcnfro,    John                                    2:2?? 

Rector,   Harriot  Adelia  m. 

Rerifrc,    John  Absalom                  2:2?f 

Albert  C.   T-Iayward 

2:76 

Rnnfro,    John  F.              2:268,   2:2?^: 

Roctor,    J.   A.   HI. 

Rcnfro,    John  N.                              2:2?? 

Mollic   Taylor 

2:8? 

Rcnfro,    Joseph                               2:2?i: 

Roctor  ,   Kart 

1:51- 

"f  Runfrc,    Joseph  H.   m. 

Rector,   Martin  £  Nancy 

2:10? 

Mary  J.   Kcrrick 

Roctor,   Mary  5.   n. 

Zmma  C.    (Harper)    Cochran  2:2?1 

John  M.   Jonos 

2:4C 

William  C.    Jonos 

2:10? 

*  Ronfro,    Joseph  H.,   wife,   and 

Roctor,   Maud 

1:280 

residence                               f  1:24^ 

Rector,    Sarah  Jane  m. 

Rcnfro,   L.   A.                                  1:2?^ 

LOTT.S   C.    Dun?.way          2:9, 

2:?6 

Ronfro,   L.   '^  .                                 2:2?' 

Rode  ,   Ho  man 

1:152 

Ronfrc,   Laura  A.   ra. 

Rodman,   LOT  /is 

1:163 

J-\r.es    (Harvc)   Fuqua 

Redvri.no,    C.    C.   n. 

2:40,   2:2?: 

Dora  HcPcak 

2:151 

Rcnfrc,   Leon  Sanders                  2:2?i 

Rood,    E.    Z. 

1:16? 

Rcnfro,   Lcona  m, 

Rood,    Jacob 

1:32 

R.   P.    ^ucen                2:2?5,   2:2?' 

Rood,    p.    J. 

1:124 

Rcnfro,   Leslie                               2:26; 

Reed,    S.   H. 

1:173 

R-mfro,   LciTis       1:35,   1«97,    Isl^ 

Rooce,    S.    R.    Rev. 

1:149 

1:113,   1:174,   1:170,   1:17' 

Rood,    T.   L. 

1:105 

1:173,    1:20?,      2.99,    2:24. 

Register,   I'ar^iret  m. 

2:2?2,    2:2?4,   2:290,    2:37" 

John  Robertson 

2:288 

,,=  Rcnfro,   Lewis  r.  . 

Roich,    ili 

1:226 

Hollio  Moore  Finlcy 

Reich,   Pina  r.  . 

Mary  E.   Leslie                         2:26 

Goorso  A.    ^ass 

2:51 

1:28 

Roiloy,   A.    R. 

1:165 

*  Renfro,   Lewis                         f  1:13 

Roitz,   L.    D. 

1:215 

*  Rcnfrc,   Lewis                               f  1:4: 

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Page  73 


Ronfro,   Le'.Jis  A. 

2«276 

Richey,  A.  L. 

1:276 

Ronfro,    Opt.  Lewis 

1:3 

Richey,   Y-.   C. 

1:135 

Renfro,  Lloyd 

2:271 

Richio,    ~_.   R. 

1:166 

Renfro,   Louis  A.   n. 

Riddle    (toachor) 

2:37 

Minnie  Cartiiright 

2:277 

Riddle,    ?'r. 

1:232 

Ronfro,   Lueilc 

2:269 

Ridail,    Ellen  Amanda  m. 

Renfro,   l-iary  ft. 

John  Fletcher  Johnson 

2:101 

Cwens 

2:277 

*  Ridail,    III  "i  en  Amanda  IP.. 

Ronfro,   Hyr+le  L.   m. 

Johnson                   f 

1:176 

Jacob  E.   Nsvrkirk 

2:207 

Ridgov:^.;',    C.    \-J. 

1:167 

Renf  re  ,  Myrtle 

2:269 

Ripgs,   M.    C. 

1:275 

Renfro,    I  earl  m. 

Riloy  :    Charles  P. 

2:279 

William  31s  or. 

2:279 

Riley,    Charles  ¥. 

2:280 

Renf  re,   Perry  C.  m. 

Riloy,    Tir.ily 

2:279 

Lai:ra  S.   filler 

2:271 

Rile;-',    Srcily  n. 

Rer.fro,    rorry  C.   m. 

/ij':cn  V/clfe 

2:280 

Carrie.    ?.ird 

2:271 

Riley,    Frank 

2:230 

Rrnfrc,    0,   }•!. 

1.290 

Riloy  i    '."ca  T'ell  n. 

Renf  re,    ^arah  Price  m. 

Leonard  Ball 

2:280 

fiu^ii  i~_-?.'.iT)  ton 

2:276 

Rilov,    John 

2:280 

Ronfro,   Shelby                  1:99, 

2-2.74 

Riloy,    John  G. 

1:109 

Ronfro,    T.    Cl.ydo  r.  . 

itley,    John  R. 

Cora  "Jlm.cro 

2:271 

Sarah  Farmer 

Ronfrc,    T.    F.                   1«289, 

li?90 

Catherine  Gentry 

2:279 

Renfro,    T.    F. 

2:275 

Riley,   Lillie  Frances 

2:280 

Renfro,    Capt.    T.   F.                 f 

1:192 

Riley,   !'a^^ic 

2:230 

Ronfro,    ToJ 

2:279 

Riloy,    Rosie  n. 

Renf  re  ,    7norvas 

1:290 

Charles   Thomas 

2:280 

Renfro,    Therms  m. 

Riloy,    Tcrroneo 

2:279 

Francos    L'l  ack 

2:277 

Riloy,    Terrcncc  F. 

2:280 

Ronfro,    Thomas  F.   m. 

Riloy,    !</.   H.                     It  243, 

1:274 

Francis  lack 

iTley,    Dr.    17.    R.            1:233, 

1:275 

Lucy  ".    "allard 

2:275 

"r  id.  ley,    vr.    V/illiam  R.m. 

2^279 

2:274 

K.avy  L.    Stonhonson 

Reynolds,    Sarah  m. 

Luolia  Sholton 

2:2? 

John  I.'.    :.>.lk/?r 

2  :  353 

Riloy,    Zolnha                  1:275, 

2:230 

Rcnr.';,    Fred 

1:152 

Riloy,    Zcra   I.    m. 

Rcnnor,   Bessie 

1:230 

M"rry  Cris'.;cll 

2:230 

Ronnor,    !:cL'::ij 

1:274 

Rin^,    C.    3. 

1:223 

Rcr.nick,    Wachi'.rrtrn  m. 

R^r.-,    C.    S.    m. 

All  co    jilliland 

2:43 

'lir.nie  Lockard 

2:281 

Reynold  s  ,    >  ']c  v  .    Thoma  s 

1  :  24 

•„•  Rir.  -,    1.    S  .   T  . 

Rhca,    r;*of  oss^r 

1:50 

Clara  LaT.;ronco 

2:281 

Rhodes,    Thonr.  ~ 

1:34 

*  Rin,'",    .j.    3.,    store                  f 

2:376 

Rico,    J-'r.n 

1:32 

IJn-^,    :lcsalio  Jane 

2:232 

Jdco,      .   A. 

1:.'23 

Ripnlo,    C.    C. 

1:279 

Rico,  :;.  n. 

1:275 

Ritchsy,    J.   H. 

1:276 

Rich,    J^onh  ri. 

1:    73 

Ritchi  j,    Delia  m. 

Richard.-.,    ."'.    ..'.   ri. 

Lr.rla   C.    U'l.nlde 

2:370 

o^r'1..!  u  ,    /  jro  V'.TI 

1:323 

rdvors 

1:23 

Ri^harriccn,    ."Jarl  r.. 

itr  ark,    }'.}  sz 

1:276 

Vorday  C  .   Ortloff 

2:214 

i'.ca1-!:,    '.',    L.   m. 

Richar'!"'n,    iClizat-th  ™. 

Tar"  L  .    '.-iF;  Is^n 

2:364 

John  I.  '."''  s 

2;]  38 

P.oa?'^"  .    hh  1]  i  air  "'  . 

1:33 

it'  chard  rr,  ri  ,    J'~hn  :'  . 

1  :  n  60 

-.,  i 

2:214 

^T.  .  iv  :,    i.mariCJa  n, 
D-v,'1    ;.   Ycunrc 

2:337 

,dcharci:;r  n,    '.:  .rr  .  .-.• 

J-  :  2  'j'i 

iicb  Tts,    J.    ,v. 

1:180 

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Roberts,   J,   J.  Iil6? 

Roberts,   Squire  1:164 

Roberts,  Thomas  Ii79.  It  81 

Roberts,  Fato  1:91 
Robertson,  Amanda  m, 

Henry  Massoy  2:1  66 

Robertson,  Carrie  2:287 

Robertson,  Ellon  Elvira  2:286 

Robertson,  Enma  Bell  2:286 

Robertson,  Finis  E.  2:28? 

Robertson,  Finis  Elwood  2:287 
Robertson,  Harvey  Newton  m, 

Kattic  Bailey  2|286 
Robertson,  'i-'orloy  Hilton  m. 

Violet  i-larcum  2:28? 

Robertson,  J.  A.  2:284. 

Robertson,  James  F.  2:285 

Robertson,  Job  1:103 
Robertson,  .John  m, 

Margaret  Register  2:287 

Robertson,  John  tf.  2:285 
Robertson,  Joseph  A.  m, 

Laura  L.  Cox  2:285 

Robertson,  Margaret  2:287 
Robertson,  Martha  Margaret  2:286 

Robertson,  liary  Louise  2:287 
Robertson,  May  m. 

Clarence  Rountroe  2:284,  2:28? 
Robertson,  Hilton  m. 

Mary  Hardy  2t285 
Robertson,  Sarah  Ann  m. 

Michael  Grid  sham  2:286 
Robertson,  3amuol  Francis  2:285 
Robertson,  '.fl.llian  Rufus  m, 

Emma  Van  Do Venter  2:286 

Robinott,  Jo see  1:81 
Robinctt,  Rebecca  m. 

Dr.  Thom.is  R.  Kyle  2»131 

Robins,  Col,  George  W.  2:70 

Robinson,  C.F.  1:175 

Robinson,  Dorcas  1:279 

Robinson,  H.  H.  1:168 

Robinson,  Capt.  J,  F.  It 96 

Robinson,  John  1:105 
Robinson,  Loverna  m. 

William  Tracy  Eaton  2:12 

Robinson,  Kabelle  1:123 

Robinson,  N.  S.  1:105 

Robinson,  ,-fi.lliwn  1:105 

Rock  Dale  School  1:279 
Rock  Pror.rio  Post  Cffico  1:225 
Rocky  Kill  School  1:277,  1:280 

Rodokohr,  ?:r.  1S208 

Rod-.-crs,  Sanuel  1:81 

Roehiing,  ;-.fi.lliam  1:152 
Rogers,  Clara  m, 

Joshua  Bishop  1:317 

Rosers,  Golda  1:278 


Iil53 

2i7 

1«153 
Ii2?9 


2:235 
1:33 


1:170, 


Rogers,  Lotty  m, 

Daniel  Alexander  1:302 

Roller,  Mary  Ann  m. 

Dr.    Thomas  R.   Kyle 
Rollman,   Henry  E, 
Rollrcan,   Vfi.lliejn  m, 

Minnie  B.   Davis 
Rollman,    William 
Rook,   D.   C.  1:250, 

Rook,   E.   S.  Ij51» 

Rook,   Fern  m. 

Frank  Poo 
Rook,   H, 
Rook,    Judge 
Rooks  1:287 

Roper,   L.   K.  1:216 

Ropor,   Lit  H, 
Roper,  Firs.  Lit 
Rose,   Archie 
Rose,   Arthur  m. 

Mary  A.  Harper 
Rose,  Dick 
Rose,  Maurice 
Rose,  T.  H. 
Rose,  Vera 
Roseman,  Joseph 
Rosenhauer,  Charles 
Rasenthal,  Ernest  m, 

Emma  Hodde 
Ross,  A.  J, 
Ross,  Sarah  C. 
Ross,  Thomas 
Round  tree,  Charles 
Round  tree,  Capt,  Lucian 
Rountree,  Allen  Jones 
Rountree,  Almanda  Caroline 
Rountree,  Almna  Li.nnacus 
Re  \intree,  Andrew 
Hcuntree,  Cnarles 
Rountree,  Clarence 

::ay  Eobertson 
Rountree,  David  m, 

Victoria  I-icKee 
Re  un  tree,  Dorothy  L 
Rountree,  Etta 
Rountree,  Ezra 
Rountree  family 
Rountree,  Floy 
Rountree,  Ida 
Rountroe,  John  K.  m. 

Mary  Dale 

Rountree,    James  Mendreth 
ftoCTitroG,    Jessie  m. 

John  McKehen 
Rountree,    John 
Re  un  tree,    John  m. 

Ella  Carlock  1»340,   1:344 


It  209 
2:72 

2:72 
1:103 

2»72 
1:168 

2:72 
1:173 
1:241 

2:91 
ItlTl 
1:129 
1:129 
1:81 
1:96 
2i247 
2:247 
2:247 
2:247 
2:247 


2:284,   2i287 


2:285, 


2:283 
2:287 
2:284 
2:284 
2:245 
2i284 
2:284 

2:282 
2:247 

2:284 
2:24? 


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Rour.trce,  John  Franklin  2il03 
Rour.treo,  Joseph  2t2k6 
Rountree,  Joseph  2:2*V7 

Rountree,  Josephine  m. 

Jasper  II.  Preston  2:245,  2:263 
Rountrco,  Junior  C.  2:285,  2i287 
Rour.troc,  Lawrence  m. 

Phyllis  Johnson  2il03 
Rountree ,  Loe  Ii279 

y  Rountrec,  Lee  m. 

Lucy  7.  Young  2:282 

Rountrco,  Louisa  Amanda  2:2*4-7 
Rountree ,  Lucious  Alexander  2:2*4-7 
Rountree,  Lyclia  2:2*J-7 

Rountree,  Margavin  Jerome  2:2*4-7 
Rountree,  Marion  2:283 

Rountreo,  Mary  Victoria  m. 

Robert  I'lacliscn  Crutchcr  It 359 
Rountree,  H-u:hacl  2:2;!-7 
Rountree,  Ralph  Robertson 

2:285,  2:287 
Rountreo,  Rufus  m. 

Lucrotla.  Hockins  2:245 

Rountree,    Rufus  K.  1:359 

Rountrco,    T.    B.  1:102 

1:103,   1:170 

Rountroo,    Thomas  2:2*'-7 

Ro  un  tr  o  e ,    Ti  ioma  s  r. . 

Eva  SturjH.s  2:247 

*  Rountree,    Tor.  &  farily         f  2:320 
Rountreo,    Thonas  bentcn 

2i285,   2t287 
•/  Rountrec,    Thomas  3enton  m. 

Jane  "ailey  2t283 

2:300 

Rour.tree,   Virginia  2:263 

Rountrec,   '.-ailiam  2:2^7 

Rountroo,    Zanner  Karion  2:247 

Routh,    Iraao  1:2*4-9 

Routh,  Rev.  Isaac  111*15,  1:1^9 
Routh,  J.  M.  n. 

Torrossa  Inland  2:252 

Rovdcn,   Dean  1:281 

Rowof  Dr.    C.  A.   m. 

avr.lyr   .S.lson  2:366 

Roue,    Elisabeth  2:366 

Rowe,   Hannah  r. . 

Roue!    !'-ng  2:1 21 

Ruark,    3ollo  rn. 

J'^CD  McFhorson  2: 30 

Ruark,    fcpt.  2:231 

Ruark,    /ILy  2(30 

R'jark,    Jcshur.  l.lioclor  m. 

oolir.a  Suttcn  2:29,2:30,2:31 
Ruarl:,  Lnth^r  2:30 

Ruark,   Ilcllic  r.. 

.'.ndrev  Ja'ikcon  Friar  2:29,2(30 


Ruark,   Thoodosia  m. 

IRlliam  Friar 
Ruark,   Vfelter 
Ruark,   William  m, 

Mary  Zllen  Litchfield 
Rubenstein , 


2:30,   2:31 

2:30 

2:136 


Rubenstein,  J.  L. 
Ruben  s  tei  n ,  Mr  s .  J 


J.  L.    l«175r  lil?6 

Itl77,  1:178,  1:179 
1:213 

1:21*4-,   1:215 
L. 

1:193,  1:196 
1:56 
1:71 


1:55, 


Rubenstein,    Jas. 
Rub  ens  tei  n ,    J  o  s  oph 
Rubo'-r-tnin,    Rose  G. 
Ruddick,    Elizabeth  ra. 

Abraham  Taylor  Newkirk 
Rush,    Clarence 
Rush,    'ILvin 
Rush,   Elxrood 
Rush,    El  wood  m. 

A~nes  C.  Jones 
Rush,  George  W,  m. 

Lucinda  A.  Jones 
Rush,  Tva  m, 

A.   P.   Allen 
Ri'sh,  Lai'Trenco  m. 

Bertha  Hamn 
Rush,  Lena  m. 

August  Irarrgs 
Rush, "Lester  Elmer 
Rush,  Rodger 
Rush ,  Truman 
Rush,  Walter 
Russell 

Russell,  Aaron 
Russell,  Aaron  m 

Sorena  Howard 
Russell,  Alex 
Russell,  Alice  m 

P.  H.  Hawkins 
Russell,  Beulah 
Russell,  C.  C.  m 

Hary  Stanley 
Russell,  C.  2. 


1:179 

2:206 
2:295 
2:295 
1:250 

2  1  292 
2:292 
2:295 
2:295 

2  1  295 

2:295 

2:295 
2:295 

2:295 
1:242 


2:288, 


2:289 
1:32 

2:289 
2:291 

1:365 

1:166 


*  Rucsoll,   C. 


1:175,   1:177,   1:251 
Z.  f  1:152 


Russell,  Charles  2:291 

Ruse "11,  Cyrenus  Z.  m. 

A1  a  Ann  Tea^arden  2(290,  2:291 

Russell,  D.  1:182 

Russell,  Decatur  L.  2:289 

Russell,  Ella  1:20*4- 
Rurso'jl,  Ernest  m. 

.,-rtha  Hcwell  2:95 
Rasr-I 1 ,  Fannie  m. 

Sir,!U,:l  Baldwin  2:289 


INDEX:  DADi;  COUNTY  ITS TORY 


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Russell,  Frances  Ann  2i292 

Russell,  Helen  2:292 

Russell,  Jolm  A.  Dr.  2:291 

Russell,  John  Anderson  2:292 

Russell,  John  .Jbsley  2i2&9 
Russell,  Laura  n. 

lfi.ll Ian  D.  Davidson  1«365 

Russell,  Lois  2:292 
Russell,  Lucy  M. 

M.  J.  K.  Brickoy  2»289 

Russell,  Lula  2:291 
Russell,  Kariah  Elizabeth  2:289 

Russell,  Myrtlo  2:95 

Russell,  Oren  ",  2:292 

Russell,  P'obert  2:289 
Russell,  Sara  Jane  m, 

Alfred  iJxlsor.  2:152 
Russell,  Sarah  Ann  rr.. 

F.  !-i.  Foo  2:237 

Russell,  'ihomas  Uol  2:289 
Russell,  H.  0.  1:178,  1:217 
Russell.  H.  P..  1:144,  1:162 

1:231,  1:253 

2:11,  2:12,   2:44,  2:2^7 
Russell,  T,ailiar.i  1:33 

#  Russell,  ",fi.lliam  Oren  m. 

Cora  Belle  Anderson 
Mary  i^thol.  Ilorgan 
Russell,  P.ev.  Gillian  R. 
-jl  Russell,  "fi.lliaa  Rufus  m, 
Ella  V.  Summers 

*  Russell,   Rev.    •fi.lliam  Rufus 

&  -.rife  f 

P.utdlec'^o,  George 
Rutdledje,  Margaret 
Rutherford,  John 
Rutledfje 

Rutledgc ,  Aloxandor   1 : 50 , 
Rutlcd.-e,  David 
Rutled 


Lucy 
Rutledcos 
uuyle,  Ella  r,:. 

George  Daigh 
Ryan,  Charles  n. 

Lula  i^a^sriale 


Safflos,  Henry  rc. 

Nancy  D.  Brantley 
Sailor  '.'rs.  i'ollio 
Sal en,  battle 
Sailings  farr.ly 
Sallinr-,  J.I. 
Sailing ,  J,  l'.t 
Salin::",  Jar.cs  ?Jt 
Sallinr:,  John 
Salin,-,  John  ?i. 
Sallin" ,  Joseph 
Sailing,  Mack 


2:290 
1:145 

2:283 

2:104 
1:129 
1:129 
1:276 
1:287 
1:289 
IsLl 
1:112 
Ii26? 

2:375 
2:261 


1:32 


2:229 
1:252 
1:222 
Is  164 
Li 62,  Iil37,  Ii28? 


Sailing,   Stirling  1:32 

Sailings  1:287 

Saloons  1:110 

Salow,   W.  H.  1:225 

Sample,   Jacob  1:260 

Sanplos,    Jake  1:228 

Sanpsol,   Hiram  1:64 

Sanborn,   General  Ii89,   1:90 

Sanborn,   Gen.    J.   3.  1:97 

Sand  Mountain  School  1:276 

Sanders,    Eliza  ra. 

Iftlli-M-i  S.   Pelts 
Sandomeyor 
Sandmoyer  &  Eartling 
Sanfcrd,   I:,    C. 
Sator 
Sater ,   

Lucy  Scott  1:64 

Sater,    Charles  1:139 

Sater,    Chr.rlio  1:138 

Sa-wyar,   L.   J.  1:279 

oatryor,   Kary  m. 

Al oicander  Davis 

Levi  H.  Davis  2:5 

Saylor,  Alien  m. 

Lydia  Daniels          2: 167 
Saylor,  Mabclle  m, 

Dr.    Thomas  J.  Massoy  2:167 

S chad 3,   Louis  m. 

Sarah  (Hooro)  Huffman         2:171 
S  cho  anann ,   He  nry 
Sohmicklo,   Fred  li] 

?8^i5^?'F^dH'  1:155,   li^ 

Schncdikor,   Patient  m, 

L.   D.    v/ashburn  2:213 

Schools  1:268-281 

Schools,    early  1:70,   1:285 

fchrolr,   Greenfield  f  1:72 

Schrivor,  m. 

funnie  o 


Schuorman,  H.  &  Co. 
Schucman,  Herman    1:154, 
Sco^in,  J.  T. 
Scott,  Albert  Ha was  m. 
Rosa  Stockton 

Scott,  Alexander  Hamilton 

1:120, 
1:62, 


1:288, 


i.'illian  Perld.ns  Kallory 
Scott,    Bill 
Scott,    Uncle  3ud 

1:37,   1:137, 
Scott,    Clor.cntine  rn. 

Thomas  J,    Bishop 


2:298 
2s225 
1:222 
1:151 

2:302 
1:120 

2:296 

1(137 

1:290 
2:303 

2:157 
Iil03 

1:139 
1:318 


INDEX:  BADE  CCUNTY  HISTORY 


Page  77 


Scott,   D,   '.J.                    2:243, 

1:318 

Scro^gs  ,  Alfred 

2:293 

Scott,   Dan  B.                  2i249, 

2:250 

Scro^f^s,   Arthur  C, 

2,299 

Scott,   Daniel  H,              1:32, 

1:249 

Scroops,   Belle  m. 

.              _ 

Pollard 

2:298 

Scott,   Daniel  iventwortn  rni 
Mary  Ann  Springer           1: 
Scott,   Daniel  '.font-worth  m. 
Elizabeth  Flinn 
Scott,   Dora  n. 

59-65 
1«59 

Scrojj.'s,    David  D.  IT.. 
Lottie  Hcrtsock 
Scro^r^s,    2.   F. 
Serous,   Sdirin  T.  m. 

2:2Q9 
1:169 

John  Q.   I/orkman 
Sc^tt,   Llmer 

2:380 
2:303 

Kato  Mitchell 
Scroe;prs,    Ella  rr.  . 

2:299 

Scott,   2riiorson               2:296, 
Scott,   Emorson  m. 

1:120 

.^r'-imback 

2;  29C 
1:164 
Is  216 

Screws,    J.   2,                Itl63, 

Amanda  Tucker 
2:29,   1:120, 
Scott,   Emorson  C. 
Scott  fanily  fan,: 

2:303 

Ii33 

1:120 

Scro^gs,    John 
Screws,    John  E.              1:57, 
i?  Scro.;ns,    John  E.   m, 

1:112 
1:213 

Scott,    Finley 

2:303 

K;\llnda  C.   Dicus 

Scott,   honor  3. 

Vir.^ni.i.  IlcConnoll 

Scott,    Ira  B. 
Scott,    J,    !!,                     1:179, 

2:20? 
1:250 

i-h.nni  e  Lieuallen 
E~-olyn  '2.    (Fisher)   Ketchcm 

D   .  O/-M-I 

Scott,    J.    ?..   n. 
Ida  F.   Ililler           2:174, 
Scott,    J.   '.L 

2:179 
1:168 

Screws,    Joseph   ;,r. 
Serous,   L.   X. 

t-it-yf 
2:298 

11132 

Scroop's  *   Xj'iiirci  rn  • 

Scott,   Jar.ies  r,  . 
I'arr-arct  :,?llis 
Scott,   James  II.              1:120, 

1:318 

2:206 

Alex  McCcnnell         2:144, 
Soro^^s,   Lillie  m, 

2:298 

Scott     Jesse 

1:231 

,-Joir 

2:298 

Scott,    Jesse 

1:32 

Scrog^s,   Luther  M, 

2:298 

Scott,    Jossc  C. 
Scott,    Jin 

•*•  •  .x*- 

1:32 

1:104 

Scroprs  ,   I'ary 
ScroR.^s,   ".'ary  Frances  m, 

1:179 

orr 

2;298 

Scott,    Jolm 
Scott,    John  N. 
Scott,   John  ;•/. 
Scott,   Jonic 
Scott,   Lester 

1:250 
1:254 
1:138 
1:276 

Scror^s,   Minnie  m. 
Schrivcr 

2:298 

2,299 

Scroops,    Rachol  Jane  m. 
Lon  Hurt 

Scott,   Lucy  n. 

Screws,    licsa  Ella  m. 
Thomas  K.   r.'cCcnnoll 

Sti'fcer 

1:64 

O      T  /   O 

_      _ 

Scott,   Lester 
Scott,   Mary  rr.  . 
Andrei;  Dennett 
Scott,    Kar.cy  m. 

2:3C3 
2:67 

Scroggs,     Ruth  m. 
P..    E.   Was  son 
Scrofs,    '/alter 

2:299 

2:299 

2:298 

IB.nkle 

2:296 
2:249 

Scrof-s,    'J.   L.                 1(117, 
1:216, 

Screws,    '.^.lliam 
Scropr^s,    'alii  an  I,  i 

1:214 
1:247 

1:179 

Scott,    Ilancy  Jane  m. 
Benjamin  A.   rriddy 
B.  M,  Munrin             2:248, 

Scott,   Terry                   1:120, 
Scott,   I  rice                    1:120, 

2:296 

2:296 

1:211, 
ScrofT^c,   '.Rlliam  L.   m, 

2:144 

Scott,    Rad 

1:51 

liaude  En";leman 

2:299 

Scott,    School 

1:275 

Scrof-'s,    !/lllian  L.   m. 

Scott,    T.   A.                     1:251., 

1:275 

":achcl   Jane    LVvri.n 

Scott,    T.   I-'..   rr_. 

Leah  Caroline  Mitcholl 

Elizabeth  Lonhari 

2:350 

2:188, 

2:297 

Scott,    Ton 

1:103 

Sears,    Frank 

1:105 

Scott,   William  Z.   n. 

Soars  ,    I'-;nry 

1:105 

Sunnn  A.   I-.'cCcnnoll 

2:20'' 

Scars,    Jacob 

1:34 

Scotts 

D  :2-r'7 

Sears,    Joe 

1:105 

Scctts 

1:68 

Scr.rs,    '*  Hi  air, 

1:}4 

TlIDiSXi      DADE  COU1ITY  HISTORY 


Pago  78 


Seaton,    J.    R. 

1:262 

Sebastian,    5en 

1:305 

Sebastian,   iiss 

Ii203 

Self,  ;•;.  j. 

It  166 

Sellers,    J,   !!, 

1:180,   1:131 

Sellers,    \J.   M. 

1:180,  1:181,  It  182 

Service,    J.    G. 

Itl&l- 

Sevier,   A.   K. 

1(76 

Sowoll,    John  R. 

Ii8l 

Sexton,    C.    C. 

It275 

Sexton,   Bert 

Ii28l 

Seybort.,   John,   family,   & 

residence  f  2:296 

Soybnrt,    John  C,   m. 

Jennie  I.    Johnson 
Soybort,   >'ar~arot 
Seybcrt,   Vary  r.. 

Clc-   Doclin 

Mr.  Sullivan  2:302 

Seybort,  H.iry  Ann  m. 

Johnson          1:101 


Soybort,  Moll        2:101, 

2:102 

Soybert,  Ro.^cr  H.  m. 

Flossie  Duncan 

2:302 

S  cyber  t,  3.  E. 

H33 

Soybert,  Sallie  T. 

Ervir.  Keller 

Mr.  Flcnm.n-7 

2:302 

Seybcrt,  Sar. 

1:320 

Scybert,  Saruol  J.   2:300, 

2:301 

Soybert,  Silas 

1:51 

Scybert,  Silas  2.  m. 

(1) 

(2)       Finley 

(3)  Kary  Ann  (Jackson)  Hailcy 

2:300 

Scybert,  miiam  2:300 

Shackclford,  S.  K,  1:163 

ohackolford  ,  F.noch  K.  1:252 

Shady  Grove  School  1:276 

Shafcr  &  Co.  2:3» 

Shafor  £,-  M-rrill  It  5^ 

Shaffer,  Bert  1:272 
Ghafer,  Jlortha  Bowles  m. 

Bred  I-/.  :/amcr  2:308 

Shafcr,  Carl  A.  2:308 

Shafor,  Ed-ar  Clark  2:309 
Shafer,  Eloanor  L.  m. 

:Iu~h  Harrison 
Shafor,  F.  L. 
Shafer,  l.'rs.  F.  L 


1:213, 
1:193, 


2:309 
1:216 
1:209 

1:259 
1:196 
2:309 

2:309 


Shafor,  Janice  3. 
Ghafer,  John 
Shafcr ,  Judgo 
Shafor,  Kate  m. 

Harri  son 

Shafer,  Judge  L.  tf. 
Shafer,  Mrs.  L.  W. 
Shafer,  Lina  Eowles 
Shafcr,  Levin  './.    1(152, 
l:2iK),  Il251, 

*  Shafer,   Levin  tf.  f 
ijl  Shaker,   Levri.n  'Alcoxin  m. 

Jc-.nc  H.  Bowles 
Shafor,  Margaret  m. 

H.  Weir 
Shafor,  Mrs. 
Shafor,  Mrs. 
Shafor,  Philip 
Shaffor,  Bert 
Shank,  J.  A. 
Shanr.in  Valley  School 
Sharp,  James 

Sharp,  Sallie 
Sharp,  Thomas  R,  m, 

Sarah  Annie  Hembree 
Shaw,  Anna  E. 
Shaw,  Bessie  J. 
Shaw,  Cera  A.  m, 

J .  F .  Montgomery 
Shaw,  Cyrus  K. 
Shaw,  E. 
Shaw,  Ed 
Shaw,  Elsie  Vale 
Shaw,  Elva  Gale  m, 

Howard  Eerry 
Shaw,  Eulalia  Ruth 
Shaw,  Gaylord  H. 
Shaw,  George  Argus 
Shaw,  Gertrude  m, 

Edwin  F.  Meyers 
Shaw,  Haydn  Lorenzo 
Shaw,  Henrietta  C. 
S  law,  Herbert  M. 

*  Snaw,  Rev.  Herbert  M.    f 
Shaw,  Hugh  E.  n. 

Jessio  German 
No rah  Kitchen 

Shaw,  Irvin  E. 

Shaw..  Ivar  \i. 

Shaw,  J.  E.    1:52,  1(57, 

1:173, 

Shaw,  Rev.  J.  E. 
Shaw  J.  J. 
Shaw,  Jar.cs  E.  m . 

Kutio  Griggs 
Shaw,  Jar.es  J. 
Shaw,  Jor.es  J. 
Shaw,  Jessie  Kay  m. 

J.  T.  Davenport 


It 67 


2:307 
1(189 

It  190 
2(337 
1(197 
2t309 
It  218 
1«253 
1:160 

2(306 

2t307 
1(200 
1(111 
2(309 
1:278 
It  278 

1|279 
1(129 

2t79 

2:79 
2:306 
2:317 

2:316 

2(319 
1:251 
,1;L08 
2:316 

2,3:6 
2:' 
2:316 
2(317 

2(172 

2:317 
2t317 
2:317 


2  1  306 

2  1319 
2:306 

Iil77 

1:216 


Itl65 

2:305 
2:304 
2:318 

2:305 


INDEX  i  DADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 

Shaw,  L.  M.  1,214 

Shaw,  Laura  Etta  2i319 

Shaw,  Leonard  M.  2:  31  6 
Shaw,  Lota  5.  m. 

Paris  3,  1-fyrick  2i306 

Shaw,  Lilly  llaxine  2.317 
Shaw,  Luthor  M.  m. 

Bertha  Morrill  2i305 

Shaw,  Mary  Ann  2«304,   2,318 
Shaw,   Mary  L\   n. 

Arthur  Hossler  2:316 

Shaw,  Mary  L.  2:31? 

Shaw's  Model  Garage  f  Ii280 
Shaw,   Murphy  m. 

Dell  Smith  2:323 
Shaw,   Myrtle  E.   m. 

Arthur  Morris  2.316 

Shaw,  Mrs.   Nettie  1:192 

Shaw,   Ncra  Caroline  2»3l6 
Shaw,   Perry  m. 

Millie  Brown  1:323 

Shaw,    R.  M.  2:316 
Shaw,   R.T.  m. 

Edith  2odoll  2:384 
Shaw,   Ralph  H.  m. 

Belva  L.  Mitchell  2il3? 

Shaw,   Robert  E.  2«317 
Shaw,   Robert  E,  m. 

Elizabeth  Jackson  2«305 

Shaw,   Rose  Arnctta  2«3l6 

Shaw,   S.   E.  1,51 

Shaw,   S.  M.  Iil68,  Ii250 
Shaw,   Sam  M.  n, 

Lucrotin  Jane  Hobbs  2:315 

Shaw,   Sam.ucl  E.  It  249,  Ii2.56 
Shaw,   Samuel  E.  M. 

Sarah  Katherine  Petty 

2,318,  2,315,  21303 

Shaw,  Samuel  Manarie  2.319 
Shaw,  Sarah  C.  m. 

Isaac  T.  Sloan  2.  304 

2i320 
l«28l 

2:315 

2i312 
2:31? 
1,125 
1:253 

1.136 
2:  304 
1:180 
2«31? 


Shaw  School  1.276, 

Shaw,    Silas  S.   m. 

Mary  M.  ICarcura 
Shaw,   Silas,   family,   and 

residence  f 

Shaw,  Susie-  E.       Ii28l, 

Shaw,  11.  E.    1:320,  1:122, 

2:44,  2j45,  1:169, 

Shaw,  Rev.  ;/.  ~,  and  his 

mother  .ind  father      f 
Shaw,  ^lliar. 
Shaw,  MLUam 
Shaw,  '..Lilian  E. 
Shaw,  '.fi-lliar.  E.  m. 

Sarah  A.  uarnctt 

Martha  J.  Jones 


2:303 
2.318 


Page  ?9 

Shelby,   Gen. 

1.101 

Shelly,   Joe                       li?6, 

Iill3 

Shelby,   Gen.   Joe 

It  100 

Itll4, 

1:24? 

Shelton,   Douglas  Jones  m. 

Myrtle  Dickinson 

2,28 

Shelton,   James  Kickinson 

2.28 

Shelton,   John  D.  ra, 

Adr.line  Bro'im 

2.2? 

Shelton,   John  M.  m. 

Louisa  A.   Finloy       2i2?, 

2,280 

Shelton,  Lcuclla  m. 

Dr.   ;/.   R.   Riloy         2i2?, 

2:280 

Shelton,   Miriam  Lecolia 

2,28 

Shcltcn,   Stella  m. 

Albert  '.-/.   Daigh         2i2?, 

It  363 

Shcltcn,    Thomas  Piandolph 

2.28 

Shepherd,   Mrs.   S.  M. 

It  199 

Shepherd,    T.    E. 

Iil35 

Snick,   Peter  17. 

1:141 

Shields,    Col. 

It  51 

Shields  Hotel 

1.91 

Shields,   Mrs,   J.  L.     Iil96, 

1.205 

Shields,  Mr. 

1,109 

Shiner,    C.   B. 

1:277 

Shipley,                            m. 

Lucinda  Mitchell 

1.85 

Shipley,   Albert 

1.83 

Shipley,   Albert  E.  m. 

Sarah  Price 

2,311 

Shipley,   Anna 

1.83 

Shipley,   Annie  L.  n, 

A.    P.   Parnell 

2.311 

Shipley,    Clara  A.  m, 

tf.    C.   Starr 

2,311 

Shipley,    Clydo 

2,311 

Shipley,    E.    B. 

1.165 

Shipley,   Ephriam  3, 

1,81 

Shipley,   George 

1.84 

Shipley,   George  M. 

1,86 

Shipley,   Harold 

2.311 

Shipley,    Irene 

2.311 

Shipley,   James  S. 

2.310 

Shipley,   Kenneth 

2,311 

Shipley,   Laura  M. 

John  Faurbin 

2.310 

Shipley,   Margie  M,  m. 

Joseph  Stephonson 

2,312 

Shipley,  Mary  J.  m, 

Robert  E.   Lamb 

Tra  Bardmas 

James  H.    Davidson 

2,311 

Shipley,   Mora  E.  m. 

Clarence  Drown 

2,312 

Shipley,    R.   J.                     1»3, 

1.165 

Shipley,    Raleigh 

1.85 

Shipley,    Raleigh  J. 

1:78 

1:81,      Ii82,, 

1.113 

INDEX i     D/iD3  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Page  80 


Shipley,   Ralraigh  J.  m. 
Kancj'  Coo!: 


*  Shipley,   Raleigh  J 

family 

*  Shipley,   Raleigh  J 
Shipley,   Roy 
Shipley,    Ti dance  m. 

Lucinda  Mitchell 
Shipley,  William  J. 
Shipley,  Vfi.llio  n. 

Julius  McOinty 

Charles  Me s sick 
Shoemaker 
Shoemaker,  Mary  m. 

Harvey  Havley 
Shouso,  Ben 
Shouse,  Caroline  m. 

Sherman  Duncan 
Shouse,  Caroline  './. 
Shouse,  Charles 
Shouso,  Cythia  Harriet 
Shouse ,  3clvard 
Shouse,  LVa  m. 

John  D.  Clark 
Shouse ,  Harry 
Shouse,  Hattie  m. 

John  Todd 
Shouse,  J.  C. 


1 » 62-89 


f  1(200 

&  wife  f  1:208 
2 1 311 

2 1 310 
2:310 


2 1 311 
1:240 

2:81 
2:314 

2:314 
2:313 
2:31^ 
2:314 
2:314 

2:314 

2:314 


2:314 

1:135,  It 142 

1:215,  2:100,  2: 116 

*  Shouso,  J.  C,  and  daughter  f  1:123 

Shouse,  John  1:280 
f  Shouse,  John  C.  m. 

Hnry  Ann  Campbell 

Caroline  Heoce 

Almire  Francis  Smith  2:312 

Shouse,  John  Caswell  2:314 
Shouse,  Martlia  Virginia  m. 

William  Couen  2:314 

Shouse,  !'iary  2:313 
Shouse,  Mary  Ann  m, 

Henry  Rube  Orlesby  2:314 
Shouse,  Martha  V.  m. 

Jackelun  Morgan  2:313 

Shouse,  rAldred  1:277 
Shouso,  Nancy  ft. 

William  .7,  Johnson  2:314 

Shouse,  'ailiarn  2:314 
Shouse,  IB.  Hi  am  0.  m. 

Harriett  A.  Bryan  2:312,  2:313 

Shrum,  Bert  1:178 

Shrum,  Dclbert  1:276 

Shrum,  Jake  1:105 

Shrum,  Jacob  1:173,  1:174 

Shrum,  John  1;105 

Shurley,  Tom  1:105 

Sidman,  Rev.  ','.  D.  1:149 


Sikes,  L.   3. 
Silver  Star  School 
Simmons,   Rev.   U'.   J. 
Simon? ,   John- 
Simpson,   Charles  m, 

Rebecca  Ann  Brown 
Simpson  family 
Sinking  Creek  Church 
Skaggs,   J.   C. 
Slater,   Huldah  m. 

George  TSdwin  Young 
Slave i     Hannah 
Slave :      Reuben 
SI awe on ,   Frank 

Sleeper,    Bill 

Slinkcr,   W.   W. 

Sloan,   Bros.  I«2l4, 

Sloan,   Dr.   E.   U.  m, 

Anna  Underwood 
Sloan,   Edna  Fern 
Sic  an ,   Ev.dora 
Slcan,   Flora  m. 

Edward  C.  Montgomery 
Sloan,   Floyd  m. 

Marguerite  Murphy 
Sloan,   Geneva 
Slcan,   Dladys  R. 
Slcan,   H.   D. 

Sloan,  Mrs.  H.  D.  Ii201, 
Sloan,  I.  T.  1:253  1:112, 
Sloan,  Iva  FerreH  m. 

Ira  Pilkington 
••If  Sloan,   Isaac  Thomas  m. 

Sarah  Catharine  Shaw 

2:3r4,   2:319,   2:320 
*  Sloan,   Isaac   T.   &  family     f 
Sloan,   J.   G. 
Sloan,    J.   G.   &  Sons 
Sloan,   John  G. 
Sloan,   John  G.   &  wife 
Sloan,   Laura  m, 

Joseph  McLemoro       2:319i 
Sloan,   Linzel 
Sloan,   Minnie  C.  m, 

Ottis  Harjjrave 
Sloan,  Mitchell  & 
Sloan ,  Nova 

Dr.  0.  E. 
Mrs.  0.  E. 


Sloan, 
Sloan, 
Slcan,  0.  P. 
Sloan,  Cscar  F.  m. 

Birdie  M.  I^'vidson 
Sloan.  Oeotr  T. 
Sl.-r,-..  It.  I!.         1:214, 
Sloan,  Mrs.  R.  M. 
Sloan,  Raymond  Edward 


1»279 
It275 
1:149 
li  81 

It  323 
Ii37 
1:70 

It  279 

2:382 
1:129 
1:112 
1:216 

1:103 
1:169 
1:217 

2:339 
2:321 
2t339 

2 1 319 

2  tl99 

2:339 
2:321 
1:108 
1:209 
1:168 

2«319 
2:317 

1:248 

1:178 
1:242 
1:320 
Iil39 

2:320 

2:321 

2:319 

1:214 
1«275 
1:216 
1:209 
1:214 

2:320 
2:319 
1:275 
1:209 
2:321 


DADi;  CGUIITT  HSTORI 


Sloan,  ",fi.lliam  Bradley  m. 


Flora  T.   Fanning     2i317,   2:313 
Sloan,   WiLliam  Walter  2:319 

Small,   Jesse  F.  Ii260 

SmaH,  Loon  1:275 

SmaH,  II.  1:242 

SmaH,    T.   W.  Is  230 

Smart,  Alsie  m, 

Nan  Elisabeth  Pyland 
Smart,  Ruth  m. 

SLisha  ^uffin^ton 
Srai  th ,  m . 

Ida  Cunningham 
Smith  £  Likins 
Smith,   A.  II. 
Srdth,   Almira  Frances  m. 

l&lliam  0 .   Shouse 
Smith,   Arthur 

Smith,  Asa  G.       1:24,   1:62, 
Smith,  Ashel 

Smith,   3.   '..'.  1:216, 

Smith,   Di relit  Samantha  m. 

Thomas  Derry 
Smith,   Belle  r,i, 

Frederick  :7.  Harper 
v>  Smith,   Bolivar  Wright  m, 

Allio  VanHooser 
Smith  Bros. 
Smith,    Caroline  m. 

Edward  Kaywo.rd 
Smith,    Clark 
Smith,   Dell  m. 

Murphy  Shaw 
Smith,   Dcnvil      • 
Smith,    IILender  in. 

Tlkiward  J ,   Adbiiison 
Smith,   Franc:. r,  m. 

William  J.    Gilmoro 
Smith,   Krs.    G.    'J. 
Smith,   Grace  r.. 

Joel  I'.,   Rombree 
Smith,    Henry  D. 
Smith,    Herbert  r,i. 

Greta  Miller 
Smith,   };omer  m. 

Bessie     '.n.lson 
Smith,     Hubert 
Smith,    J.   2. 
Smith,    Col.   J.  II. 
Smith,    James 
Smith,   James  1'cnroe  m. 

Cynthia  Ann  Kcrris 

2:314, 
Smith,    John 
Smith,    John  '/,   n, 

Sallic  Ami  Morgan 
Smith,    John  Wosle.y 
Smith,    Josephine 


1:304 

1:362 
1:230 
1:225 

2:314 
2;  380 
1:251 
1:279 
1:252 

1:314 
2:71 

2  1322 
1:230 

2:75 
1:150 

2:323 
2:184 

1:303 

1:324 
1:205 

2:79 
1:90 

2:184 


2  323 

1-169 

1:51 

It  167 


1:314 
1:141 


1:134, 


Smith,  Lecn 
Smith,  Lydia  m. 
James  T.  lollar 

Smith,  Macie  m. 

Joe  "fttt 
Smi  th ,   !  ladali  ne 
Smith,   lias  soy  & 
Smith,   ~:itcholl  m. 

Delia  Irby 
Smith,  Oliver 
Smith,  Opal 

Smith,    Pearl 
Smith,    R.    V/.   m, 

Matilda  Rainey 
Smith,   Ray  n. 

Sabra  Kir by 
Smith.    Rev. 
Smith,    Rev.   Mr. 
Smith,   Richard 
Smith,   San  J. 
Smith  School 
Smith,    Sherman 
Smith,    Thomas 
Smith,   Vinton 
Smith,    '.J.    S.   m. 

Nora  Allison 
Smith,   Wesley 
Smith,    '.fright  m. 

Vanho o  s  e  r 

Smiths 

Snadcn  family 
Snaden,    G,    '.7. 

Snadnn,    G.    '.!.   m, 
Elsie  May  Morris 

Snadon,    J,   M. 

Snadon,   Jas.   M. 

Snaden,    James  N. 

Snadcn,   1'ary  m. 
se-rol   Gates 

Snadon,    Ruth 

Snadon,    W.    R. 


Snaden,   I-ailiara     1:32,   2t83 

Snadon ,    Vfi.  Hi  am 

Snadons  Ii59,   1:64, 

/  Sneed,    F.   M.   m. 

Bossie  2,   ',/hite 
Sneod,    F.   M.  1:214, 

'"  Snood,    F.   M.    Drug  Store        f 
Sncad,    Mr.   Drugstore 
S-.ccd,   Mrs.    Fred  1:195, 

Sr.oed,    J.    T.    m. 
1'ollie   I'nox 
Snoud     llarvi  n  '..Tiito 


1:102, 


2:251 

2:324 
2:323 
1:224 

1«331 
1:224 
2:323 
1:281 

2:165 

2:324 
1:142 

1:66 
1:277 
1:148 
1:278 
2:323 

1:33 
2:323 

1:297 
1:168 

2:345 
1:236 

,  1:59 
1:301 

2:326 

1:275 

1:32 

1:301 

2:83 

1:280 

1:103 

1:290 

,,2:34 

2:83 
1:287 

2:324 
1:216 
1:264 
1:54 
1:196 

2  i  32 
2:325 
1:209 
1:275 
2:11 
1:234 


INDEX i     DADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Pago   G2 


Snoddy,   L,   C.  m. 

Ella  Dye  2  til 
Snoddy,  V.  II.  n, 

Elizabeth  Ragsdale  2:26l 

Snydor,  A.  H.  It 239 
Snydor,  C  G.  Iil80,  Is  131 

Soloraan,  Frederick  1:31 

Sootor,  J.  II.  1:17'* 
Sector,  II.  J,  1:107,  1:173 

South  Greenfield  1(217 

South  Greenfield  School  1:275 

*  South  Greenfield  views         f  1:344 
Southwell,   Farriscn  1:104 
Spain,    Bell  m. 

miiam  Ilallory  2:322 

Spain,  Carlton  2:322 
Spain,  David  m. 

Cynthia  KcLeaoro  2:1^9 

Spain,  3iith  J.  2:322 

S  pai  n ,  Edna  2  r  322 

Spain,  Elbert  1;280 

Spain,  Ellis  2:322 

Spain,  Eula  2:322 
Spain,  Honor  in. 

Kollie  ILLtcholl 

Gertrude  ^'urs  2:322 

Spain,  Howard  2:322 
Spain,  "ra  L.  n, 

Stella  Spoors  2:322 

Spain,  Tva  "  1:280 

Spain ,  Tva  2 : 322 
Spain,  Lovis  1:35,  1:59 
Spain,  LoTri.s  m. 

Martha  Fcnn  2:321 

Spain,  Louis  2:322 

Spain,  Lula  Ii2^0 

Spain,  Lulu  2:322 

Spain,  Mildred  2:322 

Spain,  Ilyrtlo  2i322 
Spain,  I:  or  a  A.  n. 

James  Lack 

Ilo^or  Ilontfomcry  2t322 

Spair,  R,  II.  1:277 

Spain,  R.  L.  1:277 

Spain,  Rich  1:104 

Spain,  Richard  2:321 
Spain,  ?.ol;crt  1:173,  1:174 

Spain,  Robert  2:322 
£  Spain,  Robert  n. 

Fannio   (Harrel)   Stapp         2:321 

*  Spain,    Robert  '-.  wife  f  2:8 
Spain,   VclT.ar  2:3:-:2 
Spain,   '.-Jarren  J.   m. 

Fannio  Str.pp  2:321 

Spanish  Fort,  li  11 

Spoor,  Mrs,  /Uganda  1:64 
Spcer  fanily  1:3^,  1:33 

Spcer,    Prank  1:104 


Spoor,  Hazel  E.  m. 

Lev/is  A.  SowJdrk  2:207 

Spoor,  J.  K.  1:290 
Spcer,  Lotf'.nn  m. 

V'ooley  N.  Allison  1:300 

Specr.  Mart  1:104 

Spoor,  Ma  till  as  1:60 
Spoor,  J'athias  n. 

Ma:~y  Hudspeth  1:300 

Spoor  Mill  2j273 
Spocrs ,  Stella  m, 

Ira  L,  Spain  2t322 

Spei.-ht,  Forrest  1:280 
Spoirht,  Louisa  m. 

Arcnibcld  C.  Patterson  2:218 
Speight,  Martha  mt 

J,  J,  Li.rby  2:253 
SpG:,:'..t,  Purdilla  m. 

Elcanah  Cantrell  2:18 
Speight,  Sarah  m, 

Thomas  Fanning  2:218 

Spoilt,  School  1:280 
Speight,  V3.nnifrod  ra. 

Jcssa  Jcnes  2:254 
S pence,  Mary  m. 

Shell  Barkor  1:309 

Spencer,  Charles  1:81 

Sperry,  L'attio  1:144 

Spillrean,  1:289 

Spons,  John  1:166 

Sporman,  Ed  1:279 
Sprin^or,  Mary  /Jin  m. 

Daniel  Wontworth  Scott  Ii6l 
Staffs,  H^ttio  M.  m. 

John  D.  Ho'.rell  2:95 

Stamate,  F.  M.  1:232 

Stampers  1:137 

Stampers  1:62 

Stamps,  Fontella  1:281 
Standleo,  Hannah  m.l-7,  Pylo  2:254 
Stanley,  Amanda  m, 

.xbrahan  Qxrr  2:129,  1:338 

Stanley,  Durward  1:281 

M.  1:166 

K.  1:51 
1:276 

Russell  1:365 

Stapp,  Achillos  2:326 
Stapp,  Achillos  G.  m. 

.iargarot  ifeir  2:325 

Stapp,  ZLbridcro  Ilowton  2:326 

Stayp,  Elsie  "  2:32? 
Stapp.  Fannio  m. 

'Jtrron  J.  Spain  2:321,  2:322 

Stapp,  Geneva  1:275 
Stapp,  Granville  Armstrong  2:326 


NDEX: 


)1-:  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Page  83 


••If  Stapp,   Ku<rh  n. 

Louisa  Morris 

Stapp,  J.  L.         It277, 
Stapp,  James  Lacey 
Stapp.  Jasper  3. 
Stapp,  Jesso  Lauson  m. 

Grace  Allison 
Stapp,  Killis  m. 

Fannie  Harrel 
Stapp,  Lai;son 
Stapp,  Lillie  n. 

Thoo  Cldhara 
Stapp,  Nora  "eel 
Stapp,  Ralph  m. 

I'ollie  L.  Montgomery 
Stapp,  Sarah  Elizabeth 
Stapp,  Virrr'.l  D. 
Stark,  Janes  R. 
Stark,  L.  L. 
Stark,  M.  R.  m. 

Gertrude  1'ounp; 
Stark,  Monti e  Russell 
Stark,  Otto 
Starkcy,  Elirha 
Star  School 
Starr,  3.  F. 
Starr,  Clarence 
S  tarr ,  Howard 
Starr,  Leonard 
Starr ,  Roy 

Starr,  '.-.*.  C.   1:176,  1:178, 
Starr,  \J.  C.  m. 

Clara  A.   Shipley 
Starr,    .7.    R. 
Staten,   II,    7], 
States,   :..    D. 
Statos,   Mrs.   A.   D. 
States,   ;inror.  D.  1: 

1:140, 
$  States,   Aaron  D.   :n. 

Josephine:   CiG.peppor 
*  States,   Aaron  D. 

States,   Mrs.   Aaron  D,        1:3, 
States,    illjer 
State?;,    Mrs.    Josephine 
States,   Mr.  1:134, 

1:185, 

States,   Mrs.        1:185,    l:20o, 
Statos,    Rev. 
Statistics,    Eadc  County 
ans ,   n. 

Mi: 


1:301 
2:327 
2  1  326 

2:327 

2:321 
1:300 

2  1  321 
2:326 

2:192 
2:326 
Ii300 

1:79 
1:277 


1:153 


1:279 
1:178 

2:311 
2:311 
2:311 
2:311 
1:179 


2:311 
1:3 
:166 
:176 
:201 


1: 
1: 
1: 
3,    3t3 
1:333 


2:328 

f  Ii8 

1:197 
1:1  U2 
1:203 
1:184 
1:135 
1:208 
1:207 
1;265 

1:315 


2:231 
2:'H 


Steeley,  Margaret  n. 

George  Garver  2:4l 
Steinrod,   Marion  m. 
._  Flcsio  Lucrctia  Freston     2(245 

Stemrcons,    John  M.  1«98,   1:100 

1:101,   1:113,  1:170,   1:171 

1:51,  1(102,   2:267 

Stephens ,    T.-fi.lliam  H,  1:145 

Stepher.son,    C.    J.  1:171 

Stephen son,   Gerald  2(312 

Stepher.son,   Henry  1:111 

Stove-son,    J.    B.  1:277 
Stephen 3 on,    J.   3.   m. 

F.li'-a  Lcne  2:280 

Stophc-r^cn,  John  1:227 
Stephensor,  Joseph  n, 

Kr-r;.;i3  M.    Shipley  2i312 

Stophonson,    Joseph  2:312 

Storihonson,   Marguerite  2:312 
Stcrhjnson,   Mary  L.   m, 

Dr.   toUicim  R.   Riley  2(280 

Stepher.son,   C.   J.  1:173,   1:174 

1:175,    1:176,  1:179 

Stophonson,    R.    o.  1:252,   I:l63 
Stophonson,   Susan  m. 

Milton  Finley  2:26l 

Storlin^,   J.   H.  1:164 
Stctzler,    Ella  S.   m. 

Dr.    '.v.  M.   Koel  2:89 
Stctzlor,   George  W.   &  Jane        2 189 

Stevans,   Kark  1:165 
Stevens,   Folly  n. 

Sariuel  J.    I/oir  2:258 

Stewart  4  Hawkins  1:241 

Stewart,   n. 

Juanita  Ra^sdale  2:26l 

Ste\;art,   J.  0.  1:276 

Stowart,    J.    T.  1:242 
Stewart,   Kathryn  m, 

Abol    Gilliland  2t48 
Sto;rart,   Minnie  m. 

C.    I'.    Collins  1:348 

Stewart,   Mrs.    P.    E.  1:205 

Stiles,    D.   L.  1:278 
Still well,    2tta  n. 

Crcn  J.   Her.bree  2:00 
Stcc';ard,    Elonor  m. 

;:il].iar.  Mitchell  2:187 

Stockard,    F.   M.  1:185 

St-c!:hill,    Thos,  1:51 

Stocks  tell,    Tr.omas  1:33 

Stockjt.iil,    Thomas  1<75 

Stock.-:- tell,    Zcb  1:104 

Stock-1  -n,    A.    J.  1:276 

Stoj/to.i,   y.ndre;;  Jackson  2:93 
Stockton,    Gibson  m.    Rebecca 

Ir.ttorson  2:303 

Stocktrn,    Isaac  1:33 

Stockton,    J.    F.  1:252 


COUNTY  HISTOR1 

Stockton,    John      1:51,   1:120, 
Stockton,  Lola 
Stockton,   Mary  Jane  m. 

Martin  VanBuren  Stockton 
Stockton,   Orlona  TO. 

Thomas  D.   Ximbler 
Stockton,   Paul 
Stockton,   Ferry  m. 

Theo  J.   Mcpeak 
Stockton,   Rosa  m. 

Albert  H.   Scott 
Stockton  School 
Stockton,    T.   I-'. 
Stockton,    Ufa. 
Stockwall,    J.    tf. 
Stoclcwoll,    S.   M. 
Stotjsdill,  Lima 
Stogsdill,   Stella 
Stoltz,    J.    p. 
Stone ,   Mrs . 
Stone  School 
Stony  Point  School 
Stookcy,   J.  II.   1:239,   1:249, 
Stookcy,    Jariiec  M. 
Stout,    '.•;.   A. 
Stoveall, 
Stovall,    Tliom.as  m. 

Martha  Jp.no  Dourlas 
Stovoall,    1-fLlliam  M. 
S trader,   Lctitia  m. 

Henry  Edward  Carender 
S trader,   Martin  n, 
Martha  M.   llley 
Stradloy,    Ilora  m. 

Leslie   C.   Pylc 
Stranpe,    Borricc  1?. 
C.    ;/. 


Strange, 
Strange,    Clara  V 
Stranre,    £ltha 
Strange , 
Strange, 


2,303 
1:2PO 

2:93 

2,378 
1:274 

2:153 

2,303 
1:276 
1:250 
2:303 
1:233 
1:276 
1,278 
1:275 
1:169 
1:189 
1:279 
1:279 
1:256 
1:253 
1,270 
1:99 


1:331 
1:333 

2:259 

2:331 
2:3.30 
2:331 
2:330 
2:331 

2:329 
2:330 
2:330 

2:330 


Forest  S. 
George  E.  n. 

Mary  ZLizabeth  Mwards 
Strange,   Goldio 
Stranpc,   Hughin 
Strange,    John  r.. 

Zona  Cassada 
Strange,    Joseph  Abnor  m. 

Lucinda  £.   './hitc 
Strange,   Joseph  7,, 
Strange,   I.?.vcnia  n. 

Hi  ran  Hur.t  2,331 

Strange,   Lottie  D.  2:331 

Strange,   Mr.rtha  m. 

Ed  lioans  2,33C 

Strange,   Mary     E.  2:331 

Strange,    Nor-'.  2:330 

Stranrc,    iallioin  Clay  m. 

Mary  Kimblor  2:330 


Page  84 

Stramjo,   Ray 
Stritton,   D.   P. 

2:160, 

2,330 
1,251 

Stringficld  &  Co. 

1:214 

Strin^ficld,   Dorothy 

1:275 

Strirrp'i  eld  Ice  Co. 

1:215 

String!"  icid  ,   Mrs  . 

1:189 

Strin-ificld,   P.   D. 

1:214 

1»253, 

1:293 

Striker,   Herman 

1:153 

Strothor,    John  F. 

2:  160 

Stumboau.3h  ,    Jack 

1:51 

Sturricno;    J.   1-1, 

1:51 

Stump,   Albert 

1:280 

Stump,    J  arias 

1:280 

Sturoy  fzm 

1:326 

Sturdy,    Farrell 

1:173 

Sturdy,    J.   I-;. 

1:170, 

1:171 

1,173, 

1,174 

Sturdy,    /P.lliam  D.  m, 

IJcra  No:-,  'kirk 

2:206 

Star  £3  on,    J.  m. 

Jane  Eliza  Davis 

2:5 

Sullivan,    i!Dad" 

1:240 

Sullivan;   Fannie  Forn  m. 

Dr,   Honry  Carlock 

1:342, 

1:351 

Sullivan,    Henry  G.   n, 

Priscilla  Pernell 

'li351, 

1:342 

Sullivan,    Jessie  m. 

Gecr~e   ',/.    Coiner 

1:3^3, 

l;351 

Sullivan,    John  in. 

Lucy  Trby 

1:331 

Summers,   Andrew  m. 

Mary  Fugate 

2,289 

Summers,    ilia  V.   m. 

Rev.    i-fi.lliam  R.   Russell 

2:289 

Summers,   Mrs.    Vesta  F.  . 

Ed^ar  ".".   Gregory 

2:65 

Sur.derr.ysr,   Frederica 

1:311 

Sunshine  School 

1:279, 

1:280 

Sunnysi.dg  School 

1,278, 

1,280 

Sutter,    J.   K. 

1,225 

Sutton,    Selina  m. 

Joshua  Rnark 

2:29 

Swnrens,    C. 

1,278 

Swoanoy,    Rev.   E.  0. 

1:134 

Sweeney,   Lydia  n. 

_   ;T*-"9   CartwHrht 

?:?78 

olrd  Tiller 

2,178, 

2:174 

Swir.r.ry  Lrcs.    Cruggic 

ts 

1:353 

-  ..n.t7tr,    T,   A. 

1:112 

3'T.tzle-'     ""     / 

1:346, 

T  -2^4 

i--  ,  *-  Jr+ 
1,234 

StrLtz.1  :/,    Thomas  A. 

1:75 

Old  .-'      ::-ia  fchool 

1:280 

Taborno.ole  School 

1:242 

1:278, 

1:280 

Tackett,    David  m. 

Roc  tor 

2,76 

INDEX i     DADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 


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Xaft,   tf.  H.  It 177 

laggard,  Fred  1:153 

Taggart,  Judge  1:153 

Taggart,  !7.  K.  Iil60,   1:239 

Ta^art,  1-fi.lliam  M,  1:152,   1:221 

Talbutt,  (Vedette  editor)         lillS 

Talbutt,  Columbus 


21332 

2.333 

2s  333 

1«209 

1»57 

2.333 

2:333 


Talbutt,  Columbus  m. 

j'unanda  Allison 
Talbutt,  Florence  B,  n, 

C.  E.  Tarr 
Talbutt,  Henry  K. 
Talbutt,  Mrs.  Henry 
Talbutt,  Judge 
Talbutt,  Lucy  M.  n, 

Clyde  McLe;riore 
Talbutt,  Maggie  D.  m, 

'./.  C.  I-Jhaley 
Talbutt,  Kann  & 
Talbutt,  Mary  E.  m. 

Harry  H.  Davis 

Talbutt,  Mason       It 3,     1:54, 

1.164,   1:214, 

1:244, 

Talbutt,   Kasor  1:112, 


Talbutt,   Hr.son  2:99, 

2:160,   2:256, 

Talbut,   Ifcison  1:253, 

1:275,   1:284, 
/  Talbutt,  Kason  m, 

Clara  Kimbler 
*  Talbutt,  Mr. son 
Talent,    'Jilliam  C. 
Tanner,   ',-P.llie  m. 

Clark  I-IcLamore 
Tapley,   J.   S. 
Tarbot,   John 
Tarbett,    John  'A. 
Tarbot,  Ilary 
Tarr,   C.   E.  n. 

Florence  3.    Talbutt 
Tarr,   C.   E. 
Tarr,    Charles  E. 
Tarr.   Mrs.   D.   S. 
$  Tarr,   D.   E.   m. 

Ethel  A.   \11son 
Tarr,  Mrs.   Ethel 
Tarr,   Fred 
Tarr,   Howard 
Tarr,   T.   B. 
Tarr,   John 
Tarr,   L.    r. 
Tarr.  Mrs. 
Tarr,   Uathan  D.   m. 

Lina  3.    '.fei  ^ht 
Tarr,    Ifilson 


2.333 
1.163 

1.216 
1:252 

1:113 
1:178 
2:100 
2:260 

1:259 
1:322 

2:332 

f  1:16 

1:81 

2:150 
1:165 
1:129 
1:79 
1:129 

2:333 

l«53 
2:334 
1:209 

2:333 

1:190 
2:335 
2.335 
1:110 
2:335 
1-216 
1:189 

2:333 
2:335 


1:22? 
1.28C 
1:164 
1:251 

2:336 
1.51 
1:?C 

1:33 

1.344 


Tarrant,   Eva  ra. 

Charles  !>.  Moore  2:195 

Tarrant,   Fannie  m, 

Dr.  W.  I.   Carlock 
Tarrant,   Galbraith  & 
Tarrant,   Golden 
Tarrant,   J.   R.  1:163, 

Tarrant,  J.  R.  m. 

Mary  N.  Thrunan 
Tarrant,  J.  11. 
Tarrant,  John 
Tnrrr.nt,  John  M. 

1.251, 
Tarrant,  Mary  Elizabeth  m, 

Jair.?s  Monroe  Carlock 

1:341, 
Tarr.-vnt,  Mlliara  H.  & 

Sarah  Jane 
Trrrants 
Intu:-; 
Tat'jjr.  ,    Ulis  m. 

"ary  ElAzabeth  Hanic 
Tatum,   i-aul  Ellis 
Trjxably  Wealth 
Taxation 
Taylor,  A.   D. 
Taylor,   D'mn  & 
Taylor,    S.   P. 
Taylor,   Elizabeth  Jane  m. 

James  Davidson 
Taylor-Evans 
Taylcr,  J.  A. 

Taylor,  James         Ii79 
Taylor,  James  M. 
Taylcr,  John  W, 
Taylcr,  Julia  /inn  m. 

Sr.slcy  C.  Montgomery 
Taylcr,  Laura  m. 

V.  M.  Crooks  ton 
Taylor,  Lydia  L.  m. 

L.    L.  Hl-?ins 
Taylor,   Martha  m. 

Jesse  E,  Jones 
Taylor,  Matilda  m. 

Dr.   T.  K.   Duckett 
T-ylrr,   Kollie  m. 

J,  A.  Rector 
Taylcr,  Mrs. 
Taylcr,  Hrs.  Uellio 
Taylcr,  Porry  H.  m. 

I'ary  R.  Allen 
TaylT,    R.    J.   m. 


Ary 

Tryl  r, 
Taylcr, 
Taylcr,  Susio  m. 

Jchn  l-Mto 


1.342 

2:195 
1:236 
1:105 

2:?3 
2:  73 
1^266 
1:281 
1:279 
1:233 
1:16? 

2:320 
1:184 
1:178 
.   It82 
1.184 
2:87 

2:190 
2t87 
2:86 

2  .306 

2.87 

2  187 

1:189 

1.207 

2t86 

2.86 

1.143 
1:105 

2.362 


INDEX »  DADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Page  86 


Taylor,  Vida 
Taylor,  William  m, 

Sarah  Hoyle 

Taylor,  Willis  It  102, 

Taylor,  Lt.   lfl.llis  m. 

Hoyle 

Teaching,  pioneer 
Teagardon,  Ala  Ann  m. 

Cyrenus  Z,  Russell 
Teagarden,  Emma  3,  m. 

Charles  M.   Cox 
Teagarden,   John  M,  m. 

Mary  Trotm 
Teod,   I-Mliam  J, 
Temple,  Mrs:  ,  Joe 
Temple,  Sair.  ',7,   &  Co. 
Tempi ernan,    C,    D. 
Temploton,  !?., 
Temploton,   Robert 
Torrantine,   Rev,  Mr. 
Torroll,  Alico  m, 

Joshua  Floyd  Friar 
Terrell,   Lorova 
Terrell,  KcKinley  m. 

tfana  Friar 
Terrell,   Nettie  a, 

Jacob  ETtrood  Newkirk 
Terrell,   Nina 
Terrell,  W.  S. 
Terry,   Dr.   "..llliam 
Theoble,    1-fl.lliam  &  Kary 
Theobold,   Mosos 
Thomas,   B.   F, 
Thomas,    Charles  m. 

Rosio  Riloy 


2:239 
2i239 


Thomas, 
Thomas, 

Thomas , 
Thomas , 
Thomas, 


H.  :;. 

H.  R. 

Mrs.  J.  H. 
Jamos,  farm 
John  V. 


1H73, 


Thomas,  Mrs.  L.   H.       Itl93. 

Thomas,  I-iabel 
Thomas,  Mary  ".  ra. 

Isom  A.   Young 
Thomas,   Nathaniel  T.  m. 

Louvenia  Co-ran 
Thomas,   R,   C.  1:175» 

Thomas,   ~ifi.lliam  m. 

Flora  Pottsr 
Thomason,  Bernico  m. 

lfi.llir.rn  A.  Hunt 
Thompson,  m. 

Sarah  VJoodard 
Thompson,  Dot  Oscar 
Thompson,  ?.  M.  m. 

Ida  Fuqua         2t39, 
Thompson,  Gideon 


lilOO 
Ii286 

2»291 
1«357 

1«357 

1:78 

1:204 

1:225 

Iil75 
1:105 

1:105 
1:150 

2:31 
2.30 

2.30 

2  1  207 
1:281 
1:276 
1:223 
1:149 
1:32 
1:169 

2:280 
1:174 
li!07 
1:275 
2:352 
1:166 

Iil95 
1:196 
2:281 

2:391 

2:391 
1:176 

2:33^ 

2:98 

2:37^ 
2:39 

2:238 

1:101 


1«33 


Thompson,  Hattie  2i39 

Thompson,  Inoa  n. 

Silas  D.  Bell  Ii308 

Thompson,  Rev.  J.  J. 
Thompson,   John 
Thompson,  John  W. 
Thompson,  Levy  It  104 

Thompson,  Nancy  n. 

David  Moore  Ii299 

Thompson,  Smith  m. 

Mary  Florence  Oarlock 
Thornton,  G,  Vf. 
Thorce,   G,  A. 
,   G.   J. 
,  McDemdd  & 
Fred 
Mrs,  Fred 


l  ;36 
Itl65 
1*234 
Ii225 
Ii222 
It278 
li  278 
Ii313 
Ii251 
Itl82,  Ii252 


2i335 
f  1»80 

2t338 
2i336 

2i33? 
2il79 


Thumser 
Thumsor 
Thurer, 
Thuror, 

"Thieving  Dick" 
Thurman,   B.   J. 
Thurman,   B.  G, 
Thunr.an,  Berry  G, 

Lula  C.  Clark 
Thurman,  Berry  G, 
Thurman,  Bess  m. 

T.  S.  Braniff 
Thurman,  Dr.  E.  J 
Thurman,  Harold  C 

Freda  Levy 
Thurraan,   J.  A.  m. 

Alma  Miller 
Thurman,  J,  A. 
Thurman,  J.  L.  11180,  I«l8l 

Thurman,   James  U.  2i336 

Thurman,   John  B.  m. 

Jane  Allee  2 i 336 

Thurman,  Mary  N.  m, 

J.  R,   Tarrant  2i336 

Thweatt,   Dr,  G,  E.  Ii2l6 

Thweatt,  Mrs*  Iil91 

Thwoatt,  Mrs,  A.  C«     1|200,  1:202 
Timmons,  K.   C.  Ii251 

Tindill,   C.  M.  Ii279 

Tindall,   C.  W.  m. 

Julia  Montgomery  2il92 

Tipton,    Charlotte  L.  m. 

Alfred  Stephen  Carender 
Tipton,  Lizzie  ra. 

John  T.   GrjLshaa 
Tipton,  Volma 
Ti singer,  Ruben 
Todd,   John  m. 

Kattie  Shouso 
Todd,   R.   C. 
Todd,    ~J,  L. 
Tcl&r,   Eva  ra, 

Shorman  A.   vfalker 
Toler,  Mortio  m. 

Rufus  McConnell 


2«60 
Ii28l 
Iil05 


1:276 
Ii2?6 

2i356 


INDEX:  BADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Page  8? 


Toler,  :;.  H.        It  178, 
Toler,  '.E-lliam 
Toliver,  J.  \J. 
Tolliver,  Sarah  m. 

Janes  Allen  Hammer 
Tomson,  J.  C. 
Toney,  Thomas 
Torbett,  Janes 
Towner,  '.JLlliam  m. 

Carol?  no  Rawhouser 
Townlcy,  H.  S. 
Township  Organization 
Trailer,  Mao 
Trailer,  Kar^aret  I.  m. 

Janes  D.  Patterson 


1:277 
2:301 
2:197 

2:355 

1:232 
1:181 
1:105 

2:266 
1:278 
1:256 
1:275 


i 107,   2:221 

Travi  G ,  Alba  m . 

R.   Hartley 

M,  II,  Emn*  2il99 

Travis,  E.  G.  1:53 

Travis,  E.  H.  1:249 
Travis,  Edward  H,  m. 

Margaret  Carter  2:200 

Travis",  J.  1-1,  2:291,  1:167,  It  182 

1:181,  1:241,  1:242 
Travis,  Jariec  A,  K, 

Sally  Cunningham  1:146,  1:147 
Travis,  Capt.  Jamos  K,  Ii97 ,1:346 

Travis,  James  ':!.  1:254 

Travi  s ,  Judijo  1 : 51 
Travis,  Kathorine  m. 

Uel  W.  I-Iurphy  2:200 

Travis,  Rev.  &  Mrs.  1:146 

Travis,  T.  J.  1:182 
Travis,  Thomas  m, 

Eliza  J.  Murphy  2:199 

Travis' s  1:147 

Tree,  poach,  apple  1:71 

Trimble,  Alex  1:279 

Trimble,  Georgia  1:281 
Tucker,  Amanda  m. 

Emerson  Scott  2:206,  2:303 
Tucker,  Anis  m, 

G,  II.  Hall  2:343 

Tucker,  Capt.  1:335 

Tuckor,  Charles  2:343 
Tucker,  Florence  m, 

A.  A.  Ion;:  2:343 

Tuckor,  ;tcv.  II.  A.  1:144 

Tucker,  Hartucll  H.  2:343 
Tucker,  Rattic  m, 

Dr.  H.  E.  Kacknoy  2:343 
Tucker,  Capt.  J.  J.  m. 

Elir.ibcth  :<cCluro  2:343 

Tuckor,  Capt.  J.  J.  2:341 

Tucker,  Jazioc  J.  1:251 

Tuckor,  lev.  Jiv.es  1:120 

Tacker.  James  L.  2: 3^' 3 


Tucker,   Jane  m. 

John  !I.   Dicus 
Tucker,   Martha  0.  !n, 

J.  Konroo  Vaughn 
Tuchor  ;   ilary  m. 

Thomas  M.  Dicus 
Tuckor,    Nathan 
Tucker,   Mrs.   Sallio 
Tucker;    Walter  S. 
Tuuinells 

Turk,   i-Irs,   A.  M, 
Turner;    G.   H. 
Turner,    J.   N.  m. 

Hax-tio  Fuqua 
Turner,   Sarah  mi 

Joshua  Ra^sdale 
Turner,    Thelma 
Tut  tin,   Dr. 
Tuttlo,  M.   S. 
Tucknoss,   Francis  A. 
Twa«*cloll,   F.  L. 
Tua'idcll,   Kathryn 
1\ryman,   K.B.F. 
lye,  Minnie  m. 

James  C,   Jeffries 
Ty^art,    Tina 
Tyson,   J.   W. 


Ulcry,  George 
Ulory,  Malinda  m, 

Frederick  Garver 
Underwood  &  Son 
Underwood,  Alice  m. 

T.  G.  Hawkins 
Underwood,  ^'urna  ra, 

E.  U.  Sloan 
Underwood,  Bonjamin  D. 
Underwood,  Catharine  m. 

James  M.  Pickott 
Undorwood,  Clyde  Cowan 
Underwood,  Decatur    Ii58, 
Undorwood,  Decatur  m, 

Elizabeth  Davidson 
Underwood,  Dick 
Underwood,  lulalia  May  m. 

C.  \J.  Daughorty 
Underwood,  Goldie  m. 

R.  A.  Furnoy 
Underwood,  Harvo  a. 
Grisham 
Howard 
Irene 
Jolin 
Lewi.s  M. 

Ilai.cy  J.  Barber 
Underwood,  Katie  m. 

Sheridan  •:.  Pyle  1:238, 
Underwood,  Newton  J. 


Mancy 
Undorwood, 
Undcr-jood, 
Under-wood, 


2:29$ 
2t342,  2:343 

2  1343 
2:343 
Ii206 
2:343 
1:236 
1:278 
1:168 

2i39,   2:238 


2:149 
2:39 
1:68 

Iil67 

It8l 

Ii274 

1:281 

1«95 

2jllO 
1:274 
1:168 

2:40 

2:40 
1:241 

2:339 

2i339 
2:340 

2:231 
2i340 
1:241 

2i338 
1:105 

2:340 
2:340 

2:60 
2:340 
2:340 

1:34 


Ii238,   2:259 


2:259 

1:81 


Il'IDSXi     DADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Pane  88 


Undonrood,   Price  2:199 

Underwood,    R.   P.  1:166 

Underwood,    Robert  2,199 

Underwood,    Robert  P.   m. 

Sarah  P.  I.'urphy         2:199 
Underwood,  Sarah  E,  m. 

D.   ;,'.   Awards  2:339 

Underwood,   ^opliia  m. 

;-fi.l?ian  P.  Ilurphy  2:199 

Underwood,  J.  J.     1:182,  1:241 

*  Underwood,  T.  J.         f  2il6l 

Underwood,  Thomas  &  Marian  2jl99 

Underwood,  Thonas  m. 

Maria  Howard  2:338 

•}  Undor;;ood,    Thomas  J.   m, 

Amanda  Appleby  2:338 

Underwood,  Tho-nar  L&lker  2:3^0 
Underwood,  Taylor  1:260,  ?:2.56 
Underwood,  "7.  G.  1»178,  1:217 

Underwood,    .,'.    T.   &  brother 
Underwood ,    .  hiker 
Underwood,    '.E.lliam 
Under;  roods 
Underwriters  land  Co.  1:3-0 

United  Confederate  Veterans  l:li<9 
Upscn,  Catherine  m, 

T.*Lllia*L  Litchfiold 

Lonjariin  Flanders 
Utt,    './.   D.   7i. 

Sallic  G.  Ferguson 


1:281 
1:261 


Vaile,   E.  L. 
Valuation 
Vanbibbor,   "I.   C. 
Vanbuskirk,    Ic.ll 
VanFlaton,    F.    ;:.  . 
VanDcVontnr,    Enr'.a  m. 

,.T-lIia:a  R.   Robertson 
Vandcrv'.llc  ,   Arjnos 
Vandcrvilic  ,    Robert  !J.  m. 

Clara   "X::irds 
Vanhoosc,   "..ary  m. 

pan;;  M-r^in 
Van/iooGf.r  ,  m, 


. 
Vr.nilcoscr,  Allie  m.. 

3.  ,!.  Snith 
VanHcoscr,  C,  I". 
Vanho  o  s  o  r  ,  Cha  rl.os 
Vanhooser  , 
Vanhoosrr  , 
VanHcoscr, 
Vanhcoscr, 
VanHooscr  , 
VanPoescr  , 
Van1  loc  :;  or  , 

1-iincrva 


2:25 


:279 

:279 

:78 


:331 
:196 


2:324 
2:3^5 
2:3^5 
2:3^5 


oariss 

John 

John  P. 

J  jhr.  '.  :c-,rton  rr , 

Il~  zabeth  Logar. 

2:323,    2,345 


Vanhooser,  Loona  Chloe 

VanHooscr,  R.   H. 

Vaiiioo^cr,  W.  H, 

Vanhcoser,  '.B.lliam  H 

Rosolla  3,  1-Iooro 


2,346 


VanKorn,  I'artin  m 

Jane  Higgins 
VanCsdoll,   F.    G. 


m. 

2,324 
2:345,   2,346 

2:82 


1:177, 
1«275, 

VanOcccll,  F.  G.  residencof  1,28? 

1:201 
1,293 
1,19C 
1:178 


VanO'dcll,   Mrs.   F.   G. 
VanC:jd'..ll,   F.   S. 
VanC  -'oil,   Flora 
Va:iO-;    -.11 ;    Floyd 


Floyd  G.  m. 

on  2:3^0     1:102 

May  1:191 

Vase  Mnnie  1:19^ 

Fiinnio  Colle  1:175 

Peter  1:124,    2:3^0 

T.   J.  1:181,   Ii252 

VanOsdoll,    Thomas  J.  m. 

"ary  Enma  Garrett  2:99,  2:341 
Vanl'elt,  C.  H.  Dru^  Store  1:353 
Vaughn,  Ananda  2:342,  It 336 

Vaughn,   Ann  Eliza  m, 

Jamos  Carlock  2(342 

Vaughn,   Benjamin  Price 

1,335,    2:342 

Vaughn,  Bertha  2:71 

Vrughn,  David  m. 

Edith  E.    Harper  2:71 

Vaughn,   Lt.   Dav:.d  Ii98,   1:104 

Vaughn,   David  Franklin  m. 

Lucinda  Ccok  Ii335,   2:341 

Vaughn,    David  Saxton  1:335,    2:3^*-2 
'.feu.'-hn,   Eliza  Ann  m. 

James  Madison  Carlock  1:335 
Vaughn,  Elizabeth  TO. 

Samuel  B.  Lowles  1:321,  2:308 
Vaughn,  Ella  (Ellen)  m. 

'.5-lliam  F.    Grider     2:341,1:335 


Vaughn ,    Goldi  o 
Vaughn,    Howard  Ernest 
Vaughn,    Hox/ard  Ernest 

J.   M. 

J.   Monroe  m. 


2,71 

2:34^1. 

f  2t  72 

1:335 


2,341 
Vaughn,  Rev.  J.  Monroe  &  wife 

f  2:72 
V,"U;-hn,  Maude  ra, 

:/iliiam  S.   McConnell  2:l4l 

Vauf.'.r. ,    Osa  2:71 

V;i;;-.:r.,    Price  2,141 

Vau'jnn, Robert  FranlcLin  2:342 


2:71 


INDEX «     D.JJE  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Vaa-hn,   !fclliam  Dewitt 

1O35, 

Vaufhn,    .P.tt  m. 


Ii75, 


Kina 

Vedette  1:54,   lillS, 

Veil,   Sophia  n. 

David.  L.   Kinf* 
Venice,   Rev.   R.  L 
Ventioner,    James 
Ventioner,   Jas. 
Vert,   R.  F. 
Vicksburg,    sei^e 
Victory  School 
"Vidette" 
Vincent,    J.    0. 
Voet,    Christ 
Volkman,   Fred 
Vonstroh,    Caroline  m, 

Henry  Bohnc 
Vonstrch,  Dcra 
Vonstroh,  Frr.nk 
Vonstroh,  Henry 
Von  Stroho,  Henry 
Vonstroh,  Henry  &  Lizzie 
Vonstrch,  Ida  m. 

Gus  bohno 
Vonstroh,  John 
VonStroh,  Lizzie  m, 

Konry  Erinkhoff 
Vonstrch,  Mabel 
Vonstroh,  1-Iillio  m. 

Fred  Bohnc 
Vonstroh,  Mollie  m. 

William  Michoff 
Vonstroh,  William 
Von  Strch,  William 
Vonstroh,  William  m. 

Dora  .Scjjortnan 

Catherine  Sggennan 


W  0  W  Lod^o  , 

Saddle  ,      i/p       n  _  Dohart 

'./addle,  Alta  Sulalia  May  m, 

Charlos  u.   Fortnor 
t/addlo,   Aria  Rc^illa  ra, 

Joseph  M^-Lco 
Waddlo,    3ortha  !-ntrulia  n. 

Sd'.mrd  Robort  Kolloy 
Ifaddlo,    Cclur.bus 
Javid 
a  vi  d 


2j&3 


2  1  121 


Waddlo. 
t7add  ol  1  , 
Waddl'  , 


Waddle, 
Waddle, 
Waddle, 
Waddlo, 


Orlando 


Judrc   J.    '/.   & 


2:352 


2i.V.9 


T.-.raddlo,    John  Devillo  m. 

Jesso  Irene  Brookshicr 
VJaddlo,    Judf^e  John  Vftlliam 

iHizr   Jano  Bcal 

Waddle.   Louroll  Lyman  m. 
Frie  Killingsworth 


2:353 
m. 


1:124 

!7au<i..i:    Martin  m. 

1:258 

ijolly  Ar.n  Lomar 

2:34C 

1:32 

Waddin,   Martin  M. 

2:349 

1:178 

WarHlG,    Crral  Larismur 

2:352 

1:302 

WaaJ"-o  .    Polly  Ann 

2:349 

1:278 

Wad  *~:  :  ,    Youn^  D  . 

2:35C 

1:244 

Warun"n,    ^r.ancho 

2,87 

1:277 

Wa    i.     "       3-    Ur.   m, 

1:153 

Lvj.  ::xt:~ins 

2!  87 

1:153 

Waa  -7.:.-.n  ,    "ir].  Bryant 

2:87 

v/a;c  v..  ;-..    K^^ol 

2:87 

2-"-';  7 

Wa;^,:.n  "...    Hester 

2:87 

2  :  ?47 

Wa'^-v.n,   J..    F.  in. 

2  .  "',47 

i'l.la  Hi"f?ins 

2:8? 

2:>7 

Wc\?--ii!.an,   Kay 

2:87 

1  i2'78 

Wa:;,-.T/Lri,    Crval 

2:87 

2:3  -'7 

".'a.  "-.T..V.'.  ,    Roy 

2:87 

Wa^arc'Ui,   Paul 

2  1  87 

2:347 

lva-*:/^-:r>   Uncle  Billy  farm 

2:294 

2:347 

Wa  ~r.~  r  ,    Willi  am 

1:37 

Wa  roner,    Pckn 

1:106 

2:347 

Whaley,  Mrs.   'J.  C. 

1:210 

2  1347 

Wai^'ht,   Lina  D.  m. 

George  Potter 

2:347 

Nathan  D.    Tarr 

2:333 

Wakefield,    Janes  A. 

1:3^9 

2:347 

Wakefield,   Mary  m. 

2:>7 

Thomas  D.    Chatham 

1:348 

1:153 

Walker,   Arthur 

2:355 

'Walker,    £,    F. 

1:254 

Walker,     .Emily  ra. 

2-.y^6 

John  ^,,    Farmer 

2,279 

Walker,    Edna  Gsrtrudo  m, 

Lon  KcGuire 

2,356 

1:231 

Walker,    Ephriam 

1:260 

2  1349 

Walker,    Florilla  m. 

William  *I.    Edre 

2:16 

2:353 

Walkc;-,    Gen  •  m. 

TNDSX.  DADS  COUNT!  HISTORY 


Page  9C 


1:22? 
2.356 


'Walker,    Jud^o  Ralph 
Walker,   Sarah  Floe  m. 

Rcbert  Coin 
Walker,   Sh^^^.n  A.  m. 

3va  TcTor  2:356 

Walker,    T.  H.  1:250 
*  Walker,    T.   K.   &  wife  at  homo 

f  1:328 
••if  Walker,   Judge  Thomas  M.  m. 

Nora  S  .    Haraner  2  :  353 

Walker,   '.Lilian  Franklyn  2:354 
Wall,   Priced  11  p.  m. 

Rev.   William  Ramsey  Bennington 
1.126 
Walter,    3vo  m. 

Andr&u  iiiller  2:130 

Walton,   I'iss  Ilr.o  1:278 
Ward,    Goor^o  m. 

Mary  Carlonk  1:340 

Ward,    J.    ./.  1.216 

Ward,   Kittles  It  277 

Warnor,   Daniel  Sumnor  2:308 

Warnor  ,   Fred   W.  2  ;  308 
Warner,   Frod  :•}.   m. 

Bertha  B.   Shafer  2:308 

Warren,   Elder  Iil3** 

Warren,   Frits  2:38 

Warren,    Goldia  1:2?  5 

Warron,   Ruth  1:2?  5 

Warren  ,   Dquiro  1  i  83 

Ward,   W.   W.  1:90 

V/ard,    ;-5.11io  1:281 
V/ashburn,   L.    D.   m. 

Patient  Schnidiker  2:213 
Washburn,   Kr.ry  E.  m. 

Ferdnand  Cr'tloff  2:213 

Washington  Hctol            Iil09,  Is  212 

1:295 
Washinrton  Tcd^c,   Ho,   37 

A  F'&  A  M  1»293 

1:181,  1:5? 

'Was  son,   A.   !'•  1:2?7 

'Was  son,    J.   0.  1:1?8 

V/asson,   KcConnell  &  1:215 

Was  son,   R.   E.  2:144 
Wasson,    R.    E.   m. 

Ruth  Tcror^s  2:299 

Waterman  &  Sons  1:222 

Waters,    Rev.   Herbert  1:1^ 

Watlcins,   George  W.  If  81 

Watkins,    '.Jilliam  C.  1:81 
Watson,   _ 

1:217 

2:356 

2:357 
2:357 


Watson,   Frank  G. 
Watson,   H.   Raymond 
Watson,    James  m. 

Lavina  Kir.R 
Watson,   James  T.  m. 

Mslinda  J.   Brown 
Watrcn,    Lula  m. 

Edward  Eroughton 
V/atson,   Karf^arot  m. 

Txnpodoro  KcConnell 
tfatuon,   Mr. 

Watocn,   Otto 
Warson.    W,   H. 


Watson 
tfatsr..-. 


Iil39, 


2«357 
2«357 

2tl21 
2i356 
2i357 

2:296 
Iil86 
2«233 


.Elder  W.  H. 
William 
William  m, 
Swi'.h  2.  Hampton 

Watts,  m. 

G. audio   Carlock 
WatJi,  S.  H. 
Weaver,   John 

Webb, m. 

Tdelia  Frieze 
'./ebb,  Gertrude  m, 

Lucian  M.   Crutchor 
Itobb,   J.  C.         li$6, 


Ii242 
1«139 


2i233 

li34C 
Ii275 
Iil67 


1«359 
Ii2l6 
li25L 

1«204 


Wednesday  Afternoon  Club 
Weed,    Lucinda  m. 

David     J.  Allison  Ii300,2«327 

Wehrftan ,   Henry  1 . 280 

Wei  he ,    Eri  ic  s  t  1:153 

Ueiland,  Mrs.   Grover  1.204 

Weir,  m. 


Col.    Coffoy 
'Weir,     m. 

Lillie     Scrocgs 
Weir,  Anna  K, 

D.   F.   Duffy 
Weir  Car.pground 
Woir  Coruotery 
Woir,   Daisy  D.  m. 

R.   C.   Ball 
Weir,   Dr. 
Weir ,   Don 
Weir,   Frank  B. 
Weir,    Dr.   G.  L, 
'Weir.   Mrs.   Dr.   George 
Woir,   George  L. 
Weir,   H.   m'. 

Mf.r^nret  Shafer 
Wei.r,   Horace  S. 
Wei",    Ro\r.   J,  &  wife 

'Weir,  Jonathan 
Ifcir,  Jonathan 
"Weir,  Mrs.  L.  J. 


1.101 
2«298 

2.358 

1.66 
1:69 

2.358 

1.57,  1.108 

1,69,  2,358 

1,69,  2.358 

1.217 

1.196 

2.358 

2,307 
2.358 
1.147 

1:33 
1.90,  1.147 

1,67 
1.210 


TND£X:      DADS  COUNTY  HISTORY 


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Weir,   Lucy  K.   m. 

J.  L.  i:i'-0ins  2:3C8 
Weir,  Harxaret  m. 

Achillis  G.  Stapp  2:325 

Weir,  Mary  1:129 

Weir,  Mary  Jcllo  1:179 

Weir,  I:.  2.  It  178 
Weir,  Hera  n. 

Le:ds  Henbree  2:358 

Weir,  Pharmacy  2:^25 

Weir,  Robert  S.  2:358 
Weir,  Sainu.ol  1:147,  2:22 
Weir,  Samuel  m. 

Folly  5.  Stevens  2:353 
<  Weir,  Samuel  J.  m, 

Haiti c  D.    Wilson  2:353 

Weir,  oanuel  Jackscn  Jr.  1:66-6Q 
Weir,  SanujJ.  3r.  m. 

Po3.3.y  L.   Stcvons 
Weirs 

Weiser.scl,    Christiana  ra. 

Gecr-u   Jacob  Crtloff 
Weissenflush,  Arthur 
Wolch,    btt'.s 
Wells,    Fred  n. 

Ida  Prc  ice  tt 

Wells,    G.    W.  1:164 

Wells,    George   J,  1:249 

Wells,    J.   ",  1:171 

Wells,    John  1:L11 

Wells,    Jud^c  1:37,    3:38 

Welty,   1,37,   It 33 

West,(i:inch' 3   sister)  1:91 

West,    billy  Itllto 

West,    bcb  2:137 

West,    Doc  1:10* 

West,    Deck  1:10^' 

West,  Davo  1:30; 
West,  Flora  in. 

VanCsdoll  1:390 

West,    Crpt.   Gentry  ItlO'J- 

West,    I.   J.  1,9,'^    1:101 

'.Vest,    J.    F.  1:2/5 

West,  Jarnou  1:33 
West,  Jane  rrlt 

'.Lilian  Co3.1ir.s  1:3''7 

West,  J^ssc  1:1  ;4 
West,  John  1:102,  1:103 

West,    John  Jr.  1;]04 

West,    rjr:~h  l:b7,    1.-Q1 


attle 


West, 
Ifost, 


'.Jest,   '..Illian  C. 

1:33^ 

;tet  Glaze,   battlo 

1:7' 

Wetzel,   Kiss  Eertha 

It  203 

Wetzel,   Miss  birdie 

1:203 

Wetzel,   Mrs.    Dena 

l:19i 

Wetzel,   LI.    Guss 

1:103, 

1:10^ 

V'etzel,   H^lm 

1:67, 

2:22 

Wetzel,   Howard  residence 

1:56 

Wetzel,    J.  L.          1:39 

,   Ii55, 

2t9S 

2:100,   1:218, 

Ii217, 

l:21t 

Wetzel,    J.?mes  L. 

1:253 

I-.'etr.el,    John 

1:51 

Wetzel,    John 

Ii29£ 

T.7clze]  ,    John  C. 

Ii33, 

1:294 

1:249, 

It25£ 

'.fetzcl,   L.   A.   It  178, 

1:215, 

1:252 

Welz  'I,   I  Irs.   L.   A, 

li21C 

V/otee]  ,   Mrs.   Lillian 

1:192 

l.'etr.el,   Mary 

1:275 

IJot^ol,   Mrs. 

Iil88, 

1:189 

V/ctaol  ,    S.   H. 

li!78, 

1:215 

ifetzcl,   :irs.   S.   H. 

1:201 

I-fetr.ols 

1:68 

V/haley,    T.    S. 

1:215, 

1:217 

'.."haley,    :•;.    C.   m. 

>;a:::io  D.    Talbutl 

2:333 

'A'hoelor,                  n. 

Barbara  Julian 

2:359 

Wheeler,   Alien 

2.3 

Wheeler  ,   Appleby  & 

1:226 

T.Jhoclor,    bertha 

2:360 

Shoeler,    Lessio  n. 

William  Maze 

2:360 

V.'heelor,    7'yron 

It  338 

V.'heeler,    Calvin 

It33, 

1:226 

VJheeler,    Calvin 

5:217 

Sheeler,    Calvin  m. 

Ascenith  Carlcck 

2:148 

'.Vheeler,    Calvin  ra. 

r:ellie  Gilliland 

2:360 

V.'heeler,    Clarence   C. 

2:360 

Wh^clor,    David 

1:72 

b'heoler  ,    Dollie  m. 

Roy  C.    Kin^ 

2:119, 

2i360 

Wheeler,    Slla  F.   m. 

F-iix  McGeo 

2:156 

V/liocler  ,    Ehiil  D.   m. 

•I  v.i  Orurmond 

1:72 

T.Ti^cl--r,    Ev^rt 

1:72 

Wh'elfT,    Frances  Marion 

1:70 

'.•/heolcr,    Fred  n. 

Kioc   Cm  troll 

Ii338 

I-Jheel    r  ,    Gale 

2:360 

W;ie  el  -  •  r  ,    G  randna 

1:72 

Wi  .c  ol  cr  ,   T  saac  m  . 

bn  +h<i   Brown 

2:156 

'.Thee1  or,    James 

1:51, 

1:70 

1:69 

,  2,3, 

2,218 

D<;DE  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Page 


Wheeler,  James  P.  m. 

Alma  Gilliland  2:359 
Wheeler,  Jin  2:119 

feeler,  Joo  Is 280 

:Jheeler,John  1:341 

Wheeler,  John  &  Jane       2tll9 
Wheeler,  John  C.  m. 

MaLissa  Jano  Hayes  2t359 
Wheeler,  John  Hue;h  2t360 
Wheeler,  Laura  m. 

Lloyd  Darst  2i3 

Wheeler,  Loiiis  m. 

Annie  Kurst  1:?2 

Wheeler,  Margaret  m. 

Lilian  Landers  Is 72,  2:132 
Wheeler,  llr.rion,  Sam,  &  Allen 

f  2:264 

Wheeler,  Martin 
Wheeler,  LI<°.ry  Belle 
Wheeler,  Ilary  Olive  IT, 

Rolvin  H,  Darst 
Wheeler,  Mor.tc 
Wheeler,  Mrs. 
Wheeler,  tiancy  m. 

John  C.  Grisham 
Wheeler,  Folly  m, 

Thompson  Grisham 
Wheeler,  Rolen  Joe 
Wheeler,  S.  H.       Ii232, 
'.Vheelcr,  Sam 
Wl.ocler,  Samuel  m. 

Mary  Drisid.ll 
Whoolcr,  Samuel  K, 
'.Vheelcr,  Samuel  3r. 

Margaret  Cowan 
Wheeler,  Sorepta  C, 

W.   Y.   Kcl.cnoro 
Wheeler,   \i.   S. 
IThcelcr,    VP-lliam  Lcander 
Wheelers 
tVhemonn,   1-Liry  m. 

Charles  Frederick  Hodde  2i90 
iThipple,  Miss  m. 

Isaac  2ichop  Ii3l6 

Whi taker,    J.   S.   n, 

LiJ.a  V/llson  2:?66 

Whi taker,    Joe 


2:3 
1:229 

1:189 
2:62 

2.59 

1:72 

1:249 

2:132 

lt69-72 


1169-72 


White,    C.    C. 
White,   C.   F. 
White,   Charley 
White,    Charles  D.  m. 

Eliza  Duncan 
White,   Charles  D.   &  wife  & 

residence  f 

l-M to,    Clyde  C. 
White,    D.    R.      1:108,   1:215, 
White,   Dee 

White,   2.   E.  1:51, 

White,   Mrs.   E.S. 
White,    Sber  E.      1:33,   li^, 
White,    Sber  E.   &  wife 
;."-it.j,    Elija  m. 

Caroline  Clark 
WW  to ,    Goor^c  W. 
Wid  Co ,    Jessie  m. 

Hnrvin  Willctt 
White,    John  m, 

En.ma  Fry 

Susie   Taylor 
White,   Laura  m. 

Jesse  Dai:rh 
White,   Lucinda  S.  m. 

Joseph  Abner  Strange 
T./hite,  Morris   &  Is 214, 

White,  Myrtle  C.  m. 

Carter  Clopton 
White,    Nancy  m. 

Harry  C.    Crisp 
Whi  te ,   Nancy  Jane  m . 

I/Lilian:  Cotter 
White  Oak  Church 
White  Oak  School  1:277, 

White,   pearl  m. 

'.{Lilian  Fuqua 
Whitley,  Alice 
Whitley,  F.  H. 
Whitley,  J.  J. 
".'hitlcy,  0.  C. 
Whitlov,  C.  E. 


&  wife 


VMtn,   B.    F. 
VVhito,    Zcssie  I 
F,   M.   Snood 


'vhitsott,    P.av.   Younn  W. 

Whi^tr.kor 

Whi  ^  taker,   Henry  m. 

da  M,   Murpliy 
',1  '•--.,   ..bbie  "./,   m. 

Ijon  H.   I-omberton 
V&lcurn,    T.   J. 


1:27 
2:36 

2:26 
Ii2*i 

1:21 


2,36. 
2:36. 

2:36 
2:37. 

2:32 

1:21 

2:36' 


1:15: 
ltl5 

1:13 
1:16 


1,252,    2:2^ 


2:12 
It  22 


BADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Fage  9': 


Wilcoxin,   Martha  m. 
George  Shafer 
Wiley,   Ann  m. 
Henry  S.   Bedell 
Wiley,  Martha  M.  m. 
Martin  Strader 
Wiley,   Rev.   Samuel 

2(306 
li333 

Williamson,   Rev.   George  H. 
1:131,   1:143, 
Williamson,    John 
Willis,   Amanda  m. 
George  W.   Dai^h 
Willis,  'Elder 
Willis,    Eveline  m. 

1:14^: 
1:16: 

1:36' 
1:13' 

Wiley,   'J.  A.  ra, 
Annie  Melissa  Young 
Wilhite,   Charles  m. 
Luella  Hurst 
Wilhite,  Minnie  m. 

2,173 

Jamos  L.   Daif^h 
Willis,    Julia 
Willis,   Margaret  m, 
James  Scott 

2,37- 

1:29 

1:31 

Charles  Meyers 
Wilkins,  Alma  m. 
Lucian  Loo  Gregory 
Winkins,   Lena 
Wilkins,    D.    T. 
Wilkins,    D.    T. 
Wilkins,   J.    T.                  1«243, 
Wilkins,   J.    ',7. 
Wilkins,    T.   J. 
Wilkorson,  A.   3,             It  177, 
Wilkersor.,   Betsy 

2il73 

2t65 
1(281 
Iil67 
2,137 

1:169 

1.151 
1  •  178 

1:129 

Willi  s  ,   Mary  J  .  m  . 
Thomas  Jefferson  Daiph 
2(27, 
Willis,    Rev. 
Willis,   R.    T.                  1:138, 
;.R.llis,   K.   T.   Jr. 
Willis,   Rev.   R.    T, 
Willis,   Rich  T. 
Willis,    Richard 
WMlis's                            1:137, 
Wrils,    F.   A.                     1:171, 

1,36: 
2,37.' 
1:13 
1:10' 
1:36? 
1:3 
2,2' 
1:6;, 
1:17. 
1:17- 

Wilkorson  ,    Jann 
Wilkerson,  ii.   A. 

l>'lS 

Wills,    J.   :•!.                     1:173, 

1:17- 

Wilkcrson,   Viiss                               1:2/5 

Wilkerson,   Nathan  &  Nathan  Sr. 
T  .n  on 

'.vTlls,    John  m. 
Margaret  Grisham 
Wills,   Aunt  Julia 

2,6( 

1:9: 

Wilkerson,    Rebecca 

1:129 

Wills,    William  Thompson 

2,6f 

Wilkerso1!     Sarah 

It"  2Q 

Wilson, 

1  :  6> 

Wilkscn,   John 
Wlllet,    Charles  H. 
Wlllott,    J.   F. 

J-  (  --*-7 

1(140 
2:362 
1:277 

Wil  son 
Wilson,    Albert  L. 
Wilson,    Alfred  m, 

1:10 

2,36' 

Willot,   J.   P.   Residence, 
Willctt  Store,    Crisp         f 

2:280 

Mary  Lou  Davis 
Sara  Jane  Russell 

2.15- 

Willett,    J.    T. 

Iil78 

1-S.lson,   Alice  m. 

lifi.Het,  I-Iarvin  m. 

John  M.    Cotter 

1:35. 

Jessie  Wliito 

2:362 

Wilson,   Alice  m, 

Williams,   Billy  m. 

Taylor  H.   Hunt 

2:9' 

Lou  Boachloy 

1,100 

Wilson,    Benton 

2:11;' 

Williams,   Brown 

1,104 

V.llson,    Dcnton 

1,21s. 

Williams,    E.   S. 

1(104 

'.'ilson,    Bessie  m, 

Williams,   Mrs.    1C,    g. 

1(202 

Homer  Smith 

2:32 

Willians,    George 

1:134 

Wilson,    Bros. 

l:22l 

Williams,   Hocoa 

1:103 

Wilson,    C.   A. 

1,24. 

Williams  ,    Jake 

1:103 

Wilson,    Dr.    C.   F.   m. 

Wi  1  licUTis  i    tjciscn 

Is  81 

Rector          2(76, 

2,36 

Williams,    John       I:103,lilo6, 

'.•&  IE  on,    Cal 

1:14. 

Williams,    John  M. 

'  1-104 

Wil-on,    diaries  m. 

Williams,   Marion 

1:103 

Lc-Lisi  F.  Murphy 

2,19 

Williams,  Mary  n, 

Wilson,    Charles  m. 

C.    C.   Allison 

1:296 

Nnrtha  Hastings 

Williams,  Mary  Jane  m. 

.'lizabcth  Grisham 

2,36 

David  J.   ALlison 

1(300 

Vfi.^.;  ~>n,    Charles  H. 

2s  36 

Williams,   I'.r. 

Ir  111 

'..•..'  .  ,n,    Charles  R. 

2»3( 

Williams,    S.    B. 

1.106 

;:.'     .-n,    Clair  F. 

2(36 

Williams,    T.   M.   m. 

>f  i  r  v.i,    Di  cy  Jane 

2,2: 

Margaret  L  ,   Carondcr 

1:332 

Wiisoa,    Doda  Alice 

2.21 

Williams,    William 

1:32 

INDEX i     DADE  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Page 


Wilson,   Slender  Jane  m, 

John  II.  Landers 
Wilson,   Sliza  Ann  m, 

Swing  Carlock 
Wilson,   Ethol  A.  m. 

D.   B.   Tarr  2! 335 

Wilson,   Svalyn  m. 

Dr.   C,   A,   Rowe  2:366 

Wilson,   F.  H.  1:117,   lil^O 

Wilson,   Fay  2i368 

Ullson,    Francis  M.  1«24? 

Willson,   G.    S.  Ill66 

Wilson,   G.   '.;,   ,    ??o     1:226,   1:227 
1.228,   Is23l,   1,232 
Wilson,    G.    Ur.  m, 

McLomore  It  129 

Wilson,   Gasley  2s  368 

Wilson,   Georrre     1:3,     1:93,  lilOl 
Wilson,   George  m, 

Fannie  Harper          2j335 

#  Wilson,    George  W.   m. 

Fannie  McLemore  2:363 

2:367 

Wilson,   Georpie  W. 
Wilson,   George  tf.  m. 

Paulino  McLemoro 

#  Wilson,   George  W,  f 
Wilson,   Isom  Iil69 
Wilson,   J.   G.  1:22? 
Hileon,    James  G.  2 {14? 

#  Wilson,   James  G.  m. 

Louiso  Fyffe 
^         Josie  Mason 

Minnio  C,   Peterson  2i36? 

2:364 

Wilson,   Janes  H.  2«366 

Wilson,   John  It 111 

Wilson,   John  m, 

Ida  Patterson  2s22A 

Wilson,   John  S,  2:36^ 

Wilson,    John  W.  Ii211 

Wilson,    Jonos  &  1>68 

Iftlson,   Kate  m. 

M.   P,  KcPoak  2tl52 

iAlson,   King  2t368 

Wilson,  Landon  1:277 

Wilson,   Louise  m. 

Benjamin  Appleby  2t339 

Wilson,  Lula  m, 

J,   3,   Vfoi taker  2(366 

Wilson,  Malinda  a. 

Rev.    John  Dell  1«306 

Wilson,  Mamio  m, 

Charles  Brockway  2i368 

Wilson,  Mary  m. 

Joseph  IJlnWLo  2j370,   2i371 

Wilson,  Mary  L.  m. 

W.  L.   Roark  2i364 


lfl.lson,  Mattie  D,  m. 

Samuol  J.   Weir  2 1358 

Hilson,  Mattie  J.  2 1369 

Wilson,  I-Irs.  Iil92,  1:195 

Wilson,   Nathaniel  m, 

Jane  Baker  1:353 

Wilson,   Nina  E.  2 1369 

Wilson,  Mrs.   0.   J.  liZIO 

Wilson,  Mrs.  Otto  1:196 

Wilson,   Paul  m. 

Minnie  Bowman  2 1368 

Wilr,on,   Polly  Caroline  m. 

Washington  Hunt  2»97 

Wilson,   S.  H.  2«364 

Wilson,   S.  H.   Jr.  Ii260 

Wilson,   Samuol  F.  1:132 

Wilson,   Sol  1:51 

Wil3;n,   Solomon  1:90 

^1  son,   Solomon  H.  1:353 

Wilson,   Solomon  K.  m, 

Kary  M.  Bell  2i363,   2i366 

2:367 

vaison,    T.  H. 
Wilson,    Thomas  /dvin 
Wilson,   THora  Maude  2 1369 

l&lson,  Veda  F.  m. 

Albert  Morris  2il97,   2.364 

Wilson,   Victoria  F.  m, 

J.   E.   Gylos  2i364 

Wilson,   W.  0.  1:229 

*  Wilson,   W.  0.  f  2t248 
Hilson,   W.  S,  1:229 

*  Wilson,   W.  S.  m. 

Clara  Grisham  2»368 

2j62 

*  Wilson,  W.  S.  &  fardly  & 

residence  f  2|2.48 

Wilson,  William  1:69 

Ii81,  Iil68 

Wilson,   miiam  2:358 

Wilson,   William  Lawrence         2 1369 

^  Wilson,  William  Oregon  m.       2*366 

Sallie  Carlock  2 1366 

Ii340,  Ii3t4,  2i364,  2i368 

lAlsons  Creod,   battle  1:98 

Windcs,   Robert  1»2?8 

Windos,   W.   H,  1»279 

l&np-,  Mrs.  Alice  Curtis  Meyer 

1»201 

Wingo,   W.  H.  m. 

Minnie  Grisham  2i62 

Wlnkolmann,  Louiso  m. 

Carles  Frederick  Hodde  2i90 
VB.nl— o,  ffl« 

'\.i.icy  Scott  2»29n 

#  Win'i-J.o,  Charles  m. 

barah  Ma thews  2tj7Q 


INDEX i   DADZ  COUNTY  HISTORY 


Page  95 


Winkle,  Charles  1:102 

.   1:170,  1:173,   1:1?4 

Winkle,    Charles  Burton  2:370 


Winkle,    Charley 
Winkle,   J.   J. 


1:103,  Iil06 
1:170,  1:173 


Winkle,   John  Janes  m. 

Narcissus  Catharine  Scott 


Winkle,   Joseph  m. 

L'ary  !E.lson 
Ifinklo,  Loda  C.  m. 

Delia  Ritchie 
Winkle,  Hrs.   Narcissus 
Winter,    Sthol 
Winter,   Henry  m, 

Caroline  Hake 

Winter,   John  &  jjstor 

1  Winter,    Josonh  H,  m. 

Lucia  "'cwcn 
Winter,   Vic-.y  r.. 

Melvillo  Hunt 
Winter,   Minnie  m, 

Henry  Bartlinf* 
Wise,   .Frozy  Thoo 
Wise,   George  m, 

Nellie  Sharp  Nixon 
Wise,   Georgia  Aliono 
Withers,   Amy 
Witt,   JTlma 
Witt,    Jar.os  Ft. 
Witt,   Joe  m, 

Macio  Smith 
Witt,    !5.1ma 
Wi  throw,   Annie  r.. 

W.   A.    Bird 
Wi throw,    Clara  m. 

James  Irby 
Wi  throw,    ?Jtta  m.   m. 

Robert  '.7.   j.urton 
Wi  throw,    J.    W. 
Wi  throw,   Lula  ri. 

Roy  McLer.orc 
Wi  throw,   Mr."  (rie  m 

Perry  McL.er.ore 
Wi throw,  Mollie 
Wi throw,   N.   B,  m. 

Margaret  Bakor 
'.-fi. throw,   Rachol  m 

C.   ?.    Ho.wk 
Wi  thro".; ,    Thona  s 
Wolf,   A.    J. 
Wolfe,   Amon  n. 

Emily  Pdlcy 
Wolfe,   Gon. 
;  to  i f ,    Acv .    J .   R . 
Wo  od ,    Be  r.  ,jani  n 
Wood,    J.    C. 
Wood,    J.    G.    T, 
Wood,   J^ajor  3.    '.". 


2:371 
2:370,  2:371 

2:370 
1:120 
2:373 

1 : 311 
2  i  ;72 

2;  372 
2:373 

1:311 
2i210 

2 1 210 
2:210 
1:280 
2 : 3.14 


2:32^ 

2:324 

1:326 
1:326 

1:326 
Ii235 

2:150,   1:327 


2:150, 


Is326 
1:326 

1:327 
1:326 

1:225 


2t280 
Is  315 


Wood,   W.   C.  Iil69 

Wbodard,    Charles  E.  2:375 

Woodard,  Eliza  m. 

Samuel  Grishan  2i60 

V/oodard,  George  W.  2:373 
VJoodard,  John  m. 

Eunice  Jerome  2:373 
Woodard,  John  &  wife  f  2: 360 
Woodnrd,  John  W,  m. 

Lizzie  H,  Dai^h  2:373 
Woodard,  John  ',-/.  &  wife  f  2:3bC 

Woodard,   Laura  2:37^ 

Woodnrd,   Lela  E.  2:375 
Wbodard,  Mary  Jane  m. 

Henry  Hunts  2:37^ 
Woodard,  Neva  G,  m. 

.Tichftrd  Hill  2:375 

Woodp.ru,   Td chard  Newton  2:374 
Woodard,   Sarah  m. 

Thompson  2 : 374 

Woodard,   Sterling  P.  2:374 
Woodard,   W,   Roy  m, 

Dcrtha  Gideon  2:375 

Woodard,    Wava  2:375 

V/oodard,   William  Jasper  2:374 
Woodbury,   Fred  H.  m. 

Emily  A.  Young  2:382 
Woodrow,  Sarah  m. 

Linville  Higgins  2:82 

Vfoods,   J.   C.  1:173 

Woods,   James  B.  1:144 
'.-foods,   Fina  m. 

Michael  K,   Bell  1:307 

Woodward  1:13& 

Woody,   Alice  Elnora  2:377 
Woody,   Anna  May  m. 

Howard  Farmer  2:23,    2:378 

Woody,   Catherine  m. 

Henry  Maxwell 

Rollo  Freeman  2:l67,l68j  2:377 

Woody,  Charles  E.  1:254 
Woody,  Dr.  Charles  E.  m. 

Buela  Porter  2:377 
Woody,  Corclio  F.  m. 

James  Yarbro  2:377 

Woody,    J.    C.  1:51 

\-bccy,   James  Albert  2:378 

W?ov/,    James  Buchanan  2:376 

l-bo-iy,    Jamos   C.  Ii90 
Wcc-'.y,   James  C.  m. 

Tliza  /Alexander  2:376 
'.,'cr'!y,  James  'Wesley  m. 

1-. -r.virot     Dodson  2: 377 

Wo-.      ,   John  2il68 
>  '.-'.,    -•.-,    John  A.   m. 

'  ^ry  /a^daline  ICimbler       2:376 

Woocy/John  C.  2:378 


INDEX i   DAD3  COUNTY  HISTORY 


'.foody,    John  Calvin  m. 

Elisabeth  Alexander 
Woody,   L.   Laverne 
Woody,   Lorina  n. 

Alonzo  Buchanan       2:376 
Woody,   Ilarde 
Woody,   Oliver 
Hboldrid<TO|    C.   T.  m, 

Katherino  Hool 
Workman ,  Arden 
Workman  Ires. 
Workman,    Clifford  R. 
Workman ,   Marry 
Workman ,   J .   Q . 
Workman,    John  0.   m. 

Dora  Scctt 
Workman,   Myrtle 
Workman,   Miss  Myrtle  1:203 
Worl<mar. ,    ?.ost; 
Workman,   ROSE  A,  r. , 

Letitia  Gazzam 
Workman,    Sylvia  m. 

John  Ccvert 
Worlonan ,    Virfini a 
Workman,   Ward 
Workman,    VE.lraa  m, 

Fred  R.   Heisey 
Workman's  Garage 
Worley,    iTancy  m. 

'.•fi.ck  Morgan 
Wormbrod ,   Gotfried. 
Worthy,   Hull  & 
Woy,   H.   0. 
Wray,   A.   J. 
Wray,   E.   A. 

Wricht,    Clar'.;       1:74,   1:75 
'.fright,    Col.    Clark 
Wriftht,    Srr.a 
MriSht,    J.    H. 
Wright,   Mary  Jane  m,    (1st 

'.fi.llia-1  I: 
".•fright,   Mary 

Wilii  car.  Lintlsr 
Wright,    T.  ::. 
'.fright,   ;/.   1. 
Wrichtsru?.n,    .".d  n. 

Corry  Ale:-:ar.  ier 
Wyrick,    Paris  E.   m 

Leta   E.    S'.;--,- 


Yarbro  ,    James  Edward 

2:377 

2:168 

Yarbro,   Leslie 

2:37? 

2:377 

Yeafirer,    G,    ;/. 

1:218 

Yoakum  ,    Cyrus 

1:23] 

,   2:377 

Yoeum,    A.    S. 

1:32 

2:377 

Yodc-r  ,    Eva  m. 

2:377 

irilford  H.   Follard 

2,242 

Yoder,    J.   D. 

1:223 

2:89 

Yoder,    J.    D.    m. 

2:380 

1'olvina  Lyons 

2:242 

1:222 

York,    G.    F. 

l:33c 

2:380 

York,   Mary  m. 

2:381 

ii-rviep   T.    Cantrell 

1:338 

1:225 

Younr.  r,    '.-/.    H. 

1.109 

Yo  u:  :  :  ,   A  .   A  .    Rev  . 

1:120 

2:378 

Your.-,   A.    J.              1:3,   1:9, 

1:154 

2.3CO 

1:155,   1:176,   1:177, 

1:179 

,   1:204 

1:213,    1:215,    1:223, 

1:252 

2  :  379 

1:259,   1:352, 

2:337 

*  Youix,    A.    J. 

f  1:8 

2:379 

Ycun.-,    Alice  H,   m. 

John  0     Mitchell 

2,187 

2  :  380 

j»  Youn.T,   Andrew  Jackson  m. 

2  :  301 

Laura  IDmily  Bedell 

2:381 

2:381 

Ycun-'",   Annie  Melissa  m. 

W.   A.    Wiley 

2:382 

2:380 

Younr,   Augusta 

2:382 

f  2:40 

Your.?,    Clarence 

2:368 

*   Younjr,    Rev.    D.    G.    &  wife     f 

1:280 

2:196 

Ycunr,    D.   G. 

1:251 

1:152 

if  Youn?:,   Ro1'-    David  G.   m. 

1.214 

Margaret  Pratt 

1:221 

Amanda   Roberts 

2:337 

Cora  Casey 

2:387 

1:275 

Your.r,    Eliot 

1:124 

,    1:112 

Youn.-,    Enily  Alberta  m. 

1:346 

Fred  >;  .    Woodbury 

2:3B2 

1:230 

Younp:,    Emma 

1:179 

1:27;- 

Ycun?,    Emr.a  r.. 

;-rlfe) 

',',   S.   /^-res 

2:387 

2»377 

Y'cunr,    George  Sdidn  m. 

re) 

Huldah  Slater 

2:382 

2  :  377 

Yo'unP',    Gertrude  m. 

1:276 

M.    P.    Stark 

2:384 

1.166 

Your.-,    Gracie 

2.384 

You-.-,    ""arold 

2:382 

1:303 

1C  '!".."  ,     I  .     A. 

1:242 

YCU-I:  .    Ida 

2  -.  388 

2:  30t 

Ycun--,    Id". 

1:190 

Your.;;,    Ida  Gray 

1:186 

1:258 

YO'.T.-,    7s  am  A. 

1:33 

1:250 

#  Yo'in~,    Isom  ;..   r.. 

2,    1:68 

1-1-  "V  E,    Tno^ias 

2:390 

1:1  -5 

*  Yo-r    ,    7.3om  A.   &  Family         f  2:1-5- 

2,3-7 

Yo-j-",    J.   Monroe  m. 

~  .  ~  T  V 

:'^"  Lrrrell 

2:390 

YC--T.;:/  Jar.es   R. 

2.388 

2:37- 

Ycunr,    John 

2:387 

INDEX  i  DADS  COUNTY  HISTORY 
Young,  John  Marshall  2tl4l,2i392 


2:390 

2:283 
It2?9 

2i384 

2  i  38? 

2il03 

2i391 


n. 

James  Gasc 
Young,  Lucy  V,  m. 

Lee  Roar  tree 
Young,  M.  A. 
Young,  Mabel  m. 

John  Howard  Moran 
Young,  Margaret  m. 

_  Holly 
Young,  Marshall 
Young,  Marshall  A.  n, 

Mary  Sdna  McConnell 

Young,  Martha  m. 

D,   Frank  Johnson 
Young,  Mary  Elizabeth 
Young  Men's  Business  Club 
Young,   Nathaniel  Eaton  m, 

Mary  Poalor 
Young,  Rev. 
Young,  Sarah  Ellen  m, 

W.  L,  Hills 
Young,   Susie  m, 

J.   F.   Duden 

Young,  Trula  Alexandria 
Young,  Uriah  m. 

Phoebe  Gregory 


2il03 
2»391 
Ii213 

2:381 

1  11*4-2 

2  i  382 

2:3C8 
2i391 

2:387 


97 


Iil63,   1»251 
2  1387 


2i38l 
2j?C 


Young,    tf.    C. 
Young,   William 
Young,    l-ftlliam  m, 

Cr.tharine  Ann  Lair 
Young,    Capt.    *i.   C. 
Young,   iJllliam  Evans  m. 

Belle  Moss 

Young,    SAlliam  M.   &  Diantha 
Youn<i,   vailiam  Marshall  2i39' 

Zeigler,   C.D.  m. 

Frances  Pickett  2i231 
Ziicnemian  ,  _  m. 

H.innah  Garver  21*4-1 

ZiniiTierman  &  Mallory  Ii23*r 

Zj.mmcrmnn  ,  Alfred  2:264 
Zimmeman,  Christ  m. 

Erani  Raubinger  2i264 

Zimmerman,  Christ  2:264 

Zimmerman,  Marie  2;2&! 

Zinamon,  John  1:104 

Zinc  1:262 

Zinc  Ore  Ii30£ 

Zor^ker,  George  Ii28l 

Zorgker,  W.  J.  1:276 

Zock.  I.  K.  1:166 

Zumalt,  James  M.  Ii8l 


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